Sound System Benidini

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:39 pm

Hello Chaps

Does any one who uses a benidini sound system use different way of switching it on, not via the joy stick.ie key fob etc.I want to do that to my Panther.

Lee

Mick Regan · Post by **Mick Regan** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:58 pm

Hi Lee

I use the Quasar 10 system from Hunter Systems at http://www.huntersystems.co.uk/acatalog ... ntrol.html

It's a UHF system, which is independent of your transmitter. It has 4 buttons which control 10 different funtions using different combinations of buttons. I have mounted mine inside my transmitter with 4 buttons on the front panel.

Main problems I've come across are :

1/ Range is not as far as main radio control system.

2/ Requires a 12 voly supply. I use a seperate battery mounted between the drive motors to power it and my Benedini sonud system and amp.

A possibly better solution I have seen used is a 8 way switch unit which uses a spare channel on your transmitter, so there is no reduction in range. have a look at http://www.pandanmodelboats.co.uk/acata ... s_235.html This is a future project for me, so if yiou are happy to wait, I'll let you know what I think.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Mick

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:44 pm

Hello Mike

Thanks for that i will give it ago.

Lee

Derek Attree · Post by **Derek Attree** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:20 am

Hi Lee
Talk to Gary Comber at UKTC he uses this system.
You have to solder a coulpe of wires to the tranie board
but it gives 10 buttons so its one button per sound on Armortek sound unit.

Derek

colin fairweather · Post by **colin fairweather** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:54 pm

hi all

that sounds pardon the pun interesting a how to posted here would be great

anybody!!

colin

Mick Regan · Post by **Mick Regan** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:16 am

Hi Colin

Sounds like a good idea.

The 8 way switch unit from Pandan Models is currently out of stock, and I'm waiting for a reply to an email I sent them.

When I get my hands on one, I'll give it a go. If it's anything like the Hunter Systems 10 channel switch unit, there's some soldering and a lot of extra wiring involved.

I'll keep you posted on any developments.

Cheers

Mick

colin fairweather · Post by **colin fairweather** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:20 pm

please do

that would be good to see i have the old set up push stick one way x times for a sounds and the other to activate too messy

looking forward to seeing a detailed diagram

colin

Mick Regan · Post by **Mick Regan** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:15 pm

Hi Colin

The easiest way of getting away from the stick method of sound activation is to buy Benedinis 12 posoition rotary switch encoder.It needs just 2 holes drilled in the transmitter case for a rotary switch and a push button switch. You select the sound you want with the rotary switch and push the button to activate it. It plugs into 1 of the proportional channels. It means you loose the use of one of the control sticks unless you're lucky enough to have more than 4 proportional channels.

The loss of a channel was the main reason for using the Hunter UHF system, but it has its limitations,

so I'm investigating other options.

I think the prefered option for most people would be to push1 button for 1 sound, not twiddling sticks, or trying to push multiple button combinations.

This post has made me put my thinking head on.

Haven't done that for a while.

Hurts a bit when I think to hard

I'll have to mull this over a pint of beer.

I'll keep you posted on my ramblings

Cheers

Mick

P.S. If anybody already has a Benedini rotary encoder could they send me a PM. Cheers

colin fairweather · Post by **colin fairweather** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:27 pm

hi mick

thanks for that i actualy have / had the rotary system from thomas i burnt it out

still havent figured out how

so i got another one but thomas sent the stick type so i stuck with it,me and electonics dont mix to well

oh to have a plug and play system it would make me a happy tanker

colin

Mick Regan · Post by **Mick Regan** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:10 am

Hi Colin

What burnt out? If it was the sound board, it can be reprogrammed to the rotary setector mode. It's explained in the instructions under "Parameter settings:" pages 12 & 13.

Cheers

Mick

colin fairweather · Post by **colin fairweather** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:59 pm

hi

all i remember is seeing smoke and heat comming from it and me in a panic to turn off the power

if i remember it was from the power leads on the board

i took out the sound chips and dumped the rest a bit angry at the time

colin

Marc Ford · Post by **Marc Ford** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:33 pm

Hi guys.

A friend of mine has a Benedini encoder fitted to his Futaba 6exap 40mhz.
This is wired up to channel 6 which has a proportional flaps knob on it.
Now down to the tricky bit.Does any one have any idea how to do this on a 6exa 2.4 ghz that has a two position switch for channel 6.
On a quick look inside, both of these radio's they look almost the same.
This is where my electronics knowledge runs out.

Many thanks

Marc

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:52 pm

> Does any one have any idea how to do this on a 6exa 2.4 ghz

I've tried adding the pot from a 40MHz 6exap to a 2.4GHz 6ex but that channel is programmed to only generate a high/low signal, so it makes no difference whether there is a switch or a pot attached.

Until Futaba see that changing this pot for a switch was a retrograde step, I'm afraid this channel is pretty much useless.

Adrian.

Steve Stuart · Post by **Steve Stuart** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:32 pm

Hi All
Can anybody help me with how to wire a Bendini Encoder into a Futaba 7C 2.4GHz Transmitter? I have a feeling it ought to be not too dificult, but I have tried looking on the web for published help and drawn a blank!
Thanks
Steve Stuart

Mick Regan · Post by **Mick Regan** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:02 am

Hi Stuart

I have pictures of the instillation with a short narrative which I can email you if you're interested

Regards

Mick