Sorry no batch 4
Lol damn. Still man great job that things a beast!
Do you feel the car in fiber contributes significantly to a lighter total weight?
No idea, haven’t weighed it yet, feels hefty, though it could just be that I’m not used to 55 cells, the whole thing feels very solid, not a single rattle The enclosure is 8lbs, motors 4lbs, wheels 4lbs, don’t know deck, trucks The deck is likely the lightest part…lol
Nice build! Love to see that the community efforts bear fruits
How did you fix the components (battery pack, ESCs, etc.) to the enclosure? Glue or velcro maybe?
Is that natural cure like corning 737 or is it just a more general silicone?
you can find that stuff at your local hardware store
just ask for 100% silicone
For some reason I thought it was super necessary to get the “natural cure” stuff. This is way more convenient, I already have like 5 tubes of this. Thanks gentlemen
@Sender neutral take longer to cure. But anyway acetyl shouldnt degrade the glass of the enclosure or PVC on batteries. Just leave the enclosure open to air for a few days before bolting it to the board so that all of the silicone can cure and the gasses don’t rest on things like the terminals/focboxes etc…
Yeah it’s great, a bit bouncy, holds like cement. My trick for removing something siliconed in, is fishing line, get it underneath whatever is siliconed and with a sawing motion drag it across and underneath the siliconed object, out in seconds, 0 damage
Do you guys even glue your batteries together with this pre spot welding? I used the natural cure stuff and it took FOREVER to dry…
yea I know scept does
Cool, that will save a shitload of time.
Alright, I have a bunch of different size kapton, but what is that tape with the fiberglass or whatever in it? Also my fish paper is non adhesive, should I just silicone that down or is there a preferred adhesive to use? Sorry for clogging your thread, these quandaries have been nagging at me.
It’s strapping tape, I got adhesive backed fish paper, I think @Deckoz mentioned some spray adhesive he uses for plain fish paper
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ICBG46C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_smSTAbSR086E3
Why not?!?? Lights are purdy.