Day 3749

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was in the 50's so I surfed for a little while and then began to program the Bronco.

I was under the impression that the ESC was a Hobbywing ESC like one that I already have.  I also thought that the receiver was compatible with my Flysky transmitters.  I was wrong on both counts and it took me quite a while to figure everything out.  

The ESC is indeed a version of my ESC.  Unfortunately it has different software.  That software is optimized for simplicity and crawling.  It won't work for me because I need the standard settings that this ESC doesn't support.  After many attempts I failed to get the receiver to bind with my transmitter.  I ended up ordering both an ESC and a receiver.

 To top it all off the light controller also only works with the OEM transmitter, so that's not worth anything either.  All in all the lack of compatibility of the electronics were a a real disappointment.

All of the is took a lot of time.  I stopped a little after 10 and took the dog for a walk around the place.  It was getting warm, but still pleasant.  Then I went back to the Bronco.  I worked through lunch and got it working with one of the spare mini receivers that I have.  I was starting to test features when I burned out the shift servo.  I'd forgotten to set the channel control on the transmitter to neutral and the servo burned out trying to move  something that doesn't move.

I had a collection of questionable micro servos.  I also had a new servo tester.  Two servos failed on the tester.  One had a gearbox problem.  I tried to fix it but couldn't.  The last one worked.  After that there was another struggle getting the new servo connected to the transmission.  It wasn't as bad as yesterday because I'd learned a little.  At this point the Bronco runs fine, but needs to be programmed once I get a full receiver.  I may use the spare one I have in the parts box.  I also want to install some tail lights.  That's for another day.

The rest of the afternoon was spent finding the best deal on another receiver and ESC.  Luckily I had a 17% off coupon at Amain.

Ellen fixed yakisoba for dinner.  After dinner I took Abby out for another 2 mile walk.  When I got back it was videos for the rest of the evening.