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Procharged5.0 · 02.20.2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeforever

Try moving the RX.

That was my first thought as well.

BrianG · 12:54 PM

FWIW, I had a brand new Spektrum receiver with occasional problems and it turned out to be the antenna wire.

BTW: Replacing the antenna wire on a Spektrum is a PITA! They solder the wire right next to a few itty bitty surface mount components and then the use some kind of rubbery glue stuff to help hold the antenna in place.

neweuser · 02.20.2007, 12:55 PM

ARG! So I should check out that connection...ok.

BrianG · 02.20.2007, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by neweuser

ARG! So I should check out that connection...ok.

I hope for your sake that it's not that. It was a real PITA to replace the wire - and I don't exactly consider myself a soldering novice. The glue stuff had to be carefully scraped off and the tiny solder point for the antenna doesn't allow anything larger than 22 or 24 Ga wire (at a guess). And then you have to be careful not to heat the solder point too much because of the SM components nearby (about 2mm away).

Sylvester · 02.20.2007, 06:38 PM

I had to re-solder mine too, it was no easy task, but with a small 20 watt soldering iron, it made it alot easier!

BrianG · 02.20.2007, 09:01 PM

Lucky you - all I had was a 40w iron (with a fairly large tip). I am able to reduce the heat with a homemade temp control though, so that helped. Made me a bit nervous to do that on a brand new Spektrum module, but really wasn't since I technically had it for about 3-4 months.

Sylvester · 02.20.2007, 09:10 PM

Yea, i cant imagine using a tip almost as big as the board being worked on! ;)

BrianG · 02.20.2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylvester

Yea, i cant imagine using a tip almost as big as the board being worked on! ;)

Lol, tell me about it. Kinda like using a jackhammer to do cabinetry. :)

02.21.2007, 12:58 AM

I'm going to ask a dumb question. Did you program the ESC for the new radio?

02.21.2007, 01:28 AM

Another thought is that, could your fail-safe mode on the radio is set at WOT. I don't know why it would go into fail-safe mode though.

neweuser · 02.21.2007, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cartwheels

I'm going to ask a dumb question. Did you program the ESC for the new radio?

I did. Always do with a new rx and or radio. I like to make sure the settings are read by the esc properly and all that since I'm not familiar with it all. I may just put the rx in my jato to see how it responds in there. If that just takes off, i really don't care as much. it's what i got it for! LOL, but my maxxes are not cheap to repair like the jato....

sjcrss · 02.21.2007, 07:40 PM

did you get it figured out yet?

neweuser · 02.22.2007, 10:03 AM

Not yet. Been busy with school....to rule out the rx though, I'm gonna throw it in my Jato. It's the RS300, I use the RS310 but it should still work fine just for testing. I tried moving the rx but it didn't help. If the rx works fine in the jato then I'm leaning towards the li saver. The other thing I was thinking was a low rx pack.....so we will see.