12-11-2002, 09:20 PM
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TinyRC Pro
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Need your help please My Zip seems zapped
OK so I bought two zip zaps my 49mhz one has about ohh 20 or so foot range GREAT!
But my 27mhz has a one foot range??? Has anyone had this problem before? If I am not standing right over it loses signal!
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12-11-2002, 09:27 PM
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Sounds like a transmitter or riciever problam
check you batters and weare you anteanna is soulder in to you pcb and make sure you ant is screwed into the remote good if none of that fixes it tack in back ......sny body els got any other idea???? 
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12-11-2002, 09:35 PM
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Every 27Mhz ZZ I've pulled out the box has had the same problem. Not such a short range though. I was atleast getting 3 feet, but that still stunk. Try doing a search for antenna mods to get some ideas to improve your range. I was lucky enough to have an old RC car controller laying around. I took the MUCH longer antenna and put it in my ZipZap controller. If you're good with a soldering iron, get some cat5 wire and just resolder it in place of the stock antenna on the cars PCB board. Make sure you give it some good length to. Both mods will help your range.
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12-12-2002, 10:45 AM
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Well I tried the antenna trick nope so I guess its a bad zip
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12-12-2002, 05:12 PM
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i have a 27mhz i know what you mean... all i did was take the pcb cover off and underneath the pcb there is a lot of extra wire. pull it out dont worry if its a lil long just coil it around a screwdriver
- thanx to bmxtremeboi9
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12-12-2002, 06:31 PM
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My 27 MHz gets about 7 feet.
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12-12-2002, 06:56 PM
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The range to me is fine even that it is getting 5 feet of range it is getting me active if i want it to go far
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12-12-2002, 08:22 PM
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I wish I had more range, but having a very long range wouldn't do you any good because you can only see these little cars a certain distance.
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12-12-2002, 08:24 PM
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that is why they have a short range i would think
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01-22-2003, 01:23 PM
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Mine is the same way. It only gets if im lucky about 3 feet. Its brand new and I havent done a thing to it yet.
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01-22-2003, 03:20 PM
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all 27Mhz cars have ****ty range its the band with i would think
i dont hink thear is much we can doo to improve it and range is a big thing to me i have a pooltable perfict for running ZZ lets see 8Ft 4 ft range ya problam just my opion
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01-22-2003, 05:49 PM
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i wired a 3 aaa pack into my 27mhz controller and kept the stock ant. and i get good range now about 12 feet . i have seen controllers with 4 aa batteries and huge ant. so dont give up you need an extra frequency just search the forum.
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