Dx8 saves a crash :)

[Geek]

It works this telemetry thing
When setting up my model I noticed thanks to the Dx8 that the voltage of the regulator was not staying at 6 volts.
It was putting out 5.8 so was happy that was OK but when moving the servos the voltages dropped

The Dx8 alarmed to tell me

I have traced the problem tonight to the regulator and now stays good.

sure that with out the telemetry I wouldn't of noticed.

thanks to the people that replied to my last post

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/transm...-voltages.html

[Andy from Sandy]

What regulator are you using?

What was the problem that caused the voltage to drop and what did it drop to?

What servos are you using?

[Geek]

What regulator are you using?

What was the problem that caused the voltage to drop and what did it drop to?

What servos are you using?

I am only using a Align 2 in 1

The voltage was dropping to 4.8 volts when moving pitch
So when moving 3 servos

New regulator which I just took out my 700 kit and it's only drops to 5.6 from 5.8 volts.

[jamiem]

FWIW, the flightech 8A in my N9 shows zero drop, even when loading the servo's by hand. 6.1v constant

[Andy from Sandy]

On this occasion the regulator has gone bad but in general I expect the Align regulator works pretty well. Its problem is in the use of the single thin lead to the RX. If you could add a second lead from the regulator board so the load was carried on two leads it would work better.

You are always going to see a higher voltage drop using this regulator against something like the flight tech because that regulator has two leads feeding the power to the rx.