Still up a tree
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Matthewdupreez
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That's an absolutely magnificent German Shepherd, or Alsatian because you're British
Mr_Stripes
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Hmmmmm not enough props.
TheFlyingBrit
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She is a German shepherd pure breed, working class.
Monte.C
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Does working class mean police/military? Good dog.
TheFlyingBrit
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Yes her parents are airport security dogs, working as opposed to show class 
Mr NCT
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I have finally gotten around to testing the motors and escs that spent 5 months in a tree in rain and snow. I was confident that the motors would be okay but was very surprised that the escs work just fine - drawing the same amps & volts as a "non-seasoned" esc. I am reasonably shocked.
Matthewdupreez
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That's amazing 😅. I had something like this tree scenario happen, 3 days ago... I was flying a profile jet. A big gust of wind came up, and I lost complete contr of the plane... And it landed in a giant gumtree.. about 16m up... Let's just say it took me a good 40min to climb up the tree, with ropes and all to get the plane down.. my main concern was not the motors and stuff... But rather my 1 and only Futaba RX 😂. They're little blocks of gold those things...
Bricks
Master member
It really sucks your so far away I threw at least a dozen 72 receivers and half were Futaba`s. Shipping is a killer as we tried that before.
TheFlyingBrit
Legendary member
Same here I still have some old gear in good working order which you could have had for free.
Matthewdupreez
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Thanks guys.. yea, this is a new Futaba t8j... And these Rx's are way over priced in my opinion 🤣
Baron VonHelton
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Matthewdupreez
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Errrrr. No... This is the tx..So you bought a chair to sit in while flying?
Mr NCT
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Come on guys, you’re in “still up a tree”! You have to mention a tree once in a while
TheFlyingBrit
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That's the S-FHSS-2 protocol in the T8J, not surprised its expensive for receivers. I love Futaba gear unfortunately it's the price of receivers that put me off getting one.
TheFlyingBrit
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I think Orange do a S-FHSS-2 version which are cheaper than genuine Futaba, I have never used them. But there are members of my club who do use them on Jets and big gasser planes and have had no issues.
I think that Orange has improved its reputation over recent years and are probably a lot more reliable than they use to be.
I think that Orange has improved its reputation over recent years and are probably a lot more reliable than they use to be.
skymaster
Elite member
not if it breks the ground and and come's out some where else than you are never going to find it. Lol
skymaster
Elite member
Have you ran it one. they are nasty too, one of them push me off and hit the ground hard.
Mr NCT
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Come on, you could say the receiver price was higher than a tree. You're not even trying!
Mr NCT
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And again!! Oranges grow on trees. That one's low hanging fruit and you didn't even put forth the effort to grab for it. You're so caught up in this "to Futaba or not to Futaba" stuff that you can't see the forest for the ...........