Project Mulligan

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Got my DX6i today....

Opened it up to tweak the throttle stick and make it springy like the other stick, but... the clever/ tight fisted gits at Spektrum saved money by not installing the springy arm thingy and stop-pin thingys on the throttle side. When I did the mod on my laser 6 the arm thingy was included, there was just an extra pin/ screw lifting the arm thingy up to prevent it returning the stick to neutral when released- remove the pin/screw and the ratchet arm thingy and it was how I wanted it. No such luck this time; thankfully Im a resourceful sod and just swapped the whole gimble units over, plugs included.

Got the rx bound first try using an rx pack ( 4 aa batts in a holder ), and got the esc calibrated on the second try- took me a few dozen tries with the laser 6 so that was a relief. Had to reverse the steering and throttle channels on the rx as the gimbles for left and right stick have the pots wired up in different orders, resulting in reversed/ inverted controls basically. No biggie, the DX6i menu is pretty easy to navigate and the truck now lives...

...Sort of; the bloody fecking 3905 slipper wont stay tight- the lock nut ( ha! ) undoes it self if you look at it, so I will glue that sucker up nice and tight.

Just got to make a little mount for the rxs ( weird... ) and route the wiring/ ziptie it inplace, then the truck will be ready to rock and roll!

I got my paint & liquid mask today, so I may start doing the shell tomorrow- got a good idea in my brain how I want it to look, but I wont be giving anything away as chances are I'll feck it up again ( re: stone washed denim vs blue truefire ). Pictures and vids later...