Originally Posted by
GLwagon
The question of the Castle BEC has come up recently...
The other possible culprit may be in the Spektrum.
The servo lagging is usually an under volt/amp problem.
Spektrum receivers like constant voltage.
If you have a high draw servo (the Ko 2367 isn't slow or weak), & a weak BEC (Castle) the Spektrum receiver drops.
Do you have a different brand ESC to try or an external receiver pack.
Spektrum receivers may be sensitive to something going on with this, a friends Spektrum receiver has also died shortly after a similar setup.
I don't know the layout on the boards of Spektrum receivers for any internal regulation or limiters...
Thanks. I am running the esc at 6 volts on the BEC plus I tried using a capacitor, still did not work. I am even running two other cars with ko-propo servos with mmp's and spektrum receivers and they work fine.
I'm really thinking that I purchased a bad servo. I've sent an e-mail to ko-propo asking them what I need to do to get it serviced / replaced. If it's cost eficient I'll have them to service it. If not I'll just chalk it up as a lesson learned.
As far as castle, I originally thought that the problem was the mmp and I have a replacement coming to me from Castle. However, after buying a new sidewinder and still having the same problem I need to give them a call and have them to cancel the warranty request.
So far it seems like saving money on a used servo has really cost me a good bit of money. Two receivers, purchasing a capacitor hoping that would fix it (only $6), and purchasing another esc since I was thinking that was the problem. I probably should learn from this and quit buying used electronics but I probably won't.
