today i bourght a scorpion xl off david weston, and i think i know how everything works, i have read through the manual, and printed it off, but i just wanted to clarify here incase i break it before it even fights. the the little loop with hv writen next to it has been cut, for volteges above 16v, is this corect? i want to run it on 12, can i just re conect the loop?
thanks for reading, harry.
Yes, just re-connect them when running 12v.
cheers
One option could be to replace the little metal links of the HV jumper with some wires and a switch (or mini removable link type thing) so that you can easily change between low voltage and high voltage operation should you alter your robot power supply or use the Scorpion in a different robot. Saves you having to solder/clip the connection each time.
hey, i've got another problem wich is really confusing me. when there is power to the speed controler the green light blinks rappidly, first i thought it was just the rx taking a long time to bind but then i saw it had all ready bound, the manual i printed of the robot power website says rc signal lost or pulses out of legal range neither of witch i think is the case. i am using a spec trum dsm2 transmitter and reciver and a 4000mah 12v nimh battery, i have tried it with two different recivers and i get the same result
thanks, harry
Have you got a jumper connected across the calibration pins? A rapid flickering green LED indicates that the Scorpion is in calibration mode; you'd need to remove this before you could have any control over the motors.
no
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Much the same controller.
The built in BEC is low powered and the Spektrum reciever sucks a lot of power compared to other makes....Disable the onboard BEC and buy a seperate one....
You could also try with a seperate reciever battery pack ..again remember to disable the XL's onboard BEC.
Rapidly would suggest to me calibration mode too. Even if its not in calibration mode maybe you need to calibrate it before it will work? Or maybe the calibration pins are connected somehow?
I am having problems too with an XXL (as you've probably seen) and rapid flashing for me only happens when I put it into calibration mode. When it cant find the receiver it seem to be a slower flashing.
ive put one of my antweight batterys on it now an it seems to work, cheers guys
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