Maiden voyage tonight at the local track did not go well. Track was like concrete and rutted with holes all over due to a huge race last weekend.

One of the steering arm screws backed out along with the little bearing and holder. Bent a steering turnbuckle in the resulting crash process. Found the parts on the track and bent the turnbuckle straight again so no real harm done I suppose. My son had the 22-4 and we cracked the front arm at the hinge pin it appears...going to investigate further.

Track was a new layout so we crashed a lot, concrete-like clay rutted surface caused a few traction rolls in the corners. Just an awful day. Can't wait to race at different location that is kept up nicer to really give it a good run.

Is there a reason people don't use the proper hole in the receiver case to run their transponder wire? I've seen this a lot.

In case you didn't know, there is a small, rectangular recess in the top half of the receiver cover toward the rear that is there specifically to run your transponder wires. Seeing yours as long as they are, on the same side as your gear mesh, makes me queasy....

I put my transponder inside the box

How do you fit it in there? I barely have enough room for the receiver and wires lol

Isint that hole used to run a kind of breaking system?

I believe you're referring to the hole in the lower portion of the receiver box. I'm talking about the notch cut in the upper/lid portion.

funny, I have been noticing that too. Photo from post #908 has his transponder wires routed correctly.
In the end I guess it doesn't matter much as long as the wires don't get caught in the gears. Although it does make it easier to remove the receiver box cover. You don't have to worry about extra wire outside the box.

You don't put the transponder in the box, you just run the wire out of the notch to try and keep it away from the spur. Not entirely necessary if you already considered that when running your wires.

When I built mine, I didn't run it through the hole off to the side because that brought the transponder wire to within a fraction of a millimeter of the outdrive. WAY too precarious for my tastes. Just as easy to run it through the front of the rx box.

This is exactly what I thought. I couldn't see any reason to run a wire through the side so close to the drive. But I will look at it again to check it out.

I run the transponder "inside" the box- mounted vertically on inside rear corner- corner closest to rear driveshaft- might depend on the receiver your using also though- I'm using an airtronics receiver- some receivers are too large for both to fit inside

The hole at the bottom of the receiver box that faces the center of the buggy that you are both referring to is NOT what I'm talking about.

There is a notch on the top/lid portion of the receiver box that faces the rear of the buggy specifically for your transponder wires. I believe it is there to keep your wires away from the mesh. There is a good possibility that your wires won't hit the mesh, but there is a chance. So why risk it?

I would post a picture but I'm not home right now. Anyone else got one handy?

I looked at post 908 and saw what you were talking about. I will run it that way
Thanks for pointing it out

Nothing special,I guess depends on your receiver. I run hitec axion. It's pretty flat, I also use the old style transponder which is bigger

I always put my transponder inside the box,makes the wires last longer. It's really not needed on the outside unless you don't know the number.