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Poll Question : What brand of radio gear do you primarily use?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Futaba	701	[ 46.83% ]
JR	513	[ 34.27% ]
HiTech	108	[ 7.21% ]
Airtronics	80	[ 5.34% ]
Other...	95	[ 6.35% ]
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	Rickles909 Basic Member	Joined: February/03/2005 United States Posts: 1017 IP Logged
Posted: March/03/2007 at 10:43pm		Quote

Quote: 3539Dana

I started out whit futaba becauce
that is what everyone else had at my flying field. after i soloed i did
some investigating and switched to jr. That was twenty two years ago.
wow time does fly when toyr having fun!!!!!!!!

Do you recall what your reason was for switching to JR?

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Rickles56
Tucson, AZ

Completed:
> TF Spitfire

On the bench:
> Don Smith B17 - SOLD
> WingSpan Models B17 - Might try Flite Metal on this one.

	Thunderthud Lifetime Site Supporter	Joined: December/31/2006 United States Posts: 508 IP Logged
Posted: March/03/2007 at 11:35pm		Quote

Well i did it! I was at the WRAM show and bought the 9c super FM. I would have bought the synthisized one buti could not find any one who had them there.I

paid $339.00 plus tax.Then came home and purchased the synthisized module on line from Omni for $89.00.So a little over 400.00 plus i got digital servos to boot!WOO WOOI'm a very happy camper !

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Joe MacDougall,
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1/5 Vailly L-19 BirdDog in Progress , BUSA 1/3 sc ale Pup in box, Long Island SkyHawks, Merokes.
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	Guests Guest Group	Joined: July/22/2003 Posts: -3138 IP Logged
Posted: March/04/2007 at 8:30am		Quote

back then futaba did not offer flight packs, jr did. i wanted to keep all of my planes on the same channel. with futaba you had to buy rx then send rx and tx to get tuned, so you were without a radio sometimes up to 4 to 6 weeks. with jr you didnot have to send them off for tunning. i have never had a problem with jr with the exception of dumb thumbs.

	Guests Guest Group	Joined: July/22/2003 Posts: -3138 IP Logged
Posted: March/04/2007 at 8:35am		Quote

by the way i still have my jr 347 tx and a old jr 5 channel heli tx ,both on ch.16 if anyone is interested.

	RBoyne Site Supporter	Joined: July/31/2006 United States Posts: 1248 IP Logged
Posted: May/08/2007 at 11:47am		Quote

I also had some Kraft, Futaba and AeroSport from Hobby shack.

I like the Airtronic shift from + to - mode letting me use other non PCM RX's.

I can cut back on having so many TX to carry.

I have had real good luck with Hitec HS645's also.

I have had 3- Futaba radio's new fail me.

I only use Futaba in my Sea plane, it's $100.00 arf

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	Rickles909 Basic Member	Joined: February/03/2005 United States Posts: 1017 IP Logged
Posted: May/11/2007 at 4:52am		Quote

I talked to Great Planes about the Futaba 8U super and if there was to be a SS module for it or if the 9C pack would fit. They told me they are working on the one that will fit the 8U's and will be available in early to mid summer this year. I was going to sell that radio but I just can't seem to part with it. Perhaps because it was my first really nice radio system. I use it on the ham band right now so when the field gets full, I just go get a spot and fly and have no worries of other flyer's shooting me down. I do worry about all the military aircraft that fly over head our field. They use a freq. that is rather close to that band and I am worried about splash from their unlimited power availabilities. Nothing has ever happened though and still only a few people fly on 50MHz. I work the impound during the Tucson Shootout and only two pilots use the ham band. It's so easy to get a license now that anyone can get one with taking a short quiz like test about international radio laws that common sense will give you the correct answers. Anyhow, I am like the others on SS, I am waiting for all the woo haa to be over and all the bugs to go away before I might try it out. Ch. 24 has been real good to me over the years, I will stick with it for now.

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Rickles56
Tucson, AZ

Completed:
> TF Spitfire

On the bench:
> Don Smith B17 - SOLD
> WingSpan Models B17 - Might try Flite Metal on this one.

	yoram Lifetime Site Supporter	Joined: April/15/2006 Israel Posts: 463 IP Logged
Posted: June/01/2007 at 12:18pm		Quote

I have ben using JR for as far I can remember, a 10X AND 10PCM2, the first for fixed wing and the second for helis.

	Yank II Basic Member	Joined: November/05/2006 United States Posts: 271 IP Logged
Posted: September/01/2007 at 1:32pm		Quote

I started with an F & M 5 in the seventies, been with Futaba ever sense. I am like several of you. Once the dust settles I will look at the SS

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Jim
Salome, AZ
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Curtiss Robin

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