ORIGINAL: chashint
ORIGINAL: H5606
The receiver in the picture is a Hitec 555 that I've been flying in that configuration without difficulty for several years. The coil is stacked and at no point does the antenna cross over itself. I was wondering if anybody had done the same with a Futaba Rx and had similar success.
I have to ask why you would think a Futaba RX might behave differently than the Hitec in regards to coiling the antenna ??
As far as decent range goes ..... what do you consider decent range ??
I'm not well versed in radio theory; I just know what you're supposed/not supposed to do. I was shown this technique by my peers. I've only coiled the antenna like this on a GWS receiver and that Hitec shown in the picture and was surprised that there did not seem to be any degredation in range. The GWS receiver was on a Pico-Stick flown indoors and outdoors. The Hitec receiver is in a .25 size combat profile design. I am not too emotionally tied to either airplane however I would like to continue using this technique on more elaborate projects with Futaba receivers as I hate to have "excess" antenna length trailing along behind the aircraft.
Poor choice of words on my part -- "decent range" should have been "no change in range" or as long as the model can be seen.