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yea im thinking about getting the Futaba FSU-2 Micro Fail Safe Unit or the DuraTrax Micro Fail-Safe Unit. i have had past problems with duratrax though so im wondering which one i should get. also im goin to probably get a voltometer. what do u guys think
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yea im thinking about getting the Futaba FSU-2 Micro Fail Safe Unit or the DuraTrax Micro Fail-Safe Unit. i have had past problems with duratrax though so im wondering which one i should get. also im goin to probably get a voltometer. what do u guys think
yea im thinking about getting the Futaba FSU-2 Micro Fail Safe Unit or the DuraTrax Micro Fail-Safe Unit. i have had past problems with duratrax though so im wondering which one i should get. also im goin to probably get a voltometer. what do u guys think
A fail safe is good to have but will not give you the protection a remote kill switch will. Not sure what you project will weigh but a large scale run away can cause big damage and be a big liability.
Here is a quote from Killer RC web site
[A failsafe is certainly a good thing to have, and I recommend that you use a failsafe. The more protection, the better. But a failsafe alone is just not good enough. With a failsafe you still have many loopholes that can cause a runaway. The receiver can fail, the battery can die, the servo can go bad, the throttle linkage can bind or become loose, the carburetor can freeze. In those instances a failsafe will not stop your 30 pound large scale R/C vehicle from running away and causing major damage. When you add a Killer Bee kill switch you have a “watchdog” that will not let your engine run unless it senses that there is a good radio signal at all times. You can also manually kill your engine at any time if you see that something is wrong with your R/C. It is also very convenient to have a kill switch for engine tuning, checking spark plug color at high RPMs. And it’s just nice to be able to pull your R/C into the pit and kill the engine via the transmitter, and not have to reach down and press the kill button.
Note: On Spektrum brand radios it is very important that you reset the built-in failsafe after you install a kill switch. Because of how the Spektrum radios work the kill switch needs the failsafe to be set in order to kill the engine if you loose radio signal. For most newer Spektrum radios just rebind the receiver and transmitter, and hold the aux channel button in the off position during the failsafe resetting mode. ]