N Spektrum 9 channel RX designed just for Giant Scale

[Zeeb]

	Quote: Originally Posted by McCartyCFII
	without the switch it will be "ON"

Is that an assumption based on the way failsafe switches ususally work, or did you find something to that effect somewhere in the documentation?

Tom,

I missed that part about not having any rx's in the main unit, now all the extra satellite rx's makes sense...

[Pale Rider]

	Quote: Originally Posted by McCartyCFII
	without the switch it will be "ON"

Ok that makes sense--without the soft switch its just like any rx. So then a possible setup could be to plug the batts into the 18g leads, wire each pack with a charging lead going into a Wolverine switch and then plug the output lead into the switch port in the rx.

[wildhare]

Not yet, hopefully very soon.

Without the soft switch the receiver is on when it gets power so you can use an extarnal switch I am quite sure.

TF

[gareth.ky]

So its sort of like a relay in reverse.

[McCartyCFII]

I've seen this unit used with a regular JR charge/switch, the female bind plug was used to turn the system on/off. Pull the plug and the system is "ON".

[wildhare]

Oh, another comment. Putting in conventional switches is certainly do-able, but why? You have to open the plane up to assemble/disassemble it anyway at the field, how hard is it to reach in and plug or unplug the batteries from the receiver?

This eliminates a bunch of wiring and connectors, potential bottlnecks and points of failure. It cleans up the installation and makes everything work and look a little better.

I for one look forward to having nothing between my receiver and batteries but heavy duty wire.

TF

[gareth.ky]

	Quote: Originally Posted by wildhare
	I for one look forward to having nothing between my receiver and batteries but heavy duty wire. TF

I for one welcome our new Spektrum Overlords...

[McCartyCFII]

The switch was not in between the batteries (that would defeat the purpose), it was used in place of the soft switch, you could just pull the bind plug out of the jack and the sysem is "ON".

[Zeeb]

I don't have a problem with using the soft switch, my main concern/goal was whether or not I could charge dual A123's through a tap without having to disconnect the batteries from the rx.

If there is a common ground issue, I can't see that using taps on the batteries would eliminate the problem so you're back to one at a time or disconnecting them for charging. If they've got to be disconnected, then I'll just go with Deans plugs for the 16g. wires on the rx and the batts.

Thanks for all the info/thoughts guys!

[McCartyCFII]

You have to disconnect the batteries to charge....the only time you should have the batteries connected is at the field, the unit draws a small mA value because of the soft switch/failsafe setup.

page 8.

[1bwana1]

I really like the looks of this new RX system. I'm sure there are multiple acceptable ways to switch, power it, and other general installation options. It seems that this will go a long way towards a more robust 2.4 installation on our giant scale planes. Although less likely, I imagine that it will still be possible to reach a re-boot situation on the RX. If this does happen I am wondering if Spektrum has addressed the speed of the re-boot. The way I understand it, the current RXs do not have the two frequencies that it, and the TX agreed upon saved. The RX must search for these two frequencies, and re-establish communication with the TX when it reboots. This is the reason that a reboot on the old RXs takes so long. I have heard that a new generation of RX for Spektrum will remember the two frequencies and boot almost instantaneously. I am hoping this is the first of these new RXs. Does anyone know about this?

[Pale Rider]

	Quote: Originally Posted by McCartyCFII
	You have to disconnect the batteries to charge....the only time you should have the batteries connected is at the field, the unit draws a small mA value because of the soft switch/failsafe setup. page 8.

Although its not a BIG deal--that kinda sucks