Show us your removable links!

[daveimi]

As the title, please could you post pictures of your removable links so I have an idea of what I should be making.

[psychostorm]

With a wire soldered between the shorter tabs.

[terry]

What weight class is it for ?

[daveimi]

It's for a featherweight. I've read about the Deans Connector thing before, seeing how they were made is what I was looking for as couldn't picture it but your description above is dead good and I know what I'm doing now lol.

[webby]

Get a deans connector and solder a piece of copper across the 2 poles, when cool add a cable tie

[daveimi]

That's awesome. Thanks!

[webby]

Just a few photos

And also what i have done to store them

[Dan-27]

Lots of people are using deans connectors for their removable links, but a number of people lost fights at the champs because they links fell out.

I used a waterproof connector in Splinter and it worked really well. They have a rubber seal to keep rain out which give it a really secure connection. Here's the one I'm using. It had a clip on top that joined the two halves together but I cut it off and just relied on the waterproof seal. You could leave it on I guess to guarantee it would never fall out.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-WAY-2-8m...item43ad06ac52

You can get 4 and 6 pin versions if you wanted 2 or 3 removable links in one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproof...item1e6aa397e3

[Eventorizon]

I personally think that EC5's are the way to go. Where deans only have a one side of the tap in connection, giving a very limited amount of friction, EC5s use inter-slotting circles and connecters. They probably have about 4x the surface area, are harder to pull out and, I find, easier to assemble than deans.

[daveimi]

Thanks for all the replies guys that's utterly brilliant!!

[typhoon_driver]

ec5s also have a greater current handling capacity. The only issue with them is that you can't get any solder outside the inner barrel or it won't fit in the plastic. Get the file out if you do

[webby]

Although deans are very strong as they are a simple design but designs like tamiya are not very robust.

[ady]

I thought that was a removable link on tx for a minute lol