Hyper 8 Buggy on 6s

[MetalMan]

I'm happy to see another electric Hyper 8. It sure is a sleek looking buggy, no doubt.
Couple things:
How about moving the Quark above the center diff? It will get more airflow there, provided the buggy's body will have a hole in the windshield. This will also allow you to mount the batteries closest to the center of the chassis, with the lowest CG (although strapping them in will be another issue).

The front to center of the chassis is terribly braced. At one time I noticed that my Hyper 8's chassis was bent where it isn't braced, and I haven't yet come up with a solution for this on mine.

[lincpimp]

Well. I will build the battery tray and see what you guys think. I would like to keep the quark on the chassis, both for heat transfer and lower cg.

The front bracing to the servo box does look a bit suspect. Why not use a hyper 7 brace? It is more like a std buggy brace.

[lincpimp]

Ok, made a battery tray, used some kydex (thanks rchippie) and cut out a shape. Took the heat gun to it and folded the sides. Used a carbide bit and cut slots for the velcro to go thru. I will have to make a pair of al spacers to raise it up to clear the dirt guard. Pics show it mocked up with some scrap kydex as spacers.

I will also move the receiver to the top of the servo, and clean up the wiring. I need to make a plate for the quark to attach as well. So far I have not drilled any holes in the chassis, and do not intend to!

Charged my batteries back up from the initial run, which was 12-15mins long. I put back just under 1100mah, so I think that 20mins or more will not be out of the question. I will give the align motor a few more packs, then switch to the hacker 15l b50 and see how it does.

[rchippie]

Nice tray .