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Have bought a Trex600LE kit with all the bells and whistles 
Just finished putting it together tonight, and am starting the ballache of routing the wiring and all that good stuff.
Have had an issue with the 2in1 RCE-B6T voltage regulator. I charged up the Lipo and clipped it in. When i switched on the regulator switch, it was intermittent (at best) and would turn on and off if the switch had pressure applied to it at all.
So i opened up the switch until and had a look at the soldering and the contacts on the board, which were all good. So i guess it is a dodgy connection within the switch mechanism. I've sprayed in some brake and clutch cleaner (next best thing to contact cleaner) - (worked a treat on my Dx7 circuitry, when i left it out in the rain overnight!!)
seems to have sorted the problem, the switch no matter ho hard i press it isn't playing up at all - touch wood! Now if only i can get it to work on my crapped out ipod that got wet 
Not sure whether to use it and see how it goes, or just take it back and replace it.............any ideas? I need to run in the engine on the ground in the heli for at least a tank, so i might see if it behaves on the ground, before it goes airbourne, otherwise it could be an expensive failure.
A friend of mine, had a bad crash from a power failure due to the lines to the voltage regulator getting severed on the sharp edges of the main frames, so a word to the wise, make sure all your wires are braided, or padded where they rest against the frame!! Brand new trex 600LE, 2 flights under it's belt, hovering nicely, then suddenly full negative pitch and loud crack and a screaming engine - not nice!
Just finished putting it together tonight, and am starting the ballache of routing the wiring and all that good stuff.
Have had an issue with the 2in1 RCE-B6T voltage regulator. I charged up the Lipo and clipped it in. When i switched on the regulator switch, it was intermittent (at best) and would turn on and off if the switch had pressure applied to it at all.
So i opened up the switch until and had a look at the soldering and the contacts on the board, which were all good. So i guess it is a dodgy connection within the switch mechanism. I've sprayed in some brake and clutch cleaner (next best thing to contact cleaner) - (worked a treat on my Dx7 circuitry, when i left it out in the rain overnight!!)
seems to have sorted the problem, the switch no matter ho hard i press it isn't playing up at all - touch wood! Now if only i can get it to work on my crapped out ipod that got wet Not sure whether to use it and see how it goes, or just take it back and replace it.............any ideas? I need to run in the engine on the ground in the heli for at least a tank, so i might see if it behaves on the ground, before it goes airbourne, otherwise it could be an expensive failure.
A friend of mine, had a bad crash from a power failure due to the lines to the voltage regulator getting severed on the sharp edges of the main frames, so a word to the wise, make sure all your wires are braided, or padded where they rest against the frame!! Brand new trex 600LE, 2 flights under it's belt, hovering nicely, then suddenly full negative pitch and loud crack and a screaming engine - not nice!
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