[NSRCA-discussion] Futaba 2.4 FASST

Mon Mar 12 21:28:36 AKST 2007

Oops,  mouse was over the "send" icon before I enter other lines.
A club member has a 20cc gasoline that we are going to try it.  However, I
am not sure if it will work well on any large planes (giant scale?).  Still
it is better than the DX6.
This one has three dual rates on one switch.  Maybe  not a good choice, but
there is rudder dual rate.
You can change the stick mode!!  

I wanted a countdown timer, but none of those manufacturers want it.
Additional receiver costs $90.00.

It will be interesting to see a side-by-side comparison with DX6 on
programming, and side-by-side performance test with DX7 on our glow/gas
planes.

Does any of you Team Futaba guys know if Futaba is coming out with 7 or 9C
FASST?   I am sure that Futaba is going to introduce another radio.  
My guess is that the 9C is the better candidate as a FASST since the radio
model is old enough to get a new one out.
Even the GP dealers don't get news any earlier than Team members.

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
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
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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