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Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
11-03-2013, 02:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,670
Posted By ChuckA

I missed reeds because I was back in college. I...

I missed reeds because I was back in college. I started flying pulse proportional in 1956 using Southwest magnetic actuators and a Lorenz two tube receivers. I stopped flying RC in 1960 while I...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
11-01-2013, 08:16 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,431
Posted By ChuckA

Radios that old frequently have many other...

Radios that old frequently have many other problems other than frequency conflicts. It's almost ALWAYS cheaper to do it right the frist time. Radios are so cheap now that one crashed model costs...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
12-10-2012, 12:12 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,458
Posted By ChuckA

RE: LiPo transmitter Battery

I will not use any battery in my transmitter or model that has to be removed from the model to safely charge. The ONLY model I have that uses a LiPo is my Radian. All my other models are charged on...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
10-18-2012, 10:36 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 6,320
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Battle of the Brands

I use my experience as a test project engineer and Air Force pilot to minimize the risks. I have been flying RC since 1956 and have flown almost every class of model except for jet turbines. I use...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
10-17-2012, 10:14 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 6,320
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Battle of the Brands

I can't afford cheap radios. I have no expendable models and everything I fly takes either many months to build or cost thousands of dollars so reliability is the most important thing. Having said...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
08-07-2012, 07:38 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,183
Posted By ChuckA

RE: multiplex Royalevo

Since 1996, I have owned Airtrnics, Futaba, and Hitec transimitters before switching to the Evo five years ago. I never understood the LOGIC behind the Asian probramming methods and always had to...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
10-07-2011, 08:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,331
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Pro Line (Electronics Inc.) - it's history?

Proline servos needed one less transistor in the servo. Important before integrated circuits.
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
10-01-2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 12,108
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Surprising source of radio interference

Are you sure the noise is coming through the 2.4 receiver and not from the servo leads or servo electronics picking up low frequency noise?
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
09-15-2011, 05:45 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,331
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Pro Line (Electronics Inc.) - it's history?

I used Ace Silver Seven receivers and servos with my Proline transmitter when I switched to sailplanes. I used Proline servos and receivers in my pattern ships but I quit pattern after 1976. My...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
09-14-2011, 12:14 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,331
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Pro Line (Electronics Inc.) - it's history?

In 1968, I saw Jim Whitley demonsrating the prototype Proline transmiter at a Decatur Alabama contest. After the contest, he would colapse the antenna and do aerobatics extreme range. At the...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
09-13-2011, 04:07 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,331
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Pro Line (Electronics Inc.) - it's history?

Proline was formed in about 1968 by several famous RC flires from the South. Some of the initial founders included Jim Kirkland, Ron Chidgney, Doc Edwards, Jim Whitley, and others whose names I...
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
06-12-2011, 05:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 990
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Sailair cg

I always set the CG of my Sailaire on the center of the main wing spar. That's what I have been using since 1977 on all three of the Sailaires I have owned.
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
05-27-2011, 10:29 PM
Replies: 170
Views: 19,747
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Which New 2.4 Transmitter Would You Choose?

I will buy none of the listed 2.4 systems. I currrently have two Evo transmitters that have been converted to 2.4 with XPS and they handle all my requirements. I MAY try the new XPS 16 channel...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
01-17-2011, 07:16 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 43,028
Posted By ChuckA

RE: 2.4 - Why Are They Failing?

I agree with General Hawks. The pilot is ALWAYS responsible, even if the wing falls off. Especially if the wing falls off. Same with radios.
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
01-17-2011, 09:32 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,147
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Bob Dodson/LoveSong

At the 1982 Nats, I had a most interesting and leisurely discussion with Bob about sailplane design and construction methods. Most of the time was spent on best way to build flaps and trailing edges...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
01-14-2011, 02:08 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 43,028
Posted By ChuckA

RE: 2.4 - Why Are They Failing?

I don't trust the light weight plugs on servo extension cords any more than the switches currently available. I wish we could still get the Noble switches I used for so many years. I have been...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
01-12-2011, 06:28 AM
Replies: 435
Views: 43,028
Posted By ChuckA

RE: 2.4 - Why Are They Failing?

2.4 systems are failing for the same reason RC systems have always failed; sloppy installation, stupid decisions, pilot error, bad batteries, inadequate power supplies, etc. In the last 40 years, I...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
12-01-2010, 09:38 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,386
Posted By ChuckA

RE: What DON'T you like about your Tx?

Correction. MPX and Hitec are owned by the same man and the Evo WAS imported by Hitec. Unfortunately, whoever controls what Hitec imports decided to discontinue impoting Evo and did not get FCC...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
11-04-2010, 10:40 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,386
Posted By ChuckA

RE: What DON'T you like about your Tx?

Large hard to clean screens. I NEVER take my eyes of my plane while it is in the air so large screens are no help. The tiny screen of the Cockpit MM was big enough for programming and was not so...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
11-03-2010, 10:07 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,386
Posted By ChuckA

RE: What DON'T you like about your Tx?

I can't get a new Evo in the US. I really like the superior LOGICAL programming method of the Evo but the fantastic superior feel and balance of the Evo will keep me from going back to the plastic...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
09-16-2010, 12:41 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,373
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Multiplex Royal Pro or Futaba FX-30?

I have been using the Evo 9 for the last 5 years and will NEVER go back to anything by Futaba. The last good Futaba I owned was a 1985 FG Gold box. If I have to buy anything other than an Evo, it...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
06-18-2010, 07:00 PM
Replies: 156
Views: 19,062
Posted By ChuckA

RE: what was your first radio system?

1953 Berkley Airtrol on the then new 27.255 license free band. It cost $49.95 including escapement and everything except batteries (A, B, and escapement battery)
Forum: RC Gliders, Sailplanes and Slope Soaring
05-08-2010, 08:28 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,361
Posted By ChuckA

RE: Sailaire / tail modification

Not sure what you mean by the tail modification. The first Sailaire that won the 1976 SOAR Nats had a long tail with a swept fin. My first Sailaire was kit number 371 that I bought in 1977 and the...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
01-06-2010, 11:31 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 8,601
Posted By ChuckA

RE: If you could design your own transmitterwhat would you add?

I have been flying RC since 1956 when Jim Kirkland taught me how to fly RC. Since then, I have flown Kraft, Microavionics, Proline, JR, Futaba, Micropro, Airtronics, Multiplex Cockpit MM, and Evo...
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