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Old 06-03-2005 | 01:23 PM
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Default Help - where does the esc connect?

I bought a Walkera 35 recently and really lost all confidence when it repeatedly went off and did its own thing despite my attempts to tame it. So now I'm in the process of buying a good radio. I've already got the receiver, its a Futaba, a name you can trust, [8D] FPR138DF I think its full title is, 8 channel dual conversion, that should do it eh. Anyway, I digress. My question for the more knowledgeable among you is where abouts will I plug my Walkera ESC into the Futaba receiver? I see from the photos of the receiver that one of the slots is marked 8/B, channel 8 and battery I would think. So does the ESC lead go in there? Or maybe into channel 3 as it did on the original Walkera receiver? Problem there was, the brushless motor was uncontrollable via the Walkera radio. It would not reach anything like what I would consider to be full revs, and on bringing the stick back to the bottom the motor would run on for a second or two after, which I would consider a bit dangerous. If I buy a nice Futaba radio to go with my new receiver will it be able to control the ESC better than the Walkera radio did? And just while I think about it, what are the advantages of a computer radio over a non computer one?

I hope some of you guys can clarify some of the above points for me. You really are life savers for the likes of me. Your help is much appreciated.

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