loujoduo

Ihave a hitec transmitter and starting to learn to fly but at the field most all usr futaba and they say the futaba trainer cord will not work with hi tec they are both round plug and the same number of pins, question? are they compatable..

carrellh

It would be best to get the Hitec 'one way' cord so you know for sure you have the right thing.

I have seen Futaba and Hitec connected using a Futaba cord with no problems. The student transmitter had the crystal removed while they were hooked up. I was told that is why it worked properly. I have no idea if that's true.

I have read threads on RCU that reported smoke coming out of the Hitec transmitter when connected to Futaba with Futaba cord. Maybe it matters which Futaba and which Hitec are connected?

I guess I wouldn't take the chance. A $15 cord is much cheaper than a smoked radio or crashed plane.

olivier

Hi,

You'll get some info from this recent thread :
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381254

To make a long story short : make yourself a buddy lead like in figure 7f-03 of chapter 7 of my website and then you'll be sure it will work without smoke.
With the lead mentioned in figure 7f-03 of my website, no power from master to slave, this means that the crystal of the slave transmitter must be removed and that both transmitter must be switched on.

Olivier

falcon6171

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Does anyone know if anyone makes a trainer cord to go from JR to hitec or futaba?

olivier

Hi,

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...?ProdId=HAN173
http://www.rc-electronics.co.uk/buddymate.htm
selfmade : http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/bhabbott/trainer.html
selfmade : http://lichtenberger.s.free.fr/OrdreVoies.htm
(to be translated) from French with babelfish or other free online-translator)

Olivier