<sigh> more of the same woefully inaccurate and MISLEADING
information...
> Subject:
> [RCSE] Trick RX's are on their way....Shortly.
> Date:
> Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:20:11 EST
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> PCM is far improved from its early days...meaning the signal to servos recovery time
> from 'hold' is lightning quick....its shortcoming is that it relies on a transmitted
> digital
> code, and that transmission is what gets distorted, so thinking that PCM helps
> against interferrence is silly. It helps your plane hold heading, masking unnerving
> glitches...which is good.
>
> DSP RX's don't need a signal to do their thing, the chip in the RX first learns your
> TX's finger print (my words) and then only will let good pieces of that signal to be
> fed to
> the servos....any good pieces that slip through the grarble of interferred with
> signal.
> That's how Don's HLG kept flying. It was getting hit, but the Berg didn't let any
> of the bad stuff to talk to the servos...and there was 'enough' good pulses to
> control the
> plane....don't doubt it was not in control for periods of time, but there was enough
> control pulses recieved to keep it flying.
>
> The first to offer this type of logic was RC innovator...MPX with their IPD Rx's.
>
> But like anything in this hobby, once the DSP (Digital Signal Processing) DSR
> (Digital Signal Recognition) or ASR (Accelerated Signal Recovery) is out of the
> bottle, the
> battle for a better version is on.
>
> Okay, just to make things clear to you all....what do I always and only post to the
> RCSE? RC Sailplane stuff....so the stuff I mentioned is not some future thing
> available
> only to UAV and Military applications...(snore), but..yep RC Sailplanes...ours. All
> used with the TX's you own today. I just finished test flying/evaluating an 8
> channel FM
> DSP ..PLL (that means no xtals, just push a button and it grabs your TX's freq and
> shift..and keeps it till death or you chose to change).
>
> Now if you want the ultimate RX Sailplane protection, you can get it in an 8 channel
> FM DSP with programmable failsafe options...and it programs on your PC..right from
> the box.
> FAILSAFE you say...ugh! Wrong...this one will allow you to program in the ability
> to flip and hold your plane level from any attitude and keep it level...even in a
> bank or
> whatever!
>
> Its the FMA DSP8/CoPilot RX. It should be available shortly. Check their website
> for more info.
>
> IF you have problems with spot landings then this type of thing will be of great
> help to you...:-)
> Gordy
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>
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