Revolution whip antenna anyone
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Revolution whip antenna anyone
I purchased 2 revolution whip antennas distributed by Horizon Hobbies. I want to use it and I was wondering if anyone else has used this on one of their airplanes/ receivers and how it worked out. It says helicopter accessories on it but I cant see why you couldnt use it on an airplane....unless range is the issue.
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As with anything else, there are considerations.
The Revolution offering is probably the best among those available, IMO. I've used these, along with Dean's and a couple of others, for years in both model types. They work just fine in airplanes... IF you follow generic "antenna protocol".
IOW, you take the same cautions with the base-load whip that you would with a regular one-meter wire. Keep it away from batteries, servos, wire pushrods, etc., avoid composite structures and the "Faraday cage" effect, and so forth and so on.
I have one in my ShowTime, mainly because I was too lazy to send it back to The Empire to get a regular wire re-installed when I sold the heli it was in.
As long as you don't botch the "installation" (cutting the regular wire and soldering/crimping the connector), you should be just fine in an airplane. I fly pretty far out, and range simply has not been an issue in the 14 years I've been using these things.
The Revolution offering is probably the best among those available, IMO. I've used these, along with Dean's and a couple of others, for years in both model types. They work just fine in airplanes... IF you follow generic "antenna protocol".
IOW, you take the same cautions with the base-load whip that you would with a regular one-meter wire. Keep it away from batteries, servos, wire pushrods, etc., avoid composite structures and the "Faraday cage" effect, and so forth and so on.
I have one in my ShowTime, mainly because I was too lazy to send it back to The Empire to get a regular wire re-installed when I sold the heli it was in.
As long as you don't botch the "installation" (cutting the regular wire and soldering/crimping the connector), you should be just fine in an airplane. I fly pretty far out, and range simply has not been an issue in the 14 years I've been using these things.
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also composite fuses, I am assuming you dont mean fibreglass but carbon fibre and such?
also composite fuses, I am assuming you dont mean fibreglass but carbon fibre and such?
Do a Google for more details on the Faraday effect; its pretty complicated and I don't have the time to type it all out this morning....
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>>>> As long as you don't botch the "installation" (cutting the regular wire and soldering/crimping the connector), you should be just fine in an airplane. I fly pretty far out, and range simply has not been an issue in the 14 years I've been using these things. >>>>
Hi Steve,
I've been regularly snipping the standard factory antenna off of receivers and then soldering a replacement (one meter) antenna wire back on when necessary with no ill results so far. I leave about 3" of stock wire to the receiver so there is plenty of wire there to work with. Am I doing something that shouldn't be done???
Thanks,
Ernie
Hi Steve,
I've been regularly snipping the standard factory antenna off of receivers and then soldering a replacement (one meter) antenna wire back on when necessary with no ill results so far. I leave about 3" of stock wire to the receiver so there is plenty of wire there to work with. Am I doing something that shouldn't be done???
Thanks,
Ernie
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>>>> As long as you don't botch the "installation" (cutting the regular wire and soldering/crimping the connector), you should be just fine in an airplane. I fly pretty far out, and range simply has not been an issue in the 14 years I've been using these things. >>>>
Hi Steve,
I've been regularly snipping the standard factory antenna off of receivers and then soldering a replacement (one meter) antenna wire back on when necessary with no ill results so far. I leave about 3" of stock wire to the receiver so there is plenty of wire there to work with. Am I doing something that shouldn't be done???
Thanks,
Ernie
>>>> As long as you don't botch the "installation" (cutting the regular wire and soldering/crimping the connector), you should be just fine in an airplane. I fly pretty far out, and range simply has not been an issue in the 14 years I've been using these things. >>>>
Hi Steve,
I've been regularly snipping the standard factory antenna off of receivers and then soldering a replacement (one meter) antenna wire back on when necessary with no ill results so far. I leave about 3" of stock wire to the receiver so there is plenty of wire there to work with. Am I doing something that shouldn't be done???
Thanks,
Ernie
I cut off what needs to be cut off from the receiver and replace it with solid piano wire.
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WOW! With that setup you can poke BOTH your eyes out.[X(]
WOW! With that setup you can poke BOTH your eyes out.[X(]
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this really works for you? How do you determine how much to cut off and how are you wiring 2 antennas?
this really works for you? How do you determine how much to cut off and how are you wiring 2 antennas?
You only need one antena with one receiver, here I was experimenting with a new setup for two receivers.
you run the antena inside to where you want to exit, and cut off the extra wire, then you make your whip the lenght of the cut off wire. Simple and you don't get a shorter range since you simply replaced the cut off wire with Piano wire and everything is the same lenght as before.
I now use brass to make the adapter so that I can solder the wire to it and use goop as a reinvorcement as a safety for vibration, Never had a problem.
Roger