2.4 gig transmitter/receiver

[ozboater]

intersting that you mention the FASST system paul... i was gonna sell my spektrum stuff and try it out... now i m not so sure... i might just hit ebay and pick up a used JR FM jobbie... seems to be the key on my local water...

if anyone has some suggestions as to how to solve my spektrum woes - i d be all ears.... i m all out of ideas...

[JimClark]

post some pics of your setup

[ozboater]

cool... thanks jim, i appreciate it... this boat runs great, i m just pulling my hair out with this radio... it ll glitch and the start again only 60 yards out in front of me with a direct line of sight... at first i thought it may have been the sv plastic box hindering the signal somehow... now after reconfiguration, it still does it #@!$%!#%#

arrrgghhhhh

my last resort is to make the antenna dead vertical... it has a slight layback at the moment... thats the final thing that i could do... any suggestions or help to this relative newb would be great... cheers..

anyway, heres some photos...

[bigpapa]

That is you problem the dsm 3000,3001 specktrums will glitch like crazy dsm2 is lots better i had a d3xr and just changed to airtronics mx-3 fhss-2 no proiblems what so ever ,far better than my spektrum so be careful with the dsm expecially if you are around a place that has 2.4ghz wireless internet i will not be good........

[paulwilliams]

intersting that you mention the FASST system paul... i was gonna sell my spektrum stuff and try it out... now i m not so sure...

Like I said, I've had problems, as have Allan at Astec and Phil Jenkins, both of whom, like me, have had boats almost wrecked by FASST failure. Others seem very happy with their FASST systems. One person having problems you could put down to bad luck or incompetence, but three? All experienced modellers capable of reading an instruction manual?

I'm prepared to give 2.4 another chance, this time with Spektrum.

Paul

[JimClark]

When you hold your TX is the antenna vertical? I see a lot of guy's who tilt the radio while driving

[ozboater]

this is where i mainly run... it s a man made 300 acre lake... the shorline is littered with huge homes... i m guessing at leasr every second one has wireless capabilities... prolly more like 85% of the homes... this is the small park where i run...

so i have the older crappy version of DSM ?? great...

[ozboater]

When you hold your TX is the antenna vertical? I see a lot of guy's who tilt the radio while driving

come to think of it i hold it at an angle... she onlyl has a short stubby antenna so could that be my problem ??

[ozboater]

I'm prepared to give 2.4 another chance, this time with Spektrum.

Paul

good luck... i think it may be time to try airtronics...

[bigpapa]

i luv the MX-3 fhss-2 18 model memory, comes with a 4 channel reciever and awsome distance with no glitching....... far better than the spektrum on water that is......

[Flying Scotsman]

mine is about and inch down off the top of the transom... 1/2 an inch off the stuffing tube... everything but an inch and a quarter of antenna is exposed... tried everything... must be some kind of interference since there is alot of houses on the lake i run... i m no electronics expert but something weird is up... my friends JR FM stuff runs no problems in his OM21... never seen it glitch... i just want to throw mine in the water, take my cricket bat and go home

A lot of houses on the lake. Is it possible that telephones operating on 2.4ghz are causing the problems ??

Douggie

[bigpapa]

thats awsome stompin grounds, awsome water it seems, good luck wish i could run there

[bigpapa]

i have the same problems with wireless internet and the MX-3 works awsome no glitching

[bigpapa]

no oz you got the first production dsm they have just improved on the first design

[ozboater]

i didn t think about 2.4 telephones... maybe thats it...

yeah bigpapa, it s an awesome place to run... the parks get a little crowded in summer and the lake is full of full size boats... wakes can be a bit of a problem... in winter time it rules... no one around and zero people / boats on the lake... i havbe it to myself ALL the time..

you get a nice light headwind and the chop makes the boats fly... so much fun... gimmie winter anyway...