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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 5, 2011 at 5:51pm

Turnigy 9x
http://hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8992

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AdminPermalink Reply by Thomas J Coyle III on January 5, 2011 at 6:30pm

evilmacaw,

Low cost and good quality do not necessarily go hand in hand with alot of the Asian R/C equipment. There has been alot of problems with the Turnigy R/C equipment on other forums especially the receivers.

Since I put alot of work into my aircraft I decided to spend the money on better equipment like Spektrum. I use a DX7 with a three position flap switch that worked fine without any adjusting of the Ardupilot or APM.

Just a thought.

Regards,

TCIII

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Permalink Reply by Taylor Cox on January 5, 2011 at 6:39pm

I use a futaba 7C, but then again, I found a really good deal on ebay for just the receiver and the transmitter. Most packs I saw had servos and all that stuff. And it does have a 3 position switch.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Halderman on January 5, 2011 at 6:58pm

I picked up an E-flite HP6DSM Transmitter, which uses the Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM Technology.  Channel 5 has a knob which works fine on my ArduPilot.  I use the HobbyKing Orange Receivers with the Orange Satellite Receiver.

This Transmitter is a basic unit, and does not have all the bells and whistles of the higher priced systems. Look on ebay for the best deals.  I have seen new ones as low as $40.00 plus shipping.

SamH

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DistributorPermalink Reply by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on January 6, 2011 at 6:46am

Another vote for the futaba, I have the T7C which I have found to be very good, the option to buy the kit with or without the servos is a choice you will have to make, I bought mine with servos even thought I did / don't need them right now, the reason for this was the kit worked out cheaper than buying the servos separate. When I build my next plane I have the servos ready to go, the servos in the kit I got are the "good" ones, so made a saving. If you don't need them then receiver only is very good value.

Regards

Martin

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Permalink Reply by Jake on February 5, 2011 at 12:55pm

Hi,

I have the T7C controller plus the R617FS receiver, but am kinda new to all of this, could anyone point me in the direction of how to set this up?

J

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Permalink Reply by Tom Paton on April 5, 2011 at 1:12am

I eventually managed to program the 3-way switch on the Turnigy 9X: http://rcav.posterous.com/programming-an-ardupilot-mode-switch-for-...



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