jay flay tway
May 19, 2005, 01:41 AM
This may be a bit off topic but it seemed the best place to get an expert opinion.
Laser 4 40 mhz tx with hfs-04mg single3-conv. rx, 6 months old, never dropped.
It worked fine until...
I put the 600mah nicd batt pack from my optic 6 in the laser 4. (I use 2500mah batts in the optic now.)
I Hooked the Laser 4 up to the Optic 6 with the trainer cord. Worked one way(the way I'll never use it!) but not the other(the way I want to use it, with the optic as the master. I'll never put the cheap rx in a plane I don't want to crash!).
I Charged the laser 4 with the jack on the tx, using the wall chrgr. that came with the optic. The charger is very low current and designed for charging with the batt in the tx i think. Designed for that particular battery, too. NOthing got hot when charging, either.
NOw, the laser 4 DOES NOT work at all. It has power but it only makes the servos move JUST BARELY and both stick directions make the servos move the same way (the direction changes at half-travel too, weird).
Here's the weirder bit: When the laser 4 is the master and the optic is the slave(trainer), with the trainer switch held, the optic works fine (normal servo movement). I think this means that the "signal sending" components on the laser are fine, but something is wrong between the sticks and the sending parts.
With the trainer switch off, the laser 4 doesn't work (just as without the cable attached).
With the Optic as the master and the laser as the slave, the optic works(trainer switch off) and the laser doesn't(trainer switch held).
Very confusing, very weird, and frustrating.
It was bad enough that the LHS sold me a 40mhz tx with a single-conv. receiver, now it's useless for the last thing i thought i could use it for.
HOpe someone has some ideas about this. I'd appreciate this a lot.
Laser 4 40 mhz tx with hfs-04mg single3-conv. rx, 6 months old, never dropped.
It worked fine until...
I put the 600mah nicd batt pack from my optic 6 in the laser 4. (I use 2500mah batts in the optic now.)
I Hooked the Laser 4 up to the Optic 6 with the trainer cord. Worked one way(the way I'll never use it!) but not the other(the way I want to use it, with the optic as the master. I'll never put the cheap rx in a plane I don't want to crash!).
I Charged the laser 4 with the jack on the tx, using the wall chrgr. that came with the optic. The charger is very low current and designed for charging with the batt in the tx i think. Designed for that particular battery, too. NOthing got hot when charging, either.
NOw, the laser 4 DOES NOT work at all. It has power but it only makes the servos move JUST BARELY and both stick directions make the servos move the same way (the direction changes at half-travel too, weird).
Here's the weirder bit: When the laser 4 is the master and the optic is the slave(trainer), with the trainer switch held, the optic works fine (normal servo movement). I think this means that the "signal sending" components on the laser are fine, but something is wrong between the sticks and the sending parts.
With the trainer switch off, the laser 4 doesn't work (just as without the cable attached).
With the Optic as the master and the laser as the slave, the optic works(trainer switch off) and the laser doesn't(trainer switch held).
Very confusing, very weird, and frustrating.
It was bad enough that the LHS sold me a 40mhz tx with a single-conv. receiver, now it's useless for the last thing i thought i could use it for.
HOpe someone has some ideas about this. I'd appreciate this a lot.