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12-18-2016, 08:39 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: South Jersey
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|  Front mounted battery
Was just on amain hobby site and I see gmade has released a front mount battery tray for the sawback. I'd love to have it but it looks like it won't work with the chassis mounted steering servo I have so I was wondering if anyone has tried it out? Here's the link https://www.amainhobbies.com/gmade-j...n30001/p488664 |
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12-18-2016, 09:08 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: South Jersey
Posts: 191
| Re: Front mounted battery
Seems like I could cut out a rectangle and drill four holes and mount my servo right to the battery plate like a brick plate for an scx10. The battery plate sits at the same place the chassis mounted steering mount is so a few minutes with a dremel and I'd be good to go
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12-18-2016, 10:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler   Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Portland
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| Re: Front mounted battery
That's not a bad looking part and decent price. I mounted an Extra Axial battery tray on the Flap that sticks out of the RX box.  ScalerFab Sliders and bumpers. |
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12-19-2016, 05:16 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Strafford, NH
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| Re: Front mounted battery
I use the tab on the ESC box for a small 3s
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12-19-2016, 04:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: South Jersey
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| Re: Front mounted battery
The axial battery mount looks good and probably cheap also. My problem is I'm still using standard 6cell packs, all oldest battery is two years old. Reason I never changed is because all my trucks (tamiya semis and vintage tamiya) all have Novak rooster or super rooster esc and I'm not gonna buy all new lipo compatible stuff. I have 10 or 12 vehicles that me and the kids take out randomly so it would cost me a fortune to convert over to lipo
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12-19-2016, 09:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Portland
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| Re: Front mounted battery
I still run the Stick Packs too. I do more tinkering than wheelin and the NiMH is a little more forgiving on sitting. |
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12-20-2016, 06:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Douglassville, PA
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| Re: Front mounted battery
Made one off the stock RX box as well. servo is still mounted on the axle, I had to angle it up a bit for clearance. Works great  That Gmade part is nice though...they have been doing some good stuff lately. |
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12-22-2016, 11:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: saranac
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| Re: Front mounted battery
I like that g made part but I'm not giving up my cms, I just mount my battery to the receiver box.
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10-06-2017, 04:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2017 Location: Bellevue
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| Re: Front mounted battery Quote:
Im looking to get a Sawback. In order to use the gmade front battery tray do you have to relocate the servo? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk | |
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10-12-2017, 09:33 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Toronto
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| Re: Front mounted battery
I mount my flat 6 and 7 cell stick packs right across the top of the fake motor / top of my servo (I mounted to the chassis using the stock axle servo mount and some spacers) I have one Velcro strap running through the receiver box (pinched between the fake motor lid) and anothee strap hooked around the overhang of the lid. Keep a the weight in the front and hasn't ever given me an issue. |
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10-13-2017, 11:08 AM
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| Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA
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| Re: Front mounted battery
I forgot this existed.
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02-11-2018, 12:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2017 Location: UK
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| Re: Front mounted battery
The Gmade front battery tray with electronics also mounted to it. Think it possible to go CMS with just two counter sunk holes drilled through the plate.  20180205_203514 by Peter Rathbone, on Flickr
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