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Old 07-27-2007 | 12:24 PM
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Default RE: copilot vs heli commander

This goes to PappyFarland or anyone familiar:

Just for clarification, you mentioned in your last post that the CPD4 (for CP helis) is frequency-independent or can be integrated w/ your heli's RX and servos and have used it w/ a DX7 (w/c I presume is Spektrum's 2.4GHz right?) w/o issues. However, Rafael23cc also mentioned in a previous post that:
The FS8 is a system that utilizes FMA's receiver coupled to the IR sensors. It does not work outside of the normal RC bands (35 & 72MHz)
Does this mean that the CPD4 works with DX7 (again assuming your referring to Spektrum's 2.4Ghz TX band) w/o issues BUT the FS8 does not? If not, is it because the FS8 works only w/ an FMA RX or can still be integrated w/ your helis own RX or some other reason/s?

Aside from those mentioned, what are the notable differences betweenn the two flight stabilization systems-FS8 and CPD4? The FMA site doesn't seem to offer a clearer explanation on this except that it offers the 2 products w/ a similar feature description.

Hope you guys can enlighten more on these issues. Thanks.