Lets see, a 12s4p battery in a configuration of two side by side rows of 24, 18650 cells would be 17 inches long and 5.75 inches wide (going by my battery’s dimensions), discounting the BMS. With another 3 inches for a Focbox Unity I think it would fit.
I will post some pictures of the interior dimensions with a battery pack and Unity later
I’ve bought most of my fabrics and bagging materials from Composite Envisions, this isn’t an ad but they seem to sell good quality products at a reasonable price and i’ve had nothing but good service from them.
The flame enclosure turned out alright, the corners are a bit iffy, once again I experimented with a method of pre coating the mold with resin but this tight wave cotton fabric was too thick to conform properly. These corners are not too bad and i can easily sand it smooth.
I found a few more spots on the mold where air bubbles got caught between the gelcoat and the reinforcement. I have since learned a new method to prevent that in future molds.
Using a heated box for speeding up the curing process had a good and bad effect. The enclosure cured in just a couple hours. But it got too hot and the heat imprinted the fabric pattern on the mold surface.
I suppose this mold is repairable but at this point it might be better to start from the ground up with a design that has smoother curvature. The radius of the corners on this design have proved to be too sharp for good consistent results.
Sweet!!! You have access to cool toys.
Sanded and polished the red enclosure and got it all mounted to the deck, I’m happy with how it all turned out
Looks great man!
Are you gonna sell any of them? Just curious.
Well, I have three other enclosures that I have made so far and they all have imperfections. I don’t think I’m going to put in the effort to fix this mold, so that might be that. I may make a design/mold but I will have to see how much time I have during this school semester.
cool! I love carbon fiber!
