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Udlman · 10-23-2008, 02:39 PM

Search button has gone, so i can't do that.

What do you guys with tubers do about your wiring? I have just finished a 2.2 tuber and am trying to find ways of tidying everything up. At the moment everything is cable tied, but looks messy.

Cheers, Brad.

ecoli · 10-23-2008, 02:57 PM

My search button is still here. Anyways, for wiring up tubers, or any rig for that matter, I just keep wiring short as possible, try to wire in bunches, and curl all my thinner wires (servo, bec and esc->rx wires). By curling, I mean taking those wires and wrapping around the shaft of a screwdriver tightly. Once you slide it off of the screwdriver, the wire stays coiled up, which definitely cleans it up a bit.

Narly1 · 10-23-2008, 07:43 PM

1. Ditch the ON/OFF wiring and switch.

2. Cut motor wires as short as possible. Ditch the 3rd motor wire if using a brushed-compatible brushless ESC with a brushed motor.

3. Double servo and ESC-to-receiver wires back on themselves to the point that the desired length is achieved. Cover with expandable mesh sleeving. Finish ends of sleeving with a short length of heat shrink.

4. (For Spektrum) trim antenna wire to the shortest allowable length.

Also some pre-planning as to where everything will go also helps to keep things tidy. For example, in my AX10 setup I have the steering servo and battery wires to the front, ESC on the front upper links and Rx mounted on the underside of the top plate right above the motor.

Narly1

Udlman · 10-25-2008, 01:55 AM

Thanks for the help guys, managed to fit it all in. Found some neat plastic sticky backed clips that made securing leads much easier. Was a tight fit, with a huge brushless motor, Quark controller, 225 dig servo and leads from front and rear steer servo's all into an axial based tuber.

Cheers, Brad.

10-23-2008, 02:39 PM	#1
Udlman Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 59	Wiring up a tuber Search button has gone, so i can't do that. What do you guys with tubers do about your wiring? I have just finished a 2.2 tuber and am trying to find ways of tidying everything up. At the moment everything is cable tied, but looks messy. Cheers, Brad.

10-23-2008, 02:57 PM	#2
ecoli I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh. Posts: 2,919	My search button is still here. Anyways, for wiring up tubers, or any rig for that matter, I just keep wiring short as possible, try to wire in bunches, and curl all my thinner wires (servo, bec and esc->rx wires). By curling, I mean taking those wires and wrapping around the shaft of a screwdriver tightly. Once you slide it off of the screwdriver, the wire stays coiled up, which definitely cleans it up a bit.

10-23-2008, 07:43 PM	#3
Narly1 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Erin, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 471	1. Ditch the ON/OFF wiring and switch. 2. Cut motor wires as short as possible. Ditch the 3rd motor wire if using a brushed-compatible brushless ESC with a brushed motor. 3. Double servo and ESC-to-receiver wires back on themselves to the point that the desired length is achieved. Cover with expandable mesh sleeving. Finish ends of sleeving with a short length of heat shrink. 4. (For Spektrum) trim antenna wire to the shortest allowable length. Also some pre-planning as to where everything will go also helps to keep things tidy. For example, in my AX10 setup I have the steering servo and battery wires to the front, ESC on the front upper links and Rx mounted on the underside of the top plate right above the motor. Narly1

10-25-2008, 01:55 AM	#4
Udlman Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 59	Thanks for the help guys, managed to fit it all in. Found some neat plastic sticky backed clips that made securing leads much easier. Was a tight fit, with a huge brushless motor, Quark controller, 225 dig servo and leads from front and rear steer servo's all into an axial based tuber. Cheers, Brad.

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