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It doesn't quit.... it would just come on when you cycled the blade up and down. It didn't shut off or cycle thru it's various modes.... it would just come on... When I swapped out the servo with a Hitec it was fine.... I would have just used the Hitec but the horn is to short so I'm hoping the SPT servos themselves aren't the problem I guess they could be drawing enough juice to cause it but the Hitecs don't....if they are I'll just leave the beacon on or unhook it....or go the BEC route.... or connect the battery straight to the receiver... we'll see...

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How are you currently controlling/switching the beacon on/off? Can you post a sketch of the wiring?

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it's pretty simple I have the beacon on channel 4 so it acts like a 3 position switch,it's just a straight 3 wire plug in to the receiver

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Gotcha. I've only worked with setups that require a separate switch, like a Pico, but now I see how the beacons work. Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions that you haven't tried already. Sorry.

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It's all good.... we'll see what happens when the new servo gets here from China.

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I like the rear winch feature!

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Finally....
I've been waiting on a new servo, and some #7.5 lead shot for weight.
I replaced the servo that was causing my beacon to randomly come on and the new servo does it too... I'm thinking either I get a BEC or just leave the beacon on. it doesn't change modes or shut off.... so for now I'll leave it if it really bugs me I'll tear it apart and put a BEC in it...
I wanted to get some weight in it so I got 4lbs of #7.5 lead shot for in the drive wheels and "fake" idlers on each side
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c4a7ae1f_z.jpg
Just need to mix up some of this and pour it in...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9a096ac5_z.jpg

It went easier and neater than I thought added 13oz...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e47a5f74_z.jpg

That was the last thing I really wanted to do before I button this up everything works like I wanted so this one is ready for the construction site as soon as it warms up a little.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b373d47c_z.jpg

Here is a shot of the winch, I think it scales pretty good on the back of this little D5
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a420cf85_z.jpg

I even got my brass blade edge on
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4d633a43_z.jpg
I added weight inside too, all together it weights just under 3lbs, I hope that's enough I guess I could stick some weight on the bottom if I have to but I wanted to leave that clean for now...
So that's it for this one now I need a way to get my dozer and Deltea loader to the job site.. :D

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Sharp looking setup with the yellow tracks and rear winch!

Have you thrown a volt meter on one of the rx ports yet while moving the servos? I still think that sounds more like a brown-out than bad servo. (Add 5a or 10a BEC)

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Nice little machine! The extra weight will definately help on the performance.

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Thanks egronvold, Hope to get it out in the dirt soon...
Frizzen I think your right, I was thinking about building a simple glitch buster to see if that helps. Space is tight so I thought I might try that... still trying different things out.