Hey guys, thought I'd post my dilema here with the ol' spektrum since I'm having some radio problems. I'm not in the same boat as most of you since I don't run on-road electric. I am however getting some glitches now with my radio system (I run off-road gas mostly). I'm not quite sure just yet if it is the spektrum or not since I have not had time yet to do the lovely process of 'find the radio component causing the problem', but my intuition tells me it is the spektrum system. Here's the case: I run into these wierd glitches with my 1/8 buggy where it appears I just lose signal and my servos lock into place (not fail safe mode) for no apparent reason, then about a second or two later, they'll pop back on as if nothing was wrong. It usually seems to happen during elevation changes or if my car is somewhat obstructed from my view (like behind a jump). If I'm within 20 feet of the car, there are no problems at all. Its almost like I'm sorta having distance problems with the system and I haven't even cut my antennas! I'm running two digi's, futaba 9451 and a Hitec 5945, with a personal transponder and I'm using a Helios. For the first two months I had the spektrum, it worked flawlessly. In fact, it still seems to work reliably in my gas truck and my electric buggy using an LRP 7.1 speedo (I do have to run a cap, but it works). I'll have a glitch with those vehicles every now and then, but they are much more rare. This problem has been bugging me a lot since I don't want to send any eletronics away to be fixed until I know for sure I've found the culprit. Well, it just occured to me that the only car I have a personal in is my 1/8, and I didn't have it for the first two months that I had the spektrum system. It also occured to me that not every track I visit supports personals, so that could also be a reason why I don't see this problem everywhere. I'm wondering if it is possible that the addition of a personal transponder could lower the voltage enough to the receiver to cause a glitch? Has anyone else come accross this problem? If so, is it possible to do the cap fix by using a Y-connector for the personal and cap? Is having 2 digital servos also a problem? I'm not really big into the electrics, so when I have a radio problem, I'm really up a creek without a paddle.... and to think I got this spektrum system so that I would no longer be known as the 'glitchmaster' at my local track.
If I have time, tonight I'll play with multiple servos and hook up my old crystal system (I unfortunately can't use crystals with the Helios since I bought the transmitter only for exclusive use with the spektrum)to my buggy to see if I can't pinpoint the problem, but I thought I may be able to save some time by asking all of you. Any other suggestions that I haven't thought of are welcome as well. Thanks in advance to anyone with some ideas.