safety issues

[robotwars]

where do we get 2.4 @ £40....... lots of interest in the battle ratz, and people are asking what tx to buy, id like to send em off buying 2.4 rather than 40mhz, most are hoping to attend events next year so getting them on 2.4 would be handy rather than having frequency issues

Cheers

JOhn

[robotwars]

oh, the frequency scanner wasnt at portsmouth to my knowledge, dunno why, someone from the FRA should know the answer .

John

[RogueTwoRobots]

where do we get 2.4 @ £40

Now there's the question!

I saw it in someone's post somewhere on the forum, it wasn't by Spektrum though. I'll go have a look and try to find it.

[robotwars]

i tried finding it last night, but couldnt find it

[RogueTwoRobots]

Got it:

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/sh ... p?id=29064

EDIT: I've yet to find the post that mentioned how it reacts to failsafing etc but I'll go look for that too

[daliad100]

The Planet 5 Transmitter/Reciever costs under £40.
http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk...d.asp?id=29064

[RogueTwoRobots]

Regarding its failsafe capabilities, copied this from Andy Steels' post:

Not had time to test it on a motor yet but I think the drive side of the receiver goes to the last known setting rather than neutral or off. The throttle does however fail safe (as I say not actually checked it).

Is there ways to get around that 'last known setting' anybody? Or would the throttle channel have to be reserved for failsafing a servo that controls a kill switch? (Wasn't this sort of failsafe setting the reason why Futaba 2.4GHz handsets were a lot less useful than the Spektrums for combat robots?)

[razerdave]

Pete Waller is doing some thorough testing with this set, testing failsafes and etc, check out the Robot Wars 101 forum to find out how he's getting on.

[widow_twanky]

Got it:

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/sh ... p?id=29064

EDIT: I've yet to find the post that mentioned how it reacts to failsafing etc but I'll go look for that too

I've just put together an antweight using this set. It failsafes to off as it should. It is a servo based ant so i'll try it in a speedo over the weekend just in case.

Binding is through a button on the receiver and you just press it then turn the receiver on. This may cause an issue but really it's no different to the DX5e and good practice, cradles and checking the thing responds to your tx after binding is always a good routine to get into.

It also means that if it's located properly so it's accessible their should be no issues with people missing fights because they don't know what they're doing without too much messing around with bind plugs.

Andy

[widow_twanky]

Luke decided to do a little video on this. It failsafes quite well. On the servos one of them seems to run at the start before the receiver binds but i suspect that's because of the servo rather than the tx but I'll try it in a speedo soon enough.



Andy