My point was that with the Servo Smoother installed my #24 will remain at whatever direction/throttle settings I set it at and work just fine (glitch-free) even with the Transmitter turned off. For those of us with "glitching" R/C setups this device is a much cheaper way to get our units working properly without replacing with an RCS system. >From whats been said here even some people with RCS systems have experienced the dreaded "Glitch"....Earle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Paskos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:12 PM Subject: Re: glitching
> My experiences with R-C says not to turn the transmitter off.. I'm not > talking about RCS here, which is designed to work that way. Turning the > receiver on by itself will let me see lots of glitching. Turn the > transmitter on and the signal firms up the servos with no glitching. It's > the loss of signal that causes the glitching. I've never had glitching with > my RCS. The only time I ever had range or loss of control is when I tried > using a very week battery in the transmitter. The RCS will still give you > that buzzing sound with the week battery. Just check the battery voltage if > you are having problems with RCS. I do hook the receiver antenna to a wiper > on the tender of my Roundhouse SRRL#24 to let the track help as a receiving > antenna. I still have control when I'm over 100 feet away at PLS. This is > when my train is at ground level and in the shadow of our tunnel. > > My observations only. > Phil. P. > > > I had a pretty nasty glitching problem with my Sandy River#24. This was > an > > older unit with R/C from the factory however is FM (75mhz). > > Last week I installed the Servo Smoother that Sulphur Springs sells for > > Futaba-type 2 channel receivers. > > It wasn't terribly cheap (80 some $) however the glitching is completely > > cured. It goes between the Receiver and Servos and is very small. The > > effect it has is to electronically "dampen" the servo function. An > > interesting side effect is now I have to control the throttle much like a > > full size locomotive since it does not instantly respond to commands. > > I can however shut off the Transmitter when she's running well and save > the > > batteries.....Earle >
