[NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 2.4 FASST

[Steven Maxwell]

 Hey Jason good to hear. I got to fly the DX7 in my pattern plane today and
its very solid a certian feeling of safety that someone isn't going to turn
on you by chance. The one thing I did find out, I have read that some have
said that the trims was to course in the DX7 but not so on my pattern setup
it maybe true on something with 3D throws but I didn't feel it with my
pattern plane. One other thing I liked was the DX7 and electric setup I
like to limit my throttle to a set max amps which this does with the travel
adjustments, there is a throttle to throttle mix if more is needed, where
as with the 9C I sold I had to use a trottle/ needle mix to get where I
needed it. The Dx7 doesn't have as many features as the 9C or above radios
but has plenty for what we do.
 I'm like you yes the future is bright.

Steven Maxwell
 
 


> [Original Message]
> From: JShulman <jshulman at cfl.rr.com>
> To: JShulman <jshulman at cfl.rr.com>
> Date: 3/12/2007 3:05:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 2.4 FASST
>
>
> Well, I got out the 2.4 and put it in my beater trainer... and "beat it
up".
> Of course, it was anti-climatic as it didn't give me anything even close
to
> a problem.  I didn't get to do antenna position testing (too much fun
> flying), but on this
> day, the RX was stuck in the foam with the antenna side facing up. One
> antenna was kind of vertical (had to curve it forward) and the other was
> moved horizontal, towards the back, next to my throttle servo and on-off
> switch.
>
> The first flight was short. I arrived to the field about noon and took out
> my fuselage so I could install the Rx. Having been flying my 14 in my
> trainer (and always getting weird looks cause of it) I had to remember
which
> plugs where to what. 5 minutes later, the trainer was programmed and ready
> to go on the 2.4. I did a quick range test on the ground, about 100 paces
> and it was solid so I fueled, started it and took-off... no issues. But
> after 2 minutes the motor died. Hmmmmm... then I remembered, I forgot to
> replace the carb with the new one I just bought, oops. 5 minutes later
again
> and it was purring like a kitten. So take-off again, and point the nose up
> (about 20 degrees, its under-powered) and start climbing for the clouds.
> Well the clouds were really up there, so after 10 minutes of climbing to
> them, and seeing that my 54" plane was now a speck in the sky, I flew
around
> for a little bit. Went from one end of the field to the other, all the way
> up there. Now at our field, we have a big cell phone tower right in front
of
> us about a mile away. Having flown on both the left and right of it didn't
> produce any interference at that altitude. My friend Ryan, who was
watching
> all this, said I was somewhere between 1500-2000 ft. I'll take his word
for
> it as he
> flies some full-scale and looking down from that altitude gives him a
> different perspective. After my neck couldn't stand it anymore, I dove the
> plane down (I did throttle back) and about 4 minutes later I had it back
on
> the ground.
>
> Now this plane is one that I bought literally to go and beat up with the
> understanding that at any given moment it will crash. Usually
intentionally,
> but as it's also my test plane for radio equipment, other things can
happen.
> So Ryan fueled it up and preceded to have some fun with it. Full power
> touch-n-goes, wing-tip skids and the occasional "oops" prop balancing
> touch-n-go.
>
> So the third flight was my turn to abuse it, after a new prop was put on
it.
> High power touch-n-goes (some hit-n-goes to shorten and rebalance the
prop),
> wing-tip hits and full power,
> full pull loops and turns. Others wanted to see the range of the
> system. I rocketed up to that
> speck again. I landed, fueled
> and went back up. This time there was a Spektrum flying at the same time,
no
> problem. Someone else said "I've got 5 other Spektrums mind if I turn them
> on"... I said go get them.
>
> So he runs back to his trailer, grabs all his radios and starts turning
> them on while he's walking up to me. He gets to me and says, that's 6
total
> Spektrums on (and I'm a speck again) and he's really impressed. Of course
> I'm getting bored up in the clouds so I bring it back down. On the way
down
> he has another idea... line the radio's on the edge of the runway and let
> me do my high speed demolition flying. He puts his Spektrums along the
edge
> of the run way and I come screaming by and do one of my multiple
> bounce-n-goes and it's rock solid. I come back the other way and same
> result, shorter prop but solid link. By this time, we are
> all impressed with the system.
>
> So that's 2 spread spectrum systems working at the same time, with no
> issues. The future is bright.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
> www.jasonshulman.com
> www.shulmanaviation.com
> www.composite-arf.com
>
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