spektrum 2.4 water proofing

[old guy]

Hi all can a Spektrum 2.4 RX be water proofed like a regular RX was looking at getting one. I think it was a 3000
The Old guy

[Doby]

Yup.

[old guy]

Thanks Doby
Old Guy From B.C.

[Doby]

I have 6 Spektrum Recvr's and all are coated in 30 min epoxy with no problems.

[madphil]

I use a kids party balloon stretch it over the RX then put silicone over the end to seal ,
you can allways cut the balloon off and the RX is like new again,

[ozboater]

aren t these rx s 'fuel proof' therefore making them water proof as well ??

[ozzie-crawl]

be very carful with the dx 3.0 if you have one i had nothing but trouble with mine on the water and ended up destroying a carbon fibre hydro hull.

[AndyKunz]

With a CF hull you need to be doubly careful to get the antenna up and away from the hull. DX3.0 has nothing to do with it - your boat is a 2.4g mirror.

Andy

[Fluid]

I spray mine with CorrosionX, and after two years I've had no problems. They have all gotten wet but when dried off they work. Actualy they worked when wet too.

I formerly used a balloon on my receivers, but IMO this is a mistake. Too many fellow club members used a balloon and assumed that the receiver never got wet - afterall they'd sealed the balloon with silicone! But the reality was that several of them had radio failures, traced to corroded receivers. Just a drop of water inside a "sealed" balloon caused severe corrosion over time. Because they never checked, they lost receivers and one guy lost his boat (or most of it anyway). Now I seal up the hull (you have to do that anyway to protect your servo, ESCs and LiPo cells) and keep the receiver stuck to the transom or under the deck. This keeps it out of the bilge, and since I started this I have yet to have a radio problem due to water - even with a breached hull.



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[ozzie-crawl]

dont want to start a flame war but do a search on spektrum on water you will find alot of people have had issues even the makers dont reckomend there surface systems to be used on water. from what i have read it is mainly the 3.0 that has the problem. a friend of mine runs carbon fibre hulls with spektrum but in the module and has never had a problem
cheers scott

[Heath M]

I have the DX3r and must admit i did have problems at first, but i was using the older 3000 DSM1 receivers which spektrum said would work with the DX3r radio. Since changing to the DSM2 receivers i have not had a hint of radio trouble..

Heath

[Fluid]

dont want to start a flame war but do a search on spektrum on water you will find alot of people have had issues even the makers dont reckomend there surface systems to be used on water...

Rather than do a search of random unhappy posters - why not contact Spektrum directly? It's true that the official line is that use on water is not "recommended" - but that's a lawyer's response. I spoke with several different Spektrum techs recently, all of whom said that most users don't have problems on water.

The truth is, some folks can't seem to use the Spektrum in boats. When first introduced there was a firmware issue that tainted the system's reputation, but that was fixed within the first few months. I have owned my Spektrum system for several years and have investigated many of the complaints I found on-line. Most were gas/nitro boaters who didn't run the antenna out of the radio box, who had the antenna shielded by the metal exhaust pipe, or who ran 4.8 volt receiver batteries.

OTOH, four members of my club including myself have Spektrum systems and have zero problems in FE race boats....as long as the receiver pack is charged. The Spektrum (and apparently Futaba's 2.4 system) is sensitive to low receiver voltage and really needs 6.0-volt power. We have plenty of range as we can race on large 1/6th mile ovals with up to six boats and no trouble. One mitigating circumstance is that we usually drive from elevated driver's stands at least five feet above the water. This could explain our success, since many of the complaints I looked at were from users driving from the water's edge.

Bottom line - the Spektrum system works....most of the time. But some have had trouble, and if you feel afraid to try it go with the Futaba 2.4 system. That one appears less prone to trouble. But do get a 2.4 system, you won't regret the advantages.


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[ozzie-crawl]

maybe mine was faulty as i had it in 3 diffrent boats and 2 diffrent recievers and had problems but i never had problems with it in my cars. like i say a friend of mine runs the plug in module and has never had any problems at all
wouldnt mind trying the futaba fast
cheers scott

[ozboater]

i have 3 of the newer 3000 receivers... they all glitch with my dx2.0.... always in the same part of the lake... so far i m unimpressed with my spektrum set up... i expected wonders coming from my aquacraft rTR AM crapola... i also tried the spektrum with a 4 cell AA rx pack... glitching again, same with my old AM system... weird since my friends FM (jr) and his cheapo Am rtr are fine...

[JimClark]

try a 6v (5 cell) reciever pack