2.4 or good old fm,pcm??

[kiratime]

As above what are your opinions preferences??

[Murdanny]

what kind of a question is that?

[kiratime]

what kind of a question is that?

err what i meant was would you prefer to use your 2.4ghz or your pcm radio
Correct if anything is wrong still new to the hobby
thanks!

[hoppie]

err what i meant was would you prefer to use your 2.4ghz or your pcm radio
Correct if anything is wrong still new to the hobby
thanks!

New meh, 500+ posts liao leh

[kiratime]

New meh, 500+ posts liao leh

some are questions the rest are rubbish mah
check my join date.....not even a year

[Adrianli]

For me :

Helis : 2.4Ghz

Planes : 72mhz

Boats : 2.4Ghz + 72mhz + 27mhz


So far I got 3 helis, 3 planes and 6 boats sharing the rx ard.

[falcon]

If you are still new , go for 2.4 ... no worry of freq crash

[kiratime]

some people say 2.4 can have lockouts but can anyone tell me what are the odds of that happening??
thanks

[Sobakawa]

2.4GHz for me... cos I am darn afraid of people who suddenly appear besides me and fly their $39.90 carefour helis... this happened to me and I was ... I quickly packed up and left.. wanted to explain to the uncle with his kid the need for freq checks...

[kiratime]

2.4GHz for me... cos I am darn afraid of people who suddenly appear besides me and fly their $39.90 carefour helis... this happened to me and I was ... I quickly packed up and left.. wanted to explain to the uncle with his kid the need for freq checks...

wow looks like no 1 voted for pcm............
well yeah last 2 weeks ago i saw people crashing due to frequency clashes
but does lockouts happen rarely or what??
thanks!!

[edmond22]

some people say 2.4 can have lockouts but can anyone tell me what are the odds of that happening??
thanks

If you are on XPS brand, good luck to you. Alot of people saying they misrepresent their product and that it doesn't hop, fiasco still going on

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/fg239/23892-independent-tests-prove-lack-frequency-hopping-xps.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVgVrxDwrY

Futaba currently, what I know is the temp (6014rx) and 2.7volt issue
Heat http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t427916p1/
2.7volt http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7365443/tm.htm
Futaba also had the internal GUID screw up, not sure how cleared up that is now currently

Spektrum/JR only known issue is vibration related cap falling off, but I think that has been solved a long time ago. But I do read along something like
http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=61419 unlucky I guess
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...cked-help.html DX7 lockout unknown reason.
The Spektrum is more prone to low voltage reboot and people crashed their planes after getting reboots in the air, they have since made the reboot go faster in the event of a mid air reboot.


from the above, I made a decision to go with JR 9303 2.4 to get 9 channels and faster reasonable support from JR/Spektrum. Futaba pales very badly in that area and I was esp irked (being a loyalist) that they say they cannot help people like me if I use third party products like Spartan or other servos in regards to the 2.7 volt signal issue. They are still keeping mum about the temperature problem which I see can easily be achieved in Singapore.


OH lastly, the price is much attractive with DX7 and JR 2.4 system. I originally wanted to wait for 10c but they took too long to bring it out to the market and coupled with those reasons above, not worth the money liao.

[kiratime]

If you are on XPS brand, good luck to you. Alot of people saying they misrepresent their product and that it doesn't hop, fiasco still going on

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/fg239/23892-independent-tests-prove-lack-frequency-hopping-xps.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVgVrxDwrY

Futaba currently, what I know is the temp (6014rx) and 2.7volt issue
Heat http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t427916p1/
2.7volt http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7365443/tm.htm
Futaba also had the internal GUID screw up, not sure how cleared up that is now currently

Spektrum/JR only known issue is vibration related cap falling off, but I think that has been solved a long time ago. But I do read along something like
http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=61419 unlucky I guess
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...cked-help.html DX7 lockout unknown reason.
The Spektrum is more prone to low voltage reboot and people crashed their planes after getting reboots in the air, they have since made the reboot go faster in the event of a mid air reboot.


from the above, I made a decision to go with JR 9303 2.4 to get 9 channels and faster reasonable support from JR/Spektrum. Futaba pales very badly in that area and I was esp irked (being a loyalist) that they say they cannot help people like me if I use third party products like Spartan or other servos in regards to the 2.7 volt signal issue. They are still keeping mum about the temperature problem which I see can easily be achieved in Singapore.


OH lastly, the price is much attractive with DX7 and JR 2.4 system. I originally wanted to wait for 10c but they took too long to bring it out to the market and coupled with those reasons above, not worth the money liao.

Wow thanks for the tons of info ill keep reading
thanks again!!

[fuse]

2.4 on wood / foam / FG planes

pcm on heli

pcm on carbon gliders.

[Murdanny]

2.4 is the way to go. the important thing is, it gives me a sense of security when im flying. best feeling to fly with.

[kiratime]

2.4 is the way to go. the important thing is, it gives me a sense of security when im flying. best feeling to fly with.

the poll and the people have spoken!!
poll:100%--2.4
0%----pcm
very very surprising results