my eLST thread

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I'm glad you brought up the batteries, Jerry. The battery set up certainly isn't a normal feature for the LST. The Losi electric kit mounts the batteries behind the tranny and motor, making it wheelie happy. Most home made electric conversions mount the batteries fore of the tranny, but it still doesn't look good.

I like symmetry in my builds, and wanted a lower cog than chassis mounted batteries. I also wanted aluminum battery boxes since this was an all aluminum build.

All the battery boxes are is a 6 inch piece of 2 inch aluminum angle. I mounted them on top of the stock LST lower chassis plate using existing holes, and then added a second stock LST lower chassis plate and sandwiched the battery boxes between them. Then I prettied up the outside by rounding the corners and cutting out shapes that mimic the cutouts on the LST bumpers and chassis rails.

It runs like any 6s brushless beast Jerry- Insane!!!!

[JERRY2KONE]

Thanks Harold. With your added description it all makes sense to me now. I really like the way you put it all together. I may want to use that tecnique on a future porject now that I see how you did it. Like you I prefer semmitry in my projects as well. It brings a look of balance and even increased performance even if they really do not. So I love how you made the battery trays look like part of amanufacturers stock design. Very nice. Another successful build young man.