Receiver Antenna Placement

I’m guilty of it myself, of stuffing the receiver antenna into small fuselages wherever there is some room. Surprisingly, the 2.4 GHz signals are quite good at reaching the antenna. However, it is a fact, that this frequency band is line-of-sight and can’t bend around metal, carbon fibre, or similar material that is not transparent […]

Radio Interference

Introduction We had three severe crashes recently, which can not be attributed to pilot errors. The models’ controls moved so fast and violently that it would be almost impossible to replicate this, even with the most nervous thumbs. Equipment failure is the first thought, however, the three incidences were very similar and occurred with different […]