Battery placement on an ion

[drabunich]

After sitting on my ion for a year or so, I decided to slap it together and fire it up. It was so powerfull, it is scary. I have never flown anything with so much go-go. The following is my set-up:

Ion-X
Neu 1521
PowerJazz
Evo 20 3700 12S

I am having difficulty putting my canopy on. With each battery placed on the side, the canopy just wont fit... So how are you guys getting it to go on? Ideas? Suggestions?

Regards,

[TomC]

After sitting on my ion for a year or so, I decided to slap it together and fire it up. It was so powerfull, it is scary. I have never flown anything with so much go-go. The following is my set-up:

Ion-X
Neu 1521
PowerJazz
Evo 20 3700 12S

I am having difficulty putting my canopy on. With each battery placed on the side, the canopy just wont fit... So how are you guys getting it to go on? Ideas? Suggestions?

Regards,

As you have probably already found out by your postings in other forums. you will not be able to fit these cells under a stock Ion-x canopy. You could fit Evo 25 3300 6sx2 packs no problem or maybe TP 4600 extremes (which would still be a tight fit).

Your only alternative on 12s would be to go to an Ion-X2 upgrade imop.

Cheers,
Tom C

[Eyefly]

Thanks Tom. Unfortunantly, I found this out the hard way. But I am not ready to take on the X2 conversion yet. So I decided to take another approach. I decided to convert from an Ion-X to an Ion-X 1.5. Is there such a thing? I would like to think so. At least by the time I was done with it.

So it's not really really an X1, not really an X2... But somewhere in between. Lets call it an X1.5...I will however be ordering a belt drive though.

I test flew this design today. Balances great and I can use any packs I want. All I had to do was cut the little carbon bridge in front and attach two carbon plates to support the battery. So far, it is a great modification and I can fit any pack I care to. Plus, talk about being an inexpensive conversion.

Alex