[CADA] CADA General Discussion Topic

[Polarlicht]

Had to order some micromotors with the old plug before they are gone

[2GodBDGlory]

6 minutes ago, Polarlicht said:

Had to order some micromotors with the old plug before they are gone

Yeah, it'll be a bit annoying. I reckon if I ever need to buy any CADA stuff in the future, I'll just buy some dirt cheap clone PF extension cables and solder them in myself.

[Polarlicht]

I ordered 10 of the micro motors. 2 already arrived and they are just great and more powerful than you would think by looking on how tiny they are!

I don't have a use for them right now, but will in future. Better get them now, Power Function plug fans!

[gyenesvi]

I am checking out the electronics on the Cada website, and I see there's also a 500mAh battery (new version) and buggy motors available. I was wondering if this battery can power two of these buggy motors without shutting down. Does anyone have experience with that? Also, this battery is said to have 2.4GHz radio control. Is it only controllable with the corresponding remote? Is the remote proportional or only on-off? I've heard guessing the servo cannot be controlled precisely. Is that because of the servo itself or the controller?

On 3/27/2023 at 7:55 PM, Polarlicht said:

I ordered 10 of the micro motors. 2 already arrived and they are just great and more powerful than you would think by looking on how tiny they are!

I don't have a use for them right now, but will in future. Better get them now, Power Function plug fans!

These motors are compatible with PF components, and they also work with a Buwizz, right?

[mla2]

2 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I am checking out the electronics on the Cada website, and I see there's also a 500mAh battery (new version) and buggy motors available. I was wondering if this battery can power two of these buggy motors without shutting down. Does anyone have experience with that? Is the remote proportional or only on-off?

I received one last week. It took some time since CADA initially sent me the old grey top version even after email contact confirming they were going to send the new white top version. But they fixed that quickly so it the end no complaints.

I shortly tried it with 2 Buwizz motors on a model which would shut down a lot with a Buwizz 3.0 at 100% and less often at 90%.

With the CADA battery it did not shut down. Even if I push the model around or block it at full throttle it does not shut down. I do not yet know how fast it is compared to the Buwizz battery at 90%, but the speed is good.

Unfortunately, the controller kind of sucks to be honest compared to others I have:

• The joysticks on top only go up and down and not left to right but I'm used to using a left to right joystick for steering
• I don't see a way to connect multiple battery outputs to a single controller joystick. I asked CADA for a manual but have not yet received a reply.
• The remote is quite a bit bigger than others I have and also uses AA instead of AAA batteries.
• The joysticks are not proportional and only on-off.

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Also, this battery is said to have 2.4GHz radio control. Is it only controllable with the corresponding remote?

I tried it with a MK 4.0 controller which doesn't have the above problems except that it's also only on-off but they didn't connect.

If only BrickController2 would support the CADA battery box, that would be so perfect!

[AVCampos]

32 minutes ago, mla2 said:

and also uses AA instead of AAA batteries.

That may be an advantage in that it may give you more run time before having to swap batteries.

[gyenesvi]

1 hour ago, mla2 said:

I shortly tried it with 2 Buwizz motors on a model which would shut down a lot with a Buwizz 3.0 at 100% and less often at 90%.

With the CADA battery it did not shut down. Even if I push the model around or block it at full throttle it does not shut down. I do not yet know how fast it is compared to the Buwizz battery at 90%, but the speed is good.

That's promising, at least shows it should be possible to make it work properly with Buwizz as well..

1 hour ago, mla2 said:

Unfortunately, the controller kind of sucks to be honest compared to others I have:

That's a pity.

1 hour ago, mla2 said:

I tried it with a MK 4.0 controller which doesn't have the above problems except that it's also only on-off but they didn't connect.

I was thinking more like RC pistol-like controllers maybe as it could be using the same 2.4GHz system. But maybe the communication protocols vary in these systems.

1 hour ago, mla2 said:

If only BrickController2 would support the CADA battery box, that would be so perfect!

That is not possible, as BC2 on a phone works with Bluetooth, not 2.4GHz radio.

37 minutes ago, AVCampos said:

That may be an advantage in that it may give you more run time before having to swap batteries.

But the remote controller does not use too much energy so that's not really a problem (I mean if you are using rechargeables and can recharge them like once a week). On the other hand more weight in your hands can be tiring on the long run.

[msk6003]

4 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I was wondering if this battery can power two of these buggy motors without shutting down. Does anyone have experience with that?

I used it on my tamiya hot shot build. You can find topic of that model on this forum.

BW3 is keep turn off after drive just 1m straight but CADA's battery not turn off even fast switching forward and reverse.

But it has low capacity. After 5~10min playing, car become very slow.

[thekoRngear]

2 hours ago, msk6003 said:

But it has low capacity. After 5~10min playing, car become very slow.

And I can also add and confirm the batterybox starts struggling after 7-8 months given you played it 5-10 mins twice in every month. It struggles with steering so bad. I have used two batterybox so I know this. The Buwizz ones can cope well for long run IG. Actually, it's an achievement that a car this heavy (more or less 2.5 KG) can be played on an average 8 minutes straight 7-8 months with this batterybox. 

[Polarlicht]

7 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I am checking out the electronics on the Cada website, and I see there's also a 500mAh battery (new version) and buggy motors available. I was wondering if this battery can power two of these buggy motors without shutting down. Does anyone have experience with that? Also, this battery is said to have 2.4GHz radio control. Is it only controllable with the corresponding remote? Is the remote proportional or only on-off? I've heard guessing the servo cannot be controlled precisely. Is that because of the servo itself or the controller?

These motors are compatible with PF components, and they also work with a Buwizz, right?

Yes, the older-plug ones are fully compatible with PF stuff. Don't know about buwizz, since i don't own anything from them, but should also work just fine.

They have the same (thick) metal contacts like legos plugs.

[efferman]

7 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I was wondering if this battery can power two of these buggy motors without shutting down. Does anyone have experience with that?

 

This is the new box with two buggys. The model has a very low weight so i dont know if this count.

[gyenesvi]

Thanks for all the info. While it's great that it seems to be able to power those motors without any problem, the short playtime and the controller is a letdown. With a Buwizz I can usually play for an hour or so without very significant decrease in playability.

4 hours ago, Polarlicht said:

Yes, the older-plug ones are fully compatible with PF stuff. Don't know about buwizz, since i don't own anything from them, but should also work just fine.

They have the same (thick) metal contacts like legos plugs.

Thanks, this is what I was interested in, so I did order a few of those micro motors.

[Mr Jos]

On 3/11/2023 at 10:53 PM, eric trax said:

...

The set will also come with a physical RC remote control which I am as proud of as the model. Below is the look of the excavator control application in better quality.

...

 

On 3/19/2023 at 5:40 PM, SaperPL said:

I'm pretty disappointed that noone started asking about this part after this teaser from @eric trax. It's actually still pretty mind blowing to me that we could manage to print a prototype of it that worked well for his model on a FDM printer :P

 

On 3/19/2023 at 6:43 PM, SaperPL said:

Trax was showing off various details, so he knows what and when he can show off, I have no idea what's the exact deal with that. I assumed that there was a reason that Trax teased the info about the new part, and I thought there would be a response to that.

Ok, I'm going to make a guess; Is it about the physical controller? As the model has 6functions I'm curious how it looks like. And to see if it could be easily used for other setups/machines.

"Are there any photos of the controller/prototype?"

[efferman]

3 hours ago, Mr Jos said:

"Are there any photos of the controller/prototype?"

Yeah, but before the new remote is officially announced we have not the permission to share them.

[Polarlicht]

I hope we get more info about C61503 Mercedes soon.

Heard it will be released in may.

I think it can be ordered on aliexpress, but i personally don't trust this shop

[jmordoj]

8 minutes ago, Polarlicht said:

I hope we get more info about C61503 Mercedes soon.

Heard it will be released in may.

I think it can be ordered on aliexpress, but i personally don't trust this shop

I have noticed the same, If you do a search of of C61503 Mercedes there are several stores that offer to sell it, but I don’t think they are real, I’m sure there would be a formal announcement from CaDA or maybe the author will present his work as he has done before.

[gyenesvi]

I have just received my Cada order, in which I ordered 20 x 4L pins, and I only received 2.. Also, I got some metal U-joints, and wanted to try them, but it is extremely difficult to insert Lego axles into them, and they scratch the axles hard if I force them in. I wanted to contact Cada about it, but the email to info@decadastore.com could not be delivered, it bounced back. It's not really a good first impression. Anybody had similar issues? What's the best way to connect them?

[Polarlicht]

More pictures of the C61503

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/12ido0p

[mla2]

2 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I wanted to contact Cada about it, but the email to info@decadastore.com could not be delivered, it bounced back. It's not really a good first impression. Anybody had similar issues? What's the best way to connect them?

The contact about my battery box and controller order was with Nancy at 3002428284@doubleeagle.cc

Unfortunately my latest 2 emails about a manual for the box and controller have gone unanswered but before that contact was good.

My initial contact before Nancy replied was with info@decadastore.com

[KirTech LAB]

Hi everyone!

Some time ago I found out about CADA micro-motors, and finally I did some simple tests. I didn't find here detailed information (maybe I was not enough attentive), so I think it could be useful to post a short review here. Would love to get a feedback from experienced owners, since it's my first experience with these motors :)

 

[Milan]

1 hour ago, KirTech LAB said:

I think it could be useful to post a short review here.

Thanks for posting it.
Love these micro-motors.

[blbills]

Anyone know if the V2 of the La Ferrari is available yet?

[R0Sch]

I was wondering that too since they have the anniversary discount running atm.

[Milan]

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[brunojj1]

In a tremendous effort in order to differentiate and distance themselves from the companions, the Doubleeagle company wasn´t shy to invest bazillions into new molding, shapes and parts. After renewed frames, wire connectors, batteries, gear shifters and many more we will keep seeing the trend developing, whether we like it or sometimes not(!). Here is a recent example we have to debate about its pros and cons:

I must admit I like the curved shapes if it suits a particular car design! On the other hand I have my reservations about sections you would need straight lines for..

Edited May 16, 2023 by brunojj1