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Old 07-18-2013, 05:43 AM
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Default RE: Futaba receivers


ORIGINAL: dasintex

I use the HobbyKing Orange Receivers in several of my Planes without any problems and for a fraction of the price of the Futaba Receivers; if you are reluctant to use anything but Futaba be prepared to pay the money, you may find them cheaper on Ebay; what I have done, I use the expensive Futaba Receivers on my more expensive Planes and the HobbyKing receivers on my less expensive and Combat Planes.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...er_S_Spec.html


You subscribe to the idea that more expensive means "better performance".
Do the cheap ones ever fail you?
My own experience with 2.4 is that performance is keyed to proper setup and power - not cost of product.

The last two unexplained crashes at out field were carefully setup - tx/rx -most expensive available.- however I really don't think the rx's were the problem
We setup our expensive models with the same moderately priced radios -but pay lots of attention to rx placement and power delivery setup - NO regulators.
I firmly believe most crashes are NOT the tx or rx irrespective of brand.