rcLazy LiPo Weight ™
rcLazy LiPo Weight (tm)
Using LiPos in a touring car has one big downside: they’re too light.
So you have to add masses of weight to them. Usually the shortcut is to stick weights all over the cells.
But, if you then want to use the cells in a different car, that needs different, or no weights at all, then you’re stuck.
Until I came up with my amazingly simple rcLazy LiPo Weight ™!
Underneath, simples.
How to make one:
- Get a lump of thin lead sheet, cut it a bit shorter than your lipo, then cut it to width by weight, I needed about 150g.
- Then, just fold it over the top of your lipo, perhaps with an extra fold on the outside edge to make it fit.
- Cover it with your favourite Fablon. (I do have a roll of very choice Smarties fablon, but I decided carbon look would be more acceptable by the Touring Car fraternity.)
Negatives
It’s not perfect, the weight it pretty high up in the car, and a bit towards the centre perhaps, but, it’s easy, you just clip it on, tape it down and race.
And, if you’re running a fat lipo, it might be a tight squeeze under your top deck.
Oh, and remember, it’s very bendy, so don’t squash it.
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