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Moving to 2.4Ghz....

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Fred:
Hi Aidan,

I agree, the only thing, as usual that I see wrong in all those "aids", is the abuse of them.
In Retroplane, we sometimes see people flying gliders, in gale force winds and massive lifts... Using a vario... Come on! do you really need that?
Anyway, I'm a bad example, I don't use any mixage (just expo), flight phases etc.. I fly the glider, not the radio!

Mini pointless rant over  :D

Just sometimes, I wonder how we managed to fly RC planes in the old days (here we go again...) without all these gizmos!  :P  Not that I'm against progress etc, but sometimes, just wondering. My first 4m glider, I only had a 4ch radio... Only servos reverse (that was a big thing to have at the time!).
 

And back to the subject, tested my 5Dbi antenna, and I can already see a great range improvement! Need to be tested on the field now, but even if that's useless, a few miles more range (7 miles in theory...) makes me feel a bit safer!

Ron:
Now Fred, don't start me on 'the old times'.
What about single pulse 27MHz radio and escapement rudder only? :)

Ron

Fred:
Ah 27mhz, that was fun !  :D  Really had to learn how to fix your planes in those days!  :D

Never had the rubber band servos! My first servos were the in-line ones.

Still remember my first "mini" servo... The size of today's big standard servo, but at the time, that was cutting edge technology! And not cheap!

Happy Days:
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz....................OH! Have we stopped reminiscing now? :lol:

Actually this discussion has thrown up a couple of ideas that I hadn’t thought of.

I hadn’t paid much credit on being able to know a model’s rx/servo battery voltage in flight, having never had a problem with such things myself.
But then I’ve never had the “need” of a seat belt in my car, but I still wear one,……..Just in case.

Personally I wouldn’t have much use for varios’ or altimeters, but Aidan’s idea of the voltage reading of flight batteries would definately get a thumbs up from me. (For my powered planes) I can certainly see the benefit of that. :?:

(It’s always good to  hear other peoples point of view.)

Keith

Ron:
You're right Keith.
But.... I call them, or think of those times, as the 'bad old days'.
It's a bit like old cars.
We used to think they were great, but try driving one now and you'd soon enough jump back into your modern warm, dry, fully syncromesh, five geared, overhead cam, etc. etc. modern car.

So give me all the modern radio facilities that 'just work'.

Whether I actually need them or not is another matter. :?
I think maybe I do, but only if I don't have to pay more for them. :?:
(Well I did have a Scots Grandmother :wink: )

Ron

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