Does the RD 8000 have dual rates for rudder?
02-15-2003, 02:34 AM
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Does the RD 8000 have dual rates for rudder?
I can't seem to find much info on the new Airtronics RD 8000. Looking for an affordable ($250) computer radio that has dual rates on elevator, aileron, and rudder. What can you tell me?
02-16-2003, 03:01 PM
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dual rates
I didn't say that I could get an 8000 for $250. I know the Hitec Eclipse 7 has dual rates on all three axis, but was asking if there was anthing else in the $250+/- range that had dual rates on all three axis.
02-16-2003, 03:26 PM
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That makes sense
I misunderstood the post, sorry. Just bargain hunting.
Did you find out if it has 3 channel D/R ?
This does seem to be quite a bargain for the money as it does not have the 102 servo's. I'm looking forward to getting the radio as soon as they start shipping. I will report back here as soon as I get one.
Did you find out if it has 3 channel D/R ?
This does seem to be quite a bargain for the money as it does not have the 102 servo's. I'm looking forward to getting the radio as soon as they start shipping. I will report back here as soon as I get one.
02-16-2003, 04:28 PM
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I looked at the manual
The manual that Airtronics lists is the same for the RD-6000 which lists D/R as Ail/Ele - no rudder mentioned. They do not appear to have a sepereate manual for the RD-8000. Perhaps a mistake on their website.
02-17-2003, 12:33 AM
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RD 8000
I noticed the same thing about the 8000 manual being the same as the 6000. It did say that the RD 8000 has dual elevator channels, thus not needing a Y harness. Guess we'll wait to hear from you on the the rudder dual rate. Let us know.
02-17-2003, 01:44 AM
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Elevator D/R
I believe what that means is you can hook up the two elevator servos to separate channels and 'program' the radio to move both servos together, eliminating the Y harness. The effectively makes the Receiver the Y harness, but I do not believe this has any effect on the D/R functions, or any other functions, on the TX. It does 'burn' a channel up on the RX, though. I think you can do the same with the ailerons and make the 'flapperons' using programming. Then if you use 4 servos on a with with split/separate flaps (e.g. Ultra-Sticks) you can do some pretty wild mixing.
Can't wait for this Radio. Anyone have any idea when it will ship? They are 'guesstimating' end of Feb. at the LHS.
Can't wait for this Radio. Anyone have any idea when it will ship? They are 'guesstimating' end of Feb. at the LHS.
02-18-2003, 04:37 AM
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D/R? well, yes and no
Airtronics just updated their website to include the correct manual for the RD8000 and, sure enough, the RD8000 supports D/R on ail/ele/rudder BUT only in Helicopter mode!
So, looks like it does support 3 D/R functions, but you may have to do some fiddling to un-mix the helio functions and do without some of the fancier aircraft mix functions to get all three D/R channels.
So, looks like it does support 3 D/R functions, but you may have to do some fiddling to un-mix the helio functions and do without some of the fancier aircraft mix functions to get all three D/R channels.
02-18-2003, 12:20 PM
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Dual rates
I was looking thru the manual on my RD 6000, and it has dual rates for all three axis in the helicopter mode only. I'm sure it would work, using a mix, but you lose the channel that you use for dual aileron servos. I was hoping that the RD 8000 would give the 3 dual rates in Aero mode.
