RE: [RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #5375 - Shadow 3

[John Derstine]

Just a cheap shot, could not resist, blame Gordy for his endless overstated hype about everything and anything. Anything good, and I assume the Shadow is, will out perform a Hitec or FMA rx, apples to oranges indeed. That was the point of my comment not that it is tiny or light.   The new technology available will be a great advantage especially for the micro pilot, or someone looking for features like this, as far as using two three or four ganged up for a giant scale ship however,( as stated by some, and of interest to others who might use this rx.) my communications with Mr. Arroosh Elahi have been inconclusive as to what if any range degradation you might get putting two or more rxs in one plane. TOC pilots tried this a long time ago with large aerobatic ships with the result that there was often significant range reduction with using two rxs in one aircraft due to the antennas somehow interfering with each other. This both with Futaba and JR rxs. I offered to test two in a plane but have not heard back. If some one would kindly perform a simple range check with two rxs or more in a large aircraft, with antennas running parallel inside the fuselage. or send me two to test, I will gladly pay for them ,and send them back for a refund after testing on the ground, not flying, The comment I got from Mr. Elahi was that tests were “pretty good”, but they had not the chance yet to go out and fly much until the weather improved... If these little rxs indeed perform with unhindered range (ganged up) as compared to a single 10 channel PCM rx (original branded equipment) then it would be an interesting development for giant scale applications.   Synth tuning is not a feature that is critical other than convenience, and  for the average pilot, not so necessary. I travel with several modules and xtals that serve my purposes very well, the real issue is all the other performance data. The stuff that keeps your plane in the air.   JD   -----Original Message----- From: George Gillburg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:49 PM To: John Derstine Cc: 'Dave Register'; soaring@airage.com; 'Gordy Stahl'; 'Barry Kennedy' Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #5375 - Shadow 3   > Gee, that is almost as good as a JR 10x with a standard PCM rx Yes, but is the JR standard PCM rx synthesized?  Does it weigh 8 gms?  Somehow, I doubt it. George Gillburg Bakersfield, California