Cold weather affecting speed?

[wakesurfer8]

alright i really appreciate the help guys

[Diesel6401]

Can you post of pic of the items you let the guy at the lhs solder? I don't trust the guy based on his advice. Just wanna make sure he did things correct.

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[wakesurfer8]

i took a picture but its not letting me upload it...he said that it was good(hold on now, i know what your thinking) and i looked it over carefully and i know that it is good. I know that i am still a pretty new to this but i know that the connections were good and it all works. I even tested it and it works like a charm...if it is necessary, i can tell you what connector is on each wire....

[Diesel6401]

i took a picture but its not letting me upload it...he said that it was good(hold on now, i know what your thinking) and i looked it over carefully and i know that it is good. I know that i am still a pretty new to this but i know that the connections were good and it all works. I even tested it and it works like a charm...if it is necessary, i can tell you what connector is on each wire....

Standard on batteries: Female on +, male on -
Standard on esc: Female on -, male on +
* Make sure the bullets are covered very well by heatshrink.

There also should not be any jumper between the esc. You should only have 2 power wires coming off the esc, using the bullets eliminates the need for the series jumper.

[wakesurfer8]

so i could just cover up the bullets that wouldnt need to be used.... it wouldnt hurt anything if i kept the jumper in...

[Diesel6401]

I had a feeling he was going to do that. The jumper adds unnecessary resistance!

To connect your batteries in the series circuit without the jumper take the + of one battery and connect it to the - of the other battery. The safest way to hook up your setup is to hook 1 battery negative to the esc negative, take the second battery + hook it to the esc + and last of all connect the 2 batteries. That will help reduce the chance of shorting out a battery to itself which is easy to do with bullets.

[wakesurfer8]

alright i see what you mean... i will try that out tomorrow

[wakesurfer8]

what are some good upgrades to make after 5.5mm bullets? ie.. power systems, scuffing, shapening rudder, rounding bottom of rudder, blueprinting the hull-how is this done and is it necessary?

[Diesel6401]

what are some good upgrades to make after 5.5mm bullets? ie.. power systems, scuffing, shapening rudder, rounding bottom of rudder, blueprinting the hull-how is this done and is it necessary?

The most beneficial and cost effictive options are to blueprint, scuff tune and adjust. Add a good prop like the m445 which I believe you are running and start tuning. That will yield the best results. Slapping new power or more voltage as must beginners do will typically yield poor results or failures. Take your time and do things correctly. Took me a long time and a lot of money to figure that out!

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[wakesurfer8]

is it necessary to blueprint the hull on the MC and how exactly would i blueprint it?

[Diesel6401]

is it necessary to blueprint the hull on the MC and how exactly would i blueprint it?

Anytime you have a mas produced rtr hull blueprinting is never a bad idea. Darin Jordan did a very nice blueprinting write-up in the PB section.

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[wakesurfer8]

i cant find it... could you send me a link?

[Diesel6401]

i cant find it... could you send me a link?

Sorry I can't search from the tapatalk app, its in the miss geico section. There maybe a tread called MG Race Prep or something like that.

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