Futaba R603FS Receiver Repair
I was recommended Derek Bailey as someone who repairs Radio Controlled electronics, so decided to contact him to see if he could repair my broken Futaba R603FS 2.4gHZ receiver.
He was happy to have a look, so it’s on the way in a bubble wrap bag with contact details, and he’ll get back to me with a quote.
Fingers crossed.
A friend used him for an LRP Sphere repair and he only changed £15 or £20 or something.
There’s another chap who’s also been recommended, so it seems there’s hope when electronics break!
Written by simon.
HPI, Losi, Futaba: a Hattrick!
Three brands, three breakages…
I went racing today, touring cars, outdoors at SHMCC. My aim of the day was to play with the set up of the Tamiya TRF415MSXX, I have removed the roll bars, and wanted to try it without.
I stiffened up the springs a little, and it generated a lot more grip than with the rollbars, much more stable. A little too stable, I was struggling to get it to turn in, but some fiddling with springs, droop and roll centres and I think I sorted that.
But, the day was marred by breakages. I seem to have damaged my Losi Xcelorin 17.5 brushless motor, it ‘went soft’ the last time I used it. But first run today and it was great, strong, fast, everything seemed fine. But 2nd, 3rd and 4th runs were ruined. A solder connection came off in run 2. Run 3 I thought it was a sensor lead. Run 4, it confirmed that it was the motor, it would do 5 laps, then come off the track too hot and no longer working. That’s dead then.
I borrowed an identical motor for run 5 (final 1) and that ran fine, so the speedo was okay, thankfully. I borrowed another brand of motor too, a Trinity DUO 17.5, and that was very strong indeed in run 6 (final 2), and had a great race, popped in a 19 lapper, no mistakes and a nice close race with someone using an identical motor.
The final run of the day I did half a lap and it stopped. Closer examination and it looks like the Futaba receiver isn’t working.
And then, I took my HPI E-Savage, and a friend broke the rear differential! It’s supposed to be a weak point, so I’m surprised it’s not broken before now.
Still, I had a good day!
