How to: Fix a Traxxas Reciever Antenna

[@timbunker425]

Traxxas rustler....I was only able to drive it 20 feet away,watched your video and tried it...now it works great ran it about a city block away with no problem..thanks

[@barrymadill5853]

Bud saved my camping trip. End of the wire ended up in the motor and melted the crap out of it. I thought she was a gonner. Did this little gem and shes good to go again. A little shorter but good to go. Thanks.

[@mathieuaj]

Thank you! We bought my son a used Rustler and he could only drive it one house away. Now it runs 7 houses away, and maybe more. That's just as far as we've tested it. Great fix!

[@manush1119]

I have metall peace on but I lost range total what is. The. Problem 15 meters it stoped

[@donniewiggs8749]

Worth a try. Thank you for posting this

[@HvdE1000]

Open the box and solder on a wifi airial cable from a laptop it's same coax cable traxxas uses. Done in under 10 mins and you have original range.

[@Thomas_Smaling]

I cant tell if your joking or not

[@HvdE1000]

No I am not joking. Fixed srvarel rc this way!

[@Thomas_Smaling]

Ok

[@barracuda6817]

Can I get a link to that "metal piece" please?

[@patriotvengeance5224]

31.23mm is the exact spec on 2.4GHz antenna ... it should return it to factory if done correctly ... good video!

[@musicman6887]

But if a broke just the end piece not the metal one what can I do to have some good range again?

[@zoranmihalic4900]

To ce sad pojacati signal autic ce ici puno dalje

[@jonaspersson2804]

You take the speed of light divided by 2,4 the Ghz divided by 4. ! 31 228 381 and make it to mm insted of m/s you just put an " , " aftare 31. :)

[@brandonhouston8086]

its actually close to 31 mm a little under its like 30.73 mm if you to the math you devide 300 by 2.44 and take 1/4 of that

[@ravindusrinath5573]

Hi.. I have a traxxas summit .when I operate the model about 15 feet away from me, it looses signal. I have to go close to the truck to get signal again. Then I thought it was from batteries, I changed those to new ones. But problem remains as before. And I connected fully charged Lipo batteries. I installed traxxas roof light bar previous day. So I thought problem comes from there. Then I checked it and re installed it. So I can't find any fault here. Before I worked great with wide range.Thanks.

[@jerrysherwood6475]

This just happened to mine, did you figure out what was wrong with it?

[@giovanitonel]

Thanks Guy. I did exactly you showed, and I fixed my Rustler TQ 2.4 short range problem.

[@Don_Matteo]

I still have the metal piece on it but still the range is all of a sudden only 15 meters.

[@durrellglenn6545]

IS THAT WHY THE TRAXXAS RECEIVER LIGHT BE FLASHING GREEN BECAUSE OF RANGE ON ANTENNA

[@boardnski156]

Thank you for the video! This got my old trusty Stampede going again!

[@baligepandu9396]

And how by remote control and receiver than how to fix whith battery tell me please

[@msl2796]

HI, thanks so much! You saved my receiver's range!

[@andrerose6897]

Hmm.. I have everything on but it goes like 40 feet and loses signal, is that normal??

[@Inertia888]

Full factory range, should be about 100yards.

[@jacobbeattie5j468]

I used my fingers but its stuck inside it

[@chrisr4800]

I measured my good one on 6533 transmitter and it's actually 29mm so there may be slight tuning variations with the models. Can anyone confirm length of 6519 and 6533?

[@justinmallaiz4549]

I will check my good one. But till then Note: 1/4 wave length of 2.4Ghtz is 31.25 mm. That is theoretically what it should be

[@Inertia888]

@@justinmallaiz4549 if the manufacturer puts capacitance or induction at the PCB, it can be tuned to a little longer or shorter than the exact 1/4 wave length. I don't know if Traxxas tunes their radios or not, but some places do, so it is worth taking into account the possibility

[@backfireproductions4362]

what if the wire got cut just a little beneath the metal piece?

[@RCBros2000]

MasMoto just strip the wire back like i did

[@backfireproductions4362]

RCBros2000 thanks

[@RCMayhemChannel]

Thanks man, I get almost the same range now! :D

[@slimchancejw]

How long is that in merican 🤓

[@RCBros2000]

32mm in inches is 1.25984" your not going to be able to get that on a ruler. just use Metric instead of standard. its much easier

[@teamvenom091]

RCBros2000 or just go to 1 1/4 inches. 0.009 is nothing.

[@chadfolmar5900]

Don't forget about 1/32 and 1/64 in standard measurements 😁

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Gonna try this

[@kloppskalli]

dude, wash your finger nails 😵

[@relaxeful]

worked for me thanks

[@EverydayBasher]

sweet vid man.

[@baligepandu9396]

Traxxas rc car how to find motor voltage

[@traxxaskid9200]

Ah.... but you see, that depends on your battery. You know how it's possible to use a brushless speed control on a brushed motor? You can do the same with a volt meter. I forget precisely what they are called but, hook it up to the speed control, hammer it, and it should tell you voltage and output. You would need 2 of the 3 of these measurements to figure out the missing measurement: battery voltage, motor kv, motor rpm under 0 load. Battery voltage multiplied by kv = maximum motor speed. Motor rpm divided by battery voltage = kv. Motor rpm divided by voltage = kv.

[@AlanGarcia-js9ck]

32 cm or mm

[@zoranmihalic4900]

32mm

[@aaronwulff8068]

show me cutting

[@jacobbeattie5j468]

How do i take the receiver off

[@traxxaskid9200]

There should be a nut that holds the antenna on, loosen it, and remove it. Take the two screws off the big cover that has Traxxas written on it, lift the cover, remove the blue O ring, gently pull the receiver out, pull the plugs out for the servo and speed control, pull the antenna out, lift the receiver out, done. If you have any questions, you may ask me if you dont find any information on it.

[@traxxaskid9200]

I also recommend paying good attention, taking pictures of your work, and diving in. That's the most affective way you can learn. The reason for taking pictures is so if information is forgotten, it isn't lost, you still have pictures to rely on.

[@chevyrc3623]

that's good