18mz & Brushless RPM Sensor
#1
18mz & Brushless RPM Sensor
I've got an 18mz which I've had now for roughly two years. I purchased this radio before there was a brushless RPM sensor. The only two sensors for rpm were optical and magnetic. My question is, does any 18mz owners know if I was going to utilize the new Futaba brushless rpm sensor, would I need to do any software upgrades to my 18mz in order for it to work properly? From memory when I was setting up my radio telemetry for other planes I have, I had only two choices when setting up the sensor on the radio for rpm which was optical or magnetic. Does it now require that the radio software be upgrade to indicate brushless rpm sensor? Thanks
#2
You should definately update the software to 2.5.1
Some of the newer sensors weren't even available on the old software. It's pretty painless to upgrade. Just download the update from futaba, put it on an SD card. Flip the little switch over the card slot and power up. Power down when it's done and flip the switch back. Good Luck!
Some of the newer sensors weren't even available on the old software. It's pretty painless to upgrade. Just download the update from futaba, put it on an SD card. Flip the little switch over the card slot and power up. Power down when it's done and flip the switch back. Good Luck!
#3
You should definately update the software to 2.5.1
Some of the newer sensors weren't even available on the old software. It's pretty painless to upgrade. Just download the update from futaba, put it on an SD card. Flip the little switch over the card slot and power up. Power down when it's done and flip the switch back. Good Luck!
Some of the newer sensors weren't even available on the old software. It's pretty painless to upgrade. Just download the update from futaba, put it on an SD card. Flip the little switch over the card slot and power up. Power down when it's done and flip the switch back. Good Luck!
#5
Good Idea: Take advantage of the powerful backup tools of the 18mz. Save all of your models to the SD card. You can then also transfer them to your computer.
Unbelievable true story. A year ago I got to the field ... oops, dang ... I left my 18mz on the workbench. It was 1 hour back to the house, one way.
I had a buddy at the field with an 18mz. I called my son at home, had him pull the model program for my jet off the SD card. He then emailed it to me on my cellphone. I saved the model program to the microSD card on my phone. By chance I had a microSD card adapter in my glove compartment.
We then put that into my Buddy Gary's 18mz and uploaded the model program.
I was able to get 4 flights in that day using his 18mz without one click of trim!!
#6
All of your model programs will be safe and unchanged.
Good Idea: Take advantage of the powerful backup tools of the 18mz. Save all of your models to the SD card. You can then also transfer them to your computer.
Unbelievable true story. A year ago I got to the field ... oops, dang ... I left my 18mz on the workbench. It was 1 hour back to the house, one way.
I had a buddy at the field with an 18mz. I called my son at home, had him pull the model program for my jet off the SD card. He then emailed it to me on my cellphone. I saved the model program to the microSD card on my phone. By chance I had a microSD card adapter in my glove compartment.
We then put that into my Buddy Gary's 18mz and uploaded the model program.
I was able to get 4 flights in that day using his 18mz without one click of trim!!
Good Idea: Take advantage of the powerful backup tools of the 18mz. Save all of your models to the SD card. You can then also transfer them to your computer.
Unbelievable true story. A year ago I got to the field ... oops, dang ... I left my 18mz on the workbench. It was 1 hour back to the house, one way.
I had a buddy at the field with an 18mz. I called my son at home, had him pull the model program for my jet off the SD card. He then emailed it to me on my cellphone. I saved the model program to the microSD card on my phone. By chance I had a microSD card adapter in my glove compartment.
We then put that into my Buddy Gary's 18mz and uploaded the model program.
I was able to get 4 flights in that day using his 18mz without one click of trim!!
That's an awesome story btw. I've known so many guys forget their radios and had to go back home to get them. So far that's not happened to me.....yet. Or forgetting the key to the hard case.
Last edited by SushiHunter; 01-15-2016 at 08:22 AM.