Reddit reviews X-Treme Tape TPE-XR1510ZLB Silicone Rubber Self Fusing Tape, 1.5" x 10', Rectangular, Black

Use electrical tape but don't use the cheap stuff, it will leave a residue and get melty and move around in the heat. If you wanna be fancy, buy a roll of self amalgamating tape. It's cheap and I use it for all sorts of random stuff around the house now that I have it.

Search for silicone tape on Amazon. Numbers of makers and sellers. Here's one example also come in clear and other colors.

Use “self adhearing silicone tape” durable and sticks only to itself. Revelate Designs used to sell it for this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bs2bBbCHPHKVN

> Nice. I am currently designing a F1 wheel replica, and have made wheels in the past. If this is something that you want to do more, I advise spending money on a 3D printer, the Creality Ender 3 is excellent for £150, which is about 160 euro. (This will also allow you to very accurately prototype. I also like the custom quickrelease, a mod I am just finishing on my T300.

Yeah, I'm definitively going to get a 3D-printer once I move out of my studio apartment and get some money. Thanks for the recommendation!

> Have you thought of covering the handles? You can use suede material, or various things like plastidip or sugru for a more rubbery finish.

Yeah, I'm probably going to try self-fusing rubber tape to cover the handles. Something like this but maybe narrower: https://www.amazon.com/X-Treme-Tape-TPE-XR1510ZLB-Silicone-Rectangular/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=pd_cp_328_1?pd_rd_w=TjtWn&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=NHWY47ZSHGV250NA3EWS&pd_rd_r=232d9373-4cbd-11e9-a258-1dc4cbbc6958&pd_rd_wg=AQ5YE&pd_rd_i=B00HWROO7E&psc=1&refRID=NHWY47ZSHGV250NA3EWS

> Judging by your previous posts, you seem to be quite into this. Are you thinking of doing any other wheels?

Yeah, I probably will in the future. I'm quite happy with this now, but maybe I'll do a more advanced F1-style design one day. I've also thought of doing a button box for a D-shaped wheel and maybe designing and building my own pedals with a load cell brake, as I don't have a load cell brake currently.

> I also have a questions. Where is that fancy looking usb cable from? I am looking for one that screws into the wheel.

It's just a normal cheapo coiled USB-A to micro-USB cable from ebay, and I bought the 5-pin airplane DIN connector separately, so something like these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mobile-Phone-V8-Coiled-5-Pin-Adapter-Data-cable-Charger-Micro-Usb-For-Samsung/123576401188

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Pin-Female-Male-Microphone-Connector-for-CB-Radio-Ham-Plug-/200913559171

5-pin connector wasn't necessary as USB 2.0 has only four, but I couldn't find four-pin connectors at the time so I went with five, and just used the pins 1-4 on that.

> Also, how did you fit a button onto to the top right front and back, I can never find space for them.

The button on the backside just about fits internally, and the internal part of it actually extends between the internal parts of the buttons on the front side. It was a little bit of an afterthought and I had to drill in to the 3D-printed cover to get the hole for the backside button. These buttons have a nut and a spring washer on them on the inside, but I had to not use the spring washer for the button that is behind the grip, as I couldn't get it to fit properly with that.

To avoid kinks that bad in the future you may want to try this , and this is what I used to cover the ends of sleeving. I found a few reddit posts and it seemed to work well for people. However, others used heat shrink tubing not silicone tape like I did. The tape has held up well for a few weeks now, and when I see any sort of twisting it’s really easy to undo as with the sleeving the cable just sort of pushes itself around instead of gathering kinks.

X-Treme Tape TPE-XR1510ZLB Silicone Rubber Self Fusing Tape, 1.5" x 10', Rectangular, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_hLTzDbDAW6STJ

This stuff shrink wraps itself, but is non adhesive do no mess like electrical tape. The secret to a nice looking build is to color coordinate AKA not have a bundle of multi colored wires hanging out on the front side of the Mobo.

Silicon tape wrapped around the exposed wire fixed it for me. So it's no longer shorting out.

X-Treme Tape TPE-XR1510ZLB Silicone Rubber Self Fusing Tape, 1.5" x 10', Rectangular, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_eADyDbNEZJTB2

It has to have a good thermo, so it turns out the board wasn't the problem. In my case I tightened it down and it cracked the protective coating and shorted it out. The tape fixed it

Awesome, thank you for the recommendations (there goes the money I partitioned for dominators, ha)!

I ordered:

FrSky Taranis X9D plus

D4R-II

Spare motors + ESC

X-treme tape

I wanted to know what tape you use. Originally I bought this tape

because it's rubber, but it was too thick to fit around the motors and put the motor cover back on.

Could you link me what brand you use to add noise reduction to your wheels. That's my biggest issue.

Another potential easier option is silicone fuse tape - it permanently adheres to itself, but doesn't stick to anything else.

Self-fusing tape is really good for this as well. Just a quick snip or two with the scissors and you've got access to the ESC.. No residue at all, not to mention it insulates electrical connections, is waterproof and works from -60F to like +500F or something ridiculous.

http://www.amazon.com/X-Treme-Tape-TPE-XR1510ZLB-Silicone-Rectangular/dp/B00HWROO7E

Yeah I’ll have to wait till I get home tonight, but it’s this kind of tape
https://www.amazon.com/X-Treme-Tape-TPE-XR1510ZLB-Silicone-Rectangular/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=pd_aw_sim_328_1/137-3978350-5422325?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00HWROO7E&pd_rd_r=ce7504d5-3528-11e9-b839-4be84d534962&pd_rd_w=kXX6q&pd_rd_wg=XxJmE&pf_rd_p=469620d9-3e90-496d-9dc8-b19f900ba5fe&pf_rd_r=8YKZ9VJPE5NHYECWX4WY&psc=1&refRID=8YKZ9VJPE5NHYECWX4WY

Here's the tape I was referring to. It's pretty good stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_p2pKybHH6A56G

As I mentioned, heat shrink looks better but this stuff is excellent for when you can't get heat shrink over a component.

https://www.amazon.com/X-Treme-Tape-TPE-XZLBRD-Silicone-Triangular/dp/B01EG7MBJU/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1466384298&sr=8-13&keywords=silicone+tape

or

https://www.amazon.com/X-Treme-Tape-TPE-XR1510ZLB-Silicone-Rectangular/dp/B00HWROO7E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1466384298&sr=8-3&keywords=silicone+tape


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