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I already have that 109, but have shortened it to fit a micro DT.. Good model tho.. The roof is a separate piece, so you can make it open top, or canvas, pickup, Bob etc... if you want.. Good luck with the house.. Luv Chrisie.. xx

Hi John.. I've just ordered one, after reading this.. so sweet.. Waiting on backorder.. boohoo.. Anymore news on yours.? Luv Chrisie.. xx

Hi Cookie... Thanks for that. I thought it was the way to go, but often what 'I' think is cool, is regarded by others (my non rc hubby) as nerdy.. So the GPS trace is cool enuf to warrent its own screen.. Regarding outputing to maps, in short, yes.. That's in the plan. The screen module has a micro sd card slot for loading .bmp's, which i can use. I can save the gps data to the sd as a csv file, which I believe is the standard format for loading into maps.. Luv Chrisie.. xx

I ordered one of these after reading this.. It's my Ascender Chassis in miniature.. want want want... It's my first order at HK, and all was in uk stock, but my PayPal order came in at

Sorry, I typed that on my phone.. Back to tab now.. Am I over complicating it..? It was only meant to be a light controller, now it's a lot more.. Shud I walk away from the tilt screen, or do you think a gps trace is worth having its own screen..?? IF.. Big 'if', I were to get this produced, would you pay

Hi guys.. Could do with some advice regarding my dashboard... I've been working on the tilt screen.. Added a tilt dial, which hasn't got needles yet, but displays the uncalibrated pitch n roll. The little Landys took ages to get right, pixel by pixel... Got current altitude and climb rate, along with an altitude graph.. Now the bit I need advice with... I've got the gps trace working at 11 metres to 1 pixel (+/- 600m) but I'm adding a map size, to make that 2.4km and 4.8km top to bottom aswell... All good, but very small. Question is... Is it too complicated..?? I've still got a compass, heading home, and distance to home ready to display, but no room... So.. Do I leave it as is, or, remove the map off the tilt screen, and create a new screen with a full screen map..??? Luv C.. xx

Hanbury woods, between Stoke Prior and, suprisingly enuf, Hanbury.. Bit further past Stourport is the Wyre Forest, my stomping ground... Luv Chrisie... xx

Hi Coopers... I'm bewdley way and either use the Wyre forest, on my doorstep, or get in the car and go to the Clee hill's. There's an ace car park up the summit, with an old works. Old concrete, hilly rocks and off road tracks.. Something a bit closer, we used to use when we lived in Droitwich, is Hanbury woods. From Bromsgrove, take the Hanbury Rd to Stoke Prior. Thru Stoke Prior towards Hanbury, up the hill, then the straight, then at the blind right hander, turn right into the car park. Standard woodland walk, with a hill near the parking.. HTH's Luv Chrisie... xx

Fair play, I appreciate the link.. That's the data I want to send, but to six decimal places. My GPS is accurate down to 1.8 metres and supplies 52.123456. After looking into it, I found out that the sixth dp digit is accurate to 11cm, 5th dp to 1.1 metres, 4th 11 metres, and so on.. For an RC car that doesn't really go that far, it would have to travel 1.1km for 52.xx to change.. Don't get me wrong, I'm being a bit anal, but... To transmit, I need to get rid of the decimal places cuz you can't send a float. To do this you multiply the number by 1 million so it reads with no dp. i.e. 52123456. Problem is, that's too big for a 16bit, 0-65000 'int' field, so has to be a 32bit 'long'. I've already dealt with splitting a 16bit int into 2 x 8bits, for saving the trip and odo to EEPROM (Only stores 8bit in each address), but splitting 32 to 16 isn't so easy.. !?! Luv Chrisie... xx

That's very interesting TCB... I will look into that. A lot of quad stuff seems to be arduino based tech. I was using an A-star micro, an UNO clone, but quickly ran out of memory. They only have 32kb. 28 after the bootloader.. I'm now using Teensy 3.1's. Mainly cuz they have 256kb, but it's also a 72mHz Arm cortex processor, that's way faster and more capable. Cost

On my existing V1 stick twiddling lights, I measured the PWM from the Speky Rx during R&D, then hard coded the values into the program.. Problem is, it doesn't like change.. My Ascender underpinnings needs 2 clicks of left steering trim, but then my lights think the steering is NOT Centre, and don't work properly.. The new V2 has full calibration, so this won't be a problem anymore. As I'm sure you already know, the standard PWM signal from a Rx, that controls a servo or ESC, is between 1000 and 2000ms, with 1500ms being centre stick.. In reality these values vary a bit. User setup, like dual rates, end points, etc, but also between different brands of radio.. This PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) number is what's displayed on the calibration screen.. Once you've pressed the calibrate thr/str/tilt buttons, the following sequence is automated. No touching is required, just moving the sticks on the Tx, as instructed.. Here's the calibrate Throttle sequence.. First a boring safety warning that pops up for a couple of seconds... Once that's gone, you're asked to apply full forward throttle. The actual value is displayed live the bottom, while the bar on the left visualises the reading. The current value has a white bar that moves with the stick, while the max value, so far, is shown as a Green bar.. When you release the stick, more than half way back, it takes the maximum value and displays it with the number next to it.. You're then asked to apply full Reverse.. Same as before, only now a Red bar indicates the Minimum value.. Now just release the stick and allow an average Centre value to be read. It reads it multiple times and averages it out.. I put in some chevrons that turn from white to yellow to suggest a progress bar.. Once that's done, the min, max, centre results are displayed and a 'calibration complete' message displayed.. This stays on for a couple of seconds, then returns to the main setup screen.. It expects the value to rise as you apply throttle, and reduce during Reverse. If you have that channel reversed on your Tx for normal operation, then you use the 'Throttle Direction' button on the setup screen, to reverse it. It doesn't effect the car or Radio, it's just how the lights system reads the signal.. That's it for now.. I'm concentrating on the Tilt screen next. It's gonna have Pitch and Roll angles in Dials, but also current direction (compass), direction to home, and distance to home (Home being where you first turned on the GPS), altitude, and perhaps a climb rate (metres/min). I also want to display the Raw Latitude and Longitude, but I'm having trouble breaking down the 'long' 32 bit number into two 16bit 'ints', so it can be transmitted over the radio... If anyone can help..??? Luv Chrisie... xx

HI guys.. I originally made the speedo read up to 20 mph, which sounded about right, but it turns out my Landy can barely break 5mph with it's 'trail' setup, so the needle barely moves.. To overcome this, I've added another feature, a selectable speedo range.. Now there is another button on the setup screen that toggles 3 different settings.. "Speedo range" = 0-10mph / 0-20mph / 0-40mph.. Should cater for everyone from crawlers to racers.. And here are the dials.. Luv Chrisie... xx

If you like flashy LED's, search tube for "Neopixels". Individually addressable full 16 million colour RGB leds, that only need one wire to control hundreds... I've already made a ground effects kit with 60 Neopixels for a Hpi Mustang, bought just for the lights. I did strap them to my Landy but 3 people said 'NOT ON A LANDY', which I can't disagree with, so bought the Hpi Mustang for the purpose.. It's controlled via a 1.5" colour Oled screen and 3 buttons. 20 odd fading and pulsing patterns on front, rear and sill undersides, wheelarches, grill, headlights, tail, fogs and interior roof. A microphone allows for a VU meter effect, and also a spectrum analyser mode for the full effect.. Just needs the pixels installing in the car, but put on the back burner while doing this.. Luv Chrisie.. xx

Thanks Coops.. I have mentioned producing it before, but the price quickly puts peeps off.. At the moment it owes me

LOL... "Oye.. GET OUTTA MY WAY, YOU MUPPET".. Summut like that I have been looking at adding sound.. A recorded car horn is possible.!! Even the abuse.. I'd like to add a diesel engine which responds to the throttle, but need to learn more about it before I venture there... Good idea tho... I'll definitely be looking into that more.. Luv Chrisie... xx