So, is 2.4G SS approved by AMA? What happens if somebody wants to use a 2.4G SS radio at an AMA Club field or even an AMA sanctioned contest? What frequency pin do you use?
Some fool is bound to try it, even though the range is less than 72 MHz. However the range seems to be sufficient for DLG, (errr... at least most of the time :-) ).
Would be a comfy feeling knowing I can fly my DLG at any local park or small field and not be worried about being shot down or doing worse to someone else.
Steve Meyer
SOAR, LSF IV
At 10:01 PM 1/25/2006, Dan Ahearn wrote:
Should be fine on the slope. I flew my buddy's in a easystar to 1500' AGL (RAM2 varified) and about 1800' down range, no glitches no worries, solid as a rock. There is a great thread worth looking at on RC groups.... http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452817
In fact, I've had a chance to wiggle the sticks on a 6102 converted to the Spectrum, folks are running with it.
On 1/25/06, Doug McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:08:45AM -0600, Bob Johnson wrote:
- | As I see it, the biggest 'problem' with using one in a glider is that the
- | receiver has two antennae, each 3.75 inches in length that should be kept at
- | right angles to one-another.
- Apparantly each antenna is for a completely seperate RX on a different
- 1 MHz channel (but being spread spectrum, these channels can be shared
- with others), so if one gets a good signal and one doesn't, you're
- still good. So having them at right angles will give you a better
- chance of picking up at least one signal for any given orientation,
- but even having them both at 180 degrees (i.e. straight) wouldn't be
- any worse than a 72 MHz RX with a perfectly straight antenna (which is
- pretty common.)
- Bigger problems that I see are that the range is limited (though they
- haven't really said just how limited -- but from what I've heard it's
- somewhere between 1000 and 3000 feet) and that if you have a carbon
- fiber fuselage, getting the antenna out of the fuse might be
- difficult. Note that the limited range might very well exasberate any
- sub-optimal antenna orientations.
- Also, being that it's 2.4 GHz, I'd strongly suggest against putting
- any 2.4 GHz transmitters into your plane -- like any telemetry or
- video transmitter. Even if the exact frequencies used differ, I'd
- still expect it to desense the RX and reduce the range even more.
- I've never used one of the systems myself, but from what I've seen
- they work fine. The TX is a pretty basic computer radio, and there's
- only six channels to work with so using it with a full house glider
- will probably mean giving up some things, but I'll bet they're just
- the thing at the slope with simpler planes.
- They'd also be nice for situations where you have what looks like a
- great slope or site, but it's only a mile away from an established
- club and so you don't really dare flying there with traditional
- equipment.
- They need to hurry up and get a 8+ channel system with full range and
- a more featured transmitter (either that or modules for existing
- radios.) It would be like a license to print money ...
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- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
