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Originally Posted by TDC57
WWooowww  that looks great Metalman.. I see the mount worked out quite nice and it looks like you CG or good?. Great to hear nothing broke!.. And I do like the micro servo for the rear brake..  Did you end up hooking to your 3 channel??. What is your gearing? And do you know what that bad boy weights?? I thinking what 7.5lbs??
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The CG is decent, but because I wasn't able to fit the components on the floor of the chassis the CG could be better.
I did use the 3rd channel mixed in with the throttle to control the rear brake.
Check out the last picture
. Just over 8lbs
. Not bad for the first electric conversion to the SH buggy in the US
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Originally Posted by tom255
Wow nice conversion but I dont like battery box, becouse material is too weak, if it not polycarbonade otherwice it too fragile. I dont trust velcro tape too on front of battery box. Maybe when it fresh it will hold battery but in dirt and after copuple battery replacements it goes weaker
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The material is 1/8" thick polycarbonate - it's very strong. This is my third time making a battery tray using similar methods of velcro mounting (and it's worked for the last YEAR), and it's gotten better each time I have made a battery tray. In racing last Sunday there were no problems with the battery even close to falling out.
Besides, dirt doesn't get in the velcro fibers. I don't get the buggy dirty without the battery in there, and when the battery is in there, the velcro straps are on, closing off the inner fibers from whatever might get on them.