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Old 09-22-2008 | 11:37 PM
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"you get what you pay for i guess..." - Yup, the other one is buyer beware. Not necessarily the way it should be, but just the way of the world my friend. While I've seen the exact failure you describe, I've also had failures on top of the line radios. I fly Futaba, had a 9ZAP (top of the line at the time) break the aileron pot wire while flying a 2M pattern ship in a contest, granted, the radio had hundreds of hours on it, but it was serviced every year. Managed to get partial contact enough of the time to land without incident. I also have a new 12Z, and it has one pixel column dead on the display. Cosmetic only, but annoying. Only 3 months old. Still under warranty and going back this winter. I don't fly JR (but use their servos), so to be fair, I've also had top of the line JR servos spin the press fit on the gears, seen dead touch screens on 10x's, etc. Bought a $150 proportional air retract valve, DOA. Fixed it my self, bad solder joint. Had a hobbico charger, DOA, cold solder joints all over the place. Fixed it my self. I could go on and on. So I understand your frustration. But I seriously doubt $150 radios will get any better in construction or quality anytime soon or ever considering top of the line radio systems are pushing $1,500 to $2,000+.
Old 09-23-2008 | 12:22 AM
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2 weeks ago a guy had this happen to him at the field. The plane started jumping up and down in the air and then went in. At first he didnt know what happened and when he picked up the radio again to see what was still working the elevator would go up and down but wouldnt go to neutral itself. I believe the spring broke. Had a nice little glow profile too.
Old 09-23-2008 | 04:19 PM
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Send it back to Tower, they offer great service, I used one of their radios for three years, sent it in this spring had it back in ten days cost me $30 now I use it for a spare and a buddy box, for the $119.00 its a bargan
Old 09-23-2008 | 07:13 PM
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Thanks guys,
OK, the radio was sent to tower today.
but what can i do, this just showed me how much invested im in this radio... not good.
and im not sure its the end of this issue with it....
Old 09-24-2008 | 11:23 AM
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You need to relax a little bit. You don't know if there is anything else that will ever go wrong with it. It may just be one thing and that will be it for the entire rest of the life of the radio. This stuff happens, please relax and take it in stride. All of us are sorry to hear that you lost your plane because of this, but this is the nature of this hobby. At any given moment, we are merely a minor failure away from a major crash.
I hope that when it is returned it works flawlessly for years and you have no more major incidents regarding it.
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