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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 590.1 | 8 steps. | IOENG::JWILLIAMS | Zeitgeist Zoology | Wed Jun 29 1988 17:10 | 30 |
| Where to look:
Inside the car you will find two servos ( little rectangular square
boxes with wires coming out of them and a linkage coming out the
top ), one is connected to your steering, the other to your throttle.
You probably have a resistor network with a rotary switch connected
to the throttle controller.
Step 1: Unfasten the linkage from the throttle servo.
Step 2: Plug in the battery, turn on the transmitter and reciever.
Step 3: Your throttle control on the transmitter will center the
servo. Make sure the throttle and the throttle trim are centered
on the transmitter.
Step 4: Rotate the switch ( now disconnected from the servo ) until
the motor stops. This is your "neutral point".
Step 5: Power everything down and disconnect the battery.
Step 6: Connect the servo, adjusting the arm so that both neutral
points match.
Step 7: Power everything up and check for the neutral point, adjusting
the trim on the transmitter if necessary.
Step 8: GO!
John.
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| 590.2 | Try this.... | DRUID::TRUEBLOOD | still in training | Wed Jun 29 1988 17:14 | 22 |
| Try turning the radio on first, then turning the car on.
If that doesn't do it....
Take the body off and check the speed controller to see if
A) it's lined up in the middle which is neutral/off. Turn the
radio on and move the throttle rod and make sure it operates
properly. ( if it is misaligned, remove the linkage from the
servo to the controller, turn the radio on and center the servo,
and reattach the linkage.)
B) check and make sure the controller is still properly mounted
and not touching any metal parts of the car (and bypassing the
normal functions of the controller). In the frog if you don't
mount the spacers provided for the controller properly it can
touch the metal parts both above and below the controller; I
assume that a severe enough jolt might induce similar happenings.
DougT
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| 590.3 | Easy fix | NYJMIS::LITZENBERG | | Tue Jul 05 1988 10:01 | 7 |
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Thanks Guys for your help. You sent me straight to the correct
area. The arm on the motor control servo was loose, and stuck in
the full on position. It was an easy fix, but not obvious just
looking at it. All is well now. Thanks again.
Jim Litz
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| 590.4 | A GRASSHOPPER to catch a FROG? | GALLOP::NELSONR | Rob Nelson @EOO | Thu Aug 25 1988 11:14 | 17 |
| Its a long time since I heard anyone talk about a (TAMIYA?) FROG.
When I started in RC cars (December 1984) they were just on the
way out (in the UK). The Scorpion was the car to have, then the
RC10, then those nasty 4WD things that don't need driving, just
lots of repair work. It is fabled that our local track has a layer
of FROG driveshafts just above a strata of holiday buggies and below
the layer of HOTSHOTS.
We are just starting to see 1/10th circuit cars (mainly pushed by
the local PARMA importer).
For an update on the 1/10th buggy scene in the UK I'll dig out some
club newsletters and put them in a note.
Rob
bbk Racing
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