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11-13-2006, 10:28 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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|  Double the battery life of DX6/DX3 for $16
Some of you have seen this, most probably haven't. I know I told a few of you about this mod at Moab. http://www.dimensionengineering.com/...ektrum_mod.htm I did this to my DX6 when it was giving me the "low battery alarm". I've been using it for about an hour after the install and the alarm has yet to come back on.  Anything that takes 10 minutes to install and doubles TX battery life is well worth the $16. |
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11-13-2006, 10:49 PM
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| REST IN ALOHA CHIP   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: *
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hey jason, did you chek to see if your dx3 had the same regulator, the reason why i asked was, well i have a xs3-similar internals right? i have almost all the 10 channels occupied for various models, i use that controller all the time and i hate using my charger to charge up aa's; except for the ones that live in my 2.2 . COOL MOD!! |
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11-13-2006, 10:53 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Yes, this will work on the DX3 as well. They use the same linear regulator. Bad thing is the XS3 uses totally different circuitry, so this mod doesn't work with the XS/XR series of radios. Guess I should update the topic, eh? Last edited by JasonInAugusta; 11-13-2006 at 11:48 PM. |
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11-13-2006, 11:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ov'a hea
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does the signal being transmitted to the rc become weaker as the distanace between them increase because of the battery draw from 280m-3.14watts to 123ma-1.38watts? or that's not an issue? |
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11-13-2006, 11:25 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Green River Kentucky
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Jia I love you You cost me WAY more money than any other mofo on here. |
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11-13-2006, 11:33 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Going vertical... The Watt measurements are from the battery, not transmitter output power. Those measurements were provided only to show that the switching regulator is more efficient than the stock linear regulator. Actual trasmit power isn't changed. What this mod does is provide the radio's RF circuit with the same 3.3V needed to Xmit, but does so in a more efficient manner. Think of it as getting the same horsepower, only with more MPG. Quote:
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11-13-2006, 11:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ov'a hea
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got it . i guess this will be my next mod and only a measly $16 too!:-P thanks' JIA |
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02-03-2009, 01:28 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ontario
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i just did this on my dx6 last night. easy mod. and got a max amps 2500 3 cell lipo. I should have nice long run times now.
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02-04-2009, 12:02 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Winnemucca
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So would this mod work on a dx3.0 also? Mine runs the batteries down pretty quick. Has anyone done this yet & do you have pictures?  |
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02-04-2009, 09:39 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ontario
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02-04-2009, 11:06 AM
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02-04-2009, 12:23 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hinckley, U.K.
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Cool, anything that saves money long term can't be bad |
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02-05-2009, 12:32 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Post Falls, ID
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ok this looks good, but what does it do to the warranty and how long is the warranty good for?
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