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Hex drivers are a must & used every day. 3mm, 2.5mm, 2.0mm, 1.5mm. Mini needle nose pliers. A couple nut drivers, 5.5mm, 7mm. Hand files. Mini torch. Reading glasses. Magnetic trays are a must. There's more, but those are used alot.
 
I have a picture somewhere but can't find it

Team Titan RC tool bag:
Dynamite Red tools (1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm hex)
Arrowmaxx Purple tools (1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm, 3.0mm hex. 120mm long tip I believe)
Arrowmaxx Purple tools (5.5mm and 7.0 nut drivers)
MIP G1 Speed tips for my electric screw driver (1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm hex)
Kyosho Curved Lexan scissors
Hobbypark body reamer (need to get a new one)
Integy shock pliers
Box nut wrench
Protek Ball cup wrench
Pair of tweezers
Old small paint brush and old tooth brush (to get dirt out of rough spots when at the track)
Turnbuckle wrenches
Roll of electrical tape
Roll of 3M foam double sided tape
Few vise grips/locking pliers
needle nose pliers
Losi Ride height gauge
ProTek 1-20mm ride height gauge

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Out side of my tool bag and on the workbench
Duct tape, gorilla tape, solder iron/station and solder tools, safety glasses (2 of them to be exact), working gloves, some phillips and flathead screw drivers and probably some other stuff I'm missing.

Other workbench essentials like a LED light, depending where your workbench is, maybe multiple. I always need more lumens. Rubber yoga mat (pit mat) and car stand. Oh yea, a comfy chair.
 
Alright thanks man, there's a few of those that I don't have but ill be sure to get them.
 
This thing is probably the best tool I've ever bought for my RC tool box and has save me a lot of time. It's no frills and stupid simple. Just a forward and back button, no clumsy gyro and it isn't the size of a medium sized SUV like the dewalt or Milwaukee screw guns. Type C charging too. Has plenty of torque to break screws free on anything up to a 1/8th scale and small 1/5 scales like an XRT or a Kraton 8s in my experience.

If you poke around on eBay, you can find the exact same tool under a multitude of different brands and prices.
 
Also a Dremel or similar moto tool. Great for drilling, sanding polishing etc. I have used mine a bunch on my rc's.
This reminded me, I grabbed one of these on sale at the Walmart for $7 a few weeks ago. Works extremely well for the price. I just used it the other day to modify a radio box! 😂 I've cut aluminum with it, although I don't know if it has the torque to cut through real thick stuff. Works fine for an on the go tool in a field box or something. Can't really complain for how cheap it is.

Again, charges with a type C and is compact enough to fit inside of a common RC toolbox.
 
In all honesty, even screwing something up with my RCs, I never get frustrated to a point I throw chit.
I've thrown a guitar down the hall before because it wasn't going well, very true story.
I even have a couple of donated fishing rods at the bottom of Brownlee reservoir, again
another very true story.
 
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In all honesty, even screwing something up with my RCs, I never get frustrated to a point I throw chit.
I've thrown a guitar down the hall before because it wasn't going well, very true story.
When my dad had his small engine shop, a guy brought one of those green Weedeater brand weedeaters in for my dad to get running for him. I was doing a service on a pushmower and my dad began his yelling and cussing. I turned to look and nearly caught a piece of plastic to the face because he did the "Hulk Smash" of that thing on his workbench. He smashed that thing down to the engine block. When the guy returned he was happy to find out his weedeater somehow transformed into an Echo 😅

Some of that wore off on me too.
 
RC really calms my nerves, it's amazing and that's why I love wrenching and building them more than driving.
same same, is partly why I'm so rough on my rigs, i know i have a repair to do and thats a reward in itself so to speak. i enjoy the figuring and the fixing.

I'm gonna add an extendo magnet to the list of tools and a slim flashlight. i often drop small screws and the extendo stick grabs em nicely, then I'm often in the shadows of the chasis or axle and have trouble finding screws on occasion ( lighting in my house is trash, 12 foot vaulted ceilings) the little flashlight comes in super handy then.

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I try not to let my anger get the best of me, I keep it bottled up so that when I finally snap it will be glorious, probably see me on all the major news networks! 💀💀💀💀

Seriously, I never let that stuff bother me, just walk away and come back to the problem later with a clear head. Probably my meds doing their job.
 
Hex drivers
Nut drivers
Power screwdriver with 4" Hex bits
Shock pliers
Needle nose pliers
Diagonal cutters
Rotary tool with assorted bits (I use cone-style grinding bits to drill body holes ~ quick and clean)
IR Temperature gun
Soldering iron
Heat gun
Hand-held blower (rechargeable) for dusting things off after a run.
 
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