Is this a cripple cap?
 

Hi,
I just got a new Honda NSX last night. I was looking for a cripple cap in the usual spots, but didn't have any luck finding one. I came across something that caught my eye though. I attached the picture of what I found. Is this a cap? I think it is because is doesn't look like that part belongs there. My range is horrible, so that is why i think there is a cap on there somewhere.

What do you think?

thanks,
mini

Another pic
 

a closer view

Oh yeah that's the little bugger... was in the same place on my supra.

cool, man they are getting tricky to find!

Hey no prob... btw what kind of improvement did you see?

Yep
 

Yep, that's it, take that poo-face off and you'll get should about 5 or 10 more feet.:D

do you have a bit charge or microsizer or OEM? have you done the other mods? hard antenna/crip cap on car?

wee.. i finally took the dirty chicken out of mine too...got about 7 ft more range on my white shoebaroo..i wonder why i did not do this before?

I have 3 bits: wrx (45mhz), skyline (35mhz) and NSX (27mhz)

So far, the only one that had a cap was my NSX. I removed the cap in the controller, next step is the cap in the car. I have to gp to Home Depot to get a new solder gun. I'll remove them tonight. I noticed that they are on all 3 of my cars

mini

what is a cripple cap?

The short of it is that it restricts the range you would get on your bit.
ie; the result that cowfish_29 posted is the most common, although some have removed it and saw better or no improvement at all.
;)

thanx i juz went to questformadness.com

I've got a capacitor (round tan disk) that isn't labeled with white text on the circuit... could this be *my* cripple cap?

So thats the one in the front of the contoller....and so it seems that some of them are on the Bit char G's too

Thank you SO much for posting this!

I've been messing with my Bit-cars for a bit over a week now, and was sick of the signal drop spots.... well, now I can control my 35mhz Lancer Evolution (Red) from the opposite side of my apartment!

Time to take my other controllers apart and see if they have the same caps.......

EDIT: My 45mhz Mazda RX-7 FD (Yellow) came next; the thing was a bit more stubborn to remove, but it came out with a bit of coaxing. As for range, not quite as good, but I had unknotted and unwound the antenna for the Lancer; odds are if I do it for the Mazda, it would match. As it is, I can control it from one room over; plenty of range. One controller to go! And to think; I haven't had the cripple chips on the cars themselves removed; if I ever need more range, that may be the ticket....

EDIT 2: Nuts! My 3rd and final "car" is the auto modelista set; different board, different car innards.... no way to tell what's what in there.

Oh well; I guess I'll wait for someone to figure out how to mod the set. 2 long range cars are better than zero.