No failsafe? look what happens.

[busdoctor]

This is what happens if you do not have failsafe, and live near a HAM radio operator. Someone told me before i even recieved my t-maxx "get a failsafe" I didn't! This is the result. NOW I HAVE ONE!!!

 

[MGT8.0owner]

ow lol...nice carnage pic man

 

[Scrogg]

Hard heads make soft......well broken rigs!

 

[busdoctor]

It's back on the road now. Hard lesson learned.

Worst thing was my son was driving it when the signal got jammed. He was a little upset at the wreckage.

 

[Scrogg]

Good to hear it's fixed, I bet he was upset.

 

[Amoeba]

To quote ET, "ouch."

I switched over to a 2.4 3PM and running with carb springs.. but sometimes I forget to set the failsafe on the radio

 

[Skwerly]

Sorry, gang, I'm really new to this. A failsafe is something that prevents other radio signals from interfering with your RC radio? Is it something extra one has to purchase? Forgive my newbness.

 

[Suicide]

yeah and if you have the money get one of these http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJTW3&P=7

 

[olds97_lss]

Sorry, gang, I'm really new to this. A failsafe is something that prevents other radio signals from interfering with your RC radio? Is it something extra one has to purchase? Forgive my newbness.

I'm not sure how they work, but if there is signal loss, they will engage and put the throttle servo back at where you set it. They also keep an eye on the receiver pack. If it gets below a certain voltage, it will engage and put the throttle servo where you set it. I'm not sure what it would do though if your signal was overtaken by another on the same frequency. Never had the scenario to test it out.

I usually set mine to go to neutral/idle vs brakes. Then if I'm in the air or running at WOT, I don't have the brakes engage on me at an inopportune time.

That said, haven't had a single issue since I got a spektrum. I was always having glitching and range issues even with 75Mhz FM. Not anymore!

Before I got the spektrum, I used these:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEYG2&P=ML
Never had a problem with them and they did their job.

 

[Suicide]

olds thats what i have now and every now and then it glitches

 

[olds97_lss]

I noticed a weird little twitch with mine when running digital servos. Every time the light on it blinked, the servo would twitch just a hair. Still worked fine otherwise though.

 

[cptvkirk]

temp and signal failsafe

Man, wish i'd have know about that a month ago. Now that I have a temp monitor and appreciate it's appliction, I would have preferred to have a sensor that would have shut down capability at a set limit....not just radio cut or low voltage.:\

 

[Lessen]

Bulkhead, Skidplate, driveshaft, lower arm, shock caps.. that's a pretty good hit there.

 

[HPIguy]

A good failsafe is the BEST $20 any nitro car owner can spend on his / her ride. I too had to learn this the hard way.

 

[BradZ]

Hate to see people learning this way, but sometimes it happens.

 

[RC Addict]

What does living by a Ham have to do with it??? I am an Amateur Radio operator and I can attest to the fact that he would NEVER have a reason to be ANYWHERE near 26.995 to 27.225 mHz nor ANYWHERE near 75.410 to 75.990 mHz which are the allocated frequencies for ground operated Radio Controlled vehicles.

I must demand you retract your baseless statement, per FCC guidelines!

Maly, Charles Cody, KT5CCM (General)
13912 Jeweled Desert Dr
El Paso, TX 79928
ATTN: Charles C. Maly
Previous call sign: KE5QMF
Previous license class: Technician
Licensee ID: L01323156
FRN: 0016891749
Issue Date: Oct 16, 2007
Expire Date: Oct 16, 2017
Date of last Change: May 16, 2008 (License Modified)







































P.S. GET A FAILSAFE, and quit blaming things on others!

 

[jerry7007]

HAM? humans against monsters? i thought that only applied to runescape? spam? maybe you live next to a WHAM! radio operator.

 

[HPIguy]

Mmmmmm...........HAM.

 

[busdoctor]

yeah and if you have the money get one of these http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJTW3&P=7

Even if you don't have the money get one! Pay now or pay more later!

I am sorry if I offended You RC ADDICT! All that I know is that I load tested my batteries and they checked out fine. I lost total control of the vehicle, that was within 20 yards of the radio, and could not stop it. The concrete 8" high curb did! I don't know what happened! All I DO KNOW is my neighbor across the road from me,within 50 yards of my vehicle, is into HAM radios with 15 antennas secured to the outside of his house. With 15 ANTENNAS on your house how many frequencies are you using?!

Are you saying as a HAM operater that you do not have any type of equipment that can jam any frequency at any time? Not have you done it. I mean is it possible? YES OR NO!

 

[RC Addict]

Are you saying as a HAM operater that you do not have any type of equipment that can jam any frequency at any time? Not have you done it. I mean is it possible? YES OR NO!

I am saying that his equipment isn't designed to transmit ANYTHING on our RC frequencies. There is something known as a "BAND PLAN". All stations in the world, Amateur and Commercial, are REQUIRED, BY LAW, to follow these plans. We are not allowed to transmit ANYTHING outside of the frequencies assigned to our license class. To knowingly be "jamming" a frequency is something that we do not do. Period. Why? Because we can and DO go to prison for doing so.

To answer your question: It IS possible to "jam" frequencies that we are authorized to transmit on, but it is IMPOSSIBLE for a "HAM" (we do not like that term) to "jam" your receiver because it is impossible to do so with the equipment we are allowed to use. We simply can not use those frequencies. EVER!!!