6 cell flat pack battery mount

[Clinton1396]

Hello, yes I'm a noob when it comes to rc crawling but not Rc's. I got my Ax-10 a few days ago and love it. I made a homemade battery pack plate for the front axle to get more weight up front. Yea I know that I could have just bought the split pack but why spend money on another battery when I have a good battery already. This plate I made has held up great so far. So here are some pics enjoy


I just cut out a piece of plastic from an old tackle box lid and painted it and cut the holes in it, then put a piece of velcro on the servo and the plastic. I then cut some old tmaxx turnbuckles in half and then cut the threads so that they weren't so long. so yea you get the idea

[yotachump]

I think the battery is still to HIGH. My 25.99 8 cell axle pack was well spent money.

[Teapot]

Not too shabby. I made a similar one for the back, I had other plans for above my servo.

[yotachump]

Originally Posted by Teapot

Not too shabby. I made a similar one for the back, I had other plans for above my servo.

weight up front is better.

[jrkilburn]

I see you are from York. If it's York pa you should stop by Scale Speed on First Ave in Red Lion to do some indoor crawling.

[Robb]

As already stated, getting the batt weight up front is great, placing that weight directly on the axle/tires is even better.......................but placing that weight lower is even better than that. So to answer, "why spend money on another battery when I have a good battery already?" the answer is to lower the overall center of gravity of the vehicle, which equates to better overall performance of the vehicle.

[jamesdicken]

i had a battery plate on the back and it was horrable. i couldnt climb and the back would not want to go up stuff. i ordered a saddle pack.