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[nspctr1]

My neighbor gave me his old nitro powered cub last week along with a couple of other aircraft as he is unable to fly them anymore. He left the old futaba 148? servo's in them along with the receiver but kept the radio as it was pretty new and he had some money tied up in it. Anyway, since I have gotten rid of most of my RC stuff when I sold my TMaxx several years ago I need to pick up a new 4 ch radio. Question is, should I just buy the complete kit or can I pick up a used radio. I know the frequencies have to match so how do you tell what they are? IIRC the frequency's are printed on the radio which it is (72) but is it on the receiver? Can you tell it's been a while? Does this even make sense?
Thx

 

[stevezero]

Youd be better off picking up a 4-6 channel 2.4ghz transmitter and receiver package. you can then get additional recievers for the other planes, cars, boats, etc. instead of using specific channels (air, surface, etc), you bind the transmitter to the receiver, and fly, drive, etc. With 2.4, you dont have to worry about someone on your channel interfering with you, and dont need multiple radios. A computer radio will allow for all kinds of adjustments, channel mixing, multiple model memories(ideal for several diff planes, boats).

You can buy used transmitters if you want. You just become isolated to a single channel, and may have to wait your turn if you fly at a club field.

R/C Frequency List has a complete list of all the rc frequencies (non 2.4) and their associated uses. again, 2.4 gives you much greater flexibility with what you want to do.

Either way, your servos should be fine with whichever setup you go with.

 

[nspctr1]

Thanks

 

[ms018kmf]

2.4 is worth every cent, compared to conventional AM/FM systems you can get away with murder on setups. Electrical noise, vibration and metal on metal contact have no effect on the radio system.

I converted my older Futaba 9C transmitter with a Spektrum module. Lots of transmitters can be converted to 2.4 but usually it is more cost effective to buy a new system.