[NSRCA-discussion] Plettenberg 30-10 evo and Jeti ESC

[John Gayer]

Looking forward to hearing  the results

On 3/16/2012 3:06 PM, ehaury wrote:
> John / Jim
> The 6008HS can be be set to "HS" or "std". I assume that the 7008 can 
> be also - but out of the box mine appears to be "reg". I'm using the 
> original Jeti/Hacker 90 Comp ESC's and they work fine on a HS channel. 
> I haven't tried them with the 7008 RX yet - this discussion has moved 
> my interest in the 7008 up in priority though and I'll try it soon.
> Jim - understand the old part, not ancient like RVP - old none the 
> less, but way better than the alternative.
> Earl
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* John Gayer <mailto:jgghome at comcast.net>
>     *To:* General pattern discussion
>     <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2012 3:49 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plettenberg 30-10 evo and Jeti ESC
>
>     Earl,
>     Your numbers imply that the frame rate of the 7008SB is 1/2 the
>     frame rate of the 6008HS for discrete channels. That doesn't seem
>     like the right direction for Futaba to be steering. Or is just
>     that on a SB system the discrete channels are an afterthought?
>     John
>
>     On 3/16/2012 2:23 PM, ehaury wrote:
>>     Well, Jim caught me. So much for quick & dirty!
>>     I made the servo signal measurements using a high impedance meter
>>     with a scope mode. It displays a voltage at the top of the scope
>>     screen, as well as a freq. Without thinking, that voltage is the
>>     number I reported, and it's 50% different between the RX's
>>     because one was operating at 2X the freq of the other, but it's
>>     not pulse amplitude but average volts.
>>     I took another look and the actual pulse amplitude is the
>>     same for both, and is 3v as Jim observed. Pretty obvious upon
>>     thinking about it. So - Futaba didn't change anything and
>>     Robert's problem isn't with pulse amplitude.
>>     Jim, thanks for questioning me - sorry for the confusion.
>>     Earl
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         *From:* James Oddino <mailto:joddino at socal.rr.com>
>>         *To:* General pattern discussion
>>         <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>         *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2012 1:55 PM
>>         *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plettenberg 30-10 evo and
>>         Jeti ESC
>>
>>         Earl, something doesn't look right.  How did you measure the
>>         pulse amplitude?  Did you have a servo connected?  I measure
>>         3.0 volts peak unloaded on a 6108SB.
>>
>>         Jim O
>>
>>
>>         On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:18 AM, ehaury wrote:
>>
>>>         I compared the servo pulse amplitude of the 6008HS (0.64v)
>>>         and the 7008SB (0.32v) RXs. That's a significant difference,
>>>         while Futaba servos are designed to work at that level,
>>>         other stuff isn't. That's likely the issue with your ESC.
>>>         Earl
>>>
>>>             ----- Original Message -----
>>>             *From:* Robert Green <mailto:robcase1 at cox.net>
>>>             *To:* 'General pattern discussion'
>>>             <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>             *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2012 8:44 AM
>>>             *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plettenberg 30-10 evo
>>>             and Jeti ESC
>>>
>>>             Thanks Earl i was told that someone else in Europe was
>>>             experiencing similar problems with theirs as well.  Hope
>>>             they can get it resloved.
>>>
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>>>
>>>             *From:*nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>>>             <mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>             [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On
>>>             Behalf Of *ehaury
>>>             *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2012 8:27 AM
>>>             *To:* General pattern discussion
>>>             *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plettenberg 30-10 evo
>>>             and Jeti ESC
>>>
>>>             Suggest you give Futaba service / Steve Kaluf a call. It
>>>             may be that the RX pulse rise is a little low for the
>>>             ESC. Futaba have, in the past at least, used a lower
>>>             pulse amplitude than some others which resulted in
>>>             strange results when mixing servos on occasion. If this
>>>             is the case, the problem is more compatibility with the
>>>             ESC than RX defect, still annoying though.
>>>
>>>             Earl
>>>
>>
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