hitec and futaba
01-23-2005, 11:32 PM
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hitec and futaba
i know that hitec servos can be used in a futaba receiver. can you use a futaba crystal in a hitec receiver. the crystal is for channel 38 if that matters. thanks in advance.
01-23-2005, 11:46 PM
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RE: hitec and futaba
This question has been raised several times with a lot of differing opinion, so what I say is only my opinion. Frequency's are based on either High or low. 11-35 is low, 36-60 high. The recievers are calibrated to their freq, so the further you get away from the calibrated frequency, the more the tuning will suffer. As such, I wouldn't feel comfortable swapping a ch55 crystal in a RX originally tuned for ch36. I personally have successfuly interchanged Hitec and Futaba crystals and tested range before and after the swap and never had any problems. There are other liability factors to consider too that I am not qualified to address. Of course, the best advice would be to send it in to be recalibrated with the freq of choice. But yes it has been done successfully.
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RE: hitec and futaba
i was keeping the same frequency. i was just wanting to put a futaba crystal in a hitec receiver. does hitec do the high-low thing like futaba does.
01-24-2005, 03:21 PM
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RE: hitec and futaba
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i was keeping the same frequency. i was just wanting to put a futaba crystal in a hitec receiver. does hitec do the high-low thing like futaba does.
i was keeping the same frequency. i was just wanting to put a futaba crystal in a hitec receiver. does hitec do the high-low thing like futaba does.
Like the previous poster, I have had no problems interchanging Hitec crystals in Futaba RXs. I do stick with the high or low channels. If you look at the crystal connectors in a Futaba RX you will find a red dot or not. If the dot is there the RX is center tuned to the hi side of the band -- use on channels 36-60. If no dot the RX is center tuned to the low side of the band -- use on channels 11-35. Having said that, I have yet to use a Futaba crystal in a Hitec RX but would expect to have not problems.
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