originally posted by David Butler - reposted due to thread lockout

An interesting video about the brown outs on Spektrum. Interesting, puts some of the myths doing the rounds to bed.

originally posted by Tim Enright - reposted due to thread lockout

3.2 volts is really quite low... for a speed controller or battery pack to drop below this in a normal days flying really requires out of the ordinary circumstances... or poor setup / maintenance by the equipment owner...

I still maintain that the majority of the loss of controll and loss / damage of the aircraft is either pilot or pilot induced error... We are only human.. and we all make mistakes / oversights... Just have to learn to live with it...

originally posted by Brian Hucker - reposted due to thread lockout

I believe the background will help de-bug this particular myth...

Originally the firmware in Mk1 Rx's re-booted when the voltage MOMENTARILY dropped below about 4.5 volts. That's one short, sharp negative spike of more than 10 milliseconds....

Spektrum/JR fixed that as soon as it became obvious and all models since then (2006?) have the new or upgraded firmware that will work down to <>3.5volts.

Unless of course, you still have an old model that has not been re-programmed. It was free and probably still is.

Brian