Re: Futaba FASST - was Re: Revo mix and HH Gyro

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:53:33 -0600, "Steve R." <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>Hi Kevin,
>
>Thanks for posting the details here.  I don't spend a lot of time on the
RC 
>forums as a general rule and hadn't seen this before.   Futaba does have
a 
>service bulletin link on their 2.4gigahertz.com web site.  It's under the

>"Module/Receiver
>Sets" link.  They only acknowledge one incident in the US.  They don't
say 
>anything about a problem in the UK but they do indicate that the systems 
>were incorrectly programmed at the factory.

According to the thread, there were two separate incidents - both of
which exhibited the same symptoms of 72MHz systems on the same
channel.

>As I stated in a previous post, we've been flying a couple of 6EX's on a 
>camera ****p (one for the helicopter and one for the camera turret)
without 
>problem for the past 6 months or so.  I have emailed Futaba here in the
US 
>on this issue but haven't received and answer from them yet.  I've also
got 
>a TM-14 FASST module on my 12Z which is functioning cleanly too.  Then 
>again, come to think of it, I haven't flown with any other Futaba FASST 
>systems either so I'll "definitely" be keeping an eye out.

Not really an issue for me 'cuz I'm a Spektrum guy now and since I've
got a significant investment in the Tx and 6 Rxs, I'm not making any
plans to switch.