3GX and the cold...

[exiged]

Anyone else havin troubles?

I dont like the cold either but my 700n 3GX unit would not power up this morning in the cold.Its done this before and just needed to be re-binded,but this morning it wouldnt re-bind for love nor money.Left it sat in my cosy living room at home for half an hour and its all good again.Im gonna knit him a litte 3GX sweater for winter.

What worries me is if it binds ok and the temp drops in flight...

Starting to have my doubts about 3GX....

[PilotPhil]

I believe a few uints have been returned with this issue for align to diagnose the problem.

if the little sweater sorts it put my name down for one

[exiged]

so,just to get this is clear in my head Align...

1) dont use in cold weather.Anything above 5c is ok.make your own 3GX sweater,or fly your 700 indoors till summer.
2) May reset in flight and take someones head off.but if it does,oh well...
3) gov and gov calculator work on some units/firmwares but not others.

Sounding like a bargain FBL system so far then.I take back any good things i may have said about it in the past.

(still serious about the tiny sweater though,ill post back if it works!)

[dunny]

I use a seperate reciever with mine on my 600efl pro and havn't had a problem whilst others using the 2 sats down our field have, but it may just be luck.

[coolice]

Hey.

There is no worries once the unit is bound, it does not then loose bind due to the cold once set.

On my 3GX's I never experienced this problem, but I saw it close up recently on Dunc's 700E. In this case when it does happen, a power cycle allows it to initialise properly and you can go fly. As to why this happens I do not know and so cannot say, however Robbe have made Align aware of this quirk which us cold weather fliers have identified and is awaiting a response from what I last heard.

Firmware V1.1 which had the govenor calculator had problems, which are now addressed in V1.2 so that is good.
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[lee mister]

two at our field today, a few are swapping them out for the new spektrum beast because of this problem.

[PilotPhil]

im tired of hearing about issues with the 3gx and I havent even used it yet, the beastx or vbar are being considered currently.

[cjcj1949]

I'm afraid there are lots of reasons for electronics to go wrong when it gets cold, especially anything with gyros in it. Lots of components change in value with temperature. I would contact the manufacturer and get them replaced. Each unit will be slightly different. They will get it sorted eventually.

[exiged]

Yes it didn't lose bind but a power cycle didn't cure mine this morning which is strange and a little worrying!

The gov calculator didn't work on v1.1 for me or a buddies 3gx.both updated to v1.2 and the calculator works but gov doesn't.he's now using an external gov and im running curves till I get one.

Its also worrying the amount of 3gx units you see for sale...

Hey.

There is no worries once the unit is bound,it does not then loose bind due to the cold once set.

On my 3GX's I never experienced this problem, but I saw it close up recently on Dunc's 700E. In this case when it does happen, a power cycle allows it to initialise properly and you can go fly. As to why this happens I do not know and so cannot say, however Robbe have made Align aware of this quirk which us cold weather fliers have identified and is awaiting a response from what I last heard.

Firmware V1.1 which had the govenor calculator had problems, which are now addressed in V1.2 so that is good.
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