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a few tips...
1. if you're going to run in mud, check the puddles for depth before hand, so you dont end up submerging your entire r/c
2. if you have the extra hex wrenches, cut off the short end, put the long end in the chuck of screwgun or power driver, it makes life alot easier. just remember to set the clutch low...
3. if your dremel gets hot, stop using it for a while instead of just continuing with a glove on
4. dont paint your body in the cold
5. mark drilling holes with everything assembled on your r/c... that way you dont drill a hole, then realize that the bolt has to go somewhere where it cant...
6. before making something extravagant for your chassis, make sure the body will still fit on
7. only use a lipo charges that you can set for your battery manually, and have it check for mistakes. dont let it automatically choose!
8. keep your wires going from your motor to your esc short to avoid radio interference(not a problem with 2.4GHz)
9. Make sure you have proper spur/pinion gear mesh... for steel its easy enough- push as close as you can so they an spin without binding, and u still hear little "tinks" if you rattle one of the gears. for steel to plastic fold a piece of paper in half, smush it inbetween as much as u can, roll the gears a bit so the paper is crimped... then tighten.
10. especially with steel to plastic make sure you're motor screws are really tight, but that you dont drive into the windings of the motor
11. for connectors, females always go on the batteries. males on the charger/esc/rx
12. unless your rx strictly specifies, the darkest color of the PWM cables(black, brown, etc) go on the outside side
13. invest in a temp gun and check temperatures immediatly after each run.
14. Make sure that if your r/c flips, it wont land right on your expensive electronics
15. put zipties on the end of your bodyclips, or get those ones that mount to your body so you dont lose them
16. when designing, KISS(keep it simple stupid!)