xxxcr electrics installs

[rcluke]

I am struggling to get the electronics neatly into my xxxcr.

please could i see your installs for some inspiration, cheers

[ashleyb4]

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/losi2.../xxx2wd07.html

A

[rcluke]

ooh, thats nice and neat.

makes mine look like a birds nest

[ashleyb4]

Get a picture up and maybe we can give you some tips on how to improve it.

A

[Ferret]

My XXX-T CR:.

[Southwell]

Ill get mine up next week once i build it.

[rcluke]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

Get a picture up and maybe we can give you some tips on how to improve it.

A

i will do

[rcluke]

heres some pics

[ben]

Hmm hard to see where all the wires are going to. But for a start you could shorten your battery leads.
This is probably a better example than ash's because its got a brushless speedo in which has more wires,

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/2008n.../OOP_5971.html

[rcluke]

bit of a problem there ben.

the speedo is for my touring car, so i am unable to shorten the battery / motor wires

[ben]

Originally Posted by rcluke

bit of a problem there ben.

the speedo is for my touring car, so i am unable to shorten the battery / motor wires

ahh right. Schumacher sell some of these http://www.racing-cars.com/products.asp?recnumber=9024
They will tidy up all your little receiver/speedo wires

ben

[rcluke]

ooh i like them

i might have-to put some of them up

[Tom3012]

Hi luke...

Instead of curling your wires round a pencil, try folding them, and then sliding a piece of heatshrink over them, thats what i do and it does look tidier IMO.

If you want me to take a few pics, let me know

Tom

[rcluke]

thanks for the tip mate,

ill get some heat shrink

what size, or dont it matter ?

[ben]

Ideally the heat shrink wants to be about 3 or 4 times the thickness of the wires so that you can fold the wires about 3 times and then slide the heat shrink over

[jono83]

Originally Posted by Tom3012

Hi luke...

Instead of curling your wires round a pencil, try folding them, and then sliding a piece of heatshrink over them, thats what i do and it does look tidier IMO.

If you want me to take a few pics, let me know

Tom

hi could you post some pics cause i am installing brushless at the moment

[Ferret]

You can laso use a small zip tie instead of a shrink.

[Tom3012]

The pics havent come up very clearly, ive used black heatshrink and its in my pred so you cant really make it out... I suppose thats a bonus though

Its as ben said, use some heatshrink. about 3 or 4 time larger than the wires, then fold the wires backwards and fowards along themselves and slide the heatshink over...

Ill try some more pics tomorrow when its lighter

Tom