Traxxas Aton belly pan battery tray and landing gear Skid

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I love my Traxxas Aton. I love my Traxxas Summit even more! Good job Traxxas! Proprietary battery and battery connector... BAD TRAXXAS, BAD! The 2nd thing I like to do when I get a new RC 'thing' is to solder on a Dean's T-plug, or better yet an xt60 connector. That way, all my toys can share all my batteries. (duh) But I couldn't do that with the Aton because the belly pan / battery tray was designed to lock the consumer into proprietary batteries. We can buy ONE Traxxas 5000mah pack for 65$. Or we can buy Two standard sized packs for 75$ anywhere. This project involves reusing the Traxxas battery connector for an adaptor plug. The balance plug needs to be figured out too. Then the belly pan needs to be dremmeled out. Balance connector: Big black, little black, little red, big red. Belly pan: trace a standard sized 3s battery, then dremmel it out. You need to leave as much of the pan intact as possible, it will act as a shelf for the original TRAXXAS batt. Soldering: If you can't solder battery connectors, for the love of God, do NOT do this project. New Belly Pan: The factory landing gear screws are good. They need to be partly threaded into the vertical mounts. It's a snug fit, the screws will seat the new pan to the belly. Do NOT over-torque these, it will strip out the holes. Optional skids: These barely fit on my print bed. I have to wiggle them about to get them to fit (one at a time). Little hobby screws worked well for me. Can't print the skids? No problem, you don't need them. The belly pan has a little chunk removed from the corner to make it easier to peel off the bed. If you cut the belly pan too loose, you'll need something to hold your batteries in, otherwise they'll jump out during crashes. I use a rubber band to secure the pack in place. 2018-06-21 UPDATE: I shortened the Skids to make them easier to print. I can now (barely) print 2 at a time. I also added some gusset supports to address a weakness a crash found for me.