Hi all, first post here.
My son bought an AMP MT BTD kit earlier this year after saving some Christmas/birthday money and I pitched in the last little bit to cover the cost. It's been a great experience for us so far and he did about 90% of the build work with me guiding him along the way...not bad for a 7 year old He did some extra chores and bought a 5400 mAh NiMH battery and the faster charger for it which has really extended his play time. After that the plastic gears stripped (not surprised) so I bought the upgraded metal gears which have worked out well so far.
At any rate, one thing I've noticed about this truck is that the transmitter range has been horrible since about day one...he'll get about 50-60 feet out of it, max. I've tried various antenna arrangements and new batteries in the transmitter and fresh charge in the truck battery, but no change. This is the one thing he complains about the most and I can't say I blame him. I've noticed a decrease in his interest in this which he attributes to having to run around following it the whole time. Just hoping to find some simple way to resolve this without replacing the receiver/transmitter, but if that's the only option then I'll go that route. Trying to explore other ideas first.
Any tips on this? I'm wondering if I could solder a little stretch of copper wire to the end of the receiver antenna if that would help?
Thanks all!
My son bought an AMP MT BTD kit earlier this year after saving some Christmas/birthday money and I pitched in the last little bit to cover the cost. It's been a great experience for us so far and he did about 90% of the build work with me guiding him along the way...not bad for a 7 year old He did some extra chores and bought a 5400 mAh NiMH battery and the faster charger for it which has really extended his play time. After that the plastic gears stripped (not surprised) so I bought the upgraded metal gears which have worked out well so far.
At any rate, one thing I've noticed about this truck is that the transmitter range has been horrible since about day one...he'll get about 50-60 feet out of it, max. I've tried various antenna arrangements and new batteries in the transmitter and fresh charge in the truck battery, but no change. This is the one thing he complains about the most and I can't say I blame him. I've noticed a decrease in his interest in this which he attributes to having to run around following it the whole time. Just hoping to find some simple way to resolve this without replacing the receiver/transmitter, but if that's the only option then I'll go that route. Trying to explore other ideas first.
Any tips on this? I'm wondering if I could solder a little stretch of copper wire to the end of the receiver antenna if that would help?
Thanks all!