R/C Naval Combat

Hey guys,
How does the Futaba 2.4 gig radio rate against the others?
Thanks,

I've been looking at the Futaba FASST radios also... Does anyone have one??

For flyers I hear they are as good as the Spektrum radios. For our hobby I do not think it makes that much of a difference.

I had heard of some problem with one of the 2.4 gig radios and battery life??
Thanks,

Yes Battery life seems to be a bit short on Spektrums. The key is get a better battery pack.

i heard you cant fire your guns under water to help you find your ship

Joker, that is correct. Microwaves don't penetrate water well at all.

For the Spektrums, you can buy a bigger battery or replace the voltage regulator ($18 for the regulator, some soldering required). Or both! I did the regulator, it's not really hard, but not for the faint of heart. If putting buttons in a transmitter is 4 out of 10, the regulator is a 6, and you NEED a temperature-controlled soldering iron. If you are a really precise solder-soldier, it's more like a 5 out of 10. Getting the old VR off the board is tricky, a in more recent radios, they've taken to using adhesive to hold the body of the VR to the board. Older Spektrum VRs were just held in place by the solder leads.

Sorry for jumping into a FASST discussion :)

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Originally posted by Evil Joker

i heard you cant fire your guns under water to help you find your ship

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Of course, firing guns underwater can be hard on guns. Especioally Bug Gun style turrets.

That is why there are such things as attached floats, after all.

Cheers,

fast gun sink and bubbels help us find our ships.

One word: Punctuation!! :)

Tug, I thought his post was right on time.. ?????

I'm going to check out what Kranzel's Hobbies has in stock. Do a "hands on" test.
Thanks for all the info

LOL Bob, nice play on words :)

one show Friday, two shows on Saturday, and please, don't forget to tip you waitress.

The Futaba 2.4 gig radio I have has worked with out fail for 1 year now.
No gliches, twiches, or twitering.

They are said to put out 10X the broadcast power of a Spectrum.

Battery like is good, and are rated to draw less current than a stardard Futaba radio.
I guess they did not use the same cheep voltage converter that Spectrum did.

I do not know about reception under water.

Thanks for the info there specialist. Can you get back to me on the "reception under water"?
Thanks again,

you wont get any reception when sunk more than a few inches. Water is basically opaque to 2.4Ghz.

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Originally posted by Evil Joker

fast gun sink and bubbels help us find our ships.

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Anything in your club rules that prevents a recovery float? It is a lot easier to recover a ship by grabbing the float and fishing it in that to send swimmers in to find it. Safer, too.

Cheers,

Nope, some guys have float systems that work pretty well. I personally like to sink where its shallow!

Me too but I still have floats in case I dont make it [:p] besides once a listing ship heads to shallow the other ships are on it like seagulls to the catch [;)]