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555 RX in gas planes? - 8/23/2004 8:07:26 PM   
sfsjkid



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Status: offline 		Hi Mike,

I've been using your 555 in my electrics w/o problems over 1000's of flights. I've been happy with them until recently, when I installed one in my 40 sized glow plane. Since it is dual conversion, the guy at the store said it should be ok, and I had one lying about I decided to give it a try. All seemed well, but every now and then I'd get an intermittent "glitch", which couldn't be traced to anything. Finally, I jiggled the connectors at the RX, and found that I could get each channel to jitter, by pushing side to side, or foward and back. The same servos would not jitter in a Futaba RX using the same method. On comparison with a Futaba RX, the pins on the 555 seem slightly less thick, shorter and case around connectors is lower, allowing more freedom of movement.

So, the question I would like to ask is does Hitec recommend using the 555 for glow applications?

Thanks!

BTW the RX was always wrapped with plenty of foam, due to its small size.
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RE: 555 RX in gas planes? - 8/24/2004 7:56:51 PM   
MikeMayberry



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Status: offline 		The 555 is perfectly fine for use in gas planes.

However, if you wiggle the connectors and get jittering then there may be a problem. In which case it would be wise to send it in and let us check it out.

Mike.

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RE: 555 RX in gas planes? - 8/24/2004 8:31:16 PM   
sfsjkid



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Status: offline 		Thanks Mike, I shall do that!

Have a nice one

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