Swearing at vesc tool helps.
As does turning everything off, and turning it back on again.
Swearing at vesc tool helps.
As does turning everything off, and turning it back on again.
Just don’t be like me…
Slice one wire, isolate it, slice the next. DONT chop through both battery leads, vaporizing your tool and take a relaxing spark shower.
Always check for heat shrink on the wire before you solder a connector on. And keep it far enough away so it doesn’t start shrinking from heat transfer from the soldering iron.
When soldering XT connectors, plug in the opposite plug so if the nylon starts to melt, the pin will still hold in place. I fucked so many xt’s before i did this…
Get yourself a connector holder for soldering like this:
Can you link
Dunno a UK link offhand, but sharegoo brand soldering or welding jig is the product name.
I like this style more, but they’re more expensive:
Those, I order by at least the hundred. I was short one m4x8 and I order a set of 1200 m3-5’s.
Another pro tip; those sets usually come in neat little organizers that I love.
Loctite. every. fucking. bolt.
I even take out each bms bolt to put loctite on, and same with motors, esc’s. If there’s a bolt, pull it out and loctite it.
And don’t buy shit bolts as the heads strip and they turn to shit
Imma be real, I only loctite my gear drive and the 4 corner enclosure bolts.
If I lose some bolts I got plenty more.
Only if the dividers aren’t removable. Those ones can burn in hell.
I love the removable dividers. I can adjust the size of the compartment for what I need.
I’m more worried about something dislodging internally and shorting something
Dry fit EVERYTHING before applying adhesive or otherwise installing permanently
Poop before you put all your pads on
Made that mistake too many times!
Oh, this one I recently learned the hard way. Watch out for kids on bikes, they might get scared and fly across the street directly into you while screaming like a banshee
It will hurt, and it will anger you.
2nd that, happened to me last summer and had to bail, kids on bikes are nuttier than squirrel shit!!