thunderchicken

I want to run my receiver battery to the back of my plane for balancing. I can't seem to find a battery extension anywhere on Tower's site. Do I just use a servo extension?

Thanks a bunch.

AVGJohn

Yes

parrthd

you can ......... or you could make your own with a soldering iron, rosin core solder, 22ga wire, and a bit of heat shrink wrap. since i've been keeping up with it...i've saved myself around 100 bucks.......more than enough to pay for the supplies and iron needed.

thunderchicken

Thanks guys.

RCKen

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What Parrthd said!!!!!! I don't even buy extensions (battery or servo) anymore. I will extend the battery or servo leads by soldering in new wire to make it the length I need it to be. Much cheaper, and one less connection to fail!!!!

Soldering is a skill that all RC modelers should have IMHO. My dad taught me to solder properly when I was 8 years old, and although I hated him at the time for acting like a drill instructor about it I'm glad he did it. There's not 3 days that go by without me needing to solder something! If you don't know how to solder it's a skill well worth learning.

Ken

Tall Paul

If you use an extension, be certain to wrap the connected connectors so they can't seperate in flight. This can be disappointing.
And mount the battery -securely-, against both fore and aft forces.
A loose battery can break structure and move the c.g.

pettit

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I also do the soldering thing on all my servos and batteries when necessary. I've been soldering for more than 50 years and I solder for a living!

RCKen: You eliminate 4 sources of problems, not just one. Two pins for each end of the servo extension that you eliminate.