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HOW TO WIRE LIKE A PRO SENSOR WIRE CHOICE

Using a shorter sensor wire where possible is always ideal.

Try to keep your wires as tight to the battery as possible.

WIRING THE BAT TERY

Let’s finish our wiring job with wiring up the battery. With your battery strapped into your car, pull the positive and negative wires towards the center of the battery then curve them towards the battery’s terminals. Use scissors to cut o; the excess wire at the edge of the battery; again don’t worry about how short you’re cutting the wires, new wires can be soldered into the speed control if you ever use it for another car. When you solder in the battery plugs, install them in at a 90 degree angle so that when plugged into the battery, the wire stays against the battery to keep the center of gravity low and not a;ect the handling of the car.

CINCH IT WI TH A ZIP;TIE

One of your best friends during an RC car wiring job is a zip-tie. Start with routing your servo and speed control wire leads to the receiver through the spaces you left between your electronic components. When you get to an area where there’s extra space (I used the space behind my receiver), start folding the excess wire and zip-tie it so that there is just enough slack to reach where it will plug into the receiver.

WRAP;UP

When the crew at RC Car Action reviews a car, we follow the same steps while installing electronics to get a vehicle ready for photos. As with anything else in life, it will take some practice to learn and perfect anything. ;ough I used an Associated TC6.1 sedan for this article, the same concepts can be used when wiring up o;-road vehicles. Once you get hooked on racing and you start to have multiple cars, you’ll become a pro with neatly wiring in no time!