r/c antenna positioning

susman · Feb 9, 2007

I have a revo 2.5 and need to know if it is ok to cut the antenna sleeve just below the body roof and coil the antenna up around it. Therefore eliminating the antenna and antenna sleeve from ripping off when a roof skid is accidently performed. Will this effect the range, if so a lot or un-noticible.
Thank you

beason · Feb 9, 2007

you can run the antena out the back window and it wont get ripped off in a shiney side slide. :banana:

like this

ChasePalaver · Feb 9, 2007

Honestly I just put a Spektrum in, I love it, and it is much shorter than stock, plus I never worry about crystals anymore!

scoobydoo2u · Feb 9, 2007

i just wrapped my antenna around my tube and wraped it in electrical tape i think it looks much nicer then just the plain tube and it wont get ripped off!

susman · Feb 10, 2007

ChasePalaver said:
Honestly I just put a Spektrum in, I love it, and it is much shorter than stock, plus I never worry about crystals anymore!

Whats a Spektrum?

scoobydoo2u said:
i just wrapped my antenna around my tube and wraped it in electrical tape i think it looks much nicer then just the plain tube and it wont get ripped off!

If you crash your vehicle enough, trust me the body will crack at the antenna hole. Thats the problem i'm experiencing.

vbgagnon · Feb 10, 2007

Do what beason said, put the antenna out the back. That eliminates all problems

Spektrum uses 2.4ghz (like a cordless phone) instead of xtals. The antenna is less then half the length of a xtal radio antenna

beason · Feb 10, 2007

susman said:
If you crash your vehicle enough, trust me the body will crack at the antenna hole. Thats the problem i'm experiencing.

sounds like you need a thicker body, check into a proline or something. they are WAY thicker then the stocker and wont crack as easily. I've beat the crap out of prolines and never had them crack that the antenna hole. but running it out the back like pictured above helps alot to. :breakdown

ChasePalaver · Feb 10, 2007

susman said:
Whats a Spektrum?

If you crash your vehicle enough, trust me the body will crack at the antenna hole. Thats the problem i'm experiencing.

Yes, it is a 2.4 system, nice thing is you don't need matched crytals, it search automatically for a onpn freq, and whalla!!!! off you go.

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