[glassdoctor]

Thanks...

Yeah I plan to use lipos, but any old nickel 6 cell packs will fit also. I have some loose cells I'm going to use special for the truggy.... I'm thinking 4s4p 12,000mah. :027: Or I might chicken out and go with a lighter 2p 8000mah. :002: I don't want to make it too heavy and kill handling and make things run hotter. But I want the big pack so I can make a 30 min race nonstop.

I have the other gorrilla strap somewhere :032: ... and I will have either some nerf bars on the sides like my buggy or a velcro strap of some sort to keep them from moving sideways.

I decided to make the alum braces like that so the batts can't ever get into the gears and there wasn't much chassis exposed at the rear, like to mount the gorilla straps. They should do a nice job of keeping the batts secure.

Heck I have thought of making a 1/10 buggy style battery bar across the top, with the packs boxed in on all sides. That would be cool. But I may be running packs that vary a lot in thickness.... like going from a big thick lipo pack to a 6 cell nickel pack. Velcro straps are more versatile....