Ed, Its all relative, the 6100 flies a lot further than parkflier range. and they are small which makes them perfect for dlgs... welcome to the future.
Jay On Dec 15, 2007 3:41 PM, Ed Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, add me to those flying on 2.4 GHz. I tested out my new Spektrum module > in my > Futaba 9C today. I put an AR6100 into an Easy Glider Electric and put the > plane > up and out about as far as I have ever had the Easy Glider. I sent the > plane > up-wind figuring if I lost connection the wind would bring it back toward > me. > After all this is Spektrums short range receiver. > > I had no problems at all, other than that the plane got small enough that > I > occasionally lost it in the sky and was having problems with orientation. > I can > guestimate that it was up about 1000 feet and probably down field from me > perhaps 1800 feet, but that is all a guess. > > So, first test went well. Range on the AR6100, at least in this plane, > seems > fine. I am going to leave it in there for further testing. My target for > the > AR6100 is really my foam and glass slope planes which are 2M or less and > typically not flown out as far as my thermal planes. Then I will work on > my > electrics planes and 2M planes. > > My first 3M will probably be a fiberglass Airtronics Legend using an > AR7000 > receiver. > Clear Skies and Safe Flying > Ed Anderson > > > 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 >
