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Old 05-20-2008, 06:54 PM
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pattratt
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Default RE: Futaba 6014 receiver heat issue

Two aircraft are recent 2.4 conversions, the thrid is new.



ORIGINAL: summerwind

you built 2 jets and the 33% and equipped them with 6014's?
how long have they been flight ready?

here is a test i did this last week,

well i'm still going through with my purchase of the 10C, and i also had a good oportunity to at least test the current Rx's i have installed in 2 planes. the temp here was 102, and i put both planes inside my Black Silverado directly in the sun for an hour.............everything was good and hot when i pulled them out and turned the radios on, and they worked just fine, but i now know what ARF's and wrinkled moneykote are all about as that's the only ill effect i had with this test.
i know that the temp of the fuselages were way hotter than they would be just sitting in the sun which never happens at my field as our pits are covered and all the models sit in the shade.
so even though i feel it was a brutal test, it did prove to me that normal installations like i've done since i began RC some 40 years ago are still solid.......................maybe the remedy for the guys having problems is to build a tiny ice chest and install their Rx's inside that