11-06-2013, 04:02 PM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Great White North
Posts: 93
| Battery Location
Hey all! I have a Honcho and a Wrangler, both with the battery up front. I do a fair bit of crawling/trailing on steep inclines and find that when going down hill or across the incline I have a tendency to roll. (I use a 5000mah 7.4 lipo hard case). How much better is it to place the battery sideways in front of the transmission? Will it roll less? Will I lose some climbing ability? I was looking at the Jevne Racing Ultra Battery Tray. Last edited by cjhike; 11-06-2013 at 04:44 PM. |
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11-06-2013, 04:39 PM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 1,286
| Re: Battery Location
placing it sideways to the front side seems to be a popular mounting spot...I personally use a saddle pack so I can run the packs the lowest possible on the rock sliders. Center of gravity will greatly improve and probably not much different climbing...your electronics will take up some of the weight loss up front. |
11-06-2013, 05:42 PM | #3 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: in the sticks
Posts: 33
| Re: Battery Location
+1 on saddle packs on sliders. i see alot of people running them sideways and it seems to work out better for the most part compared to the front, i think it would lower your chances of rolling. |
11-06-2013, 06:10 PM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: In my house
Posts: 44
| Re: Battery Location
I am using the Jevne battery tray on my Honcho, seems to work better than stock front location.
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11-06-2013, 06:17 PM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Warren
Posts: 722
| Re: Battery Location
Run it sideways right on the frame rails. Just use the Velcro straps from the stock battery tray and Velcro it right on. I have run mine this way for a year. No issues with the battery and much better center of gravity.
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11-06-2013, 07:46 PM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Stockton
Posts: 114
| Re: Battery Location
i've been testing my SCX10 Wrangler with the battery sideways and putting weights on the rock rails.So far this set up works great.Less chance for roll over on off camber side hills.
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11-09-2013, 10:39 PM | #7 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Huntington Beach
Posts: 55
| Re: Battery Location
I've seen people bolt the battery tray right to the receiver box where the ESC would originally attach on the box. That would seem to work well.
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