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Re: New radio

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Originally Posted by Ichlieberoboter View Post
Our radio had been cutting out when we drive because the voltage has been dropping from 12 volts to 8 volts which apparently is not enough for the radio to stay connected. We use a lot of voltage because we are using all six cims. We had to add more cims to our drive train so the original motors don't overexert and switch the cims used for our launcher to mini cims. We aren't 100% sure this will work but we are trying it out currently.
Do you have your radio powered from the VRM? According to the user manual, it should work all the way down to 5V input. If your powering it through the VRM, it shouldn't be dropping out on you. On the other hand, if it's powered straight from the PDP (which is not legal), it will drop out on you.
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