Let me apologize in advance but I've been on a bit of hiatus. I've seen the new chassis in pics and you can see the extra holes and the new side rails to allow the sideways battery configuration. What I can't tell is if Kyosho is making that area of the chassis flat or is Kyosho just giving foam with the chassis for the battery to sit on? From the underneath pics you can still see there is a heavy edge on the chassis.