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Radio - Futaba FASST > 2.4 Fast issue
 
 
haggy38
Senior Heliman
Location: Bogotá - Colombia

This is just like an advice if in your fiel have more than one 2.4 Fast systems.
I would make the following recommendations.

Get all 2.4 FASST systems in your club together and carry out the following test.(From heli-freak)

Switch on your TX and all other RX’s, see if any other system will respond, if not then repeat with all other TX’s one at a time. Remember, only 1 TX at a time.
What this will do will show that all the TX’s in your club are not interfering with each others rx, therefore you do not have more than ONE faulty TX present. However if a new TX or module turns up then you MUST repeat the test, because one of your TX’s may have been faulty but it would not show unless 2 or more are present. (Bit of a pain but you can at least continue with safety until Futaba give a heads up on this and resolve/replace the faulty TX’s.
We have done this in our club now and are back flying as normal.

Sorry to be the bearer of this news but for safety’s sake you should know, and with a little checking (as indicated) you can still fly non-faulty units with each other perfectly safely.


Regards,
Gustavo
01-11-2008 04:59 AM
 
 
Trooper Sam
Veteran
Location: Perris, California - USA

I think that so far, the problem has been limited to the 6EX FASST radios. Some of them just managed to get out of the factory with zeroed out GUID numbers.

Trooper Sam

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01-11-2008 07:35 AM
 
 
hootowl
Elite Veteran
Location: Garnet Valley, Pa.

Sounds like they should never be in a state at the factory where they can work, until the ID gets done.

Give man fish and he will eat for a day. Teach man how to fish, he will sit in a boat &drink beer
01-11-2008 10:19 AM
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helo_chris
Veteran
Location: goodlettsville, tn

It is known to affect the 6EX and 7C so far. Its possible that it will also affect the 8ch modules but they havent been tested yet according to what I have seen.

And I agree with Mike, there should be something in place to never allow this to happen. So much for getting it right the first time..

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=798002

"There is a fine line between cutting edge and bleeding edge.."
01-11-2008 02:21 PM
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simon_t
Heliman
Location: Herne Bay, Kent, England

agreed. They should have a default code (e.g all zeros) that they adopt if the actual code has not been programmed, but the software should always check to see if that code is the default and only allow transmission if it is not.
01-11-2008 05:21 PM
 
 
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Radio - Futaba FASST > 2.4 Fast issue
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