- Kyosho RB6 Midship - Glenn Campion - Battery position -


A tip perhaps for anyone running saddles and wanting the ability to switch over to a shorty and back with ease.

I have re worked the internal layout recently (for the fourth time) and now very happy with it. In short, I used two longer screws (10mm) on the front battery posts so that they are held in place from below the chassis in the centre position of bracket, doing away with the four (in total) 6mm countersunks .

Two positions are available in front and behind the posts, instead of using one of these take the longer screw and use the centre mounting position screwing the fasteners directly into the posts.

Additionally it has allowed me to move the battery posts and bracket back enough to now longer require the supplied foam (its now the perfect gap for two saddles) and breathed a bit more space behind the servo, which can be tight depending on your electronics. I have re-wired my battery leads the right length so that they too will reach the ends of a shorty. I don't at present own a shorty to try this but given they are near on identical in length to the space created and the width of two saddles I am fairly confident this will work.

To change over, I think it will just require the battery bracket to be removed and rotated through 180 degrees to hold the end of a shorty battery and stop it rotating and moving off the centre line.

Nothing amazing, but thought if you have not tried this its an easy way of:
  • Future proofing the car and or to enable quick battery type changes for testing, saddles to shorty and vice versa at different tracks.
  • Creating a bit more space behind the servo
  • Doing away with the foam spacer.
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