Snapped aerial, RC buggy
Discussion
Any easy way to repair a snapped aerial? I've bodged it with solder and tape but its gone again. Do I need to replace the whole receiver?! It's a brushless 1/10th buggy with the older style aerial. Is it easy to change the the aerial-less more modern set up (the newer version has them)?'
Cheers!
Cheers!
Vladimir said:
Okay the aerial wire is too fiddly to solder so its new receiver time. Can I use the newer 2.4Ghz one (mine is 2.7), change crystals and maybe finally get the stick transmitter I wanted (mine is the trigger version which I hate!)?! Any good places to look?!
I'm guessing you have 27MHz at the moment, which are frankly, crap. If you are repairing the aerial, keep it the same length, or fractions of the wavelength (1/2, 1/4, 1/8 etc) for the best performance. It's easiest to solder a new aeriel onto the circuit board rather than repair the existing one (any bit of similar wire will do.2.4GHz is vastly superior, it always comes with automatic band selection (no need for swapping crystals), as the receiver and transmitter are paired. Another bonus is the shorter aerial length, which can sit withing the shell.
I'm not very up to date , but there are plenty of cheap (sub £40) systems out there that are more than up to the job for your car. I have a Team Losi one I got used from Ebay which was about £30, and absolutely fine, if basic.
I also have a rather complicated generic chinese 7 channel one (that cost similar new, and has the bonus of coming with tiny receivers that fit anywhere, and only cost £5. These are both steering wheel models - they are more common and cheaper than stick ones. Cheapest I found quickly was this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamco-Radio-Control-2-Ch... , I have no idea on quality, but I would say it's worth it to go to 2.4GHz.
Vladimir said:
Should do fine - make sure you set you the ESC (speed control) again to learn the new radio before using it (check that it doesn't require the throttle channel to be reversed or anything like that). There should be instructions with it. On an slightly related note, I have a faint scar from setting up the ESC on a car and something went wrong and I ended up with a nice chunky tyre doing a full throttle burnout on the back of my right hand, giving me a nice burnt/grazed area for a few weeks 
.Well that was well worth the outlay!
Stick controls again, didn't need any setting up, works a treat, range at least doubled, no massive pull out aerial - ideal!
Bit of a "clicking" noise as I accelerate hard. Possibly some play in the drivetrain/differential somewhere. I will investigate...
Stick controls again, didn't need any setting up, works a treat, range at least doubled, no massive pull out aerial - ideal!
Bit of a "clicking" noise as I accelerate hard. Possibly some play in the drivetrain/differential somewhere. I will investigate...
HereBeMonsters said:
Are there any decent 2.4ghz transmitters in stick type that don't break the bank?
I've got a couple of Spektrum receivers that came with models I've bought, but cheapest transmitters for them seem to be around £120.
I doubt mine is decent but for £41 delivered, I'm not worried (see above link)! Apparently robust too. The next one up is £50 and has an LCD display and three channels.I've got a couple of Spektrum receivers that came with models I've bought, but cheapest transmitters for them seem to be around £120.
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