morpheus2010 wrote:Just bought an Etronix Pulse EX3GPro FHSS Stick Tranny for indoor racing, Can't say there were any issues. Simple to install and setup (bind) Several of the club members use them and I did ask if any problems, all said okay and easy to use. So bought one.
The Manual is a bit brief in explaining function settings. I needed to slow my steering to reduce oversteer and one of the club lads showed me how. Its easy and made for smoother control.
My experience of radio problems usually comes about from poor wiring, shoddy battery plugs etc, why oh why do manufacturers still use Tamiya connectors which get hot and cause spikes. Also DSSS sets are prone to slow response if interference interrupts transmission.
Will keep you posted, Going to start outdoor racing soon so plenty of variety to test the reliability.
Keep them thumbs twitching.
THX for that update, I still driving with my now 19 years old Futaba! The alternative I so buy a $200 more expensive stick radio!
The update on my site is not so cheerfull I'm affraid.
I've upgraded it with a 3S lipo battery and now don't have any range issues anymore... but then I found out that the servo was responding a bit jerky: as if itonly had 5 rso steps for it's full travel one way. Unfortunately I found out on big race that the servo wasn't the issue. Even with the fresh installed savox, centering was sometimes off and the steeringresponse was just unpredicatable.
When I took the servo out I found that it did not respond anymore as i moved passed beyond 50% of the joystick travel to the right.
Testing with another servo showed the exact same.
I ended up spraying some cleaning alcohol on the potentiometer that hides behind the stick...and solved that issue. But by doing this I must have put some static into the digital stuff: the + button in the navigation beeps, but the settings don't respond when I try to increase any value or try to navigate upwards in the menus.
I'm thinking of maybe trying one of the conversion kits that let you convert a 40FM radio to 2.4G. I'm just not sure if I want to go back to the limited adjustability of my old radio. Adjustable steering rate, L/R endpoint adjustment, limiting the top speed... pretty handy stuff. The only thing the old FM radio had was reversal
