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Originally Posted by mark christopher
actually no pete there is no room in 90% of ic car to do anything, i know u sit with ur 12th blinkers on so ill have grabed a couple of pictures to show how tight things are, prety much the same in starter boxes.
am am doing somthing about it trust me....
re rx charging i use a bantam bc6 or 501x, both are liable to having the wrong rate or type, but i double check and dont leave them unatended., but yup there next to the fuel tank, but hey you said we dont need to remove them from the car in an earlier post  |
I would wrap the cell in 2mm thick Kevlar. It's a very good material for containing debris, and not combustible. Here's a video of the blade-off tests on gas turbines (one of the blades on the front of the the engine is released with an explosive charge when the engine is flat out. All damage must be contained within the nacelle of the engine), and all that's stopping that blade from coming out of the fan case is... kevlar. I can't tell you the thickness, but it is much less than you would imagine. Seems to be 2mm available in your space.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/236079...lade_off_test/
I would also be pushing a manufacturer to offer the LiPo in a 2mm thick Kevlar case so you can reduce the space, or getting someone to make such a case that you can put a soft LiPo in. Hope taht gives you some more ideas!!
I use the BC6 as you know (wonderful charger, glad I took your advice!) and the most common error I dread is setting my two receiver packs to the wrong charge rate - one is 350mAh and the other 180mAh - so like you I am very vigilant after charging a main pack at 5A!!