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Old 01-24-2010 | 09:48 AM
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Default RE: Weatronics 2.4 micro vs R?


ORIGINAL: olnico

Hi Neelesh,

Given the type of aircraft you're intending to equip, I'd go for the micro 12 along with 2 A123 2200 mAh batteries directly connected to the receiver without any regulator.
The feature/safety to price ratio of this combo is unmatchable ( bear in mind that you'll get one channel used for each battery )
I've been test flying my Phoenix that has 6 x 8411 ( main flight controls ) on that setup and the receiver is just doing fine.

Regarding the maximum current draw on the small unit, there is a trick. If you use two batteries, one at each side of the servo socket board, you'll be able to draw 4 amps from each side. So you'll have to plug one battery on channel 1 and one battery on channel 12. You'll then need to split and balance the big consumers ( servos ) on each side starting from channel 1 up and channel 12 down in a symmetrical way.
That will make it up to 8 amps which should be fine to cover most situations.

The programming capability of the micro is the same as the big R unit ( to the hardware differences ).
The and assignment and programmability of the channels is the same. However you cannot:
.Assign servo voltage by bank ( no on-board regulator )
.See the current draw
.Get the battery switch-over feature

Hope that this will help you...
The other thing you will be limited by is the number of servo outputs on the Micro (12 or less) versus 22 on the big unit. This will be an issue with your Rafale, particularly if you individually program the ailerons, elevators, canards and rudder/nosewheel steering. That's why I mentioned that you may need one or more matchboxes. Nevertheless, I agree with Olnico that the Micro is probably a good choice.

FYI, with my A-10, the big unit was perfect to accomodate the numerous outputs for multiple servos on ailerons, rudders, elevators and 4 individual flaps. I think I ended up using most of the outputs.

Craig