Originally Posted by
L8cruiser
The servos are made by JR. Will the servo plugs fit any receiver or JR receiver only. I would like to get a local club member to teach me on my trainer. Since I don't have much time or money in it, I thought it would be good to learn on. Also what do you mean by the same Shift Pattern ?
I see a Spectrum DX5e 2.4 with receiver advertised for 89.00
Is that a good radio to start out on ? If I place that receiver in my trainer , will it work with my JR servos. ? Thanks for your advice.
All the 'advice' to go cheap and buy older technology is not terrible, it is just more risky (especially if you live in a fairly high modeler density area) and not long lasting. The risk is that some kid down the ways will get a 72 MhZ radio on the same frequency and shoot you down. I lost a 30% Laser that way. However if you are in an area where there are not many fliers, good luck.
Getting that $89 radio is an excellent choice - IF IT HAS BUDDY BOX CAPIBILITY (I don't know the low end market these days, but there were some that did not). Yes your JR servos will work with it. That radio is taught to speak to THIS receiver or THAT receiver and it does not talk to the wrong one. Some of the old middle to high end stuff would talk to multiple different models, but would shoot you down because there was no 'insurance' that if you selected Plane 1 your model was Plane 1. I watched more than one loose birds to that mistake.