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Unread 18-02-2007, 22:32
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

We were doing some testing tonight (finally!) and during the first 5 minutes our driver was driving backward, the bot kicked into high gear and started flying backward. the driver let go of the controls and the bot kept moving. Luckly, we were using a dead man's switch to cut the power and we were able to stop the bot and nobody got hurt (the bot survived as well). the RC antenna was not surrounded by any metal, there was a direct line of sight between the antennas and the distance was about 10' or so. We switched to last years antenna, and everything seems to be ok.