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Servo Reversers and Spektrum
We continue to be contacted by customers regarding the compatibility of our Servo Reversers with Spektrum receivers. After talking with these customers individually, I decided that it might be good to address the issue here, to answer some who may be wondering, but who have not yet reached out to us.
It appears that some modelers have experienced problems when using certain reversers (not ours) with Spektrum radios, and I understand that a spokesperson from Horizon has suggested in various RC forums that reversers of any kind should not be used with Spektrum receivers, as they create some type of interference that can disrupt the receiver's operations, even though they are operating on the 2.4GHz band, which is supposed to be much less susceptible to EMI or RFI interference.
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I'm not sure which reversers have actually been causing problems, but I do know that we have been providing servo reversers for several years now to users of every brand and type of radio system out there, and we have received absolutely ZERO reports of problems or incompatibility with any brand of radio, including Spektrum.
Electronically, there are several ways that the PWM signal used to control a servo can be produced, and it is very possible that some reversers being made overseas use a design that is faulty, and that indeed creates interference. Our reversers, as well as most of the other circuits we make, like Navigation Lights, Servo Speed Reducers, Servo Testers, etc., all use a microcontroller to create the PWM signal, and they do not produce any interference of any kind. There are thousands of our devices in use in models around the world, including reversers, and we've never received a complaint about a single one being non-compatible.
Our reversers "read" the signal from the receiver, do some math on it to switch it from one side of the channel's center to the other, and then send it back out to the servo, all done in a few microseconds! They can be safely used in Spektrum systems. -David
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Well, this isn't really news "from the bench, maybe it would be better to say "news from the office". We have just implemented a new shipping program on our website that uses Shippo, a company that provides shipping services to lots of companies big and small. It integrates with the website, pulling all of the information about an order directly from the site, and creating all the documents required to ship a package, like the mailing label, the return address label, the tracking number, even the customs forms required for international orders. One advantage for us is the time we save in printing labels, but the real advantage is for our customers, Shippo provides us better rates than those provided by the carriers themselves! We can now ship a package for less, using the same US Postal Service package options (or UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.) for less than what those same carriers charge us in their stores!
The differences aren't huge, about 50 cents to $2 per package, depending on the destination address, but these savings will be passed directly to our customers. You should begin noticing the reduced rates immediately on your orders. This is just one way we are trying to remain competitive, and offer you the most bang for your RC bucks. Thanks to all our wonderful customers, we really appreciate your loyalty and your business. -David
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We've been kinda slow fulfilling some orders lately, and will probably be slow for a few more days. Here is why. Please be patient, things will be back to normal as soon as I can come to grips with this.
Today my heart is shattered. My beloved wife, my best friend, my Braves-baseball-watching buddy, my fishing buddy, my Princess, Dianne Thomas passed away this morning. I know this will be a shock to a lot of our friends, because I hadn't shared much about her struggles over the last 5-6 months publicly. At the end of last October, Dianne was diagnosed with brain cancer. I took her to the ER thinking she might have had a mini-stroke, but a CT scan revealed masses on the right front lobe of her brain. She was treated initially with Whole Brain Radiation, and then with immunotherapy, because the doctors said the were about 95% certain it was Metastatic Melanoma, due to her history of skin cancer. But the left-side paralysis returned after her second treatment, so doctors decided they were going to have to remove the tumors surgically. During surgery they didn't find what they expected to find from the scans, so no tumors were removed, but they did get a tissue sample, which revealed the cancer to be a very rare form called CNS Lymphoma. After switching her treatment to an appropriate chemotherapy, she was well enough about a month ago to be sent to a rehab hospital, where she had begun getting her movement back. But she developed a UTI, and then other complications, and finally this morning the cancer took her life.
She fought so hard, and was making such good progress. All her nurses and therapists loved her, no surprise there, and thought she was doing well. But the LORD decided to take her home, perhaps to spare her from a life of partial use of her left hand, arm, and leg, and from being dependent on others for her care. I don't know how to go on. Nothing seems to matter to me today, I have no interest in anything. Please pray that God will restore my faith, and my interest in just being alive. I sat by her bed wishing my breathing would stop, too.
