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Please post tips and tricks of the rc trade, i want to make this something that AbusedRc is known for, so please make them detailed and well written.

Please use the format I write mine in as well.
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Please do not post comments, only organized tips/tricks for other rc enthusiasts.

Thank you so much,
-George.

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Making Perfect Body Mount Holes

Take a sharpie (felt tip marker) and mark the top of the body posts, be sure to really get a lot of ink on the posts, then set the body down like you want and you should see 4 black (or whatever color you use) dots where to make the holes. You can also use a drop of paint or even white out to acheive the same effect. If you have a black body, take a couple of pieces of masking tape and apply to the inside of the body approximately where the posts will go.

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Body Clip Holder

Take an extra body mount and stick your body clips on it. It makes a great space saver, Plus you dont loose those pesky things so often.

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Shock Covers + Waterproofing Your Electronics

Buy some balloons. Cut the end tube of the balloon off, use the big part to cover the recievers and servos, and use the head part and wrap it around the shocks and tuck it under the spacers. This protects your electronics and your shocks for the price of a few balloons.

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Fixing A Rattling Body At Idle

Doesn't it get annoying when you can hear you body rattling while you are idling your engine? You may not notice it too bad if you are using the stock plastic body mounts, but if you are using the aluminum or titanium body mounts, then you will really hear it rattling a lot. Traxxas had a good idea by including these 4 foam circles that you would attach to your underside body around your body mounting holes. Once you use them up, as I presume people change their bodies on their T-Maxx after awhile, you can try this technique. Cut some fuel tubing into � of an inch pieces and then slide each one of these pieces onto each body mount. Notice this will make the body very snug once you put on the body clips through the body mount, and no more rattling. You may have to get wider fuel tubing if you use body posts from Hardcore. You can use about any type of cushioning between your body and your body mounts, so just use your imagination and you can come up with some ideas too. I have also cut up some old unusable foam filters and put those on the body posts, and it worked out just great. So try whatever is easiest for you so that your body is not rattling, but does not look cruddy.

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Holding Down Electronics

To hold down electronics VERY well use shoogoo in generous amounts on the bottoms and let dry over night. When dry it will take a knife to get the m off. The advantage is when pried up the shogoo will peal off unlike CA. You can also use good velcro on the bottom and CA it on. But don't CA it on your esc or it might damage it.

- Modman

BIGDADDY_V

For a newbie nothing can be more frustrating than trying to insert an antenna through the tube .....
Simple hand soap works great .... Take half a pump and put it in the palm of your hand and run the antenna wire through it ..... Next, line it up with the tube ... A little gentle pushing and BAM your home free .....
Hope this Helps ....

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NitroMaxx

intersesting. wouldnt you need to get the soap off the before running you rc? seems to me it would make some things slippery and messy. also glitches. do you think this could happen with this method?

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BIGDADDY_V

I have been doing it for 20 year and havent had any problems ... Ofcourse you do understand that you dont completley glob the soap onto the antenna you just lube it enough to get the slippery effect ..... This method however is in lue of licking and or slobbering all over the antenna before trying to insert it .....

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modman

I only had problems with that with my first rc after that I never even used soap it just slid on through for me. For my first one I used well lets just say KY to get it through!