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Old 12-06-2009
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Originally Posted by littlened View Post
Just got an Orion Vortex ESC and 4.5t brushless motor. fitted them to the car using the standard receiver and a set of brand new orion 5100 nihm batteries. At first the car cut out all the time, which I figured was down to the tamiya battery connections, I've order some better connections which are more suitable, but in the meantime I've connected the battery to the car using 240v connections, so they shouldn't cause any bottleneck. I'm finding the car runs lovely now, until it gets a short distance away from me, and then it either starts twitching itself or wont respond to controls. I have to walk closer until it responds.

I've tried moving the receiver a little which did improve the distance, but I'm really restricted as to where I put it as there's no room left on the chassis.

I'm running a 27mhz AM setup.

Can anyone shed any light on this problem? could it be interference?

Really Interesting...
I have the exact same problem on *2 cars* and ....
I have in common:
# 27MHz AM
# quite powerful BL motors (4.5t on ZX5, 5.5t on B4)
# Distance from TX is critical to these glitching issues

I don't overgear (I think...17t in ZX5, 21t in B4). Also, I have tried a data logger on the car: the voltage is not always low when glitching occurs. .

Until now, I've been blaming the TX because... I re-cycle some Kyosho perfex mini-Z TX that I thought could be low in TX power(designed for indoor).
I am about to compare my min-Z TX 27MHz AM with my proper(?) 40MHz AM sanwa radio. It will be monday when I get to the lab at work.

I will keep you posted on my findings and the possible solutions I find
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