big lama tx question...

spoonerrw · Hopping Maniac Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 29

i have my big lama transmitter bound to both my lama and my E500 and was testing the 500 today working out a balance issue. i was making a hard left banked turn when the motors quit and it fell to the ground! this is the fifth time this has happened in the last month and i replaced other things, never thinking the tx itself was the problem. no damage this time thankfully, but what i found was... if i push the right stick up too close to the upper left hand corner, the heli loses its bind with the servo's going haywire, back away from that corner and its bind comes back? i dont fly my lama the way i fly the 500, so i put a battery in the lama and pushed the right stick all the way up to that corner and when it got too close to it, sure enough... lost its bind then came back when i backed away from it. i took the tx apart but as the module is sealed, i was not able to tell if it was defective or damaged in some way. the rest of the tx "appears" to be ok, but it is all circuitry, so no way of knowing for sure? this problem occurs on both heli's and in the exact same spot on the right stick of the tx. has anyone ever experienced this before? i am guessing that i need to replace the tx as it doesnt appear that there is any way i can repair it, or even worth trying to repair?
thanks Smile

pjdog · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject:

spoonerrw:

If your thinking of replacing your TX I would concider getting a programable TX like a Spektrum DX6I. You would of course need to also replace the receiver in both your heli's but I've seen on this forum where some folks have done it and made there Lama's fly super good.

Target hobbies in Chine sells real Spektrum receivers of as little $ 3.99. I've got at least 35 of these receivers and never had a failure with them.

I've also seen special sales of DX6I's with two receivers.

Foor for thought.

Talk to Tombo242.

jack

spoonerrw · Hopping Maniac Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 29

thanks pj... a little out of my price range right now to do that conversion, but definitely down the road Smile

. just curious if anyone ever had this happen hoping to verify that the tx is the problem and not something else?

laneritc · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:44 pm Post subject:

Hi spoonerrw, had a problem with a walkera TX, at 60% throttle lost power above or below worked fine, had several more TX's so removed battery pack and stored it. I agree with jack bought a specktrum DX6I that came with three 6ch RX's retail price just for the RX's was $180.00 gave $209.00 less 10% for the whole package. Hope this helps... Lane

spoonerrw · Hopping Maniac Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 29

tombo242 · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:57 am Post subject:

Save for the DX6i or similar, nothing worse than having to take 3 or 4 Txs to the field with batteries for them as well as the helis/planks. I've got more models than I should on a DX6i. (Currently 11 & 1 more under construction.) Only the 6 channel helis and planks have a channel to themselves.

If you're going to advance in this hobby it will cost, but the pleasure will far outweigh the price. Get the best that you can afford and then modify it to be the best. You can save a lot on many things but the Tx is something that you cannot skimp on.

Just my $0.02 worth,

Tom.

spoonerrw · Hopping Maniac Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 29

firedude52 · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:

Since I'm flying all my stuff on the DX6i now I'm sending Spooner one of my stock eSky Tx's tomorrow to use and hopefully hold him over until he can get a DX6i. Wink

pjdog · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject:

Good Show firedude52.

Your a good man.

jack

firedude52 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:27 am Post subject:

On it's way Spoon! You'll be flying high in a couple days lol Wink

Actually it's reciprocal Wink

He's sent me a few items I needed as well Smile

spoonerrw · Hopping Maniac Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 29