So I’m working on a new carbon fiber deck for a new build. I have a new build thread to come! But I have a fun question first. Where do I want to put my battery? I’m building a drop deck. Here are pictures of the molds I have modeled.
Below I put screenshots of the mold designs, first battery below, then battery on top.
Pros to batt below:
More integrated/cleaner look,
integrated below makes waterproofing easier,
more space to stand up top.
Cons:
Deck needs to be higher to make sure nothing hits,
When you can never top mount it’s ugly and if you’re going to the length to design your own deck I’m sure you value looks. Bottom single stacks on drops rarely need risers and if you can go double stack a half inch should normally do, also depends on what wheel size you plan to use. Also carbon fiber usually sucks for decks keep that in mind
I’m looking at a cf/kevlar deck. I’ll either do a wet layup or use prepreg, or maybe a combination of the two. I’m working that through in my composites class. Though what makes straight cf decks suck so much @Kellag ? And I’ll be putting it all on Iwonder 120mm wheels.
Usually the radio interfere with the reciever the conductivity if you do blow up a battery pack, the concave usually sucks etc etc. If you can do it right tho props
Yeah it can create a bit of a wireless cage that can hurt your remote connection, you’ll have to have a pretty damn solid connection somehow. Or put the reciever in an external cage/create a window sort of deal for it
I mean sure you could, or you could just make the deck out of wood, or you could just buy a deck. Depends how hard you want to make things for yourself
This build started as a final project for my composites class. The more I do it out of composites the cheaper it is for me because of lab fees I already paid.
Ah that’s pretty cool actually, I would suggest you make a cf deck with maybe a internal compartment and a lid made out of fiberglass or something. Just rip off the raptor deck
How big of a window would I need in order to maintain a secure connection? And the main body of either enclosure would be integrated into the deck with a lot for access.
Do you think just a fiberglass lid would work? Or should I line the whole compartment with it? I am a bit hesitant about making anything external because I am afraid of that just being one more thing to fix and one more thing that would be extremely tough to change. Especially if I’m doing something like using epoxy to secure the antenna.
