Servo braid install

[wheredidthetailgo]

I bought some servo braid to tidy the wiring but for the life of me I cannot stretch it without i unraveling like a cheap wooly jumper. How do you expand yours to get a servo plug through.

[scuba steve]

take the servo plug off....braid.....put servo plug back on

[milly0812]

Servo braid install

I use a pair or forceps to open the braid but as said removing the pins from the plug is much easier

[trexamanic]

How easy is it to remove the pins?
I always seem to crush them and they are loose then

[Boomer]

I heat the ends till they start to melt, then open them up just enough to get the plug through, and do the same the other end, works for me.

[milly0812]

Servo braid install

I use a Stanley blade and slide it under all 3 at once and the pins just pop out refitting is simple

[Jamin_00]

Theres a knack. I never remove the pins. Just expand it a little, just enough to go over the plug then as you push it over the plug hold the now fraying ends. This way itminimises the amount that frays. Then I just add a little heatshrink on the ends to hold it in place and stop it from fraying anymore.

Removing the pins is easy, tiny screw driver just lift the little tabs. Just remember what pin goes where

[jimmyhorns]

If you push the braid together, it expands. Once you have done this, 'milk' the expanded portion to the end, and then insert the plug, and 'milk' backwards. Works every time for me, and yes, I know exactly how bad that just sounded.

[Si_B]

A quick lick of flame over the end of The braid before you start feed the wire through stops a lot of the fraying.

[George J]

+1 on melting the ends of the braid, get a match or lighter, very lightly melt the end of the braid. You can quite easily open the end of the braid to take the plug now.

[iceuk]

Just take the servo plug off its so easy. Use you tube to find video to show you to do it.

[pgkevet]

There are different diameters and types of braid so one persons experience may not relate to another.
Persoanlly I've stopped braiding wires... makes them thicker and harder to fan-fold and tidy up excess length and makes bundles stiffer and harder to route through places. My opinion that it does little to really protect: you still need to sand or edge carbon edges and sharp points. If you're going to do all that then you're going to be shortening long wire lengths, resoldering short lengths rather than use extension leads and all the other pratting about that might make you feel good or 'cool' but makes sod-all difference to the heli apart from stopping you going out and flying it.

[wheredidthetailgo]

Thank you everyone for your advice

[Reality Bites]

I took the pins off the cables, carefully open the plastic holds with a craft knife. With the braid, melt a little of the end or stop it freying. To pass the cable through the braid, I used a piece of hollow carbon (old bit of fishing pole). Stick the cable in the large end and thread the thin end through the braid. It's so much easier.

I used 2-6mm expanding braid from eBay. It's perfect for 1-2 runs of cable.

[jayfrs]

here you go mate http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/beginn...wires-how.html