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Looking for ideas for a nice and simple antenna mount for a modern RC10 build. I'm thinking something in aluminum anodized black or black delrin would be nice. I guess I could always dye a stock RC10 mount too, but it wouldn't be as cool.

http://www.teamirsrc.com/antennamount.html

they have it in natural, blue, and black. a little expensive, but.....................

Spektrum radio, dude... cut antenna to 3.6" and pigtail around a small screwdriver. The best antenna is NO antenna.

And maybe it's just me, but unless it's a DSM radio, sticking an antenna through a piece of aluminum sounds like a bad idea.

This is the one I used on my modernized RC10 build. Simple and black:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXNTD2&P=7

Eau Rouge wrote:Spektrum radio, dude... cut antenna to 3.6" and pigtail around a small screwdriver. The best antenna is NO antenna.

And maybe it's just me, but unless it's a DSM radio, sticking an antenna through a piece of aluminum sounds like a bad idea.

I thought that the antenna needed to be vertical for a short period though. I'll be putting a spektrum receiver in it, but a little antenna would need to be braced a little if it was pigtailed wouldn't it? I would think with the concept of metal fatigue that a pigtailed antenna flopping around inside the car would eventually cause the thin wire inside to break.

I like that custom works antenna. It looks like it works similar to the Losi mount with the collar. Maybe I'll do that.

i use these, cheap and sell them in every color

http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Alum-Li-weight-Antenna-Mount-BO0801_W0QQitemZ130224428440QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Eau Rouge wrote: And maybe it's just me, but unless it's a DSM radio, sticking an antenna through a piece of aluminum sounds like a bad idea.

Exactly. I never understood why they even made aluminum antenna mounts.

"It looks cool, but it can be a handful to drive"

for crawlers i often coil the antenna around some fuel tubing, then put heat shrink over it. then you just use the i.d. of the tubing for a screw.

call-911 wrote:I thought that the antenna needed to be vertical for a short period though. I'll be putting a spektrum receiver in it, but a little antenna would need to be braced a little if it was pigtailed wouldn't it? I would think with the concept of metal fatigue that a pigtailed antenna flopping around inside the car would eventually cause the thin wire inside to break.

Nope, I ran a pigtail coiled 3.6" antenna on a 1/12th scale car for 2 seasons. It doesn't move at all, as it's only about 1" long when coiled up and sticking straight up off of the receiver.