So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't expensive enough for you?

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Doug McLaren - 27 Oct 2006 02:10 GMT

So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't enough radio for you?

Meet the Futaba FX-40. Only a mere $3000, it's here for the `money is
no object!' crowd!

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXNKD7&P=0

At this price, you get the TX, a RX and no servos.

Sort of makes the 14MZ look like a bargain at a mere $2200.

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Abel Pranger - 27 Oct 2006 02:50 GMT

>So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't enough radio for you?
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>Sort of makes the 14MZ look like a bargain at a mere $2200.

Kinda makes you wonder how many months away is Futaba's 2.4 GHz SS
entry into the marketplace that will render this one obsolete.

Abel

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MK - 27 Oct 2006 04:09 GMT

> So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't enough radio for you?
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> Sort of makes the 14MZ look like a bargain at a mere $2200.

I'm not sure I like digital trims but this sounds different. Doug, I'll
drive to Austin to try yours and see how I like it.

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Doug McLaren - 27 Oct 2006 07:14 GMT

| > So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't enough radio for you?
| >
| > Meet the Futaba FX-40. Only a mere $3000, it's here for the `money is
| > no object!' crowd!

...

| I'm not sure I like digital trims but this sounds different. Doug, I'll
| drive to Austin to try yours and see how I like it.

At this price, I should offer to send my private jet up to bring you
down to Austin rather than making you drive!

Personally, I like digital trims, mostly because you don't bump them
and knock them totally out of whack, and because they can be
remembered along with the plane's memory. And if you have multiple
flight modes set up on your TX, they can be remembered along with that
specific flight mode, so each flight mode can have it's own trims.

The tactile feel of analog trims is nice too, but overall, I prefer
digital trims. I guess the ideal fusion of the two would be analog
trims where the TX can move the trim knob for you, to set it to the
value it remembers. Doesn't really sound that practical, however.

My best radio is an Evo 9 (sorry, no 14Z or FX-40.) It does trims a
bit differently -- rather than shifting the entire curve up and down
like Futaba and I assume JR and others, it only shifts the mid-point.
The endpoints remain exactly where they were. It takes a little
getting used to, and it requires that you do more of your trimming
with the plane linkages (or by adjusting the actual endpoints in your
radio) rather than with your trim knobs, but I think I like it.

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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / October 2006

So, the Futaba 14MZ wasn't expensive enough for you?