why do you guys keep doing range mods that dont work?

The mods that "don't work" are passive modifications to help reception.
The length of the antenna directly affects the performace of the receiver, as well as how straight it is, and what it's made of.

Cat antennas arent super-duper better, but they are better, and they do work.

Solid core wire is better electrically than the stranded core wire used in the stock vehicles.
Because the addition of a Cat antenna means you have control over how long it is, my guess is that alot of people make it a little longer than stock, which is better right there. The makers are using as little wire as they can get away with, and the cheapest too.

If you get a color you like out if it, so much the better!

Of course pumping more power into your transmitter is going to increase range. So would modding it's antenna!

It's just a brute-force approach as opposed to the finnese of making your receiver work better by understanding the principles involved.

The ultimate solution would be combining both for super ultra range.

[Zephyranthes]

I took the cripple cap out of my car a Cat 5 antenna, and my range is over 50 feet. The mods do work.

[Spanky]

i ran into someone who was complaining about their 2-5 foot range with their bit.. the dumb ass didnt know that he could pull the antenna out of the controller. once he did that he got 14 feet wiht no problm. i wonder how many more geniuses like this are out there???

[scottyboyfun]

When I got my car, it had a really crap range, I mean the car just wouldn't respond,

Then I put batteries in the controller and now it gets a really good range !!!!

Have u tried this hogs or ne 1?


LOL

[hogjowlz]

so you mean batteries would give it range? i was just picking my cars up and tossing them around the room.

[scottyboyfun]

It does!!!!!!

Ive noticed that washing also stops people smelling bad!

Ne1 done ne good mods lately?
Monster truck?
20 cell bit?
Lorry bit?
Custom chassis?

Im feeling like theres nothing left to learn about the bits, N i wanna learn more!!!!

Ive read loadsa posts!

[hogjowlz]

i have a working prototype of a battery circuit that lets you switch between series/parallel with jumpers so you can charge your dual cell car on a normal controller.

[Spanky]

im thinking instead of a 20 cell bit, maybe hooking up a few lantern batterys... ya know those big cube like shaped things..

also if you have notthing left to do with the cars, i have found that my dogs like to eat them. you can triain them to do new tricks and give them bits as treats....

[hogjowlz]

you guys can also learn how to drive them

[TypeZer0]

i did a couple of dual cell mods on the two cars i have, one is a zip, the other is a bit, and i found that after the mod, the range was horrible and after a bit of research, i solved the problem by adjusting the tuning coil on the receiver pcb, thus regaining most, if not all of the original range my two cars had before the mods

[Spanky]

yea i drove one of mine off a cliff ( i made a rocky scene on the edge of the table and let it fly) but the creature from the depths below (lucy my dog) gobbled up my flying car... after the creature was done with it... it really lookde like it had smashed someting hard... little bits of plastic, strands of wire and metal... just one big mess.. it though of getting some lighter fluid and filming it and then making it explode!!

[scottyboyfun]

LOL!!!!!!!

I love this forum!
I think looking at the posts "dual cell not working" and the like just make u think, well, how cant it?
Read other peps posts, n learn, do a bit or research before you post!

Im gonna make a drag bit, it will have a BIG motor!

I was once thinking of transplanting a bit pcb into a taiyo/tyco canned heat/ audley, cos it would cut the weight down a bit! a few transistors and itd b brill!

[AUDI-TT]

are lxx crip caps the same #s as regular ones? L32 and R9 or are they different??????

[hogjowlz]

read the topic of this thread then go through the posts.