Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
Like Dihedral makes ailerons less effective or that 72mhz is more reliable when the RX antenna is routed outside the balsa fuselage. Funny since we put all our 2.4 equipment on the inside unless its a CF structure.
Thinking about this a little more, since I have in the past built and painted a few Prather tunnel hulls and Deep Vee's for customers back in the day would that make me equally qualified as you to advise guys in the boat forums?
Anything, ANYTHING to include the air will attenuate the signal of any radio. Placing the 72 antenna outside the fuselage gets it away from ANY potential interference. Do you have to? NO! But I have also seen it solve problems.
The 2.4 has little choice based on the current designs. But try 2.4 in a submarine sometime for a real lesson in radio systems. And a 2.4 low in the hull of a boat can be blocked by waves. Makes for loads of fun.