Ok this project has stopped and started numerous times, mostly for personal reasons and a complete lack of spare time. It was put on the back burner as my priorities shifted.
Now available to pre-order
Paragon Deck & Enclosure combo PRE-ORDER — RAMM Boards
so firstly the name…
Paragon
noun
- a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
- a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
After many many iterations of this deck/enclosure (about 9, 
). we have finally developed a model that we can produce. The enclosure has been extremely difficult to develop due to the curvature of the deck.
Most enclosures are relatively simple(ish) tray style designs with no acute angles. This is for good reason, as any angle less than 90deg makes releasing the carbon/fiberglass composite from the mold a painful and mostly fruitless effort.
As you can hopefully see from the images, due to the curve and the battery segments, we have numerous overhangs in the enclosure. These overhangs caused us a lot of issues, so much so, we considered making a more simplistic design for ease of manufacture, but then it just would look the same as all the others. The curved chamber style compartments of the enclosure is a feature that makes this deck stand out. (in my biased opinion)
So we instead redesigned the mold. A mold that splits into six sections, allowing us to create the enclosure you see in the images. This mold sits inside another mold during the layup process. It may just look like a simple segmented tray, but compare it to similar offerings from Lacroix and Flux. You will notice their enclosures have vertical or >90deg angles on the sections. Anyway, I just wanted to try and explain the effort that has gone into producing this thing.
Other specs, notes…
- Capacity = max 18s7p 21700 (all but rear compartment used for battery). I would however recommend a 16s7p setup, so you have space in both the front and rear compartment.
- Enclosure Materials = Carbon fiber composite exterior, fiberglass interior, so non conductive, (but please still insulate everything). Hand laid. (we only have the one mold, so production is slow).
- Each of the 5 center sections is designed to hold 3s7p battery config.
- Deck is 9ply + 3ply fiberglass. We intentionally didn’t put any carbon in the deck, so not to interfere with the remote/receiver signal.
- We recommend using at least a 3mm rubber/foam gasket between the deck and enclosure. (edit: now shipping with a 2mm thick custom made rubber gasket, to ensure good seal between deck and enclosure)
- First shipment is expected end Jan / beginning Feb 2023. Majority of the first batch is already spoken for, but I think we have around 8 sets remaining.
- Price : mmm, tough one, we have looked at other similar offerings, most are using an easier to produce ABS/Kydex enclosure, our is not. Price will be around $500-$600 for the deck&enclosure combo.
Probably not a good day to post this, as I’ve been up all night watching the World cup (England 
), and i’m in need of some zZzZzZ
I just hate everything else because too short I also love that you thought ahead about the remote signal as there is nothing more annoying than getting a new case for your electronics only to have them work worse in it.
surely not?