Please help me before I start to lose my mind.
Got a very frustrating problem with the Durga.
After two race meetings and 10 races started, I have failed to finish 6. One was due to me crashing and breaking a shock tower. One was caused by a connector shaking loose. But FOUR have been caused by the battery shaking itself apart at the battery bars.
I run 6-cells side-by-side, EP4200s with Much-More Premium bars.
I have tried glueing the cells together, taping the cells together, padding the battery tray out with foam, removing aforementioned padding. I have been using either a professional quality Weller 60W iron with a big tip or one of the 12V irons with a monster tip with Much-More 4% silver solder. And the packs are still breaking apart.
Next on my list of things to try is heatshrinking the whole pack together and using braid instead of bars to make the cell joints flexible.
Any other suggestions? I have never had this happen before expect for big crashes that have left the electronics hanging out of the side of the car, to have it happen so regularly now in normal race conditions is starting to spoil my fun.
Seems to me that the Durga chassis flexes a little more around the edges than you might think and the battery pack is taking the strain.
Anyone else having this problem? It would really help me to know I am not the only loony in the world who is suffering from this.
