Does that thick, soft, extremely sticky double sided tape provide reasonable vibration protection for a receiver? I have a tight installation, and my foam wrapped receiver will not fit where I need it to go. I can make sure the receiver does not touch anything else, so any vibrations would only come through the tape.

I have used it before and have not suffered with any faults of failures.

In theory, no, it's not enough for a glow or gas engine.

However, RX's are better than they used to be. I've seen many mounted with less padding than you describe and not have any problems at all. I doubt you'd have a problem.

Just do the best you can, and remember that if it does fail, it will cost you a lot in terms of the destroyed model. So extra effort to get a better installation is well spent.

I've done things where I had padding top and bottom, but nothing touching on a side for example.

I would use 1/2 inch padding and place a couple of hold down dowels or hooks that you can loop rubber bands over the receiver to hold it against the padding.

Use the tape and fly with confidence.......you'll not have any problems , but your reciever will be vulnerable when it crashes. (As you can tell from the responses........the entire spectrum is covered as far as opinions go, but it's your experience that'll count in the long run)

fwiw, things I've done:

- on a few electrics, just double stick tape
- on some foamie combat planes, cut a hole in the foam the size of the rx, and shove it in there.
- on some profile combat planes, wrap in thin padding (~1.8th" thick, less than 1/4") and cable tie in place
- on some larger glow planes, wrap in lots of foam, cable tie in place. Or secure with rubber bands, or glue in a bit of wood to hold it in (I like to be able to remove gear, so this is not prefered.

I've never had an RX just die. I've broken plenty of them through various mis-adventures. (combat mostly).

I *think* you'll be fine. But I still can't bring myself to recommend you not get some padding of some sort in there if you can.

Taken another way, if a beginner showed up at my field with an RX mounted as you describe, I wouldn't ground the plane. I would check to make sure it's not going to come loose in flight and bang around or jam a servo. And I'd see if I could offer a specific plan to better mount the RX.

How's that for lots of information with out actually answering the question directly?

I don't recommend that you tape the receiver down with double sided tape.. Two reasons: One, if you crash the tape will not hold it. Second, the receiver is too expensive to take a chance on vibration. The crystal is very delicate and might result in a problem.. I suggest that you get velcro (SP?) tape with adhesive on one of the pieces. Towers sells it. Provides good vibration protection, and it wouldn't come loose in an earthquake...Fred123[&:]

Try a thinner foam. One source is foam shoe insoles from the drugstore which is about 1/8" thick.

I quit using foam a couple years ago, and have taken to gluing Rx, batteries and servos down, usually with GOOP. I fly a lot of small stuff (but also have larger planes), and find it much easier to mount my gear this way. So far, no failures, and the silicone glue is easy to remove when it comes time to move the gear.

Howdy texag..... Class of 2008 here

mother was class of 79. what was your major?