dkshema
rrProfessor
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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| The point is, why would I want to buy a 6 channel transmitter when I already have a 9 channel transmitter? If I want the Spektrum's 2.4 GHz system, I can just buy the module and receiver than add it to my existing transmitter.
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Apparently your post about six channels not being enough was just a red herring as you really wanted to flaunt your 9-channel TX and dismiss all of us who own six, seven, and eight channel systems, and fly helis quite handily with them.
You intend to just buy the TX module and RX. Why not just buy the whole system, take the TX module out of the TX and put it in your existing TX, then toss that "useless" six channel TX?
Yes, I DO own a JR 662, six channel transmitter. I used it in my helicopters until I replaced it with an 8103 a couple of seasons ago. Now, it has been relegated to fixed wing service.
I don't suppose you ever had to fly a collective pitch machine without a gyro, using only a standard five channel airplane radio with no computerized mixing, having to rely only on mechanical mixing to work the pitch, throttle, and TR compensation. That was common practice in the early 1980s as shown in this photo of me and my Schluter Mini Boy. The radio is a Futaba FP-5FN system. Five channels, no gyro, all mechanical mixing in the heli.
And frankly, a governor is not a requirement. It's nice, but my three Calibers, an EVO and a Freya fly quite nicely with properly set up throttle and pitch curves. Even my two T-Rexs fly just fine with a standard throttle arrangement as the governor mode in the CC ESCs isn't that good anyway.....
As was pointed out, the ESC that runs the motors in an electric heli usually contains a governor function. Plug the ESC into your battery, your RX, and your motor, and with ONE channel you get power to the RX, throttle for the motor, and your choice of a standard throttle setup, or a governed throttle, depending upon how you program the ESC.
Dave |
