Enclosure braces

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Do you guys use them? Should I make one for my enclosure? Which enclosures use these?

If you’re not sure what I’m referring to, I mean a metal or hard plastic bracket which sits around the lip of the enclosure to spread the pressure from screws around the enclosure evenly, allowing water seals to work properly. With some enclosures it’s not really possible, like segmented flexible ones. You can almost achieve the same effect by just putting more holes in the enclosure but sometimes this is a lot more work (CF decks)

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I’m actually doing this now.

I’m planning on using the leftover boosted enclosure piece thingies. These:

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They’re almost the perfect length but the width is off, so a little sanding and they should fit right on the edge

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I have both plastic and metal, but I can’t use both as it would be too thick.

Anyone have input on which to use?

I would send the other set to you @anubis but you’re across the pond :thinking:

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I think plastic would be better unless you round off the edges on the metal, you probably wouldn’t want to have a dull blade/edge of metal bar pressed up against it. I am hoping to use my uni’s CNC to cut some up though

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Good point, the plastic is also slightly thinner.

You interested in the metal ones? I don’t know what enclosure you’re using

E: haha nvm you edited

Post when you’ve finished :o

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I have a vanguard build but I don’t think I’m going to upgrade the battery beyong 10S2P 40T so it already uses a metal enclosure, and my other boards are stiff so they use really long enclosures.

The reason I posted this was because my eskatingeu enclosure cracked in 2 places and I had to JBWeld it together, and I noticed the water seal is very poor with such a bad distribution of pressure, even with many screws. eboostin enclosures are super quality, with those braces I bet you get excellent life out of them :slight_smile:

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Aw bummer sorry to hear about that :(

I think of it like a computer case… I like a blend of looks and durability, but I don’t want to actually put it up to a durability test

How is the sag on your 2p 40t? What vesc/ESC and motors are you using?

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Also, I know it’s not much help but I remember seeing a thread on the builders forum where people were discussing stiffening boards by attaching sheet metal/strips of metal along the sides of the enclosure.

It sounds like an ugly yet functional fix :person_shrugging:

E: I tried to find it, but couldn’t :confused:

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Basically no sag on 100MM meepo hubs, but I’ll be moving it to a dual N5055 or MT 6374 (Widly different but its whats around) setup and using a 3P 30Q setup on the hubs. As for actually comparing to two, because the packs are very similar (3P 30Q vs 2P 40T) I think I actually prefer the 40T. Its basically the same price, gets extremely similar real world range and is quite a bit smaller so fits nicely on a smaller deck.

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