[NSRCA-discussion] 14MZ copy functon

[Keith Black]

That's good to know Don, thanks for sharing that with us!

On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, Don Ramsey <donramsey at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I recently had something happened that will be of interest to
> all flying the Futaba 14MZ.  My transmitter was sent to Futaba for
> repair.  I had  the good fortune of being able to borrow another
> while mine was in the shop.  I copied my setup from my transmitter to the
> borrowed one.  This I flew for a few weeks until mine was returned.
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> During the repair Futaba did update the radio to the latest
> version of the software.  I copied the program from the borrowed trx to
> mine.  I thought I did a thorough check of all the functions including all
> the mix functions and switch positions.  I did notice the idle was higher
> on the radio once the engine was started.  I changed the AFR on the
> throttle and was off.  Landing seemed a little fast.  I use the left
> slider for trim on my throttle.   Once on the ground I pulled the
> left slider (LST) to the throttle cutoff position and the throttle advanced to
> the point where I’m sure I could have easily gotten airborne.  I
> nosed over and killed the engine.  The slider was reversed.  Of
> course this was the only function I hadn’t checked.  I recently had
> the opportunity to copy my program which had been flown the day before into the
> borrowed radio.  Guess what,  the slider was again reversed.  I
> don’t know if this is only a problem with the latest software copying to
> an older version or just a problem with all version of the software.  My
> trx had the latest software and the borrowed one had an older version.
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> Be aware,
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> Don
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