Subj : New hobby To : Amcleod From : Digital Man Date : Wed Jan 10 2001 12:35 pm RE: New hobby BY: Amcleod to Digital Man on Wed Jan 10 2001 06:57 pm > > > I hope to be meeting eith the head honcho at the local aero-modellers > > > today. Beureaucracy makes life so much harder! > > > > Good luck! > > I met with the guy, and he says that the radio he/the club recommends is the > Futuba 6XAS. That's a SIX-channel multi-function super-duper radio that com > with an option to iron your shorts (you supply the starch). :-/ > > At $240 from http://www.towerhobbies.com/ that's not _terribly_ expensive, > (I've spent $3,300 for a radio before now) but it's about _double_ what I'd > intended to spend initially, all-inclusive, and that's just the radio! > > I'd hoped to get my feet wet before deciding if I wanted to take up swimming > ya know? But this way, if I buy the 6XAS then I'm pretty much committing > myself to the sport right off the bat. The 27MHz stuff doesn't work here > apparently - all the illegal CBers running linears guarantee a crash every t > you launch with 27MHz R/C. So it's gotta be 72MHz and I need to get the clu > to recommend a specific freq. so as to avoid clashing with all the other guy The $65 Hi-tech Focus III SS AM is a 72mhz transmitter perfect for any of the Zagis and even comes with the rx and servos at that price! http://www.hobbypeople.net Rob .