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I now have a good idea of the hardware I need. Now I need to look at chargers and balancers. I have one of these already (only good for 4s I believe) http://www.robitronic.eu/elements/ap...erloader_e.pdf
1. What is going to be my best option for charging 3 separate "Trakpower" 2s packs at the same time?

2. I would like to get a balancer at the same time.

Recommendations please

Cheers Andrew

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Countryhick

I now have a good idea of the hardware I need. Now I need to look at chargers and balancers. I have one of these already (only good for 4s I believe) http://www.robitronic.eu/elements/ap...erloader_e.pdf
1. What is going to be my best option for charging 3 separate "Trakpower" 2s packs at the same time?

2. I would like to get a balancer at the same time.

Recommendations please

Cheers Andrew

The charger in your link is good for up to 4s. Are you wanting to charge all three packs in series, or seperately? If in series, a single 6s capable charger and a balancer like the LBA10 will work fine. You'll just have to make a special type of Y charge and balance adaptor.

Sorry, can't help on the 1512 dimensions...

Originally Posted by BrianG

I didn't, but I just whipped one up specifically for you.



The green circles are to show where you should zip tie the balancer leads to the main harness leads. The red wires with the gray ends show where those wires should either be removed from the connector, or put some heatshrink on them.

Hope it's not too confusing, but all I could come up with in a few minutes...

You mean like this Brian?

Progress is going well. I have made up some temporary battery trays (I'm going to make the permanent ones from CF) from 3mm alloy, I'm going to take to them with a drill to reduce some weight this weekend. I have attached a pic with the tray and my fake batteries (my 3 X NEU 2S1C 5000 mAh are in the mail) as you can see it looks like the L/R weights should be close. I will know more when the packs arrive.

I have also attached a pic (far left) of my temporary motor mount system (it hasn't been line bored or machined for weight reduction) it is a simple band clamp setup for testing only, the permanent one which I have nearly finished deigning will be CNC'd and include a integrated 12 fin heatsink and will still be a band type clamp. It will use the original 21 size motor mount bolt holes as well. A friend is going to transfer my hard copy to CAD so if anyone in the industry knows what format I need to give the machining shop please let me know.

Still waiting on the motor (NEU 1512 1.5y/s) to become available from Mike's shop so I can order the speed control and motor at the same time. Hopefully they arrive soon so I can get this thing up and running.

If any one has a NEU 1512 1.5y (smooth can) they want to sell please PM me. I will consider a finned can but would prefer smooth as I would have to machine off the fins to have it fit.

I would also consider other NEU 1512 motors around the 2000KV range.

Please help as I'm having extraordinary issues trying to get my hands on one of these motors. I even called NEU directly and they are out of stock and expect there to be a six week delay minimum before they have them back in stock.

Cheers Andrew