flyhi

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I use hitec and got a airtronics transmitter and the battery is low, can I use a futaba or hitec recharger to recharge this battery? I think it's obviously yes as a battery is a battery, but from past experience I kinda screw things up fairly easily and don't want to ruin the transmitter. thanks.

JohnBuckner

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. Flyhi I misread your post and this is the reply I should have wrote. Yes the Hitec and Futaba wall chargers have the same tx port polarity as the Airtronics but the Airtronics old style wall chargers (Black plugs) on the Rx side will have reversed polarity from the others. The current Airtronics Z plug wall chargers are the same polarity on the Receiver side.

The transmitter side plugs are a slightly different inside and outside diameters and you must make sure the light stays on.

John

crossman

Both of the Transmitters should use an 8 cell (9.6 volt) battery pack. Futaba, Airtronics and Hitec all use the same polarity at the charge jack, so you should be fine. JR is the only one that is wired the other way around.

EloyM

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To charge your Airtronics transmitter, you can use your Hitec charger - but not your Futaba!

There are two types of charger connectors in use, the difference being the diameter of the inner pin. Airtronics/Hitec use a 2.1mm connector; Futaba's is 2.5mm. The latter will mate into the transmitter but will not always make solid contact, it is best not to trust it. Luck, Eloy

flyhi

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Thanks to all who replied, I will try hitec and make sure the light is on and will, of course, check the tx battery when done. bought the plane at a swap meet with airtronics stuff so i'm going to try that before i switch servos and rx to hitec. again, thanks for the quick replies.

Jetdesign

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FYI the battery wires are reversed polarity on Airtronics radios, so if you take the battery out of the radio you have to be careful to get the polarity correct.