Post by sean on Jul 30, 2009 10:16:54 GMT 10
Thanks for all the comments guys. Nice one picking up the Kahus Mike and Garth.
Of course it is possible but I can't really see this particular lockout being caused by a low voltage problem. At the time I was riding a strongish thermal and basically not touching the sticks, these things fly themselves in thermals. If I'd been doing aerobatics or throwing the sticks around then I could see that being a viable cause. Plus the battery has plenty of charge. It is only a small battery- 4 cell 400mah Sanyo Nimh but then the servos in the Blaster are very small.
Also - this rx appears to have the quick-connect feature of most if not all newer Spektrum rxs. This can be confirmed by switching the rx off then on quickly. When I did that with this receiver after the crash it started working instantly (there was no boot-up delay).
I've read a lot of reports on RCG where people had a Spektrum rx that behaved strangely. Then they replaced it with another of the same type and all the problems went away. That is not at all unusal to read on RCG which makes me wonder about Spektrum quality control. It reminds me of Corona receivers.
This is my first problem with Spektrum. I've been flying my Pike with an AR7000 for nearly 12 months to extreme ranges with no detectable holds at all. The Orca has an AR9300 that (touch wood) has been bullet proof so far. The Pike has a 4-cell 2000mah Eneloop pack while the Orca has a 5-cell 2000mah Eneloop pack. I'm using a JR 9X2 with a Spektrum module.
One other possilbity is the way I had the antennae installed. They were both inside the plane but the Blaster has a glass nose cone. One problem was they were both oriented in the same direction but that was the only way they fit into the skinny fuse. Range check on the ground was good and it had flown further away than it was when the lockout occurred. If it was a problem with antenna orientation then I would have thought it would come good as soon as the plane changed orientation relative to the tx - something it did thanks to the spiral dive. I did range test from all angles btw.
A few things lead me to suspect a faulty rx. First it did strange things during the binding process. It took several atempts to bind and I'd all but given up when it suddenly seemed OK. Second when I plugged the AR500 in all the control surface sub-trims were way out, relative tot he previous rx (JR RS70). I've never had that happen before so not sure if it is a fault or not. After the binding probs it made me a little wary. The third much more subtle concern was the box the rx came in appeared to have been opened before I bought it. Makes me wonder if the vendor sold me a returned rx.
Sean.
Of course it is possible but I can't really see this particular lockout being caused by a low voltage problem. At the time I was riding a strongish thermal and basically not touching the sticks, these things fly themselves in thermals. If I'd been doing aerobatics or throwing the sticks around then I could see that being a viable cause. Plus the battery has plenty of charge. It is only a small battery- 4 cell 400mah Sanyo Nimh but then the servos in the Blaster are very small.
Also - this rx appears to have the quick-connect feature of most if not all newer Spektrum rxs. This can be confirmed by switching the rx off then on quickly. When I did that with this receiver after the crash it started working instantly (there was no boot-up delay).
I've read a lot of reports on RCG where people had a Spektrum rx that behaved strangely. Then they replaced it with another of the same type and all the problems went away. That is not at all unusal to read on RCG which makes me wonder about Spektrum quality control. It reminds me of Corona receivers.
This is my first problem with Spektrum. I've been flying my Pike with an AR7000 for nearly 12 months to extreme ranges with no detectable holds at all. The Orca has an AR9300 that (touch wood) has been bullet proof so far. The Pike has a 4-cell 2000mah Eneloop pack while the Orca has a 5-cell 2000mah Eneloop pack. I'm using a JR 9X2 with a Spektrum module.
One other possilbity is the way I had the antennae installed. They were both inside the plane but the Blaster has a glass nose cone. One problem was they were both oriented in the same direction but that was the only way they fit into the skinny fuse. Range check on the ground was good and it had flown further away than it was when the lockout occurred. If it was a problem with antenna orientation then I would have thought it would come good as soon as the plane changed orientation relative to the tx - something it did thanks to the spiral dive. I did range test from all angles btw.
A few things lead me to suspect a faulty rx. First it did strange things during the binding process. It took several atempts to bind and I'd all but given up when it suddenly seemed OK. Second when I plugged the AR500 in all the control surface sub-trims were way out, relative tot he previous rx (JR RS70). I've never had that happen before so not sure if it is a fault or not. After the binding probs it made me a little wary. The third much more subtle concern was the box the rx came in appeared to have been opened before I bought it. Makes me wonder if the vendor sold me a returned rx.
Sean.
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I'm ca'ing them all back together to get her flying again soon.
