Armortek

Having moved on to Spektrum I have realised that the system of using a Bind Plug to link the Receiver to the Transmitter could lead to a solution of having an easy way of getting it done without having to dig the Receiver out of the bowels of your Tank.
I have substituted the bind plug with an extended lead where the middle wire is removed and the outer two wires are soldered to a Sub Miniature Switch. The switch can be turned on when binding is needed and turned off at all other times. It works a breeze. The photo shows my Mark IV installation where I have a number of remote switches to allow me to run my Tank more easily.
Steve

Steve, like all the best ideas, elegant and straightforward. Steve's simple solution.

Roll on the first show of the season.

Regards

S

Brilliant idea Steve.

A lot easier than removing my Panther turret & top deck to get to the receiver to re-bind.

Will get that mod added to my list.

Cheers
Tim

A good idea, indeed!

But just a question: why is it necessary at all to re-bind a receiver?

This problem I never had till now; all my receivers are bound once after buying and last for years and years. A re-binding would be necessary only after changing the transmitter or perhaps applying a new firmware revision to fit a brandnew component like a telemetry sensor which would need that to work fine........

Gerhard,

Having talked to Steve about this, I think he wants to use it as a backup if the transmitter he is using breaks down or runs out of power as apparently the new version of the DX8 it is not easy to swap the battery. If he then uses his backup TX he will need to re-bind. "Belt and braces" as we say.

Dennis.

Hi Dennis,

thanks for this info. I don't know the Spectrum RC and its power duration. My transmitter operates at one normal day of driving (up to 8 hours without brake) without problems; therefore I don't need a spare unit or even a spare battery. When not flying a timer is activated to shut down the transmitter (after an acoustic hint) when not used for more than 10 minutes. When using earthbound vehicles this is no risk, because they stop and stay reliably when the transmitter signal is lost.

Once my Comet is up and running I shall have four running Tanks. As I can easily fit two tanks into my VW T4 Transporter, to take to events, I can set each of my two Transmitters to then run any two tanks on any occasion. (Part of this is that there are people who I trust to run my Tanks for me, a public vote of confidence for Brian's son Shane!) This is aside from the issues of flat batteries on Transmitters and needing to swap Battery Packs around.
On another note, Dennis told me again last weekend about the fact that Spektrum Transmitters and Receivers like a distance of over a meter between themselves on Binding and also switching on. If they are too close nothing happens, which can be disconcerting to say the least.
Steve

Hi Steve,

well, I can only transport one of my models at a time. When somebody can use more models he also needs more than one transmitter......

I also know a guy who even drove 2 large 1/4 scale models at the same time, with 2 transmitters put on! Might be a little stressful in my opinion......