Poor range? Crippling Capacitor 2.0
 

Mystery of Bit Char-G range solved?

Over the passed month I have ordered 5 Bit Char-G cars. NONE of my cars have crippling capacitor.

My observations:

My original cards RX-7, Celica, and Yoshi Run fine. When I say original, I mean these were the first batch of cars. These are the cars that do not have a clear G stamped into the face plate of the controller. All 3 of these cars run perfectly, and have amazing range.

My newer cars an NSX-R and one of the Daytona racers (or my cars with the G) stutter and stop and have very poor range. I also noticed these cars have considerable longer antennas (5”) but the controllers have shorter antennas (1’) then the pre mentioned cars. The other cars have an antenna of about 3” and the controllers have a 1 ½’ antenna.

I have taken the time to open and photograph my controllers. My findings seem to coincide with my observations. The limited range controllers that, at first glance, appeared to be missing the crippling capacitor have one major alteration to the logic board.

You can read about my findings in detail HERE

http://www.otakupc.com/modules.php?o...wcontent&id=53

I have yet to purchase a 4band controller or a booster car yet so I can not determine there properties at this time. I plan to order some this weekend however.

Additionally I am positive that these are all official Tommy cars. There are some knock off cars that

1) Do not have TOMY written on the box or the controller.
2) Have decals and markings not native to Bit Char-G

I would appreciate if people could comment on this theory of mine.

Vermifuge, I think your theory sounds valid - have you tried the mod on the v3 controller yet?

FYI i am keeping the gallery as a place to archive images of intrest i have uploaded inages of the logic boards to my controllers including a multi band now i will ad images of other things as they come up.

Vermifuge,

I am impressed with your research, but has it stands at the moment do you have any hards facts about improving the range of a Bit if you don't have the crippler cap to remove?

What is the major alteration your mentioned?

I sat infront of your photos last nite with my controller in bits searching for the cripple cap that wasn't there....

If I can help please let me know.

I have a UK 40Mhz blue skyline with no cripple cap.

Cheers,

You can untie the knot in the antenna under the circuit board and bring the antenna around the back of the circuit board instead of the front. That made my RX7 have a 5'' antenna and a full range of about 34-35'