Battery placement

[domwilson]

No problem. I'll try, or someone else will, to answer all your questions. In return, if you learn anything share it with us.

[recloosetrav]

i definitely will. I'll post some pics of my progress soon.

[Tony Vega]

Do the stock battery trays just pop off with minimal effort? I am a new Supervee owner and want the flexibility of moving my batteries.

[domwilson]

They break out very easily.

[recloosetrav]

I just took mine out and ran velcro along the sides

[z400]

Along the sides of your battery?


Never tried it, not quite sure how your doing it, but you may be alot happier with brewing up some epoxy and sealing some thin balsa and gluing the balsa in place of the battery trays and putting velcro on top of that.


Just like this-

[scooterP]

I'm running 2s 5000mah lipos in mine. I have removed the front of the trays and put the lipos where the front of the batt is just in front of the motor mount where the motor bolts to it. I have about 5oz of lead just under the front of the motor. Runs pretty good with this configuration. Using the 42x55 Grim 2 blade prop. I would estimate that I'm in the 40ish range on speed. I don't have any "official" way to check just yet. I have a nitro truck that runs a verified 45mph, and I know the boat is at, or pretty close to that speed.

[Tony Vega]

So I pulled my trays out and they came out with little effort. Am I just wasting my time by stripping out the inside of the hull and sanding down or using a chisel to knock off the epoxy from the mounts? I tend to be real particular about my kits so I took it as a good oportunity to clean up the factory fiberglass job. After the sanding I plan to lay down some 2-part epoxy on the hull and the wood. I then plan to run a long strip of velcro along the sides and install some floatation foam. I removed the white styrofoam that was stuffed inside my hull. I had no idea it was in there and kept wondering where all the snow was coming from. Here is a quick pick of my progress.

[scooterP]

Strip it out and clean it up if you like, afterall it is a hobby

I just took out the forward stops on the batt compartment. Then made sure to seal any wood that was exposed with some CA. I put little squares of velcro in various spacing so that I could pull the packs out without too much effort, but enough to hold everything in place. I have had my boat upside down and been though some pretty spectacular "manuvers" without my batts coming out of place.

The foam in the front of the boat is used for flotation!!. If you take it out because it is shedding, I would be sure to put something else in there. I have foat cut and placed in my transome up to the back of the batt trays and radio box. I also have rectangular pieces placed under the sides of the hull above both batt trays. I also have foam in the canopy or hatch...not sure what you call it. I have this placed in rectangular strips along the length of the hatch. All of this foam is attached in strategic places with some hot glue.

My boat has had to stay upside down for a couple of hours before while I scrounged for a way to retrieve it that didn't involve swimming. This was in my first days with the boat.....I have since developed ways of retrieval... My boat appears that it would have floated quite a while with my foam placement. If I had taped my hatch, it probably would not have had any water in it at all.

[soliverg]

I agree, Ive taken the foam out, except for a little bit at the front (just in case), and tape the hatch with magic tape. I find it better that the "Deck tape" as its not as wide (easier to bend around the shape of the hatch) and not as ugly on a nice paint job.

I also have incerted some thin window sealing foam in the trench that the hatch sits in ( from the local hardware store) and replaced the hatch clip with the one from kinetic racing.
Have had the boat upside down several times for up to an hour without any water ingress, which is really comforting when using lipos

ALWAYS tape the hatch, its safe cheap insurance.