My CRT.5 conversion w/ ET & radar data

[Finnster]

To answer a few ?'s:

The batts trays I made from a project box from Radio Shack. This one I think Had to cut up and mod a bit to fit the batts tight, but works well. Its bolted down thru the chassis holes for the gas tank and engine. Added a couple screws since the vid for more security. Added two more from the top after the tray came apart at end of 60mph vid.

I have the Ofna ext chassis. The limiting factor is width. I chose the 2100 and 2500 batts are they are ~35mm wide. Compared to a 44mm wide lipo, they are much smaller, and fit perfectly on the chassis. I have a 4S 3200 batt for my rustler, and it looked way too big on the chassis, and dangerously overhung on the sides. It wouldn't fit under the std body. The RCM chassis is much wider and will accommodate std 1/10 scale batts, but obviously not the stock body.

I was aiming for lightweight, so runtime is, IDK, 12-15min driving hard. Really depends on driving. I am pretty sure it will do a 15 min race (which was goal) and 100% sure it will do a 10 min race. Bashing lasts a good long time.

The Neus have Kokam taps. The best balancer to get is the Astro blinky. Very simple, but will fit any type of tap out there. I have a hyperion and TP balancer, and an assortment of adapters, but w/ the Blinky I don't need any of all that extra crap and it works well. $25 too.

[Finnster]

Pics as requested. Couple notes: The tray came apart at end of 60mph video. I used an ABS cement to put the tray together, but it didn't bond well to the plastic. I redid it w/ Gorrilla glue, but rear tray shifted during drying and backend sticks out too much from the side. Fit snug first time (see 1st pics in earlier post) and only over hung by ~2mm. Need to fix this, but, eh works for now. Pic makes the repair look worse than it is tho.

Basically the tray is the project box quartered, slimmed down to 35mm wide, and a single strip of ABS attaching all the quarters together. Thin padding foam from T2 batt tray runs the length. 2 3mm from below, now 2 3mm from top bolting all quarters down for extra strength.

Top w/ batt:



3s batt from side:



LED Headlights:



Comparing 35mm wide batt to 44mm ("1/10th scale") batt. 35mm batt is shorter and less wide but taller. Fits better on OFNA chassis IMO.

1.) What are the runtimes like with the Neu 3s and 4s 2500's?

2.) What do you use for a balancer?

3.) Could you post a few chassis shots with the Neu batteries

-Thanks, Brad