Spectrum Recall
03-06-2017, 07:07 AM
#53
03-06-2017, 08:17 AM
#54
I hope this doesn't throw salt in a wound but this is why i have stayed away from spektrum . Over and over i hear , see or read continuing issues of some sort or another with spek. The funny part about this is all or most of the issues come from receiver issues. I have a friend that just got a new DX20 and it has problems with the scroll wheel working right ,then not working right. shame... it looks like a nice radio . i sold my trusty 12x and jumped in the DMSS system and have great luck. there have been a lot of false rumors about JR going under but i'm sticking with them to the end. If that even happened's ...You can't beat the xbus system . I hope no one looses their planes before they find out about the recall...
Scott
03-06-2017, 08:50 AM
#55
You need to remember, everything mechanical or electrical can fail, no matter where it comes from. I work on Corporate jets and components fail on them also, even every once in a great while I will receive a new part that is bad. Full size aircraft have many more redundant systems for that reason. The reason you may see more Spektrum problems is probably because there are so many more of them out there compared to the other brands. I have a friend that lost a Jeti receiver in flight, but he had two on board and didn't crash his aircraft. I have two DX18 Gen 1 radios and bunches of Spektrum receivers, all have worked great. I always run new radios and receivers in test planes that i have and bench run servos first{ although this is no guarantee either!} maybe I'm lucky !!
Scott
Scott
03-06-2017, 08:59 AM
#56
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I bought my Spectrum DX18 Gen 1 because they said it was the last radio I would ever need! Then they promptly put a speaker in the Gen 2 and made it talk to you. Then added talking telemetry. If I want some one to talk to me, I will talk to my spotter, and ask him how much time I have left. LOL I already know when I put my flaps and Gear down, too.............
03-06-2017, 09:20 AM
#57
I bought my Spectrum DX18 Gen 1 because they said it was the last radio I would ever need! Then they promptly put a speaker in the Gen 2 and made it talk to you. Then added talking telemetry. If I want some one to talk to me, I will talk to my spotter, and ask him how much time I have left. LOL I already know when I put my flaps and Gear down, too.............
To Mr. JetiUSA, make another RCU sign in and make all of your personal remarks under that sign in and it might, MIGHT mitigate some of the way your posts rub people the wrong way.
It may be RCU policy that you can't do that without disclosing your JETI affiliation, but if you reveal in your sig that you are a Jeti employee, yet "these are my personal beliefs/opinions" it might save you some "face".
Everyone deserves an opinion. Even if it can get you banned!
03-06-2017, 10:20 AM
#58
It does not work like that here. Many people here, including in this very thread, have undisclosed affiliations.I pointed one out and it was just removed.If nobody wants to know what really happened with the F14, or ZB, or Comparfs fight with BVM, or all the interesting stuff, so be it.Not my problem.But if you want to know why this forum died...look at the moderation.I made some posts. They violated no rules.They were immediately taken down with no explanation.Look at what others posted. Still there.Go figure. Does not matter.
Dear insider, I personally know that F-14 and I've flown with that F-14 and what happened to that F-14 was hashed out here ad infinitum. All done at my buddy's expense unfortunately. What can you personally know that the owner doesn't?
03-06-2017, 10:47 AM
#60
And we were both lied to.
We bought them at the same time.
Oh, I see, you are trying to lie!!!
Well, dear sir, speculation is one thing, and THAT's all good and fun, but slander is all together different and may even be illegal in your Ugandan country!
03-06-2017, 10:49 AM
#61
Here is an example of jeti USA business practices:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-j...tcy-today.html
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-j...tcy-today.html
03-06-2017, 10:51 AM
#62
03-06-2017, 11:00 AM
#64
In his defense, maybe "tested" is defined rather broadly.
No one warned us about these jets. Nobody.
Nobody knew yet that they were flying time bombs.
NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY, builds for me.
I build all of my airplanes.
03-06-2017, 11:11 AM
#65
I never got my money back. I don't feel like it is something I can do.
I am sure NOBODY told me anything about Fried-Entrails before I bought, or I would've saved a few thousand dollars.
What else you got?
03-06-2017, 11:20 AM
#66
I have no problem paying a pro builder.
If I do not have time.
That being said.
Again...would you have Ian build you an F-14?
Would you have accepted the mods he did, and then blamed the manufacturer for failure of the stab mechanism? Which was poorly exectuted, worse than stock?
Would you have demanded that the manufacturer replace the airframe, engines, and radio too?
How come there are other FE F14s flying just fine?
If I do not have time.
That being said.
Again...would you have Ian build you an F-14?
Would you have accepted the mods he did, and then blamed the manufacturer for failure of the stab mechanism? Which was poorly exectuted, worse than stock?
Would you have demanded that the manufacturer replace the airframe, engines, and radio too?
How come there are other FE F14s flying just fine?
There are like ZERO "fine" flying FEJ F-14's flying. Dude, stop it.
03-06-2017, 11:55 AM
#68
I see I'm getting pulled into the dirt.
My F-14 was the first honeycomb model and we didn't reinforce the honeycomb formers with plywood, which is what other people did later. Lesson learned. Eventually FEJ abandoned using honeycomb for their formers.
You are correct, I did demand FEJ cover the cost for the plane and everything in it after they tried to blame my batteries, but I did not ask for them to cover the radio. Maybe who ever you are getting information from confused radio with radio gear. My "demands" were stated in the original F-14 thread. You also left out that I had the factory guys inspect the plane before it flew and was told everything checked out.
Aside from FEJ, I have not bashed other companies, so stop trying to make something out of nothing.
Finally, why are you hiding behind an anonymous account?
My F-14 was the first honeycomb model and we didn't reinforce the honeycomb formers with plywood, which is what other people did later. Lesson learned. Eventually FEJ abandoned using honeycomb for their formers.
You are correct, I did demand FEJ cover the cost for the plane and everything in it after they tried to blame my batteries, but I did not ask for them to cover the radio. Maybe who ever you are getting information from confused radio with radio gear. My "demands" were stated in the original F-14 thread. You also left out that I had the factory guys inspect the plane before it flew and was told everything checked out.
Aside from FEJ, I have not bashed other companies, so stop trying to make something out of nothing.
Finally, why are you hiding behind an anonymous account?
Last edited by dubd; 03-06-2017 at 12:04 PM.
03-06-2017, 12:20 PM
#70
There are quite a few flying fine. Jim Martin has hundreds of flights on his. A guy in south Africa recently maidened his, too.
But none of them had the reworked stab mechanism with the wrong geometry that Ian installed. You can see it in his build thread, it was an accident waiting to happen.
He also built a Jetlegend F20 that went in for the same reason. Nobody else had that problem.
I'm looking for all the FE F14s that went in like Dantleys....and can't see any.
Ian is a nice fellow...who should stick to sewing wingbags.
But I don't care to defend Flyeagle. Not my job.
Just tired of hearing DubD bash others. Enough. While promoting Elite Aerosports and Skymaster...not exactly people with clean hands.
So...ZB...he was cut off from selling Horizon products. His dealership was removed. And nobody knows the story?
But none of them had the reworked stab mechanism with the wrong geometry that Ian installed. You can see it in his build thread, it was an accident waiting to happen.
He also built a Jetlegend F20 that went in for the same reason. Nobody else had that problem.
I'm looking for all the FE F14s that went in like Dantleys....and can't see any.
Ian is a nice fellow...who should stick to sewing wingbags.
But I don't care to defend Flyeagle. Not my job.
Just tired of hearing DubD bash others. Enough. While promoting Elite Aerosports and Skymaster...not exactly people with clean hands.
So...ZB...he was cut off from selling Horizon products. His dealership was removed. And nobody knows the story?
Here, you can see the vertical stab and rudder on the bottom and on the right, you see the elevator mechanism.
Looks pretty good to me.
And if you read Ian's thread, you can see where EDFjim maid some mods of his own.
What else you got?
