swimmer
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Post by swimmer on Sept 20, 2008 17:16:41 GMT 1
Same here...not had a moments problem with my DX6i. Before buying anything else do all you can do to find and eliminate your problem.
swimmer
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Post by flydiver on Sept 20, 2008 17:39:06 GMT 1
That's a good link, but, why oh why do smart people put up those pages that so d**n difficult to read? The background is awful-the message just disappears. fly |
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Post by mrmugen on Sept 20, 2008 18:51:02 GMT 1
? You lost me.
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Post by admiralev on Sept 20, 2008 18:54:10 GMT 1
i did end up calling horizon hobby (pulled the dx off ebay) and they said to send the radio in and they would send a replacement. i guess i will try that out first.
thanks for the link mm
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Post by mrmugen on Sept 20, 2008 20:22:28 GMT 1
No problem. You might just take the new one they send and list it on ebay. It will sell for more new than used. I bet dollars to donuts you will eventually run into issues with it. It is not a everyday flier radio. More of a weekend warrior radio. 2 guys at our field had them (both returned for new ones) and found them to be disfunctional at some point. Not long after getting them new. One guy had a tx case that would reset the radio by squeezing it too hard....not that hard either. I say good luck in what ever you decide. Either way you will have a new radio I guess. If you choose to keep it and another plane goes down......what is it worth to you? It's like anything else in life....when something is released before it's time, you usually burn some money one way or another. IMO they should have tested these systems for another 2 years beofre releasing them. Too many lost planes for my liking.
Kevin
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Post by admiralev on Sept 20, 2008 22:40:48 GMT 1
thats a good idea. ill see if i can wrangle that 7CAP and then list the new dx6i
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sayers
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Post by sayers on Nov 2, 2008 2:41:00 GMT 1
I fly My Super Cub & Easy Star with a DX6i ,AR6200 in one AR6100E in the other , many , many flights to date with NO trouble of ANY kind .
Just My 2 cents worth
Jerry
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Post by flydiver on Nov 4, 2008 20:06:56 GMT 1
You may have already seen this or something like it: www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=948301Notice he was using 4 servos on 3S > a potential recipe for disaster. This needs a separate UBEC. Upgrading the Cub to Spectrum, full house control (4 servos) and 3S is basically the same. fly |
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Post by admiralev on Nov 5, 2008 4:49:25 GMT 1
ive never read this one before. i shouldnt need an external battery when running 4 servos and a 3S lipo on my current setup right? now you have me all worried again...  |
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Post by flydiver on Nov 5, 2008 7:54:58 GMT 1
BEC=battery eliminater circuit. It's job was to NOT have to have that extra battery you DO have to have with nitro planes since electrics already are flying a battery. No, you don't need an external battery necessarily. That is one option. A simpler option is a UBEC. Start by doing some reading here: www.castlecreations.com/products/cc_bec.htmlHere's a thread on it with more info (link to above also): www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39138One of the ESC job is to bring the battery voltage DOWN to RX & servo level. To do that it makes heat. As the load increases (more servos) and the voltage increases 2S > 3S > 4S the job becomes more than the BEC on most ESC can handle. So you need to take the load off the ESC, either by adding an RX secondary battery or by adding a UBEC. Do people get away without doing this? Yep. Do people have crashes and problems of an unknown nature by doing this? Yep. They don't read the ESC spec, buy ESC that don't even tell you, or just don't know or understand how they work. You may have had a problem with a faulty DX6i. Or maybe you had a problem related to this and the cheap GWS ESC not handling the voltage and causing the Spectrum RX to 'brown out' and lose contact? Too much load, not enough volts to go around to critical components? Or maybe just a lousy battery that couldn't keep up with the load of flying and delivering to all the electrics? Before you can troubleshoot effectively you got to know how the system works. |
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Post by admiralev on Nov 6, 2008 3:15:13 GMT 1
from their diagram it looks as if the BEC and ESC are wired to the same deans connector. is that correct? i hate soldering and resoldering...
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Post by mrmugen on Nov 6, 2008 4:05:52 GMT 1
The bec will get soldered to the deans with the esc.
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Post by mrmugen on Nov 6, 2008 5:23:58 GMT 1
Why not do it yourself? It is easier than learning to tie your shoes....and you can learn that at the ripe ole age of 4.....
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Post by admiralev on Nov 6, 2008 5:27:11 GMT 1
i dont have an iron and i would really screw things up. it would help to learn though.....i get really lost on polarity and such. im going to go check out that soldering thread  |
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Post by Ellis on Nov 6, 2008 5:47:30 GMT 1
I really bit when it came to soldering. After watching several soldering videos - including Kevin's - I had great success soldering all my stock batteries over tho Deans. Well, the very first one was a redo because I didn't have the tip tinned. In fact I found it enjoyable and was looking around the house and garage for things that needed soldering ;D.
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