WHY SCHUMACHER, WHY? K1 hole?
 

WHY, Have you decided to pre drill holes for the antenna in the K1 Shell?:mad:

I do not run an antenna and many like me do not run one, most 2.4ghz systems, have short antenna wires, no need for an antenna.:mad:

I have a hole in the shell i do not want. just had a £35 paintjob and thats awsome, but with a random hole in it, has truly annoyed me. Looks crap in my opinion. :mad:

Not a happy chappy, you never drilled them before, why start now? :(

Truly a terrible decision. Love the car otherwise. this has annoyed me loads thou.:cry:

I would say, 1/4 of cars i see running round the track have an antenna now. This seems like a mad thing to start doing now. :eh?:

if your biggest gripe about the K1 is a pre-drilled body hole then it must be a superb kit

YES
 

ITS Awsome, I love it truly.

But the hole in the shell has really annoyed me. Need some one else to make a shell for it now so i dont have to have an unwanted hole in the shell. Really unhappy about it.:mad:

Daz

Whilst it is true that many people install the antenna inside the body shell Spektrum recommend "best practice" installation to be 'inside a vertical aerial tube with the tip as high as practical.'

Don't let vanity compromise performance you grumpy old git!

:wub

???
 

The wire is not long enough to be in a tube. my statement stands, simple.

Not grumpy. Just really annoyed about it. REALLY!!!!

I have never had one second of interferance in ANY of my buggies with the antenna wire inside the body.

The hole is not wanted and i hate it.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I expect the next meeting to see one of your cars fly off on its own :p

no
 

they do that anyway, thats just my driving mate!!!!!!!!

Not the radio gear!!!!!!:p

That would piss me off a bit as well, I had kinda the same feeling when I got my TLR22 and found the body shell to be really badly cut out.

I think it should be left in one piece.

hmmmm
 

I have to say, they cut them out wondefully and the quality is great(schumacher), and predrilling the mount holes is ok as you really have to use them. but not the antenna hole.

I have really been put off schuey a little by this(thats hard to do as i LOVE them), but its truly bitten my butt the wrong way!!!!

Grow up you big girls blouse! :p

solution, stratigically placed decel = sorted

really darren, you are put off schumacher by one hole in the shell?? :p

yep
 

Its really annoyed me. not the quality, customer service, the cars etc etc, LOVE schumacher. totally.
BUT

To just have a hole drilled where its not wanted, has truly peed me off. ALOT.

Hence this posting and an email to them to ask why they decided it was a good idea?

I HATE having a hole where its not needed in a shell. I have bought a used shell before, with a hole where it was not needed and thats fine of course.
This is a NEW shell. on a NEW car. Why they decided that i have to have a hole where they decided an antenna should be. well? WHY>??

This is a thread asking why they did it and who agrees/disagrees with it i guess.

I am amazed they have done it. and annoyed to as you can all tell.

I have had no problems with Schumacher since coming back racing 16 months ago and there customer service and cars are awsome. But this one thing, yes, a hole, has soured my taste alot. It just makes NO sence AT ALL they would drill a hole in the shell in a place that they think everyone wants one when SOOOO many would not want it.

I hate it. REALLY hate it.

As i said, if you bought a new electric 1:1 car and they put a hole where the fuel should go in, but as its electric its not needed, but the hole was still there, would you say, oh well. stick a decal over it, no, you would be rather peed off i would think, as its toally not required!

I have had an amaizing Gainsy graphic paint job done on my shells for the 2013 season. the SV2(no extra holes), the SX3(no extra holes) and the Supastox(no extra holes).......... now the K1, and its got a damn hole where it is NOT needed!

WHY?????:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

LOOK
 

Awsome paint job, yes. great looking shell, yes..........

damn hole where its not wanted YES!!!!!!!

Really annoying.

Do not want to put stickers on it, do not want to use a fake antenna.


options, none. live with it......... :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Think of it as an air hole for the speedo !!!! ;):woot:

Jesus.

And I thought touring car drivers were the drama queens.....:p

LOL :D

If only I could find a woman who would moan this much for 6mm's

Never mind Ben, you'll find somebody :p

:lol::lol::thumbsup:

lol
 

;););)Its not just the size.....................................;)

its the location to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;):cry: :cry::cry:

FANTASTIC :thumbsup:

holey crap have you seen the size of that hole LMFAO

I KNOW!!!!
 

ITS HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

Sorry, its jusy really annoying me now. I did not want to have any stickers as had the name in the paint. and dont run an antenna.

But i do not want as hole either......

rant i feel was totally justified and will see what schuey have to say, but i will have to eitehr add a silly useless antenna or put a sticker over the hole. neither sre wanted/required/needed.:cry::cry::cry:

put a sticker over it

Could you not of emailed them and asked for one thats not been drilled?

............
 

Do NOT want to put stickers on my shell as mentioned before..... the paintwork has my name in it. negating the need for stickers.....

I sent the shell off from the box without looking at it, still in the packaging, as why would there be an issue, they have never drilled holes in the before, EVER!!!

I know i will have to live with it, as not paying out another £35 for the paint job just cos of one antenna hole i did not require.

But. I am royally peed off about it!:mad::mad::mad:

no way!
 

paid £35 for a paint job with my name in it, do not want to add a sticker, is a crap place cos schumacher decided to drill a hole.

I will have no choice now. but really UNHAPPY about it. losing the love of the car cos of this, sadly. yeah yeah moan and say i am a drama queen, sad, bla bla, but really peed me off.:mad:

Would this work?

Find an off cut of lexan and paint the same colour as the shell around the hole. Cut an 8mm (ish) circle out out the lexan and shoe glue that onto another peice of lexan and then using shoe glue again stick it to the back of the shell like a patch?

Or you could get the old 27 MHz kit out and use it for an aerial.

Wow I wish that was all I could get so annoyed about.

why
 

why should i have to. thats the problem.

oh no
 

trust me theres lots more, but this one, has truly bitten my butt!

wow, just wow.. a rant over an antenna hole :eh?:

Seen the pics of your painted body, the hole doesn't diminish the aesthetic quality of the body at all.

Seriously, i think the comments so far here have been very reasonable. Can't believe how anyone can get so worked up over such a trivial issue.. it's frankly astounding.

Ranting to Schumacher about it aint gonna help either... I'm not sure when they were designing this car they were too concerned over one loony ranting over an 8mm hole :p

Plus you never know, perhaps it was requested by many to have the hole pre-drilled, just as Tamiya do on countless kits.

anyway mate... harden the f$ck up, is my advice hahaha

Sorry dude, but the SVR shell came with a hole in it for a ariel, I to don't extend my 200mm ariel wire and have it tucked away in the car.
Is it really Schumacher's fault you didnt look at the shell and then paid 35 notes?
These thing are models, so model around the problem.

Worst recession for 50 years, people unable to find work and feed themselves. People killing British soldiers in a far off land ruining the lives of many. Gunman killing kids in the US, three people killed on our roads every day and so on.

And this idiot has posted ten times over a 6mm hole in a lexan body on a luxury item he doesn't really need and clearly doesn't like. Yeah, Bender, a looney ranting over a small hole - beggars belief...

:D say's it all mate in his name !!! TARTMAN grow a set and get over it. Or blame Cockers at Schumacher , bet it was him that put the hole there !!!:woot::D

Most of the factory guys here run pretty long antenna tubes for visibility. Surprise, surprise. What's old is new, and if you don't need an antenna tube, you're just not that fast... :p

Thread of the year! This is great, keep it coming! Just spat half my shreddies out on the iPad!

Top ten best in a rc forum ever :thumbsup:

Hope you're feeling calmer about it this morning Tartman.

Please don't turn this thread into an argument - Tartman was only questioning why the hole had been pre-made in his shell, and venting some frustration that it spoils the look of his shell.

Indeed this may seem trivial in the grand scheme of everything else that is happening, but don't pass judgement when you don't know what else might be influencing the way people are feeling.

And Ben, thanks for lightening the tone of the thread - let's keep it that way :)