Outrunner Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I'm a big fan of 2.4gHz, no longer to worry about being shot down by a plonker on the same channel, not having to worry about carrying lots of crystals or fiddling with a synthesized receiver, not having to worry about remembering to pull my ariel up or have a long ariel dangling out the back of my small model. I could go on. Do I need the bells and whistles, No. But I do take advantage of them, I get warnings when my flight battery is getting low or if my Rx battery is getting low. I could go on. 35mHz was good especially for the people who stuck with it now they have it to themselves. I kept a little of my 35mHz gear and I've not touched it for years, if I did I would probably forget to pull the ariel up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 No one out there getting lock outs on 2.4 ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 The other week a club member was having lockouts with his model, they only lasted a second or two before it reset. On inspection after landing ok problem quickly found to be poor aerial position of the RX, both were pointing forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I nearly lost a model a few weeks ago on 35 mhz, control went intermittent, fortunately I got it down in the next field with no damage, I think the problem was a loose crystal in the Rx, Rx changed for a 35 mhz synth one and problem has gone away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 09/04/2022 at 15:48, Paul De Tourtoulon said: As I am in France it's 41 ghz, over 15 of my models still fly on it even my Wren powered Rafale I have never had any 'glitches' with Futaba radios,, the other 25 models on 2.4, as are all my petrol powered planes. I think you mean 41 mHz!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masher Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Peter Jenkins said: I think you mean 41 mHz!? Or maybe 41 MHz ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 47 minutes ago, Masher said: Or maybe 41 MHz ? Oh come on you are getting as bad and as awkward as the french when I ask for a kilo of Tomatoes,,, un tomate or Une Tomate,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: Oh come on you are getting as bad and as awkward as the french when I ask for a kilo of Tomatoes,,, un tomate or Une Tomate,,, Ah, so asking for a kilo of whatever is the same as asking for 1,000 kilos? That's what you're suggesting mate! An order of magnitude that is 3 orders of magnitude greater is no issue eh? Good work. Keep it up. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 My delivery lorry of 1 ton of tomatoes has arrived, I will come back when they are all in the fridge,,,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: My delivery lorry of 1 ton of tomatoes has arrived, I will come back when they are all in the fridge,,,? Paul, you'll never get all of them in the fridge, you should have gone metric & only ordered 1 tonne. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 And he gets another16 kilos. That’s a lot of tomato sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Don Fry said: And he gets another16 kilos. That’s a lot of tomato sauce. Speeding them on pizza, that will make them fit in the fridge,,,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 The only radio problems I ever seem to have is with 2.4. With a good old long aerial dangling out the back of the plane and a long Tx aerial too 35 MHz works quite happily to further than I ever want to see. I addition I am confident that the 2.4 'phone' mast right on the edge of the field is no more than a physical obstruction! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Simon Chaddock said: The only radio problems I ever seem to have is with 2.4. With a good old long aerial dangling out the back of the plane and a long Tx aerial too 35 MHz works quite happily to further than I ever want to see. I addition I am confident that the 2.4 'phone' mast right on the edge of the field is no more than a physical obstruction! ? I forgot to mention not being on 2.4, is that damn aerial that is right in front of your face and never seems to be perfectly vertical,,,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: I forgot to mention not being on 2.4, is that damn aerial that is right in front of your face and never seems to be perfectly vertical,,,? Never a problem with my very short base loaded aerial on my 35Mhz Mux3030. In some ways, a 35Mhz receiver aerial is easier to cope with than trying to arrange a couple of 2.4ghz aerials inside a model mutually at right angles. All you need is a hole to poke it through and attach it to the top of the fin or along the underside of a glider fuselage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 18 hours ago, Peter Jenkins said: think you mean 41 mHz!? Fancy trying that band! I guess the tx and rx aerial might need to be lengthened. Maybe by several hundred KIlometres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I did try one of those rubber duck Tx aerials on my 41 but you lose a lot of distance,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, gangster said: Fancy trying that band! I guess the tx and rx aerial might need to be lengthened. Maybe by several hundred KIlometres Since you flew happily on 35 mHz without an aerial of several hundred kilometers I suspect 41 mHz might have aerials slightly smaller than those used on 35 mHz.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Peter, the clue is the difference between mHz & MHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 There are 9 orders of magnitude between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, PatMc said: Peter, the clue is the difference between mHz & MHz. Ah. So what does mHz represent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Milli Hertz i.e. 1 thousandth of a Hertz. Scientific units have multipliers represented by letters, generally but not always lowercase means those less the 1 and uppercase greater than 1. n 1/1,000,000,000 µ 1/1,000,000 m 1/1000 k 1,000 M 1,000,000 G 1,000,000,000 Uppercase K was reserved for the unit of absolute temperature. I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy Stephenson said: Milli Hertz i.e. 1 thousandth of a Hertz. Scientific units have multipliers represented by letters, generally but not always lowercase means those less the 1 and uppercase greater than 1. n 1/1,000,000,000 µ 1/1,000,000 m 1/1000 k 1,000 M 1,000,000 G 1,000,000,000 Uppercase K was reserved for the unit of absolute temperature. I hope this helps. Thank you Andy. I should have known better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Thanks Andy now I know why there are another 9 lorries of tomatoes waiting outside my house to be unloaded,,,? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 38 minutes ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: Thanks Andy now I know why there are another 9 lorries of tomatoes waiting outside my house to be unloaded,,,? Let’s hope that’s how they interpret it there could be best part of 1000,000000 lorries of tomatoes still to come. May need a second fridge. Seriously we have had some banter here, hopefully it’s been valuable educationaly and not upset anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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