General RC Discussion - Page 8

Splat_man · 19th January 2002, 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by Splog
heheheh

OOOOOOOOO!!!

dont worry splog
i will buy you a new set of comms

Hyper Adam · 20th January 2002, 8:54 AM

Hey man before you 2 speed make sure you have a really good controller not the shitty hi-tec ranger it comes with as mine is now toast, The car hit top speed and went out of range (30m) the car just held it flat up the road all me and my mate could do was watch it go straight into the back of a pizza car at 85 or so k's, The car now looks like a banana, both top and bottom chassis plates are bent about 30 degrees and the engine is into the fuel tank taking out the 2 speed on the way.

it's only costing $58 bottom $53 top and 11 for each gear cog
and 200 for decent controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Oh car is 2 weeks old)

Yoda · 20th January 2002, 3:56 PM

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Originally posted by Hyper Adam
Hey man before you 2 speed make sure you have a really good controller not the shitty hi-tec ranger it comes with as mine is now toast, The car hit top speed and went out of range (30m) the car just held it flat up the road all me and my mate could do was watch it go straight into the back of a pizza car at 85 or so k's, The car now looks like a banana, both top and bottom chassis plates are bent about 30 degrees and the engine is into the fuel tank taking out the 2 speed on the way.

it's only costing $58 bottom $53 top and 11 for each gear cog
and 200 for decent controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Oh car is 2 weeks old)

Yeah, I know this only too well, I was stingy on my batterys in the reciving unit, they went, it didn't go back to originall settings (normally idiling) Instead, it just opened her right up, I couldn't do anything but watch it prang into the brick wall...

Had to buy a new chasis and my body got pretty dinged up from it, but now its all together again

Yes, I do only have the standard Hi Tech Controller for now, but there is a damn nice pistol grip with a lcd screen at toyworld for $350...

aussie7 · 20th January 2002, 6:09 PM

with all these stories of cars running wild and out of control

is there some sort of cut off or kill switch for the car to stop it if you loose control over it ???

Yoda · 20th January 2002, 6:15 PM

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Originally posted by aussie7
with all these stories of cars running wild and out of control

is there some sort of cut off or kill switch for the car to stop it if you loose control over it ???

Not really no, But the only reason why your car will run crazy is if you do what I did, let your batteries get flat It will also happen if you drive the car out of range, but that is normally pretty hard to do.... The only other reason why it would do this is interfiernce on your radio signal.. I know a few friends of mine who can make my car do all sorts of things with their CB radios, because my crystal is on the 27mhz range (soon changing)

Those are the only reason why your car will run out of controll, It doesn't happen very often at all, and in all cases, it leads back to no-one but you who you can blame...

Splat_man · 20th January 2002, 6:37 PM

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Originally posted by Yoda

Not really no, But the only reason why your car will run crazy is if you do what I did, let your batteries get flat It will also happen if you drive the car out of range, but that is normally pretty hard to do.... The only other reason why it would do this is interfiernce on your radio signal.. I know a few friends of mine who can make my car do all sorts of things with their CB radios, because my crystal is on the 27mhz range (soon changing)

Those are the only reason why your car will run out of controll, It doesn't happen very often at all, and in all cases, it leads back to no-one but you who you can blame...

you can easily fix this by fitting a ESC

aussie7 · 20th January 2002, 6:45 PM

how will an electronic speed controler fix this

Yoda · 20th January 2002, 7:11 PM

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Originally posted by aussie7
how will an electronic speed controler fix this

I am pretty shure they are the things that If you say go out of range, ore your batteries fail, it will return to idiling speeds ???

Is that what they do?

JimX · 20th January 2002, 7:24 PM

Electronic speed controllers work on pulses. It detects how far forwards/backwards/left/right your controller is, and feeds X amount of power to the servos. If it's not receiving a signal, it will go back to 0, ie, no forwards/backwards and no left/right. Mine has a little green light which strobes depending on how much power it's feeding to the servos. It's quite cool to look at

JimX.

aussie7 · 20th January 2002, 8:17 PM

Thanks for clearing that up for me

Splog · 20th January 2002, 8:42 PM

an esc has nothing to do with your steering (besides offering a receiver battery eliminator circuit)

with a nitro car like you are speaking of u need to purchase a failsafe cut off device to prevent runaways ...from flat batts and interference etc

such as this thing from towerhobbies

good luck

JimX · 20th January 2002, 8:48 PM

Hmm, I don't think you can use an ESC with a nitro car anyway can you? I'm just confused now.

JimX.

Splog · 20th January 2002, 9:04 PM

no you can't

ESC's are only for controling an electric motor...and that's it

neolithic · 21st January 2002, 6:00 PM

Battery power 0wnz j00!

C_DawG · 22nd January 2002, 10:21 AM

This is a fair bit off topic, but I am about to sell a Hi-Tec Flash 5 Computer Transmitter, with receiver, and three working servos. (The Fourth Died) PM/Email If your interested. Has all batteries and chargers, very little use. Originel Packing, Box and all. I used it for R/C planes, until i ordered This

20th January 2002, 8:54 AM	#107
Hyper Adam Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 23	Yoda...some advice Hey man before you 2 speed make sure you have a really good controller not the shitty hi-tec ranger it comes with as mine is now toast, The car hit top speed and went out of range (30m) the car just held it flat up the road all me and my mate could do was watch it go straight into the back of a pizza car at 85 or so k's, The car now looks like a banana, both top and bottom chassis plates are bent about 30 degrees and the engine is into the fuel tank taking out the 2 speed on the way. it's only costing $58 bottom $53 top and 11 for each gear cog and 200 for decent controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Oh car is 2 weeks old) __________________ -HA AMD 2000+ XP Abit KR7A Raid Corsair PC 2700 Leadtek GF 4 Ti 4400 WD 20 GIG HDD SOUND BLASTER LIVE

20th January 2002, 6:09 PM	#109
aussie7 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: third rock from the sun Posts: 1,629	with all these stories of cars running wild and out of control is there some sort of cut off or kill switch for the car to stop it if you loose control over it ??? __________________ lending money to friends is like gambling and you should only gamble what you can afford to lose

20th January 2002, 6:45 PM	#112
aussie7 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: third rock from the sun Posts: 1,629	how will an electronic speed controler fix this __________________ lending money to friends is like gambling and you should only gamble what you can afford to lose

20th January 2002, 8:17 PM	#115
aussie7 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: third rock from the sun Posts: 1,629	Thanks for clearing that up for me __________________ lending money to friends is like gambling and you should only gamble what you can afford to lose

20th January 2002, 8:42 PM	#116
Splog Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 37	an esc has nothing to do with your steering (besides offering a receiver battery eliminator circuit) with a nitro car like you are speaking of u need to purchase a failsafe cut off device to prevent runaways ...from flat batts and interference etc such as this thing from towerhobbies good luck __________________ ----Splog----

20th January 2002, 7:24 PM	#114
JimX Goldmember Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 3,693	Electronic speed controllers work on pulses. It detects how far forwards/backwards/left/right your controller is, and feeds X amount of power to the servos. If it's not receiving a signal, it will go back to 0, ie, no forwards/backwards and no left/right. Mine has a little green light which strobes depending on how much power it's feeding to the servos. It's quite cool to look at JimX.

20th January 2002, 8:48 PM	#117
JimX Goldmember Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 3,693	Hmm, I don't think you can use an ESC with a nitro car anyway can you? I'm just confused now. JimX.

20th January 2002, 9:04 PM	#118
Splog Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 37	no you can't ESC's are only for controling an electric motor...and that's it __________________ ----Splog----

21st January 2002, 6:00 PM	#119
neolithic Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northwest Brisbane Posts: 1,295	Battery power 0wnz j00!

22nd January 2002, 10:21 AM	#120
C_DawG Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,763	This is a fair bit off topic, but I am about to sell a Hi-Tec Flash 5 Computer Transmitter, with receiver, and three working servos. (The Fourth Died) PM/Email If your interested. Has all batteries and chargers, very little use. Originel Packing, Box and all. I used it for R/C planes, until i ordered This