Dreaded Spektrum glitch??
 

SO after reading everywhere on here it sounds like I wasted $150 on a Spektrum DX4c. Have a 1/10 pan car with receiver mounted on the graphite chassis on foam tape. CAN NOT get steering to stop glitching. 100c battery. Castle Creations brushless system. Have tried two separate SRS4210 receivers. If you move the receiver around in the air it makes the steering go crazy like its a loose wire but, if you just wiggle the wires while its mounted there's no glitch. Car wont drive straight for more then 5 feet before it starts glitching. Any ideas besides throwing system on the yule log fire??

Merry Christmas
JR

What servo?

Do you have a glitch buster on it?

1s or 2s battery?

Go into Castle Link and try raising the BEC voltage......or try a $5 glitch buster/capacitor.

It sounds like the servo is drawing too much power for the Castle/Spektrum combo.
Its a well known issue.

2S no buster.... will try raising BEC voltage now...

Thanks

You definitely want to pick up a glitch buster even if raising the bec helps.

Try turning off AVC on your radio <EOM>
 

Try turning off AVC on your radio <EOM>

We were experimenting with AVC the other day, with it cranked up to 100% and the car on asphalt, pull the trigger and the car just glitches all over the place, turned down the AVC to about 20% and it was fine.

Cant adjust BEC right now.. Have a Mac..:(

Tried 4 different servos and all had same glitch. AVC is off right now. Funny thing is its only on steering.. Throttle works fine and never glitches. Will try to go to store tomorrow and get Buster..

Alternatively if the radio is new then return it as defective (as no radio should behave like that - no excuse for you having to spend extra dollars on glitch busters and external BECs blah blah). Get an Airtronics MT4 and your problem will be instantly resolved.

Grab a cap from the hobby shop and be done with it. Today's speedos do no put out the proper voltage when matched with a high end digital servo.

4 dollar capacitor works wonders. Also, get a set of high voltage double Aa's for the transmitter for awesome range and performance.

I hope you do not have rechargeable batteries in the transmitter, the 1.2 volt variety. If so there is your problem. I am running the NiZn batteries and i also use the Glitch buster everyone is referring to. If you use Alkaline, make sure they are fresh.

I don't agree at all. Since when have any of the top boys ran glitch busters/caps?? Modern ESC's Bec output is perfectly adequate for 99% of 6v servos. Most output stable 6v at 2-3Amps which is more than needed. It's the spectrum receivers that are the problem.

That's because the top boys don't run Spektrum or Castle :D

I know adam drake uses them and others I'm sure. quit being a fanboy

Those offroad guys don't count. :D