Project Mulligan

[suicideneil]

Dont all rush to answer at once... :P

Anyways:

Date Time Location Tracking Event

20-01-2010 13:51 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
11-01-2010 09:44 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
11-01-2010 09:44 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
11-01-2010 09:34 International Hub Arrived in destination country
07-01-2010 16:32 FOREIGN CENTER JERSEY CITY NJ 099 Left origin country
07-01-2010 15:15 FOREIGN CENTER JERSEY CITY NJ 099 Arrived at Outward OE
05-01-2010 08:12 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Collected from customer

Finally, after a week sitting in customs, its moving again- I expect a randsom note in the few few days or so.

I got some 1" x 1" aluminium angle in today, gonna chop that shizz up and make the battery tray later- an interesting design I have planned, shall we say..

Beyond that there isnt much left to do really:

Install MMM
Install servo saver ( when it arrives, if it actually fits )
Make battery tray
Make rx plate
Paint & trim shell

On the radio issue again, I've given up trying to find another rx that will work- few people seem to have 40mhz radios, and of those many are only single conversion ( I need dual conversion); buying new is out of the question as a 6 channel rx is like £30-40 / $45-60. So, next month, I have a plan:



Yarrr!

I've done my reading & am aware of the batch of txs with dodgey potentiometers, and I've also seen the nice mods you can do like backlit displays in blue or orange, and adding a 'power on' LED- something I did with the laser 6. Granted, I only really need 2 or 3 channels, so could in theory get a pretty cheap stick radio and be happy, but the allure of all those buttons and switches make me warm and fuzzy inside, plus spare rxs are only ~£30; compare that to spare FM rxs of the same price and I know which is better value. I can also use a spare rx and the multiple model memory for the Gmaxx, then sell the laser 6 to recoup a fair bit of the cost.

If anyone has any thoughts on the DX6i or Spektrum radios in general, or any advice / info about quirks when programming them to the MMM etc, I would grately appreciate it.

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I believe air radios use a shorter pulse width than surface radios and don't know that it would program with an MMM. Wouldn't you need a reverse pistix adapter? a xitsip adapter?