PBP projects for R/C models

[ScaleRobotics]

Most of the RC stuff out there uses something like this, but there are exceptions:

And it is done 50 times per second, or every 20ms.

The hobby RC folks at our local RC Excitement racetracks and store say that neutral (braking) is 130ms.

I think the guys at your RC Excitement might be off by a decimal point or two if they are telling you neutral is 130ms.


If that was neutral, it would take about 1 second to make any corrections to steering or throttle. In my mind that is a little slower than you need for a fast car like the one I saw in your other thread.

Most RC receivers send out a pulse, one at a time, to each servo. So with the longest (2ms) pulse, an eight channel receiver can still fit all 8 x 2ms pulses in the 20ms bandwidth given by the cyclic 50 times per second update rate.