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Frustrating day at the pond today........ I have Sprektrum DX3C/mr200 in 4 boats, and some days are better than others, and some boats are better than others.
Notice I said reception, not range. You see, I can usually go pretty far out in distance, but there are a couple spots at either end of the oval I run, at both ponds I go to, where my signal drops out, I mean like almost the exact same spots..... and I'm not talking real far away, less than 100 yds. Today it was particularly bad, and I actually had to paddle all the way to within 20' of the boat, hoping something didn't smoke, before I got it back, which was a good 4-5 minutes dead in the water. Sometimes the Whiplash is the worst offender, but today they all did it, repeatedly. Some with RX packs, some with external bec, glass hulls, wood hull, all have antenna tubes, all had the second wire out of the hull, good tx batts, I've tried everything. I am going to try my DX4R Pro that I use for cars, but other than that, I'm at a loss. I know some use aircraft radios, but I'm all set with sticks......I have read that Futaba is superior, and I am finally at the end of my rope to where I'm willing to look into that road and switch them all over. I'd hate to do it, because Spektrum has been great to me with customer service, and has performed great in my cars, not to mention the 6 or 7 mr200's I own... Nobody else runs boats here, so nobody else to compare to. I am beginning to wonder if the residents around the pond are conspiring against me and jamming my signal to discourage me from running there, the tinfoil helmet I made protects my brain from their signals but my boats are still vulnerable......it also could be aliens.
I have been dealing with it for a few seasons, and it doesn't seem to be a brown out, I can run a tighter oval with repeated back to back turns without issue, and it usually sits dead in the water until it drifts out of the "hole", taking far longer than an esc reboot. I am sick of wading or walking around with my radio up in the air trying to get it back.
I should also add that, I run from 2 different spots at both ponds, pretty far away perpendicularly from eachother, running a different oval, and I still seem to lose it in roughly the same areas. The Whiplash will actually cut in and out while carving through the turn sometimes, quicker than an esc reboot....can't be good on electronics...
Anybody experience this "Bermuda Triangle/Black Hole" effect? Is Futaba really a cure?
Thanks for any input, I'll let you know if the DX4R Pro works any better when I get a chance to try.
-----10/25/14-----Edit/Update-Used a Futaba today, it was WAAAAAY better than the Spektrum. It was the farthest I have ever driven my boats, and I had to go pretty far out of my comfort zone to get it to cut out, but even when it did it was only for a split second. Freedom at last!
Notice I said reception, not range. You see, I can usually go pretty far out in distance, but there are a couple spots at either end of the oval I run, at both ponds I go to, where my signal drops out, I mean like almost the exact same spots..... and I'm not talking real far away, less than 100 yds. Today it was particularly bad, and I actually had to paddle all the way to within 20' of the boat, hoping something didn't smoke, before I got it back, which was a good 4-5 minutes dead in the water. Sometimes the Whiplash is the worst offender, but today they all did it, repeatedly. Some with RX packs, some with external bec, glass hulls, wood hull, all have antenna tubes, all had the second wire out of the hull, good tx batts, I've tried everything. I am going to try my DX4R Pro that I use for cars, but other than that, I'm at a loss. I know some use aircraft radios, but I'm all set with sticks......I have read that Futaba is superior, and I am finally at the end of my rope to where I'm willing to look into that road and switch them all over. I'd hate to do it, because Spektrum has been great to me with customer service, and has performed great in my cars, not to mention the 6 or 7 mr200's I own... Nobody else runs boats here, so nobody else to compare to. I am beginning to wonder if the residents around the pond are conspiring against me and jamming my signal to discourage me from running there, the tinfoil helmet I made protects my brain from their signals but my boats are still vulnerable......it also could be aliens.
I have been dealing with it for a few seasons, and it doesn't seem to be a brown out, I can run a tighter oval with repeated back to back turns without issue, and it usually sits dead in the water until it drifts out of the "hole", taking far longer than an esc reboot. I am sick of wading or walking around with my radio up in the air trying to get it back.
I should also add that, I run from 2 different spots at both ponds, pretty far away perpendicularly from eachother, running a different oval, and I still seem to lose it in roughly the same areas. The Whiplash will actually cut in and out while carving through the turn sometimes, quicker than an esc reboot....can't be good on electronics...
Anybody experience this "Bermuda Triangle/Black Hole" effect? Is Futaba really a cure?
Thanks for any input, I'll let you know if the DX4R Pro works any better when I get a chance to try.
-----10/25/14-----Edit/Update-Used a Futaba today, it was WAAAAAY better than the Spektrum. It was the farthest I have ever driven my boats, and I had to go pretty far out of my comfort zone to get it to cut out, but even when it did it was only for a split second. Freedom at last!
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