fail safe

[carlos150279]

Hi, just fitted a fail safe to my buggy, its not working when I turn the controller off to check it the servos go mad and the throttle sticks open... Any one able to help

[entgotaclue]

Funny enough the 2nd buggy I got yesterday does this and with the Tx on and im sorry to say I took off the fail safe and all is good. Thought it was batteries at first but no even with putting in a 6v hump and brand new duracells in the Tx but still done it with the fail safe fitted.

 

I am not expert though so hoping to get something out of this post too but my gut feeling is the fail safe is broken. Iv tried resetting it but still nothing but the shakes lol.

 

egac

[carlos150279]

Same with mine, it was originally on my old hpi buggy and it was perfect, now its on my new hyper its doing all the shaking, and if I take it out... Car is perfect

[Hodor]

Have you set the fail safe up?

 

last one i installed needed to be configured, something like tx & rx on, apply full break and while doing so press and hold the pin switch to set the failsafe holding it down it should flash to indicate that it has been set.

 

to test that it has worked after seeing an indication like mentioned above turn off the tx, the brake should be applied as expected.

 

hope this helps

Edited February 16, 2014 by Hodor

[carlos150279]

Cheers mate, I'll give it a go 1st thing in the morning

[entgotaclue]

Like wise cheers even though I feel I may have fully broken it as when I put it back in nothing happening to the throttle servo at all as though no power there at all. But the red light does show?

 

egac

[Mexx]

What buggy are you installing the failsafe into? If its a new Hyper SS it should have one already built in, the manual will tell you how to set it up. If that's not the case then Googling will help

[mugen mark]

if you got 2,4ghz then there should be a fail safe built in,you only need a fail safe on the old fm/am tx rx set ups.

[entgotaclue]

Mines on the old fm/am set up on a condor (I know lol) TBH I just kept on pressing the reset without applying the brakes so maybe thinking I buggered it lol

 

egac

[carlos150279]

Hi its on an older hyper 7, running crystals

[shdaxner]

Was the failsafe originally on the HPI Buggy? If so, I would download the instruction manual for said buggy to activate it properly.

 

They are a piece of cake to do but (it it is the same as what is standard in my HPI buggy) the steps to do it are a little different than laid out above.

[Hodor]

They are a piece of cake to do but (it it is the same as what is standard in my HPI buggy) the steps to do it are a little different than laid out above.

 

sorry if the advise i provided did'nt help and caused more confusion, as mentioned the devices do differ and probably best to identify the device you have in order to seek more appropriate guidance.

[shdaxner]

sorry if the advise i provided did'nt help and caused more confusion, as mentioned the devices do differ and probably best to identify the device you have in order to seek more appropriate guidance.

No problem, I just thought it best to point out rather than the OP get himself more confused by trying what may not be the correct method to activate it.