Antenna Exit
 

Does the Rx antenna have to exit the fuselage?

RE: Antenna Exit
 

No.  Just don't double it back on itself or allow the wire to cross over itself.

RE: Antenna Exit
 

Thanks!

RE: Antenna Exit
 

Depends on what the fuselage is made of. As long as the fuselage is not made of an electrically conductive materiel like carbon fibre or metal etc. then, no it does not.

RE: Antenna Exit
 

Just make sure that, if you are usnig 72 MHz system with a long antenna, keep the antenna as straight as possible and make sure to put some sort of "strain relief" at the point where the antenna exits the fuselage. This could be a small tie-wrap. Just something that will prevent the antenna from snaking back into the fuselage due to vibration.

This can and does happen if you don't secure it and prevent it from snaking back. If it does, it will end up in a ball inside the fuselage and will no doubt ruin your whole day.

CGr.

RE: Antenna Exit
 

It'll be a 2.4 ghz

RE: Antenna Exit
 

Then if you have a two-antenna system, orient one perpendicular to the other and as far apart as possible. If one antenna, then where it goes doesn't much matter because the antenna usually part of the receiver.

There are some receivers that have one long antenna (about 6 inches long) and one short one. Put the receiver on a mount in the center of the fuselage in the servo compartment, then just carefully run the long antenna in a direction away from the other antenna, and then along the side of the fuselage. You can tape it in place.

CGr.

RE: Antenna Exit
 

Thanks again!

RE: Antenna Exit
 

If it's one like the Airtronics with two of the same length, then one goes right and one goes left. Again, you can tape it to the sides of the fuselage.

The older Spektrum 7 channel receivers had a short antenna on each side of the receiver. I was somewhat concerned about how strong the exit from the receiver was so I reinforced the antenna at it's base with a short (one inch or so) length of shrink tube that I pushed in some epoxy. That made the base solid. Just look at it and be reasonable with how you put it in. With 2.4 GHz systems and their short antennas, it's tough to mess up.

CGr