04-12-2006, 03:20 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 265
|
|
Radio advice needed.
Ok so I saw this receiver and it got me thinking abot investing in an FM system.
So I went to tower to see if I could find some reasonably priced FM systems. I found this Futaba 3PM /no servos
I know the pictured receiver is 35Mhz, but will it work with the futaba controller? Plus, I thought FM didn't use X'tals, the included receiver with the futaba has a X'tal slot.
Are there 35MHz TXs? I don't think they're against the law here, frankly I don't care.
Let me know
Maxx
__________________
Drifting PROVES Maxximum Attack!
|
04-12-2006, 03:34 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hell Hole, Maryland
Posts: 514
|
|
FM can use crystals or a synthetic oscillator.
Where is here?
There is no way to make a Futaba 27, or 75 MHz work with a 35 MHz transmitter, without changing a portion of the internals of the radio.
|
04-12-2006, 03:45 PM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 265
|
|
Here is Barbados,
I think I tried to get some stock elecs off you before, but the deal fell through. How ya doin man?
On average, how small are FM receivers?
I'll have to get fress X'tals if I go FM then...Cuz I have a ton of Xmods X'tals at my disposal .
From what I've been reading, FM seems to be alot better, and I can't find a really small AM receiver .
Maxx
__________________
Drifting PROVES Maxximum Attack!
|
04-12-2006, 06:03 PM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: virginia beach
Posts: 10,128
|
|
FM is way better then AM.....in signal quality.....there are some small futaba rx's that you can get...check out there site man so you can get an idea......
http://www.futaba-rc.com/radioaccys/futl26.html
That is a nice radio, for that price.....have fun man...you will never ever go back to AM....
__________________
Xray M18
MRS4-1
540 MRS4
Spektrumized
|
04-12-2006, 07:39 PM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 193
|
|
im in love with my MX-3 FM ^_^
140 though
|
04-12-2006, 07:57 PM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: virginia beach
Posts: 10,128
|
|
When i finally made the switch to FM the MX3 was my very first FM radio.......i loved it....
__________________
Xray M18
MRS4-1
540 MRS4
Spektrumized
|
04-13-2006, 12:19 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Sassenheim, Netherlands
Posts: 1,606
|
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Caprisun
im in love with my MX-3 FM ^_^
140 though
|
I love my Futaba T3VCS , cost only €575,-
Yes, the 3PM is a good quality transmitter and no, not to get in 35mHz because in most countries 35mHz is reserved for flying
__________________
Speed is just a fiction
|
04-13-2006, 05:28 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
Posts: 418
|
|
I have several FM radios, but I seem to always choose my Airtronics MX-3S radio. It has enough adjustments to keep me happy and because both the Tx and Rx are synthesized I never worry about crystals.
|
04-13-2006, 05:44 AM
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hell Hole, Maryland
Posts: 514
|
|
Smallest FM receiver out there is the Novak XXL, its what I run in all of my 18th scale vehicles. But it uses crystals.
In general receivers that use crystals can be made smaller than synthesized ones.
|
04-13-2006, 05:44 PM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: virginia beach
Posts: 10,128
|
|
If your worried about size then you can always decase it and shrink wrap it......but i would never do that......
__________________
Xray M18
MRS4-1
540 MRS4
Spektrumized
|
04-13-2006, 06:07 PM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 412
|
|
Now here is the next question, is there a big diff in 27&75 MHz? Is there that big of a diff between the two? Just wondering.
__________________
I.S.T.E.M.E.S.K.D.S. ©
International Save the Endangered Middle Eastern Spotted Killer Ducks Society ©
Flying Higher Than All the Rest.
This is the registered trademark of the I.S.T.E.M.E.S.K.D.S.
Unauthorized reproduction of this trademark or any of its contents
is subject to prosecution.
|
05-11-2006, 02:40 PM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 128
|
|
I'm sure Mr. Attack has already bought a remote but in case anyone else ever comes across this and thinking about what remote to get... there's the Hitec SRX. Currently $100 from tower if you can nab it while actually in stock or $115 direct from Hitec, that's with remote and receiver only, no servos.
It can be had FM or AM and 27 MHz or 75 MHz, so you can start out with the theoretical benefits of FM over AM. Then Spektrum makes a 2.4 GHz module compatible with this remote which you can get later for another $150 giving you the least expensive way to go Spektrum if you want to do it later.
The remote has 10-car model memory, end point adjustment and exponential adjustment, and 3 channels. Not sure what else you'd ever need. These remotes are very popular in my area for 1:8th scale nitro buggies and I'm now using one with my M18.
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:58 AM.
|
|