monsterbrad

Anybody running a JR XS synthesized radio?
Mine seems to be glitching with a Duratrax fail safe on it.
I was thinking about going back to a good AM radio cause I am not racing or anything like that.
Anybody have any sugestions

mauian

Futaba 2.4 ghz. = no glitching, no crystals, no interference, user friendly, small receiver to fit anywhere, need I say more.....lol....

rcboateric

Check with your crystal(you might have a bad crystal) in the FM receiver if you're not using a JR synthesized FM receiver.

Dan S

I ran the JR XS3 Synthesized radio in all my boats that includes Nitro and Gas with a Duratrax Fail Safe in each one.

Never had any problems with the Nitro boats but for some unknown reason it went into fail safe in the gas boat always at the same 2 location while the nitro ran without a glitch.

Decided to go with the 3PM 2.4Ghz FASST and no more problems.

Why do you want to go to an AM radio? AM radio's are extremely not recommended for gas powered as they are more susceptible to RF noise.

Dan.

dicko

It might be low voltage, have you tried running with a capacitor plugged intot he receiver to stop low volt glitches?

http://www.carolinasrc.com/webstore/...idproduct=4841

I run one of these as a precaution on my race boat. Spektrum do one too.

Dan S

That looks like a nice little thing to have.

Should not have low Voltage as I was using 6Volt packs, but anyway, my problems are now solved with the FASST system but for monsterbrad that would be a cheaper fix at $12.00 bucks to see if that will solve the problem.

Cheaper than replacing the radio.

Dan.

dicko

Faast has been known to require those little capacitors too, especially in 1/8th buggy where you have a lot of steering & throttle input. The Faast receivers have also been known to overheat in 1/8th buggies on hot days. Some guys are drilling holes in their radio boxes in their buggies to help ventilate & cool the Rx. It's not such a problem in boats luckily.

rcboateric

that's a good stuff, I just ordered one for in case.

dicko

A hint, once you've got one, you can get the specs and buy the capacitors at your local electric place & solder them onto an old servo lead yourself. It's a bit cheeper. If I had one with me I could let you know what they are.

rcboateric

Thanks for the hint, my Futaba 3PM synthesized radio would have a bit of a glitch when the boat runs too far away from me, within closer range like around 250 to 300 feet is fine, I had tried 2.4GHz FASST but had no luck if the boat is out of 200 feet then the fail safe would turn off my engine so I gave it up.

Dan S

200 feet? thats not much.

was your antenna inside or outside?
were you using the built in fail safe or an external one? I have seen problems caused by external fail safe with the FASST system, it seems it creates a conflict.

I have gone 600+ feet without any problem and at one time after bringing the boat back in I realized I had left the antenna inside the radio box by mistake and it worked without a glitch.

Dan.

monsterbrad

I like the capacitor idea may work and I don't have to buy another radio.
Also
Can that capacitor be wired in using a pig tail cause all my channels are used up?

rcboateric

the antenna was installed on the radio box's lid and using its built in F/S, just didn't realize how that happened, but anyway that 2.4 radio is gone, I sold it to my friend for his nitro truck and heard no complaint from him.

Dan S

Use a "Y" harness.

Dan

monsterbrad

can I use the y harness with the fail safe?

dicko

The failsafe needs to be inline between the raceiver and the throttle servo. The capacitor could go on a Y harness from the battery lead, or the steering servo, best bet would probably be on the battery lead.

monsterbrad

I have a capacitor comming I will try this and see if it works.
I hope it does cause I am sick of the glitching.
How is the new Fasst radio?

Silent-AV8R

I have not heard of any such thing in boats. Cars and trucks may be, but not boats. I have 9 FASST RXs in a variety of gas and fast electric boats, all of which are used for racing. I have never had an issue with either the 603FF or the 603FS receivers. Rock solid 100% of the time. This includes in an 80 mph large 44-inch mono (holds 3 NAMBA speed records).

monsterbrad

Well I will try the new capacitor and see what happens
How should I hook it up to a three channel receiver for the best results?

dicko

if you have a 3 channel receiver, just plug it into the Aux channel plug.

monsterbrad

dicko
You can never have enough power that is for sure
Thanks I will do that
Do you run one of these novak capacitors?

dicko

I run a Spektrum one.

monsterbrad

So i am guessing that I can just plug that capacitor into the 3rd channel then that is not being used.

Dan S

yes, plug it into your empty channel and
even if all your channel were in use you can still hook it up to an occupied channel using a "Y" harness.

Dan.

dicko

That's what I do. I tape the capacitor to the end of my Rx & velcro the lot to the lid of the radio box. It's a bit hard to see inthe pic though.