i was reading some place on how the trex 500 canopy will only accept the 2500 or 2600 battery and you need the SPECIAL NEW body style that they came out with anything bigger that the 2600 battery is that true I have a few 3000 packs and need a canopy before i buy one just need to know

Align released a new frame set that has the battery mount location lower than the original frame set that JK designed some years back. If you've brought a new 500 then it would include the newer frames and you'll be able to run 3000mah packs.

If you have an older 500 then a simple mod to the frames can be made to accept the larger packs or you can purchase a set of the newer style frames from your LHS.

If yours didn't come with the lower frames it's a simple mod. Here are my frames with mod and 2 2200 4S packs installed.

thanks for the info

i did the battery mod in 30 minutes.... worked perfect !!!

nothing to it but to do it

how did you cut that?? does a dremel with the cutoff wheel work??

I think fusuno makes a larger canopy that will fit larger batteries.

Chris

[quote]how did you cut that?? does a dremel with the cutoff wheel work??
A fine tooth hack saw blade works just fine.
Michael

K.I.S.S.

I did mine and used a dremel.

Jerry
AMA 891553

yep and if you take time and round the edges it looks stock
I have 4000mah pack on mine.