Quick release battery pack

i've thought about this too... but a bit simpler

2 male bullets poking up out of the bottom of the battery tray... push your stick pack onto the top of them... no fiddling with wires and all the wires are hidden under the plastic :)

I will be doing this with my axial exo... as getting wires in through the holes in the cage will be a nightmare!

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Originally Posted by Bazzokajoe

i've thought about this too... but a bit simpler

2 male bullets poking up out of the bottom of the battery tray... push your stick pack onto the top of them... no fiddling with wires and all the wires are hidden under the plastic :)

I will be doing this with my axial exo... as getting wires in through the holes in the cage will be a nightmare!

Hehe, that's what I meant, just didn't know how to simplify it..

[pinkpanda3310]

I never knew how adjustable the battery tray is on the XO-1, nice.

Rigging a car to change batteries without removing the body would be difficult in my mind. The first method that sprang to mind was the battery slid into the side of the car somehow to minimize opening the body.

The second method that sprang to mind would be to cut a trap door in the chassis for the battery to load/unload. That would require a lot of thinking to get it right and would also comprimise some stuff like chassis strength and possible battery ejection etc...

One more method that just came to mind would be to operate on the body. Asthetically this would look aweful but if lap times are more important... cut down one side of the body (right above the battery tray), strategically place some fibre glass tape to act as hinges, use velcro to hold the body in place against the side guard. I think you might need more space to work with though.

Hope these idea's help your train of thought.

[pinkpanda3310]

Now i've slept on it I got more idea's, but maybe not suitable. Since this is for racing I'm guessing it's a SCT, buggy or truggy project?

The idea I had was if it was a maxx with a slightly higher chassis plate just mount the batteries on the underside of the chassis (with a little extra protection of course). Or if the car had tvp's (I know the savage is not the racers choice) just flip the battery tray upside down.

If you could make a custom chassis plate - make one side normal and the other side make it wider then bend it up and across so the battery tray can be mounted underneath and sit flush with the rest of the chassis.

Alternatively use the stock chassis plate bend up one side and mount the tray to the vertical edge like a tvp i.e. savage bat tray mounted upside down. I reckon that's my best idea yet

[zeropointbug]

This is for my racing Revo if you didn't know, check my other thread, racing battery choices.

panda, you hit everything spot on with the limitations. Body cannot be removed, that takes up alot of time. Battery cannot be changed/swapped from underneath, because of the skid plate I have, and for other obvious reasons, like damage. There will be either a trap door on the body like you said or simply just flex the shell upwards enough that you can do what needs to be dont, but that might two hands, so I will try it without modifying the shell first, then, if need be...

Only question is will the mounting on the XO-1 battery rays work with me so I can rig it up to my truck.

[pinkpanda3310]

Ooh. Looking at your revo I'm wondering if there is enough room to use the xo-1 tray. I think you're probably better off with your original idea of quick release connectors. Having the battery mounted on edge will be an advantage for side access.

[zeropointbug]

Yeah I am not sure if I could make it work mounting to the carbon fiber angle, as the pack already touches the body shell. If I could take the carbon angle away and rig up something else for the battery tray to mount to.