Airfield N4 TX and XY400 RX

[Wolfgang10]

I bought a tx and rx on ebay by accident. I was trying to play Black Ops online while in a bidding war. And ebays 1-click bidding is a terrible idea because it magically decides your new high bid and you agree to it. By not paying attention to what I was doing, I won. (But I did have a good kill/ death ratio)
I was at Hoobytown today and about to pay for a PT-40 kit and the salesman was talking with me about all the other stuff I would need. I told him I already had the radio covered, thinking I saved big bucks on the bay, but he said theres a chance the range isnt full and therefore not ideal or safe for such a big plane.
Does anyone have experience with this? It came included with a Hellcat found here:
http://www.nitroplanes.com/93a806-1100f6f-rtf-24g.html
I just want to make sure its safe for long range.
Thanks

 

[Rolex]

Never believe the crap you're told in a hobby shop unless you're a personal friend of the salesman. He only wants to sell you another radio or plane.
The plane you're buying is foam, so it won't be nearly as fast as a full frame build.
I'd be afraid to use the radio that's shown at the bottom of your link.
Anyway, it's the electronics that determines the range, NOT the plane you buy.
Let's see the radio you got on the bay.

 

[w bill]

I've never heard of that radio i've been doing this a long time problem is with a plane rather than crash a curb you could kill someone.I would do some serious research into what you got or use it as a paper weight and buy yourself a futaba,or a spectrum .

 

[hamz9561]

The guys at the Hobbytown In San Antonio are pretty knowledgeable in the RC department. I've never heard of that radio and would be really concerned about using it. I'm with Bill. Get a good name brand radio system and be done with it.

 

[Wolfgang10]

My bad for the confusion. Thats not the plane I'm buying lol. I was about to buy a PT-40 trainer kit.
The radio I won on ebay came FROM that plane (Hellcat).
The seller on ebay said he bought that plane, then used a tx/rx that he already had. It is the same one shown at the bottom of that link I previously posted.
Good advice Bill. Thats exactly why I want to know what kind of range this thing has. If its meant solely for park flyers, I will just use it for my autogyro build, and not put it in a nitro plane.

 

[Rolex]

It was confusing.
He sold the radio to use a better one. I don't use ANY stock radios. The first thing I do is install a new receiver and bind it to my ground or air radio.
I just hope you didn't pay more than $20 for it. It's still okay for a park flier, but that's it.

 

[Wolfgang10]

i got boned.
HARD.
A crappy 6 channel one was $31 new, shipped, from hobbypartz.
As previously stated...I was playing xbox and doing well....and the total price PLUS shipping was $42.

 

[w bill]

My bad for the confusion. Thats not the plane I'm buying lol. I was about to buy a PT-40 trainer kit.
The radio I won on ebay came FROM that plane (Hellcat).
The seller on ebay said he bought that plane, then used a tx/rx that he already had. It is the same one shown at the bottom of that link I previously posted.
Good advice Bill. Thats exactly why I want to know what kind of range this thing has. If its meant solely for park flyers, I will just use it for my autogyro build, and not put it in a nitro plane.

Use it for auto gyro project your not going to be flying it that far from you taking someone elses blessing on it being ok don't take the liability out of your hands if something happens.It sucks to watch you plane fly away and you can't do nothing about it.Happened to me over35yrs ago never bought a used radio again.:whhooo:

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Did that forum i told you about help you on the info you were looking for on that auto gyro.If not i would get plans for a full size and scale them down you can't go wrong with that.

 

[Wolfgang10]

It helped alot thank you. I spent hours and hours looking stuff up about them when I should have been studying for finals. Eh, lol. I still did alright on them.

The only part that I still am lacking clarity on is the way to assemble the rotor that provides lift and how to make the blades. Everything else I think I could pretty much figure out.

 

[w bill]

It helped alot thank you. I spent hours and hours looking stuff up about them when I should have been studying for finals. Eh, lol. I still did alright on them.

The only part that I still am lacking clarity on is the way to assemble the rotor that provides lift and how to make the blades. Everything else I think I could pretty much figure out.

See what size blades your gona need and you can purchase a set just start looking at replacement blades for rc helicopters.If you can find info on the old dubro whirly bird from the 70s if i remember right they were made from spruce&balsa.

 

[Wolfgang10]

I wanted to keep the blade size between 12-24". I want to make it just big enough to understand how it works.

 

[Rolex]

You need to study Cyclic and Collective. Cyclic pitch is what makes it so magical in any direction at any speed. Collective pitch is what provides the up and down as well as the auto rotation landings.
The rear rotor is there to keep the rotational forced of the main rotor from spinning the heli.

 

[Wolfgang10]

lol but in autogyros, the rotor is not powered, which is why there is no tail rotor required
Or so i thought?

 

[Rolex]

Auto Rotation.
That's what allows a pilot to safely land a real one or an RC heli if the power fails.

 

[Candyman]

Actually Rolex, he's talking about an Autogyro which is a type of flying craft that uses the thrust of an airplane engine to move, and then has a passively rotating rotor disk which provides lift. There is no wing for a lifting surface. The rotor is articulated to provide cyclical control, but there's no collective control as best I can tell. They look like a very basic type of craft...

 

[hamz9561]

Some of the early auto-gyros actually did have wings. I believe the Cierva Auto-Gyro was a good example.

 

[Rolex]

You're right, Candyman. I thought he was interested in rotors in general, then I realized he referred to an auto gyro.

never mind. :kookoo::dumb::shrug: [SIGN]Here's my sign[/SIGN]

 

[Wolfgang10]

It has arrived!!!
I was hoping for it to arrive earlier so I could take it with me and stop by the hobbystore on the way home, but I guess I just missed the mail man.
I got the new tx and rx today and want to test it without driving all the way back to the hobby store.
Is there a way to test it at home? I dont have any servos or motors to test it with, but was hoping I could somehow use a multimeter or something similar like an LED light to light up maybe?
Also, where does the batter plug into the receiver?
There is 4 sockets for plugs, CH4, CH3, CH2, CH1, and then below CH1, there is a symbol that looks like an ohm, then "+ -"