servo braiding

[challis349]

hi, want to braid all cables on my 450 to tidy it up, only I dont know how, so, any tips or video's anywhere of how to do it, and the best place to buy it in plain black? thanks

[cupracing]

Fastlads sell braiding. All you do is thread the servo wire through by coompressing the braid to make it shorter and bigger in diameter then release and it will shrink back to its original shap. once done slap some heatshrink on both ends to tidy it up. Braiding a servo wire, Done!

[challis349]

do you have to take the servo plug off? fastlads dont sell black, its all black plus another colour

[cupracing]

do you have to take the servo plug off? fastlads dont sell black, its all black plus another colour

no you dont the braid increases quite a lot in size. Midland sell black braid

Midland Helicopters Ltd VarUpgrades_FMP

[raptormark]

cookie did mine and i know asid is really good i think he has done a vid on it mail them dude

[Chitlin]

asid has done all mine as well. he is awesome at it!!!

[asomaro]

do you have to take the servo plug off? fastlads dont sell black, its all black plus another colour

You don't have to as long as the braiding is large enough to slide over them. Just be careful when shrinking the heats shrink on as the wires are thin and the terminals can deform with the heat!!

If you have a Maplins near to you then take a look as they sell a pack of either black or blue braided sleeving (I think there are about 4 different sizes in the pack) along with assorted sizes of heat shrink tubing for about a tenner. That's what I bought and still use from time to time.

Cheers,

[Asid]

cookie did mine

Yep but you did Adieuk's very well Mark so publish the pics you took mate and show us your own twist on it

[Johnda]

I've bought it from maplins, if you leave the servo plugs on and use the 'compress the braid to make it shorter and bigger in diameter' method I find once you've cut the braid to length heating the cut ends so they melt a little stops them from fraying whilst your threading it over the servo plugs, the heat shrink over both ends once it's fitted.

[Chitlin]

Asid ejoys it. Contact him and he will be more than happy to help anyone he can!!

[raptormark]

im sorry i cant take the credit it was cookie who did it

[Kozmyk]

What size heatshrink did you get that would slip over the connectors?

I was thinking of trying my old Hellerman sleeving tool, if I can find the damn thing.

[dav20043]

i tape the ends of the braid with electrical tape works much better and faster

[Kozmyk]

Just did some measuring.

From lead extender plug
7.91 x 2.78 > 21.38 > dia 6.8mm

From lead extender socket
10.09 x 3.94 > 28.06 > dia 8.93mm

3 strand ribbon cable 4.5mm wide

From that, 10mm dia heatshrink should slide over OK and shrink to 5mm dia
So, in theory, 10mm should be the minimum size to use without removing the connectors.
12mm should be quite comfortable also.

From my work in audio I've found that those locking tangs on the connector pins can break once you've messed with them so I'd prefer to avoid the removal method.
One COULD cut and crimp new ones on but that's getting into a lot of potch for the sake of a tidy end to one's braiding.

I'll really have to go search for that Hellerman tool. (Thingy with 3 prongs on it for stretching non shrink sleeving)

Spiral wrap is looking more attractive by the minute .

[adieuk]

cookie is very good at it
i got mine from fast-lads but its orange lol