Is a battery Pit-stop possible?

[JERRY2KONE]

With the technology and skills flowing through this site I would have to say yes to this one. Just off the top of my head I can think of a system like xcentrk said, which the battery is clipped in and would only require a quick 'Press-release" to get the pack out and swap it, and switching the leads. If you practice just like the big boys in NASCAR do, you can probably get er done in quite the competitive time. Where there is a will, there is a way. I am sure with the thinking just going on here today we will see some mechanical marvels in the next several months to a year. YES this is definitely doable.

As for the Mah being used I do think that some guys are just trying to hard to get maxx speed out of their rigs and that is why they are only getting 10 or 15 minutes out of their packs. With some of the raw power being used out there today a lot of guys are spending way too much time spinning their wheels instead of driving smoothly and consistantly. We just love to drive fast and out of control, because no one can get hurt. It is just like the video games that are just not realistic to real world driving. Work on your technique first and back off of the speed.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

As for the Mah being used I do think that some guys are just trying to hard to get maxx speed out of their rigs and that is why they are only getting 10 or 15 minutes out of their packs. With some of the raw power being used out there today a lot of guys are spending way too much time spinning their wheels instead of driving smoothly and consistantly. We just love to drive fast and out of control, because no one can get hurt. It is just like the video games that are just not realistic to real world driving. Work on your technique first and back off of the speed.

When guys at my track get 15 minutes from a pack it's when they do drive smooth and consistently, while being geared for basically the same speed as the few nitros we've run with, so they're not way over powered setups.
My 1515 2.5D (1700kv) on 5s, geared for ~32mph (bit less top end than nitros) will usually use 1400-1500mah (out of a 25c 4900) in 5 and half minutes of racing. That's while driving very smooth, with hardly any wheel spin on a not so gripy track. So I'll probably get something like 15-18 minutes racing runtime.
Lots of people say they get huge run times, which I'm sure they do for most types of bashing, but from what I've seen you use power a lot quicker in non stop racing.

I do think it's possibly to make a good quick release battery compartment. It may be quite tricking and time consuming to make a good one, and you might not be able to use the stock dirt guard, but still doable.
I'm pretty sure it was Serum who had some drawings of a quick release tray he was designing a while ago (6 months maybe?). But I can't find the thread, or the temp forum to see if it's in that.
The idea I liked the most was to attach the hold down to the battery with velcro or simillar and plug the battery into the hold down.
Put some big female bullet connectors on the hold down, and some male connectors in the battery compartment, so when you push the battery into place it is automatically plugged in, no need to mess around with deans plugs or whatever. If I was doing it I would try and use that sort of idea.
It will only be worth doing if you can change the battery without taking the body off though.