so we know that the cap works, but would a small reciever pack work as well. I am just a fan of making the weight on your car work for you. and I know the cap works for the problem but it dont weigh that much and it takes up a lot of space. on the other hand, I have a car that is under weight and I use weights to make up for this. If I am not mistaken dont 12 scale and pan cars make small reciever packs to act as "working weight". But this only works if it cures the problem.

Originally posted by scmicromike
Seems as though I was overlooked. I will repost and then clarify my question.




WILL THE SMALL RECIEVER PACK CURE THE PROBLEM? thanks

Originally posted by scoobydo
Maybe, it would have to be tested.
The plus with the cap is that you get more punch on your car when attached to your esc.
So there is a plus for having it even with the space issue.
A battery pack would just add power going to your reciever and would have no positives other than curing the so called problem and adding weight.
I would rather add weight and have the punch.

Originally posted by rovic
advantages of have a reciever pack is you have full power to speedo & servos when you pack is low on voltage and also the servos and speedos dont drain from the pack. main reason 12scale guys use reciever packs...

cap on the speedo, doesnt benefit the reciever.

Originally posted by vanguard
wow 5 minutes in 12th scale, were getting ripped off, they make us run 8 minutes with 4 cells up here. whats up with that.

Will my personal transponder work if I plug it in BAT/TEL (because in the manual they said to plug it in AUX)???

Originally posted by thrust
Yes, either is fine to power the transponder.

I picked up my spektrum unit last weekend. I only ran it once, but was hoping to use it during the coming weekends. Now I am hearing lots of reports of a laggy response time. People who were at the Snowbirds are reporting that pro drivers were taking it out of their cars and telling others to do the same because the response time was noticeably slower than with standard radio equipment. Appartently, even the Horizon rep that was there was saying "use it at your own risk" and blaming the slow response on the fluorescent lighting. Problem is, I only race indoor on carpet, and almost all carpet tracks have fluorescent lighting. I heard about the problems found with the units before the Cleveland race, but I also heard that they had been fixed, which is why I went ahead and bought my Spektrum unit. Now that I'm hearing all these reports that they are still bad, I'm very nervous. Like I said, I only ran it in the car once, and was more concerned at the time with the new chassis I was trying out. Next time I run it, I'll be paying close attention to the response time, and may even put my standard radio equipment back in to see if I notice a difference. If in fact there is a problem, as it seems there is, what are you doing to fix it? Will us racers who have already purchased the units be able to send them in to have them fixed?

Thanks for your email. We have not heard anything about any trouble at Snowbirds. When the unit was in its first stages of testing, they did run across an issue with response time, but that issue was resolved long before actual production of this equipment had started. The equipment you have should work just fine. If you do run into any issue with it, please feel free to contact us at 1-877-504-0233, and we would be more than happy to discuss it with you. Thanks again for your email.