RE: Whip Antenna
Hi,
I did an experiment years ago with a couple of Hobby Shack 40-sized trainers. Both were on Airtronics Vanguard 6 radio systems. One had the Deans base-loaded whip, the other the stock antenna. Both were on the same channel and flew with the same transmitter. I took off with the Tx antenna down with the stock-antenna plane and got about 175' away (was just turning crosswind) when the plane started to jitter. Out came the Tx antenna and the plane straightened and landed. When we did the same thing with the base-loaded whip plane, the plane took off, climbed out and got nearly a 1/4 mile before it started jittering. This was done at the Palomar club field when it was on Via De La Valle (for those familiar with the area and relative distances...). I'm not sure if that's just a short-range phenomenon and the overall range is somehow reduced, but after that little experiment, just about everyone present started using the base-loaded antenna by Deans.