Finally the upload is working again. Wouldn't have been much point in talking about this mod without pictures.

Going to the trouble of getting the two 3000 6S packs right up behind the dummy engine really paid off. The balance is where it should be, and I can mount the ESC behind the firewall, which really simplifies the wiring. It also gets the ESC directly behind the hole in the firewall for cooling. I cut out the covering in front of the tail skid for a cooling air exit that's not too conspicuous.

I had to get the dummy rotary further forward than stock, so I cut off all the pushrod tubes and the outer plastic that extended beyond the cylinder heads.

The battery boxes themselves were pretty straightforward.

A basswood crosspiece between the battery boxes has a blind nut on the other side, and a bolt through another piece of basswood retains the packs.

Snoop's ready for wiring. Should be RTF tomorrow, after programming the ICE esc and some current/rpm testing.