Lynner532
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I mentioned a few posts ago that I was hoping to maiden my new KAOS and new RDS8000 this weekend. Well I did and I wanted to give an update.
This is my first Airtronics radio. I had heard programming was very easy and I can now confirm that. Its a very sensible, straighforward, and user friendly interface. I know there are some on this thread that have commented about a few computer controls they felt were missing, but I was quite happy with the process for reversing servos, fine tuning the center point, and setting up exponential. For now, that's all I needed, and it was very easy to learn and do.
Because I've heard nothing but good reports in this thread on both testing and actual flying in the field with this radio, I didn't have any reservations about putting my KAOS up with this gear.
I did a quick range check (with the tx in range check mode), verified the controls, and maidened everything. A few clicks here or there and everything was trimmed and the rest of the flight was pretty much "uneventful" which is exactly what I was hoping for. The controls were very responsive (no hints of droppouts or signal loss)...
I had to wait for the weather to clear and there was only one other person at the field at the time flying on ch 54 so I can't say anything about performance in a "congested" environment, but I really have no reservations flying this anywhere.
The one caveat I would have, and this goes for any 2.4 system, is never to fly when you are around 2.4 wireless routers or phones, and not to fly with metal objects (fencing) between you and your plane. These are common sense precautions and I believe they were both highlighted in the RDS8000 manual. My brother's field goes even farther and bans cell phones in the pilot boxes. They are convinced that when a cell phone rings it can interfere with a transmitter. I can't confirm or deny that...just passing it on for what it's worth.
I had also commented a few posts back that my RX and wall wart were knocking against each other in the package during shipping. Happily, I had no problems with the receiver, but Mike if you're reading this I would be interested to know if this feedback is going to make it back to the shipping department so they can do a little better job of stabilizing the RX for shipping. It would be a shame to spend so much time and energy building quality into the design and manufacturing process, only to introduce a potential problem during shipping. I'm not saying this has or will cause any failures, but it just seems very common sense that this should be addressed. My 2 cents...
Oh, BTW, my new KAOS flew very well. I need a little more aileron, and I'm having some performance problems with an engine I picked up from a swap meet (the Tower .46 I ordered with the KAOS in December is still on backorder) but I'll get that straightened out.
I like this radio so much, I'm going to keep my eyes open for an RD8000 on CH 60 so I can get rid of my other transmitters and have up to twenty planes ready to fly on two (nearly identical) radio systems :-)
< Message edited by Lynner532 -- 3/24/2008 2:58:29 AM >
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RE: *Airtronics RD8000 2.4 GHz* - 
, Starting too really like this unit. North