ORIGINAL: DaveCFI

OK...so I bought some 18 guage wire...I realize that it is a little bigger than the original wire on the JR RX. If I were just going to replace a portion of the wire so I don't have to get inside the RX is the 18 guage wire ok? I only need to replace about 2 inches or so of wire but I thought it might be better to cut the wire back inside the plane and add on enough new wire to make a total of 1 meter (1000mm). Would this method be better? That way I don't have the splice outside the plane. I suppose after soldering the 2 parts together I should wrap the splice in electrical tape. I have soldered on circuit boards several times in the past but this looks like it might be a small area to work in. I don't want to ruin the RX for the sake of the wire so I thought this might be a safer route. Excuse my ignorance on this subject but I don't want to do anything that will further jeopardize the integrity of the RX signal. If I crash my plane I would like to at least have control of it right up till it hits the dirt!

Thanks!
DaveCFI