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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.
Is your radio power coming from the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)? If not, it should be. That module puts out a steady 12 V even when the input voltage drops below 12 V.

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