Teething issues

[Danjr1]

Just a few questions....

Has anyone else had issues of using failsafes with electronize 30a? The thing runs fine without them in but as soon as I put them in and the bot picks up the transmitter, it goes 40% forward speed? Tried a few things but nothing seems to be working. When I ran blue eBay escs, I never had this issue which is making me lean towards it being something to do with this variable frequency thing on the electronize?

And....

Has anyone ever changed any of the toggle switches on a dx6i for a push to make button? Had the thought of changing the gear retract switch for one of these so it's more of a trigger.

And....
When a solenoid valve is activated (but none of the pneumatic system attached), should I see the insides of the valve move? And I can hear something moving but not see anything from the various ports?

[Anttazz]

Re: Teething issues

Did you do that balancing thing on the electronize after you added the failsafes? Not sure if you call it balancing, but I mean where you put the screwdriver in the hold in the casing and centre it so that its neutral when the sticks are neutral.

I don't know if that will help, but worth a try, hopefully someone else can give you better advice

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

Got the balancing sorted. Put them both to full speed and adjusted the transmitter one step back! My logic being that the failsafes should set to that as normal when you set them?

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

Just been browsing the forums and some notes, the electronize speedos have their own built failsafes which saves me a load of hassle! Sorry all

[blazerbotics]

Re: Teething issues

you wont see anything in the valve move, as it uses the air pressure to activate it. The clicking is the solenoid itself.

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

Thanks, two problems sorted!

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7311388/tm.htm

If anyone is interested! Does the spectrum dx6i system have a built in failsafe?

[joey_picus]

Re: Teething issues

It depends entirely on which reciever you use - the AR6110 recievers definitely failsafe from personal experience, as does the BR6000 if you can find one of those, but there are some around that only failsafe on one channel or not at all (as they're generally designed for aircraft).

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

ive got a AR6200 which only has the throttle failsafe so all ill have do to (i think) is have a failsafe for the weapon (the battleswitch) then ill have the failsafes in the electronize speedos

[joey_picus]

Re: Teething issues

That may not work - what the Spektrum recievers without failsafes do (or at least did) is they keep outputting a valid signal after the loss of transmitter reception, so the speed controller failsafes wouldn't be triggered.

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

Hmmmm, not sure how to check then? It does all stop when I turn the transmitter off

[blazerbotics]

Re: Teething issues

Have the drive at full speed whilst turning the TX off.

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

That's what I did

[Danjr1]

Re: Teething issues

Is it me or are electronize 30a speedos a little temperamental? One produced a little puff of smoke this morning then suddenly started working perfectly?! Then the other went into some weird mode where it wouldnt run the motor forward then I fiddled with the frequency and it sparked and suddenly started working again?! I'm just going to assume they are breaking-in issues as they are both now perfectly balanced and working fine!

[woody]

Re: Teething issues

I'd suggest that all the problems stem from .... Ummm ...how best to put this?

Build quality ( wiring ) and lack of experience / understanding of the interaction / setup between the various parts.

It's very difficult to diagnose faults and pass on experience via the web....
A number of good pics will help in any diagnosis.