My first radio was an OS Cougar 2ch (27mhz, pics not of mine) used it to death in all sorts of boats. Sold it about 1980 as it was suffering form black wire and the effects of use round salt water. They made a 4ch version as well. Next radios were in 78 (Futaba 4ch and 5ch brown box -27mhz) then 40mhz radios then 2.4mhz. Still have the Futaba 6ch which works fine after 45yrs, but wouldn't risk it these days, unless I was in the middle of nowhere.
I have Futaba TXs from 3 generations, - 27, 40 and 2.4 mhz, but I doubt I could go back to 4ft aerials.๐ When you compare the features of the old radios to todays computer 2.4 sets there's no comparison, but we used to set all our planes up for one TX, so there was no hunting through menus to make sure you had the right one selected, you just turned it on and flew, and knew it was perfect. I wonder how todays fliers could manage without their computers. I can't fly any better with my 9XR than I could with the old brown box, just handy to set up fancy stuff easier like expo, mixing etc, instead of playing with servo arm positions.
The early Futabas (and probably most others) had no servo reversing, so you just bought a reversed servo (still have one). I do miss the linear servos, which are impossible to find now, they were perfect for so many applications.
The 2 Futaba Conquest TXs I changed from Nicads to Li-Ion batteries which lasted for months between charges.
JB
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