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Post by hawkeye20 on Jun 24, 2011 16:02:51 GMT 1
ok I'm new to flying about 3 months or so I was out yesterday at the
ball park flying my cub. all went well was out there for about an hour
or so when a guy drove up and told me I need to call in and tell
someone what channel I was using or I will get in trouble WTF is he
talking about is there something I don't know about.
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Post by toff on Jun 24, 2011 21:45:02 GMT 1
Is there an AMA flying site near to the ball park? Or RC car racing? Or anything RC related? In the case of the flying site, its a safety thing, just to make sure someone isn't flying on the same frequency as you ( and causing the untimely demise of both aircraft).
If it isn't any of the above, someones just trying to be funny.
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Post by renard80 on Jun 25, 2011 0:25:15 GMT 1
Should you need to know, your Cub's channel is shown on a sticker underneath the fuselage.
Hope this isn't teaching you to suck eggs.
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Post by hawkeye20 on Jun 25, 2011 0:51:17 GMT 1
no there is no flying site around the nearest one is about 30 miles away. so even with the DX6i I
need to watch frequency ? anyway I did not know about the frequency thing thanks for the info on
that. learned another thing today thanks
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Post by pauliepilot on Jun 25, 2011 19:28:43 GMT 1
Should be safe with the 2.4 radio as i heard u can have up to 40 people flying on the 2.4 systems with no interferance!!
Not sure how true this is tho..but iv not had any problems as i was at weston park model show night flying and there was at least 7 people useing 2.4 with no trubble.next time u see that bloke...tell him to suck eggs ;-)
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Post by renard80 on Jun 26, 2011 22:54:16 GMT 1
Next time u see that bloke...tell him to suck eggs . . . ) . . . . or something . . ;D |
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Post by flydiver on Jun 27, 2011 2:53:47 GMT 1
It's a real problem. MOST Cubs are on 27MHz. There are ONLY 6 channels. MOST cheap 'toys' are on 27MHz. You can interfere with ANYONE nearby and they CAN interfere with you if on the same channel.
If you accidentally take over control of someone's plane and crash it, technically YOU are responsible. It's called 'being shot down'. It happens. It's one of the things 2.4GHZ is supposed to take care of and is the MAIN reason so many folks have gone to it.
Unfortunately no one seems to EVER tell newbies about this. Almost invariably any newbies to our field stay far away and try to crash their new Cub in obscurity. They NEVER and I do mean NEVER come over and check on channels-they don't know. I use this as an opportunity for education and see if they want help. Generally they don't. After a couple of 5 second flights and nasty crashes they tend to change their minds if their Cub is still able to fly. Generally the discussion after that is about repair.
Oddly we seldom see those folks again. I do not fly at a controlled field. It's just a local park. We fly mid-week in the AM and have to relinquish it if 'ball player" types show up. There are dedicated fields but they are all 30-60" away. This one is a mile from me.
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Post by killioughtta on Jun 27, 2011 3:51:52 GMT 1
For a minute there I read "Clubs" and I was getting ready to freak the funk out... hahaha |
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Post by hawkeye20 on Jun 27, 2011 7:26:02 GMT 1
thanks flydiver I did not know that I'm glad I asked. I don't fly at a club
there is a lot of farm land I can fly at. but would like to go to a club and
just watch. I have the DX6i so I won't worry about it but is there
anything else I should know about this TX ? I looked on the bottom of
my cub there was no sticker with channel # there do I really need that
anyway thanks for the info happy flying.
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Post by renard80 on Jun 27, 2011 9:37:54 GMT 1
I looked on the bottom of my cub there was no sticker with channel there When I advised that, I assumed you had the Hobbyzone Super Cub. HZ usually put a channel sticker under the fuselage. Perhaps your plane isn't HZ. Sorry if I misled you. |
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Post by flydiver on Jun 27, 2011 11:44:59 GMT 1
If you have a DX6i you are Spektrum = 2.4GHz and you don't have channels as are being discussed. Just tell folks you are on Spektrum.
The 'other' 2 main TX types are 27MHz and 72MHz. 27 is a 'toy' band and 72 is still a commonly used main band. I use 72. As more folks go to 2.4 I have less and less issues on 72 and I get quality used RX very cheaply.
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Post by hawkeye20 on Jun 27, 2011 18:07:19 GMT 1
great thanks again flydiver for the info
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Post by pauliepilot on Jun 28, 2011 11:06:15 GMT 1
Fly the cheepo :-)
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Post by flydiver on Jun 28, 2011 12:41:14 GMT 1
Absolutely-don't like crashing $$$. Everyone crashes > therefore.... |
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Post by pauliepilot on Jun 28, 2011 14:09:50 GMT 1
:-) fair play as £50 is a bit pricey for a ar6200
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