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Newbie Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hatboro
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Which is the better route to go? Low cg battery tray or 3s shorty pack mounted up front? Or is there another option I should think about?
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Newbie Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Pa-Ho-nix
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Just from my short time with the shorty 3S 1300 lipo, I'm convinced that up front is the way to go. You can remove the entire main battery tray if you like, and a small Gens Ace 3s lasts a long long time while trailing or crawling. Besides the little 3s Gens Tattu 1300 is available at 75C for about $20-25. So, buy a pair or a few and you've got weight forward, less overall weight, and lots of runtime. Grab a velcro strap and away you go. Gens ace Tattu 1300mAh 3S 11.1V 75C LiPo Battery - XT60 at Rpp $18 Just a thought. |
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Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Fort Leonard Wood
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I have my battery up front and my electronics in the battery tray. My batteries are about 4 oz, I like that weight up front.
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Newbie Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: DALLAS
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If you can, 3s or 2s short in the front would be perfect. My bronco was unstoppable with a 3s 1300mah up front. Gave decent run time too However, I run a 2s 5000mah in the stock position because I have a lot of brass down low and a winch servo up front to move the CG forward and lower. |
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Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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ESC up front, 2x2s 2200s on the sides (I run 4s obviously).
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RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Big Island
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I run this battery tray: https://www.amazon.com/KYX-Battery-M.../dp/B07VPHB3ZF its made by KYX, all aluminum, and it lowers the battery probably about 1"-1 1/2" KYX gets a lot of hate, but i haven't had any problems with anything I've bought from them. The machining on this tray is perfect, and it comes with spare screws. I bought this tray instead of a Bowhouse for example because I'm doing a custom bed for my build, and i needed the battery as low and as flat as possible. |
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Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Drums
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For instance if you got a a lot of brass up front only, and then remove the battery from the stock or low CG and put it up front, God help you when you try to control a steep down hill decent. My best advise is to experiment. Run the EXACT same lines and compare the results. Yes, you may end up buying something you may find didn't perform as desired but that's why we have shelves to put them on till we get another rig! ![]() Last edited by OnTheTrail; 11-22-2020 at 09:48 PM. | |
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Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: San Jose
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Up front will make is more capable on steep inclines and less stable (tail happy) for high speed. If you want to run flat trails with more speed, keep it centered and low. Either way less weight is better. You can run a small mah battery shorty in either location to save weight, but I usually look for the higher mah shorty. The weight difference isn't that much for the mah rating. |
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