SX3 thumbscrews for lipo straps

[Cardnim]

Hi all,

My delicate little girly fingers are being hurt by the nasty R clips that hold the battery straps down.
Coupled with the fact that my saddle lipos are the tightest fit ever, its becoming annoying.

Does anyone know of a thumbscrew mod which I could use?
I know Trish made some for his SX3, but cant seem to get hold of him at the mo.

Many thanks and much love as always.

[TARTMAN]

get some larger ended body pins. or add a tie wrap to the smaller ones, or get the pins with the rubber bit on.

I agree its fiddly, same on my sx3, but the above i have done and helps loads!

Originally Posted by Cardnim

Hi all,

My delicate little girly fingers are being hurt by the nasty R clips that hold the battery straps down.
Coupled with the fact that my saddle lipos are the tightest fit ever, its becoming annoying.

Does anyone know of a thumbscrew mod which I could use?
I know Trish made some for his SX3, but cant seem to get hold of him at the mo.

Many thanks and much love as always.

[gerbil]

pretty sure cream does some thumb screws try giving him a pm mate

[Cardnim]

@TARTMAN - I havent used the bigger pins, but put tie wraps on the smaler one and you are right, helped alot, but Im such a wuss that even this is annoyingly fiddly.

Originally Posted by gerbil

pretty sure cream does some thumb screws try giving him a pm mate

Cheers the headsup Gerbil - Im not sure who runs RC Cream, but will do a bit of digging and try to PM him/her. Ta mate.

Shame Trish doesnt seem to be around at the mo as his looked most triumphant (sorry, watched Bill & Teds at weekend and gone all a bit "duude"

[TARTMAN]

happy to help, the ones with larger finger bits defo make it easier to use.... so get a bag of them, couple quid, work a treat.... i use tie wraps on my pins on the shells and larger ones on the battery straps now, much easier.

[Cardnim]

Just back from the workshop, and looking inside the lipo retaining posts (i.e. the purple pointy bits that the R clips go into!) and they are definately threaded about 8mm into the post, but the top 8mm isnt.

I assumed I would be able to tap this out, but no luck, the darned steel seems to be fighting me and almost seems like fractionally smaller diameter than the lower (threaded) portion.

Anyone actually ever used thumbscrews in these things or is it impossible??!!!
Im almost certain that I saw a piccy of Trish with them on an SX3.

Now Im stuck with the R clips. ARSE.