[NSRCA-discussion] FW: Futaba vs. JR

[Richard Strickland]

NOT prizes--they gave 'em to the guys to fly in the contest.  This was early on when Phil Kraft was CD.  The last one I attended was in '88 or so and didn't pay that much attention to it after that--and dropped out for ten years in the early '90s--so I don't know what really transpired after.  The point was what influenced me early on was the support of Futaba there, prizes at pattern contests, their reps and competitors  I changed from being a Kraft Signature guy to Futaba for the reasons I mentioned plus they were the first with PCM and had stuff on 50 as a standard.  JR was a little later to the party--THEN.  They have an excellent product and support NOW.  But I got hooked THEN and have seen no compelling reason to change.  The closest I came to even thinking about changing was the Yakima, WA NATS in the late '80s where I thought I might have a crack at the top ten or fifteen(probably kidding myself--a guy can dream--practiced my ass off!) and many of the Futaba receivers were a little too sensitive(mine too) and went in to HOLD at the wrong times (when is it good?) They responded well I thought; and I'm still using those receivers--hold free since. I have not had quality or service problems and have paid the street price for all my stuff.  I had a battery that showed ZERO volts upon landing at the St. Louis contest last August and my Futaba receiver warned me in time to land.  So I'm a fan.  And windy.

 

RS

 

BTW, the MZ IS cool.

 


From: billglaze at bellsouth.net
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:46:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: Futaba vs. JR




Inasmuch as Mr. Bennett was a long-time owner of Circus Hobbies, and a large investor in JR, hard to believe that he would be interested in promoting Futaba.  As a long time resident of Las Vegas, and a constant attendee of the TOC, I can't recall ever seeing a prize table, per se.  Not to say it didn't exist, but it wasn't obvious enough to attract my attention.  Perhaps Mr. Bennett figured that the $4500 minimum show-up money was enough incentive.
Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Strickland 
To: General pattern discussion 
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: Futaba vs. JR




I could be wrong, but I'm thinking Futaba gave two radios with gobs of servos to many of the invitees--and I'm fairly sure Futaba was on the podium with most of the winners most of the time.  Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Richard
 


Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:25:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba vs. JR
From: atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org; pamrich47 at hotmail.com

Gotta go Airtronics!  Especially now that I’ve seen the new 10channel 2.4 (small plug!)

Futaba supported the TOC??  Didn’t Bill Bennett, aka owner of Circus Circus Hobbies (and the hotel/casino)  and primary importer of JR create/sponsor the TOC?  Just making sure my history is correct...

-M


On 2/2/09 1:12 PM, "Richard Strickland" <pamrich47 at hotmail.com> wrote:



I am on my forth, 4th generation Futaba--just got an MZ (was going to do it a couple years sooner--but I didn't know how my back problems were going to work out) and the more I mess with it, the more I think I'm going to like it--a little intimidating at first....not so bad once you get in to it..
I probably became a fan as Futaba supported the TOC and pattern fairly well early on--JR seemed to be almost an 'also ran' at the time.  Obviously they make excellent radios now and are well thought of in the KC area.  Now I think of it as a Ford/GM sort of comparison--er, Honda/Toyota...
 
FWIW,
 
Richard
 


Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:26:25 -0800
From: getterflash at yahoo.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba vs. JR

Airtronics
 
Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com 




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To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:54:34 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Futaba vs. JR

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