I have owned Hitec and Futaba for many years. Both have proven as reliable as cheap electronics can be. I have never heard of anyone having problems with JR or Airtronics.
BTW, the ONLY servos I ever had fail in normal use were both high dollar Futaba coreless models. One just quit responding and the other went full clockwise and stuck. Both after a very short time. I still have some RCD-5s from over 10 years ago.
It is weird isn't it? Although I'm a devoted Futaba fan, I have had far more trouble from Futaba than other brands. I also have Hitec, JR, Airtronics radios. I have quite using Futaba receivers altogether as they have crashed many an airplane for me in the last couple of years. Switched to Hitec receivers and NO PROBLEMS at all! The most reliable radios I have are Airtronics. Go figure, eh?
That seems to be a general consensus. I have used mostly Hitec/RCD receivers for about 10 years and no problems with them at all. I never really had any problems with any receivers, though.
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 at 03:16 GMT, wrote: '
I've been happy with my Eclipse. Bought it as my main/only radio so I wouldn't have to upgrade or buy many radios.
As would a toolbox full of TX xtals, to be fair.
I know you're playing devils advocate there but I thought I'd chime in to muddy the waters a bit. :-)
Yikes!
The spectra module can't be changed w/out removing the module from the TX, so hopefully that's not a problem.
Only problem I have with the Eclipse ( I dont have one but my father does) is the location of the engine cut off switch. I suppose you can get used to where it is, but whenever I fly one of my dad's planes I can never find that sucker.
Ahh. I fly electric so I hadn't run into that.
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