xtract Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Was having a good time with my new hyper at the park today and then i hit a tree head on. I was a fair way away so I couldn't hear anything and thought the engine stalled cause the car didn't take off when I gave it a bit but as I got closer I could hear the engine idling and I realised the engine didn't stall. Something happened to the electrics, the receiver isn't receiving anything, turned everything off then on again and checked all cables but still nothing. Very confused, it was instant, as soon as it hit the tree that was it, you can't hear anything when you turn the receiver on. Does anyone know what could have happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallman28 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Radio glitch? Have you got a failsafe fitted? Is the receiver battery charged enough? Has the crystal come loose in the receiver,has it failed? Have any servo wires come out of the receiver? Has the aerial wire split? Ther are a lot more reasons as well,you need to do some checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsonk Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Was having a good time with my new hyper at the park today and then i hit a tree head on. I was a fair way away so I couldn't hear anything and thought the engine stalled cause the car didn't take off when I gave it a bit but as I got closer I could hear the engine idling and I realised the engine didn't stall. Something happened to the electrics, the receiver isn't receiving anything, turned everything off then on again and checked all cables but still nothing. Very confused, it was instant, as soon as it hit the tree that was it, you can't hear anything when you turn the receiver on. Does anyone know what could have happened? As you have lost everything I would start with the crystal. Try another crystal if you can. Smallman's list covers the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 As above. Check the crystal and then wrap the Rx in heatshrink. My hyper hit a kerb head-on and because l'd wrapped the Rx the radio connections were fine. Oh and it also helps to protect the radio when driving through puddles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris52 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 was it wet and or raining when you were using it . if water gets into the servos/radio gear it will damage them. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtract Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 The only thing i can think of is the crystal, I will have to try different crystal. Batteries are brand new and all cables are connected. dont have a failsafe but i have bought one but havn't fitted it yet cause im unsure what to connect it to, havn't got around to asking, while im at it, what do you connect it to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc87 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The failsafe goes between the throttle servo connection and the reciever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy122 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The failsafe goes between the throttle servo connection and the reciever. Yup In series with it Takes 2 seconds todo Most All you do is switch the car on Engines OFF - And Transmitters OFF And there is usually a little dial - turn that till u have idle or brakes applied Test the failsafe by switched Transmitter on and off Making sure it does the job of a signal loss Ziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 i went of a jumps a few weeks ago and all my electrics cut out on landing itshad blown the battery some how Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtract Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Thought it would be something simple like that, just havn't bothered to look at it closely. Still scratching my head about my electrics, so obviously something didn't like the hard sudden impact of the tree. Can a crystal be damaged easily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtract Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Blown the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The crystal is the weakess electrical component in the radio gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtract Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 (edited) All good now, i took out the 4 AA batteries again then put them back in and it worked. Didn't do anything the first time though Edited June 18, 2007 by xtract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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