At 11:02 AM 7/9/2001 -0700, Karlton Spindle wrote: >Try it and report to the group if you would be so kind. OK, I suppose. I'm sure this will start some sorta flame war. Whatever. I took both my Futaba Super 8 and my Profi 3030 both fully charged and on trickle and a fully charged battery in a fuse. The fuse was aligned pointing directly away from me, i.e., I was looking at the end of the antenna wire. I walked back until the person helping noted that the rudder started twitching. I went back and forth to find the spot as best I could. I then paced off the distance to the fuse. I did this with the Futaba antenna collapsed, with the Profi 3030 without an antenna (Karlton said it wouldn't hurt the Profi to use it without the antenna screwed in) and with the antenna screwed in, but collapsed. In all chases the antenna was pointed at the fuse. The numbers are (a drum roll someone): Futaba 136 paces Profi 3030 without the antenna screwed in 29 paces Profi 3030 with the antenna screwed in 144 paces. I suppose what surprises me is the range that you can get without having the antenna out with either Tx. I have no idea if these data represent any sort of meaningful difference. So there. Bill -- Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Bill Johns Pullman, WA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
