Does anyone have experience sending out a Rx to futaba for repairs? I"ve crashed my heli and the RX isnt sending signals to my servos. How much is it to fix. I know it's hard to guesstimate with this limited information, but I found a few Rx from about $40 to $50 bucks. If futaba is going to charge me about $40 to fix it, I might as well buy a new one.

Thanks.

Rebar,

I just got back a previously crashed receiver, R127DF, that I sent to Futaba (aka Hobby Services) for repair and the cost ended up being $17.38 plus $7.99 shipping. It took about 1.5 weeks from the time I shipped it out; it's 2 days shipping time from WV to IL. They replaced a couple ceramic filters, some resistors, case, antenna and the label. They also returned all of the old parts to me.

Obviously, every repair will be a little different, so the cost will vary. But that might give you a ballpark idea of the cost. You may want to check with them to verify this, but I believe if you send it in and they give you a quote to fix it that's too high for you, you may still have to pay something like $15 just for them to look at it.

Good luck,
Keith

wow, that's a really good price, it doesnt seem like there's any labor costs in there. $17.38 is extremely low. I know i will definitley need a new case and antenna, i dont know about the electronics tho. Just by visual inspections, my RX doesnt look square anymore, it looks like it it's leaning to one side.

Have them give you a quote. If it is more than a new one, they will tell you that, and often give you a deal on a new one. They are really good to deal with. Give them as much information about it and what happened. Make sure you send everything in with it, trans, servos, switch, battery and all.

You might check it with another switch and battery first and make sure that isn't bad. You may have just cracked a crystal. That happens too. Check a new one if you have one.

Good luck. Least its the end of the season and not the beginning eh.