Cliffdawg's Rig mytrick issues

[cliffdawg]

Hello all!

I have been a long time member, going back to the beginning of 2011. My first crawler was a Losi Comp Crawler (which I still own) My new rig is a Axial SCX10.3 kit. I had a ton of fun building this guy. I found it to be really well done, even with the occasional error in the build manual. No big deal. I think the scale details are top notch, the body is so fascinating. Every detail they got right! I found myself smiling ear to ear during the build, constantly realizing I made the right decision. I have also found the performance to be pretty awesome considering it's just a scale rig, possibly besting my LCC!! I tried to build this with the best components because I know myself and realize I would have ended up with the stuff anyhow! I am using a Tekin RX4, roc412 at 1800kv, bluetooth hotwire, Spetrum rugged dx5, Spektrum sr6200a, and a savox sw1212sg, mytrick attack rubicon lightkit led setup, and a full set of stainless hardware from team KNK.

I finished the build today and really got a chance to take her outside. I found the truck extremely capable. I took the truck over rocks and obstructions that would have stopped my LCC! I am super excited to take her out on the trail and really get some miles in. I do have a few questions and hope that the community can assist, as has always been helpful in this hobby.

First: the Spektrum Rugged does not seem to be as friendly as I expected? Maybe I am loosing my touch as I age, but I felt quite inept today trying to figure it out. I think though I finally have things settled up. I also had to remember that a 5 channel is inclusive of steering and throttle...the reason why I have a 6 channel receiver. Trying to set the dig and two speed on the A and B channel was frustrating until I discovered I had to un-bine the A and B from throttle and steering trim settings. The endpoint adjust and other features seem to work well and the ergo of the radio are solid. I also find my steering to get kinda funny sometimes, twitching or the wheels on the truck turn like a phantom when the truck is at an odd angle? Its pretty weird.

Second: I do get some clicking, but it does not bother me too much, I assume somewhere in the build I reversed one of the pins and gear faces. Oh well, not sure if it will cause any harm, I will probably will just leave it.

Third: I was really excited about the Mytrick lighting. So far has been a bust. First my kit was missing the halo lights... booo, I installed the rest and didn't think much of it. I sent them an email, didn't hear anything yet, but I expect something from that. I assume they will respond, but maybe Christmas vacation week? So I setup the rest, and powered it on, everything was responsive and lit up right. I was operating the set from the button attached to the controller. I decided I wanted to get it operating from the radio, so I followed the prompt on their YouTube video and expected results, but couldn't get the Rugged to respond. So I decided to start fresh and I deleted and re-binded my radio to the transmitter. AND of course I made S**t worse. ugh. Now, I am not sure how, but my now my headlight LED will not function properly, everything else seems to function tho. This makes very little sense. I can control the set from the button affixed to the controller, but the headlight setting does not function. If I flick through the settings I get just the right headlight low-beam only, the left light does not work. and then the high beam is like a strobe on the right side. I am wondering if I screwed something up.

Other then a few hiccups everything is awesome, I really hope I can get the lights working. Not sure how responsive Mytrick is, we shall see.

What photo posting service are most people using now-adays? Cannot remember what I used years ago to get pictures up here...

Thanks for reading through.

[mikemcE]

Tapatalk or Flicker for pictures.
What controller from my trick are you using DG1?

I’ve got two sets, DG1 with 6halos, one without any. Both work to the letter.


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[cliffdawg]

Yah, dg-1. It seems pretty straightforward. Not sure whats going on...

[Lashlee]

I have the DG-1 controller on two trucks using a DX5C radio. I have mine setup on button F (but you do have to remove it from it's normal configuration of "Brake Rate"). I do find that on every third or fourth time I plug in the battery I have to unplug and replug the battery to get the DG-1 to "sync" with the radio. I've also found that if you'll give it about a minute to boot up before you try to cycle through the different light settings. I would think that considering the holidays you'll get your halos straightened out soon enough.

[cliffdawg]

Mytrick straightened everything out. Great people over there. Now if I could just get my dx5 rugged to function my lights. Right now I have the throttle plugged into the adapter, plugged into the throttle channel. Then using the connection supplied plugged into my aux channel 1programed my aux1 to the g button, try then to thumb through the settings to no avail. I am done for the night, very frustrated. Oh well...

[cliffdawg]

Figured out the DX5 issue, totally on me. It turns out for some reason, with my esc you have to turn on the ESC before turning on the DG-1.

[1stGen]

As you discovered, the DG-1 needs a receiver signal before it will let you cycle the settings through the radio. The same unresponsiveness happens on mine if I power everything up with the radio off or on another profile for too long, the light controller won't respond or act right. A couple minutes with the battery unplugged is needed to fully reset, I've found.

On your steering, depending on what servo you're using, it sounds like you might be seeing a low voltage or BEC power fluctuation when under load. I don't know your complete electrical setup, but I've seen a standalone BEC or battery direct powered servo is nearly required on these heavier rigs to keep steering authority in high bind situations.