Saddle pack chassis X6

[grelland]

Guys,

inspired by the feedback I received on my battery strap thread, I have looked at modifying a X6squared chassis to accomondate saddle pack lipos in stead of the stick pack.

The reason why I am looking at this, is mainly that I can not get used to the looks of the body, and the zen body I painted a few weeks ago, doesnt quite do it for me either

So I though that I could have a look at the possibility of making a carbon-fibre chassis for my car, but after giving it a hard thought, and also from looking at the fabolous work of a Swedish racer (http://rc10b4.blogspot.com), I soon realised that I dont have the tools or skills to make all the parts for mounting the gearbox etc.

Instead I looked at the possibility of modifying a stock X6sq chassis, and here is what I came up with so far...

I started with sketching up the X6 chassis:


Next thing was to sketch up the placement of the batteries, and the outline of a standard B4 body. The front section of the X6 chassis is qiute similar to the B4, and the width is some 2mm narrower than the X6, so I think the B4 body could be a good start.



My intention is to dremel down the X6 chassis, and have carbon fiber reinforcements made that goes along the outher edge of the chassis. That way I hope that the rigidity removed by cutting the edge of the chassis will be restored.

Here is an idea of how the c-f plates could look, and I would probably stack 3 or 4 on top of each other and bond them together.



I see I migh run out of real estate for mounting all the electronics, but I will pull out my dremel and test the concept on a scrap chassis.

Let me know what you think

[grelland]

oh, one more thing, it's not only the body that is the reason for this, the weight distribution will be shifted a little bit forward, so I might be able to end up with about 65/35 weight distribution without adding wigths to the front.

[elvo]

Careful not to introduce weak spots near the extreme ends of the C/F stacked plates.
Bear in mind that molded composite and C/F plates don't quite flex in the same way. On every jump landing they'll be trying to break apart.

[ryan_93]

you can use 2 saddle packs in the standard x6^2 chassis end to end where the stick pack fits in.

[grelland]

I know, but that will not make the chassis narrower, so the B4 shell fits.

[gerbil]

Originally Posted by ryan_93

you can use 2 saddle packs in the standard x6^2 chassis end to end where the stick pack fits in.

ryan did you not read the thread mate

[ryan_93]

oh yeah sorry