Battery Tray Mod w/Photos - Advice Sought

[emcad]

Hi folks this is my first post and have just become the proud owner of a SC After reading some threads about modifications an attempt has been made at the vertical battery installation, but am unsure what to do next - please have a look at the pics which show the progress so far where i'm stuck.

[toff]

Turn the lipo the other way! Thats how mine sits in, and has done for nearly a year!

[newblood]

Check out this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2a-q5EXWk&feature=related

At the 3:30 mark, he shows how he added a little foam 'cushioning' to keep the vertical battery in place. Not a bad idea.

Hope this helps.

[ginginho]

I've cut a little more out of the box, allowing the lipo side to be placed almost flat against the part of the box the the U/C plugs into. The area I am on about is just above the dotted area in the first picture. You want this cross area to be as wide as a velcro patch (both parts). You then stick a piece of velcro (about a sqaure inch) to the vertical part fo the BB (the face that separates the battery from the UC) and stick a corresponding piece of velcro on your packs. This will hold the battery pretty well, and stops it swinging back and forth, or moving up or down.

I've added a bit of stuff to your original image to show what needs cutting out (RED) and the width of the piece remaining that should be as wide as the velcro set (BLUE). The area the velcro sticks to is in dark red (WINE ;D) I hope this helps the explanation.

Battey box cutting and velcro:


As for you motor wires, position the Rx so that you can route the wires around where the pack would be, then use tape to hold the wires to the inside of the foam and out of the way of the pack. you can always cut a shallow groove into the foam to recess the wires a bit, shown in RED.


Wire routing:

[emcad]

Thanks for the advice guys I used some little blocks of rigid foam to surround the battery and it sits nice.