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Old 01-02-2016 | 10:33 PM
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zemanski99
 
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Hi guys, thank you all for your help. I've just fixed my last plane which I crashed, "The Ugly Stick" and will take some pictures of the set up and also some shots of our flying field so you will have more to go on.

OK I did fix The Stick, the last one that I crashed. Came down due to the same problem with elevator jinxing the plane up and down like a yo-yo, but when it hit the deck it was not too bad. Smashed the cowl, broke the prop, partly ripped out the motor and the landing gear. Checked it all after crash, the battery did not moved, servos OK and connection to elevator solid.

I fixed it all, left the servos in the plane and this Sunday had 4 normal flights with no problem whatsoever.

Now what I am starting to wonder is, as I am the only one in the club using the JR XG14 radio running the DMSS protocol if I don't have interference from some local signal. About 2km from our flying field are municipal waste ponds and I took a drive there and sure enough they have couple of small aerials on the roof of the maintenance building which could be use to remotely operate some instruments or valves in the pipelines from the ponds. It could be that the signal from them is not effecting anyone flying Futaba or Spectrum but my JR DMSS system is sensitive to it.

Is this possible? Could the interference effect just one channel on the 2.4 GHz system? I would think if I get interference it would effect all channels on my radio and I would be loosing more then just elevator control. Are any of you know how the 2.4 system actually works when hit by interference, can it effect just the single channel?

If I don't find the answer and if I have one more crash, then the only solution for me would be switch to Futaba which will be expensive with change of 10 receivers. So any ideas in regards to the signal interference on the single channel of the 2.4 system would be most welcome, best Jan

Last edited by zemanski99; 01-03-2016 at 03:33 PM.