RCS Digifour Digispark Conversion
Posted: 04 Oct 2020, 17:44
Here are some pics of my 1968 RCS Digifour Restomod with Phil_G Digispark 4 encoder, FrSky XHT and 500 maH LiPo.
It is a one owner radio and the original owner remembers buying it from RCS in Weston-Super-Mare. He paid £180 for it which equates to about £2500 in 2020 monetary values!
Had a bit of a challenge with a fractured rudder stick yoke not moving the pot, but thanks to Mike K pulse counter this was soon identified as a mechanical issue and quickly sorted by drilling and pinning the pot shaft to the stick yoke.
The stick units appear to be Bonner clones, manufactured I think by Remcon, judging by the R symbol in the lower corner of the escutcheon.
I managed to re-use the RCS receiver case and a FrSky V8 receiver now nestles unobtrusively within the case. I had hoped to use the original Orbit PS3 servos but these are 4 wire and that is a job for another day.
Here is a YouTube link to short video I made about the conversion & hope you like? Please give me a Thumbs up if you do...
It is a one owner radio and the original owner remembers buying it from RCS in Weston-Super-Mare. He paid £180 for it which equates to about £2500 in 2020 monetary values!
Had a bit of a challenge with a fractured rudder stick yoke not moving the pot, but thanks to Mike K pulse counter this was soon identified as a mechanical issue and quickly sorted by drilling and pinning the pot shaft to the stick yoke.
The stick units appear to be Bonner clones, manufactured I think by Remcon, judging by the R symbol in the lower corner of the escutcheon.
I managed to re-use the RCS receiver case and a FrSky V8 receiver now nestles unobtrusively within the case. I had hoped to use the original Orbit PS3 servos but these are 4 wire and that is a job for another day.
Here is a YouTube link to short video I made about the conversion & hope you like? Please give me a Thumbs up if you do...
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