Broken Interlink TX
02-27-2007 | 02:36 PM
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From: Fruit Heights,
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Broken Interlink TX
Well, I am kind of bummed...I was flying my sim and all of a sudden I had no spring tension on the elevator stick. [X(] I got my sim at the beginning of January and have love it so far. Just put it in the mail to go in for repair. I hope the turn around is quick. Has anyone else had any problems like this or am I just an isolated incident? I hope mine was just a fluke as I love this sim!
02-27-2007 | 07:50 PM
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RE: Broken Interlink TX
I bought my realflight sim a bout 15 months ago. I hadn't had it a week and my son knocked it off the computer desk.It didn't have any tension on the elevator after that. I took it apart and the encoder was also broken apart. I glued the encoder back and put the spring back on and it worked for about an hour. I sent it off and got a new one 2 weeks and fifty dollars later.I haven't had any more problems since.You have to pretty gentle with them.
03-12-2007 | 03:44 PM
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Well I just got off the phone with customer support. They are going to warranty the transmitter however they are backordered and not expected in until March 31. Looks like I am down for over a month on this baby. I wonder why they are that far back. Are these things breaking alot or what?[
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06-29-2007 | 11:41 PM
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RE: Broken Interlink TX
This controller is absolutely terrible, and they know it! If you would like to see what a persistent problem this is go here:
http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/show...8415#post68415
and here:
http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/show...t=15951&page=1
My controller spring failed after less than a month of use. Product support said this is a KNOWN problem, and send the controller back. I spent $11 sending the controller back. They had it for a week, then sent it back (the slowest way possible). I expect to maybe get another month of flying before the controller breaks again. This is after spending $200 for an RC sim. Ironically I went to the local hobby shop today, and saw that they are now selling the Realflight 3.5 sim. They had a display set up, and I went to fly it. Guess what? The controller on the display had broken springs and wouldn't center. If I knew then what I know now, I never would have bought this sim, but of course I have too much invested.
http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/show...8415#post68415
and here:
http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/show...t=15951&page=1
My controller spring failed after less than a month of use. Product support said this is a KNOWN problem, and send the controller back. I spent $11 sending the controller back. They had it for a week, then sent it back (the slowest way possible). I expect to maybe get another month of flying before the controller breaks again. This is after spending $200 for an RC sim. Ironically I went to the local hobby shop today, and saw that they are now selling the Realflight 3.5 sim. They had a display set up, and I went to fly it. Guess what? The controller on the display had broken springs and wouldn't center. If I knew then what I know now, I never would have bought this sim, but of course I have too much invested.
