Dual VXL Waterproof 3906

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Yay! Look what came in the mail today!
Kudos to McMaster-Carr !!!!!!!
I ordered these Tuesday night and they were at my door this afternoon! (Thursday) Come to find out, they are in Elmhurst IL. Right next door to me WooHoo!


Yummm. They fit beautifully. Actually they are a little loose but I ordered them a size too big rather than a size too small. They didn't have anything in the "perfect" size


So back to making another mount. I found a piece of tinted plexi. Same thickness. Great stuff.
46mm is the distance between the standoffs of the VXL esc's if anybody is curious.



It helps when your dad used to do woodworking. Beats having crooked screw holes like I had in the prototype.


Instead of drilling and using a Tap-and-die set, I just drilled the holes one size smaller than the threads. I greased the holes and let the screw create the threads. Without the grease, the screw heats up and squeaks horribly.



All drilled:



Wow! Really nice fit! Remember kids, measure twice and cut once!



Here's the peeled plexi



I added Dan's body protectors to prevent marring between the spacers and locknut tightening.


Shot of the spacers. Darn, there's more overhang than I pictured. Unfortunately, they didnt have any smaller outer diameter spacers. Thats ok, the mount is ROCK SOLID with 3/4" of aluminum holding on.



Darn! Nice fit!



All installed: