Yesterday before making the maiden flight of my (NSP/Whyte Wing)Jade sailplane, I did a range check of the Berg 7P receiver installed in it. The range was less than the 30 paces recommended. The plane was off the ground. In fact it checked slightly better with the model laying on the grass. I pulled the antenna out of the fuselage and exited it just behind the wing. With the antenna taped to the top of the fuselage, the range decreased to 15 paces. So the end of the antenna was relocated to the top of the vertical stab and the range increased to more than 50 paces.
This receiver had been flown in an all wood sailplane with no issues. Since the Jade fuselage is a kevlar/glass construction that shouldn't be a problem. I was about to blame the Krylon grey primer until I recalled the Jade had carbon fiber pushrods to the elevator and rudder. Has anyone experienced similar problems with a 72MHz receiver? Allan _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
