RC Bashers

that iron is cheap think its any good?

One Bill says he uses and he does alot of soldering!

hey chad i bought one of them and i have been using it over a couple of yrs now. as much soldering i do it has held up great!! in that couple of yrs time i have gone through roughly about 5 or 6 tips and a good pound of solder.

this iron may be priced cheap but i`d put it up against anyones expensive iron and guarantee you the same results for a fraction of the cost.

ig ot thiss one and love it.

just pull the trigger and go. instant heat! just be careful, it can gte to hot quickly if you don't pay attention and don't have a knack for soldering.

pretty cool you opened it up... I have wondered how mine looked inside for a while...

well dont open one up if you still plan on running it, they seal it by gluing in the lid pegs. Let's just say that if i was to put the lid back on, it'd look like velineon-stein. My curiosity of why it crapped out trumped the once great love for it.

well i just picked this fun stuff up now i need to get ahold of some deans connectors! lets see if i can get any better at this soldering stuff!

my soldering station consists of an inefficient 20W walmart iron and a steel plate to cover my work area as a heat shield.

Nice dude! Where was that from harbor frieght?

sweetness!! you know you`d think a guy like me would own a set of working hands but i dont.......lol.......

believe it or not all i use is a old pair of pliers and a set of surgical clamps. and the clamps can be multiple useful.......lol........

Ha Ha Ha that is the same setup I have. Well mine has a few stickers on it. You will love it. Welcome to wonderfull world of soldering 101. Now go burn yourself. lol

i will have to say yes i have done that a few times!! OUCH!!

Yep even i've done that, especially when your hands slips thats holding the battery prong you're soldering. made me go

Way back in the day when I got my first rc10 when they hit the stores I was excited so pulled a darn near all nighter putting it together and by time I got to the soldering part I dead on my feet well I was in my room in the floor but I had the radio shack cheapie you just plugged in so had set in the little stand and set my arm down right on it well was so tired I didnt know it till first I smelled something odd and was like wtf? then the pain came LOL still got the scar.

iron was from frys 39.99 clamps from harbor freight 2.99! havent un packaged either today picked up a used honda rototiller "harmony" that was free has a locked up lower end feels like maybe a broken chain! hope its cheap and simple thing purrs like a happy kitten if i can get her tillin again i will have a nice track tool!

gave up on deans. pain in the ass to pull apart even with 2 hands. went the ec3 route. pulls apart easier, all you need at most is a zippo(pentorch or equivalent is better) to assemble, and gives my gimp ass some thing to grip.

im curious, whats this whole craze with Deans plugs? Everybody seems to want Deans.

i want them cause i hate tamaya plugs!

why not traxxas? i heard rumors supposedly traxxas allows a bit more amp flow than deans.

pain in the ass to solder

mainly just if you got a crappy iron like mine!

now c'mon guys, check out my other thread

saw it... i have nothing to add....

yeah my post was concering my MERV from earlier. I finally got in the screw for the pushrod, and replaced both screws cut the other was stripped. strangely it work MUCH better than before. tested it on my rougher part of the track, and it works ok so we know its kit ready. one stretch of its still grassy, but idk if im gonna till that part or just trim it very low & leave it to make it interesting. then bashed it in the same spot where it lost its screw. lol i stuck the landing this time!