Yes, I have done this.

My plane is 15 year old-- a Super Kaos 60 with a Rossi FIRE turning an 11x7 APC and a Macs long muffled pipe.

Since I have gotten into 3D, I had no use for the digital servos which came with my DX7 system, and I've been meaning to resurrect my old favorite pattern bird. I changed out the clunk fuel tube, and battery too.

I'm using the Spektrum 6 channel RX which comes with 1 remote RX. I put the RX's so they're imbedded in a soft foam rubber cube with the antennas orthogonal to each other (one points horizontal, the other vertical). This sits above the wing wedged in the fuselage cavity behind the throttle servo. The tuned pipe runs along the top of the fuse so it's directly above this setup.

I've gotten over 40 paces in a range check and I've flown the plane to the limit of my eyesight. It's totally bulletproof and I'm very happy with the results. It's as fast and furious as ever.


I'd be careful making claims about Futaba Fasst vs Spektrum if I were you-- especially when insinuating that the lack of remote recievers of the FASST system is somehow better than the multiple dipole remote antenna options offered by spektrum. From a physical standpoint of shadowing and diffraction of the small wavelength RF signal, a single antenna doesn't seem to make sense to me, nor to other EE hobbyist types I've consulted.

Don't mean to perpetuate a war, but the original question expressly asked about an issue of RF blocking due to a tuned pipe and metal equipment in close proximity to the RX (antenna). The use of codes isn't going to help this issue.

The last word will always be known when you do a range check. Be sure to do the range check from several attitudes. Putting a remote antenna in the wing will probably help, but I'd be surprised if this was actually necessary. Spektrum considers a successful range check to be 30 paces away, and I easily surpassed this with minimal effort.

The guys flying full carbon gliders have the hardest problem now with shielding. I don't consider any non-carbon airframe a challenge anymore with today's options for 2.4 GHz (Futaba AND Spektrum).

Joe