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Old 10-10-2010 | 10:37 PM
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Default RE: Receiver inside crome covered plane

ORIGINAL: Calmo2

Hello; I was wondering about having a receiver inside a Top Flite P-47 that I was going to cover with chrome Monokote. A few years ago I remember reading on RC Univerce some where that someone said that if you cover your plane with chrome monokote you should route the antenna outside the plane as son as you can because the monokote will interferer with the radio reception! I have a 2.4 GHz radio and the receiver has two 6 inch long antennas. Does anyone know if I will have any problems with the chrome Monokote interfering with radio reception? I would appreciate any comments on this. Thanks George.
almo2 (aka George),

We will probably not get a test result with the antenna inside a chrome monokote.wrapping.

I would gladly make such a test if I had some of that covering material.
I do not plan to spend the cost here $20.00 or $25.00 for a roll of this monokote.

The only suggestion Ihave would be to go ahead and cover you model and then make some range tests on the ground. You should be able to find if you are forced to install such that the antenna(s) have to be outside and install them accordingly.

I wish I could be of better help.

Zor


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