Whoa - Voluntary Recall
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Any thoughts on a way to faraday off the BT module in the GT to make it less likely for someone else to accidentally (or as a cruel joke) connect to my board and try to update it? I almost never use the app anyway, so not using the app isn't a big loss for me.
I have almost everything except the battery for my VESC. So, assembly should start soon. The day I heard Jeff's favorite board was a VESC, I pretty much accepted I would never buy an FM board again, this firmware update is doing little to change my mind.
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@biell Maybe have a third party app always connected when riding? It would stop other apps connecting to do that without modding the board.
I did consider disabling the BT module by removing the cap that enables the built in antenna but I think having the BT radio unloaded would damage the internal amplifier. RC days taught me never to run a transmitter without the antenna so I assume the same applies to BT being a different frequency.
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@lia I did think about that for my XR. But, I don't think the GT has a 3rd party app, right? I was expecting to ride the GT for a while, and then maybe in a couple years convert it to a beast VESC once someone figures out how to make a GT platform battery that gets 50 miles per charge.
I don't think this is likely to be an issue, but I was just wondering if anyone had a creative idea. Thanks for the thoughts.
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Personally, if it gets CSPS off of FMs back, then I'm fine with it.
Though, I'm hoping that the haptic buzz doesn't cause any adverse side-effects.
113 volts?! I could lick that!
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@loaffette I assume it will. Someone must have been a really squeaky wheel for the CPSC to step in and oil it. I'm genuinely surprised the CPSC decided to pick this up at all considering how little there was to go on comparatively to literally anything else. Someone really really really must have gone out of their way to cause this fuss.
My concern now is FM are probably going to be walking on eggshells to do literally anything good while quick to implement stuff less desirable. All while we see DIY and abroad manufacturers make their own stuff unhindered.
I'd be half tempted if I was them to include with new purchases a set of plasters (bandages) with "I didn't read the manual" written on them as a bitter jab. Actually that might be a funny sticker even.
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@lia I see
also I'd buy that within a heartbeat
113 volts?! I could lick that!
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Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been on the forum for a while. Life has been getting in the way until this update email arrived.
Great to read everyone's thinking. I'm going to sit on the fence for a while to see how the update might impact my 4208 XR. My ride still pretty std. The thing that would bother me most is if the pushback is changed so its as violent as the pint. After 15,000km I'm tuned into the subtle pushback of an XR.
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@stinkyface Hope you're doing okay!
I personally don't think I'm ever going to update any of mine with this unless they allow us to turn it off. Pushback is more than enough for me.
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@stinkyface I don't even think the XR pushback is that subtle.
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So I managed to become a beta tester for the haptic buzz for VESC.
It’s a trip hearing and feeling the motor buzz, but it only feels like if someone strapped a vibration motor to my board and kept spinning it
