Futaba crystal, Hitec Reciever?
03-10-2007, 11:02 PM
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Futaba crystal, Hitec Reciever?
Does anyone know if it is possible to use Futaba crystals in Hitec recievers? The specific reciever in question is the Hitec Electron 6.
03-19-2007, 01:34 PM
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RE: Futaba crystal, Hitec Reciever?
That is what I have been doing for quite a long time now. I use the Hitec Supreme 8 and Electron 6's, all with Futaba crystals. I seem to have had alot of problems with the Hitec crystals, and switched them all out to Futabas and have had great sucess for a few years now.
03-19-2007, 05:31 PM
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RE: Futaba crystal, Hitec Reciever?
Not quite sure what you mean by short and long crystals, but there is a difference between tx and rx crystals. Yes, you can use a 4 channel rx with a 6 channel tx.
03-20-2007, 11:21 AM
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RE: Futaba crystal, Hitec Reciever?
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whats the difrince between short and long crystals and can you use a 4 channel RX with a 6 channel TX
whats the difrince between short and long crystals and can you use a 4 channel RX with a 6 channel TX
In any event the long crystals are what goes in my PCM rx's and the short ones go in a few small rx's used in my foamies and Blade CP which are PPM type.
Yes you can use a 4 channel rx with a 6 channel tx, just make sure if mixing brands that you observe the channel number/functions listed on the rx if different from the tx and that the shifts are compatible.
As for crystal brand matching, I prefer to use the crystals manufactured by the rx manufacturer but since I was not able to obtain information about who made the rx in the Blade CP, or a frequency I wanted to match my 9C Futaba tx, I used a short Futaba crystal in the Blade and it seems to work fine.
