I am building a quadcopter....I am using a 5000 mah battery that has 8awg leads on it. The expected draw from the copter does not need wire this large. 12awg Is what I am using to run power to the point it is distributed to the motors.

I tried stripping the 8awg and wrapping the 12 around the stub, then soldering. Not only is this hard due to the mass, but the result is not very pretty.

Is there a better way to do this? I want a soild/simple connection that will not fail.

Thanks!

-Dave