[NSRCA-discussion] Futaba FASST System

[Ron Van Putte]

  I've been thinking about the problem that occurs with the Futaba  
FASST system when the owner turns on the transmitter and turns it off  
within the 5 second "boot up" period.  Namely, that the transmitter's  
code defaults to 0000 and the owner must rebind the receiver to the  
new transmitter code.  However, EVERYONE who does this now has a 0000  
"unique" code in their FASST system and can control other airplanes  
with the same code.

I wonder what happens  to the ordinary transmitters with a new FASST  
system module plugged in.  Do non-FASST transmitters also have this  
code and, if I've turned on my transmitter and turned it off within  
the 5 second "boot up" period, has my transmitter gone to the default  
code?  I know I've done this with my transmitter and I'm sure I'm not  
the only one.  For example, I decide to do some transmitter  
programming and turn on my transmitter.  Then I decide to go to the  
mode in which my transmitter's RF section is not transmitting, so I  
shut it off and go to the "no RF" mode, all within 5 seconds.  Did I  
just make my transmitter's code default to 0000?

This could be really bad if the situation I described is true.   
Please tell me it isn't like this.

BTW, check out this url:  http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/ 
showthread.php?t=807785#post9017413
The thread involves modeler's experiences of testing their FASST  
systems at local hobby shops with Futaba's "FASST test station".

Ron Van Putte