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Old 07-09-2014 | 09:09 AM
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There you go Ratshooter just changing to a futaba servo is the obvious solution. I did do a reread of your first post and question and realized I had missed that part. I have Done the use of two different brands to acheve reverse output many, many times in the past.

I do remember in the past at attempts in flying two airplanes on one non micro processor controlled radios with model memories. It definitely is a challenge. Sometimes it can be marginally successful but usually only it the airplane types are similar. If there is a big difference in the airplanes type or performance then its not always a good idea.

I actually have just one airplane now that I do routinely fly with two different transmitters. This is rather rare situation indeed. The airplane is a vintage (1965) AMA aerobatic champion in what was then called class two, Aristo Cat. The primary radio system I intended for this airplane is my Orbit six channel system that I purchased in 1970 that I converted to 2.4. However I also wanted to fly at times to fly it with a modern very capable radio a Hitec A9. and the reason is it would offer many different choices and thing that I could do with the airplane. They old radio does not even have the most basic feature like servo reversing and of course this requires very careful placement of servos and linkage setup. Why do I do stuff like this? In a word Nostalgia and that can be a good thing. If you are a young fellow its likely you will understand someday. Heck if not anything else it sure makes us appreciate what we have now.

Just for you benefit file away the thoughts about servo placement and linkage perhaps for use later. Controlling the servos output direction just by placement and linkage is not all that hard to do even when its an arf and you may move the servo a bit. It does require careful thought and planning though but definitely food for thought. Hey its all about Learning


John

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