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Old 09-16-2014, 07:39 PM
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So I ordered the plane, dle 35 along with 7 Futaba S3305 servos for the control surfaces along with two S3003 standards for the throttle and choke. I also plan on installing the DLE kill switch. So if I do the math right, that's 9 servos and one kill switch, so ten channels total. Again, I have been out of the hobby for three years so there is a lot of new stuff out there. I was thinking of going with a Futaba 10J radio with the S.bus system. I like the telemetry idea so you can see your rx voltage!

The 10J does not come with a 10 channel rx, so I will have to use the S.bus to set this up. My question is, using analog servos (the s.bus servos are WAY too expensive for me) and a decoder in the S.bus, can I set this aircraft up with this radio without Y-harness' on the flaps and ailerons? I was reading through the 10J manual and it did not seem, like I could. I'm just a little confused on the setup. There are S.bus, hubs, transformers and decoder's so I'm a little confused on what all I need to purchase for this plane. I guess the end goal would be to not have to plug in 4 leads from the wing every time I set it up at the field.

I also got out of the hobby using NiCd rx packs. Now there are NiMh and LiFi packs. I'm not sure what to get or what size. The S3305 servo manual says do not use NiMh batteries.

I was was also wondering what battery I should get for the ignition?

thanks for the help!

-Matt

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