anyone ever fly so far....that you lost radio control?

not me, before i get even close to losing signal i can hardly see it. but i only have smaller electric helis

I had a bad base loaded antenna and it went out of range at about 30 yards, does that count?

Really... A proper full range reciever can get you more than a mile of range, you'll loose sight of it first. A park flyer radio will get you a quarter of that though, but no one should be using a park flyer radio in a fuel helo and an electric will be hard to see at the range of a park flyer radio.

a jr 8103 radio is considerd a full range radio right?

Yes it is, the transmitter is not what is long or park flyer, it's the reciever.... a full range reciever should have 30++ paces of range with the antenna collapsed and with the helo in the air and the antenna extended you should have a mile +... A park flyer reciever is usually single conversion and uses a smaller crystal, most have 2-300 yards of range. They are recommended for electric park flyer airplanes only though many people use them in electric helos too. I have an hitec electron 6 single conversion in my Trex and it works well.

I use a JR 652 older model but still about the same year as the JR 8103 . i fly my planes up and out till they are a dot in the sky. range not a problem. use a good RX full size. the 1/2 - 1 oz more from full size to micro RX you will not see in a 4 lb heli . keep ant. out not chocked off or get a good loaded Ant. RANGE CHECK and you will be fine !!!!!

About a year ago, 3D Flyer Magazine, did some testing on actual range of the top end radios out there. Futaba, JR, Multiplex, Airtonics and Hitec were the test subjects.

The coordinates of the TX were marked on a waypoint on a GPS unit. The receiver and servos were taken "along for the ride" in a car with the GPS receiver measuring the "straight line" distance.

Most of the radios were still operational at about 2 1/4 miles. JR took the top spot at 3 miles. the rest of them faded between the 2 1/4 miles and 3 miles of range.

So as mentioned before, if you have a pretty good set-up, you will loose sight of the heli, before you loose control.

Rafael

im using a jr r610m reciever ..........do you know if that has good range?
im asking really cause i fly alot further now that im getting better............

I can't recall the specific receivers used on the test. The 610M is a micro receiver and probably intended for park flyers. I would ask the question directly to Danny at the JR Forum.

Rafael

kool........thanks for the input..all