Originally posted by Ld_Tony
I for one am still not convinced of this product being fooll proof in the latest release. I just picked on up last weekend from a large hobby shop (Sh#%@ons) in SJ and was told it was from the latest batch. The system bound perfect to the transmitter and I thought all was fine and dandy until my first time out on the track. When my car made it's way to the back straight, it died and I yelled out dead car (no steering or throttle response) on the back straight before I got pummelled. As the turnmarshal grabbed my car and started walking back to me, I regained control. I thought it must have been a fluke so I rebound the system again in the pits and tried it again. Same results. Even walking away from my car in the pits (less than 100 feet) across the parking lot had the same results. Anybody else have this problem? My system is on its way back to Horizon.
I had the exact problem you descibe........
Two things here - just because it is from the latest shipment does not "gurantee" that the software is current. I puchased 6 receivers and 4 out of 6 had old software. I know, the QC should have caught that - but it didn't.
Second item - one of my TX Modules (Futaba version) had the antenna not connected correctly internal to the module (per John Adams).
Now for the good news. Since John has serviced these units - they work flawlessly! Yes it has been an inconvenience to send them back to Horizon but John has been very quick and returned the units ASAP to me. It is really neat to not worry about freq conflicts, glitching or any other radio problems since being on Spektrum.
I have these units running offroad and onroad in 1/10 and 1/8 cars, buggies and trucks.