Failsafes........Help!

[grant_ploughbot]

Hi Robert, Do you have a Transmitter already?
If not I wouls recomend getting the new DX6i, it sounds expensive but were getting them in in a couple of weeks retailing at £109!
If you dont have a transmitter i would seriously recommened one of these to get rid of any future problems you may have with interfierence and failsafing. I believe the Sabertooth speed controllers from Dimension engineering (sold by technobots) have failsafing, they are excellent controllers for low current like drils.

[ady]

agree with grant their, a spektrum is well worth the money, you will never have interference problems nor need failsafes (get a br receiver, designed for robot use from robochallenge) which failsafes on all channels, the standard AR reciever that comes with the transmitter will only failsafe on throttle. i used sabertooths which are really good (can run on 24v), it mixes the 2 motors for you so you get perfect and very precise driving, i do find personally that the 25a dual is better than the 10a one though in my opinion.
your inital costs are a bit, but like me, once you have them you can really tell the difference in performance and reliability.

if you run seperate speedos (like 2 electronise)which i used for ages before sabertooth;s you can also use the spektrum to mix them for you, giving you control all one one stick, electronises are good and were really reliable for me.

[maddox]

A Spectrum DX6 with BR6000 reciever isnt more expensive than a cheap 40MHz RX/TX with 3 or 4 added failsafes and the extra trouble to mount the unshielded, unprotected antenna as well the more extensive interference issues.

[maddox]

For us, yes.
Team RCC converted all the machines in our stable to Spectrum, except one, the Antweight Katyusha.

This made short work of our multitude of RX/TX sets, and all the headaches about failsafes, antennas (you cant hide a 40MHz antenna in a metal armor, nor can it touch it, nor is it a good idea to have it close to the motors or high amp lines), interference and so on. Now we just build in a standard pack. For a heavy that means a Sidewinder and a Spectrum BR6000 reciever, for a feather thats a Scorpion XXL and same reciever.

The only thing we have to do is bind and program the sets.
And buy a new reciever if there is a new machine to be rewired.

[leorcc]

Like Grant said: Take a good look at the Spektrum DX6i that is going to hit the shelves a couple weeks time.

http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM6600http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/D...ProdID=SPM6600

It is a very cheap 2.4GHz solution and promises to be a very good alternative to the DX6 and DX7. It has some significant improvements over the DX6, and is a lot cheaper than the DX7 or JR X9303.