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Old 10-20-2006 | 02:26 PM
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JPGale
 
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Default RE: Radios

ORIGINAL: bigtim

wow! that statement was taken totally out of context read the entire post fellas. if you have a transmitter that can be programmed for 6 planes why would you want a bunch of extra transmitters laying arround.
if they are diff. channels then you can not use them with your programable radio.
if they are the same freq then why have a bunch of transmitters in your car to get confused with.better get your labeler ready.
each one serves a individual plane they have slightly different clibrations and need to be set up for a individual plane thats why radios have multi model memory to set each plane up individually on there own set up #.
secondly transmitters that have multi model memory are computer radios , and are far better than your basic 4ch sky sport radio again why buy a basic reciever when most flight pcks come with 7 or 8 ch recievers not 4ch and can be used for advanced models if needed.
dave you live in Canada mabee you guys in the great white north can change your freq. christals but in the U.S.A. it is illegal to do so, you have to send your transmitter in for freq. change and recalibration at the factory this is the law for a good reason.
my post was for the questioner and to provide some information to vague and non specific question from his post it sounded like he had a transmitter and needed a reciever or vise versa.
For clarification, I am not saying have a different TX for each plane, but simply why spend more money for less, you can chuck the 4 ch TX away, and you are left with a full flight pack, if you buy from tower you can choose which channel they send you. In my case I will do this and keep the spare tx as a place to charge spare batteries and for buddy boxing and that is all, my 6 channel will be the only tx I take with me. I just do not see the point in spending the extra money on something when I don't have to that can go towards something more important. Also with this system if I want to charge both futaba receive batteries the night before i do not have to spend another $16.99. Ok the flight pack comes with a 8 channel receiver and the 4 channel radio pack with a 7 channel, it still does not make a difference to me.

To sum it up to get that same things for both systems from Tower would cost (I check the price has gone up might be a glitch but it was 7 bucks cheaper)

Flight pack 119.99 (includes RX battery) Crystal 12.99, Wall charger 16.99 spare TX battery 22.99 Total 172.96
4Channel radio pack 119.99 Total 119.99

That is a difference of 52.97 to get like for like.

As I said orginally this is a little off topic for this thread maybe we should split it.

J