hi pattoncommander....no i just wound it round the exhaust through the hole where the smoker pipe used to be and straight into the wire that comes from the receiver board, the coil round the exhaust pipe is the antenna....it seems to work ok but there is a loss of range.....i find when the tank starts to judder i lift the rc unit about my head and it seems to be enough to turn around and bring the tank back into range.....

Kev