futaba recievers still overheating!

[dave g]

well bruce had the old overheating problem again in the final on sunday with the futaba 3vc hss.. receiver thermalled in the final causing total radio loss until it cooled down.

i seem to recal someone saying that putting it in french mode keeps it cooler as it uses less channels or less scanning,cant find any solid evidence of this but the usa guys are getting no joy from futaba with the same thermal issues.

any one know?

[DCM]

Dave, this is a long shot, but is it possible to bypass the +ve side of the servo's by hard wiring them to the receiver +ve, leaving the servo's -ve and signal wire in the plug, so the power going to the servo's isn't passing through the receiver?

[dave g]

i think we tried that last time when he was running the 1/5th scales and still did it..

its the fasst system that hes using,just thermals as soon as it gets warm.

[DCM]

thats crap then, no real work round unless you slow the system down, but the whole idea of running FASST, is response times.

[dave g]

yep,first warm day of the years racing and it thermals in the final..bang on cue same as last year.

looks like its going to have to have a spekky module fitted to it then if this french mode dont work.

[Northy]

The power just comes into the board and out again on a big thick PCB track anyway, so should cause any heat issues

G