Old timer receiver question?

[samo975]

Hey guys. Just getting back into the rc car hobby. I got my Kronos xtr (and all components) today. I couldn’t want to build it! Had a blast putting it together, answering my kids questions the best I could. And then when I went to plug the ESC and servo into the receiver, I didn’t know what the correct orientation was. Back in the day, they made these plugs dummy proof so you could only plug them in one way. I looked them over and took a stab at it. But I don’t want to put any power to this machine until I can verify what I am doing . Would you guys mind looking at the pictures and see if I plugged them in right. This is the most I have ever spent on an RC car and I don’t want to break something before I even take it out.

Also separate question, and less important. Am I supposed to put locktite on the two screws I am pointing to on the motor mount?

 

[AngrySection8]

Looks good to me, steering servo on channel 1 and esc on 2, as far as the loctite I'm sure it's recommended but I never do, never had an issue yet

 

[samo975]

Looks good to me, steering servo on channel 1 and esc on 2, as far as the loctite I'm sure it's recommended but I never do, never had an issue yet

Thank you for the fast reply. What I was worried about more than channel was if I have the negative, positive, and signal wires in the right place. Sorry I should have said that in the original post.

 

[AngrySection8]

Orientation of the wires is correct too, at least on the esc one, I can't totally make out the servo one

 

[samo975]

Yeah. That is why I had trouble. All the wires are black except one has a white line on it. It is the Corally 5245 servo, and it didn’t come with any documentation.

 

[AngrySection8]

Well as long as the plug itself matches the esc one you fine, should be a tab on one side, otherwise the back side will have cut ours, make it match the how the esc one goes and you'll be golden

 

[samo975]

Fantastic. Thank you! I Will double check it right now.

Sorry. One more question. I installed all the electronics physically. I went to push the bullet plugs into the ESC…is there a trick to installing those. I feel like I can probably get them in. But wow it takes a lot of force. I don’t want to break it. I feel like I must be doing it wrong.

 

[morrjr71]

The black wire on a servo or ESC with black, red, and white wires always goes towards the outside edge of the servo. On a servo with all black wires, the hot wire is always in the center, so it won't hurt to try the plug both ways to see which way works.

 

[The Stig]

Fantastic. Thank you! I Will double check it right now.

Sorry. One more question. I installed all the electronics physically. I went to push the bullet plugs into the ESC…is there a trick to installing those. I feel like I can probably get them in. But wow it takes a lot of force. I don’t want to break it. I feel like I must be doing it wrong.

Needle nos pliers and a bit of grease. Works like a charm

 

[Wallys Rc World]

Hey guys. Just getting back into the rc car hobby. I got my Kronos xtr (and all components) today. I couldn’t want to build it! Had a blast putting it together, answering my kids questions the best I could. And then when I went to plug the ESC and servo into the receiver, I didn’t know what the correct orientation was. Back in the day, they made these plugs dummy proof so you could only plug them in one way. I looked them over and took a stab at it. But I don’t want to put any power to this machine until I can verify what I am doing . Would you guys mind looking at the pictures and see if I plugged them in right. This is the most I have ever spent on an RC car and I don’t want to break something before I even take it out.

Also separate question, and less important. Am I supposed to put locktite on the two screws I am pointing to on the motor mount?

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I use blue lock tite on any screws that thread into aluminum