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tizdaz

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just bought this along with some other bits...

http://rc-car-online.de/shop/en/pro...s-for-all-transmitters-1-pce-offer-09-12.html

what you guys think? i know the killerbee might have been better but im going to be using the core code rc which ive read don't work right with the killer bee, the kill switch works) but if you lose signal or low power etc it don't kick in, according to this one from hobbythek it works with all 2.4 tx, so will see :)
 
I've been looking at that one and curious how it turns out.
Says it's a low voltage cutout, but that appears to be fixed whereas you can change the low voltage cutout on the KB.

Should be reasonable enough coming from them.
Let us know how you get on.
Al.
 
id watch the low voltage thing as on my dx3s and the on road touring car its allways droping below 4.7v if your holding the brakes on and steering at the same time even with fully charged batt but it is only a 1700mah so maybe why as soon as i let off brakes and stop steering it goes back up to 6v,,this is why im planning on a lipo upgrade soon
 
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was just a thought mate not been a problem as of yet lol but as i only use the on road for 30-40 mins max its ok the bug runs a 4500mah and thats fine plus thats only running 2 servos the on road runs 3 and like i say it only does this when holding brakes on and steering left to right at the same time soon as you let off it jumps back up
 
If a certain radio doesn't work with the Super Bee then it won't work with any kill switch, doesn't matter what brand. The issue is the radio, not the kill switch.

It's like trying to run a gas engine on Coca Cola. It doesn't matter what engine you put in your car, its never going to run on Coca Cola. The problem is the Coca Cola, not the engine.

Any 3 channel radio can kill the engine via the Aux button, BUT not all radios will kill the engine when you have a radio glitch or turn off the transmitter power. That's the main problem. It's the design of the failsafe thats built into the receiver. I don't know much about Core RC radios. I've never even seen one here in the US. I'm not sure if they are compatible or not.

And yeah, 4.7v is kind of a high cutoff. 4.2v would be better.
 
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ok cheers for heads up guys, will see how i get on, hobbythek are good with returns if worse comes to worse & i spend a fortune with em over the past few years lol/

as far as i know my radio doesn't have a built in fail safe so hopefully should be ok, but like i say time will tell i guess, will let you know the outcome anyway :)
 
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