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Launch went well yesterday. BUT after 5 minutes sailing, the voice warning sounded for low reciever battery voltage. I could not hear what the warning was 'saying' until too late. The receiver shut down! After about 15 minutes 'free sailing' the Fisher turned for the shore just as my son-in-law was removing his jeans to take swim in the very cold water! I had waders on and waded out to meet the yacht as it sailed shoreward.
When I got back home and switched everything on again it all worked perfectly! Do not know what was wrong but I hope it was just that the BEC on the speed controller could not supply enough power to the Rx due to 3 winch servos and a digital rudder servo. I was not using the R/C much at all during sailing so can't really understand why. The ESC BEC is supposed to supply 5v and 5A. The servos use 0.5A idle and 1.8-2.2 under load so I hope this is the cause - and nothing more serious!
I have now fitted a dedicated receiver battery 4.8v 2000mAh and may even put in an extra one in parallel before the next test-sail.
Did not manage to get photos other than from my Roam 3 action cam -fitted into the wheelhouse door opening. Son-in-law will send me his photos later also while I was wearing waders he says! Posting a screenshot from action-cam just after launch.
Too much wind and too cold for testing during the next few days, but doing more tests at home.
George
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