I am in the process of trying to construct a replacement rc antenna and I've got a question I can't seem to find the answer to on the web. Does anyone happen to know the thread size of the yellow tipped rc antenna? Thanks!

I am in the process of trying to construct a replacement rc antenna and I've got a question I can't seem to find the answer to on the web. Does anyone happen to know the thread size of the yellow tipped rc antenna? Thanks

I have one in my hands........O.D. of the threads 0.113" , just .005" short of 3mm. I don't know those thread sizes in mm , good luck.

btw the thread length is less than 1/8" with a small shoulder to limit length of screwing in the antenna

Edited January 10, 201510 yr by ritztoys

I have one in my hands........O.D. of the threads 0.113" , just .005" short of 3mm. I don't know those thread sizes in mm , good luck.

btw the thread length is less than 1/8" with a small shoulder to limit length of screwing in the antenna

This is helpful for me as well. Just got a remote and a receiver through BL yesterday with no antennas. I'm going to have to make a trip to the neighborhood electronics/hobby store where they let you try their products for fitting (such as plugs and whatnot). If I'm successful, I'll post here again with size info.

Edited January 10, 201510 yr by Infraredbrick

So I went to the RC store today. The guy there was mostly unhelpful, he explained he only carries standard RC components and all his antenna's are female threading. He pointed me to some threaded rod but they didnt carry it in a small enough size, so I left.

Next stop hardware store, they had threaded screws with similar threading but none in copper and I didnt bring the transmitter with me to verify threading. I googled copper vs zinc (plated) conductivity and found zinc to be a very poor alternative. The genuine antenna is copper threaded so there must be a reason, right? Anyway, I didn't like any of these options so I left them on the shelf. I did however pick up a 35 cent rubber thread saver to serve as my antenna tip.

For now I am resigned to using my original antenna as all bricklink options for antennas are either over seas or in US stores that have prohibitive minimum purchases requirements.

It doesn't sound pretty, but the addition of the tip pushed this into acceptable for me :)

Built in 5 minutes to test the RC components. Its made of a wire and copper connecter which was broken off and bent to fit snuggly into the tranmitter's female threading. The wire was then wrapped in electrical tape with a paper clip for rigidity. After that I loosened all the screws on the transmitter and pinched the electrical tape between the two halves of the shell.

Saga over for now. Onto MOCing 8376; which has horrible negative camber, oh and the wheelie model is dumb, but it is still the best set i have!

Transmitter:

Edited January 11, 201510 yr by rasteel