[NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 2.4 FASST

[Park, Ihncheol]

I am going to fly 50 size plane with 6EX FASST as soon as I get it in.  

Ihncheol Park 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Marien
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 2.4 FASST

Jason,

It will be great when Futaba finally releases an upgrade to the 14MZ for
FASST -- then you can get back to getting those strange looks again that you
miss so much when flying your trainer with your 14MZ!

Have you tried the FASST system in a plane with a gas engine yet?

Take care,
John


On Mon Mar 12 13:06 , "JShulman"  sent:

>
>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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