My home made battery plate

[kedal]

Not usefull, but good looking :)
Epoxy for the front plate and plastic for the rear plate.

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[Garry Driffill]

Its always struck me why companys have never done this in the first place? To me it looks very good, less metirial used ect...

:)

[j.m.]

How did you use epoxy and plastic?

On a side note, the fish eye lens makes your camber and toe settings look absolutely ridiculous.

[kedal]

Thx Gary ;)

j.m : I use plastic for the rear plate, and epoxy for the front plate. I'll make test, and if it's good, I'll try to do it in carbon fiber. And yes, the fish eye make my car very strange ;)

[j.m.]

You can try this for the strap:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9782&Product_Name=Woven_Carbon_Fiber_Sheet_300x100_%282 .0MM_Thick%29

[kedal]

thanks for the link j.m. !

[Aran]

might try this out on my b4 tomorrow, got some left over carbon fibre. think i might make it so a hand out transponder will fit in on the side too, made one from plastic few weeks ago and has worked quite well

[Tom3012]

Its a good idea, traxxas bandit uses the same method.. I think when he says epoxy he means the material which looks a bit like G10:)

[j.m.]

That's what I was thinking...

That CF isn't top of the line, but it's extremely inexpensive. I think it'll do a fine job of holding your batt in and a transponder. :)

Don't forget to use sharp drill bits!!

Jon

[kedal]

Yeah, I'll think about that plate holding battery and transponder.

[JezT]

Its always struck me why companys have never done this in the first place? To me it looks very good, less metirial used ect...

:)

I'm a newbie here, so excuse my question; Is there any added longitudial strength/stiffness in the chassis by having a bar running from the rear shock tower to the front battery posts? Is this why?

[Aran]

I'm a newbie here, so excuse my question; Is there any added longitudial strength/stiffness in the chassis by having a bar running from the rear shock tower to the front battery posts? Is this why?

with the battery securely down i would assume it would be okay, its nice to have a bit of flex in the chassis anyway to add grip :). only way to tell is to race it though, im no expert either lol

[j.m.]

F the battery strap isn't securely fastened (screws), then it's not going to add a noticeable amount of stiffness. The vertical rails on either side of the battery are more key to the chassis stiffness than anything.

Why don't manufacturers do this? Because when the cars were designed most people probably still used NiMh cells. A single thin strap isn't going to hold a 6 cell pack in, but works great for hardcase LiPos.

Jon

[Aran]

made one last night out of 2mm carbon fibre, my nimh stick pack fits nice and securely will see how a lipo goes in when i get some :D