Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / September 2006

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To expand on what Kevin is after ...

There were three (or four, depending on how you count) versions of the
hardware that came with RFG2 --

#1 came with a Futaba controller with a joyport connection.  Basically
this was a standard joystick to your computer.

#2 came with a parallel port connection, and a plug to plug into your
TX trainer port.  There might have also been a serial port version,
but I'm not sure.

#3 came with the USB Interlink controller, which is a fully functional
controller, and it has a training cord (mini futaba) connection on the
back.

#4 came with no hardware and probably copies of RFG2 on CD-Rs, perhaps
downloadded or copied from a friend.  Not legal :)

#1 and #2 came out originally, then #3 came later and had an updated
version of the software as well.

If you have #1, your only option is a R/C trainer -> USB adapter.
If you have #2 or #3, you just need a cable between your adapter and your TX.
If you have #4, you're on your own :)

Note that the Blade CP comes with a non-standard trainer cord
connection.  This guy -- http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX/ -- probably
gives all the technical information needed to make a cable to convert
from the Eflite connector to a Futaba connector -- but you'll have to
do some soldering.

The odds are good that the USB adapter the original poster was looking
at doesn't even have the Efite connector, so some sort of adjustment
would still be needed.

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No, it doesn't.

Depending on which G2 you got, you got a joyport connected TX, a
parallel port connected TX adapter or an Internlink controller.

The first comes with no extra cables.  The last two might come with
cables, but none of them will connect to the Eflight Blade CP
controller, which has it's own non-standard plug.

If you get RFG3, it comes with the Interlink controlelr only, and it
includes some standard cables, but not one for the Eflite controllers.

Probably the easiest thing to do would be to buy a Eflight trainer
cord, and a Futaba trainer cord, cut them apart, and do some soldering
to make two adapter cables (you only need one, but you'll have parts
to make two.)  I'm guessing that the TX2TX site gives the needed
pinouts, but it might not include the Eflite pinout, in which case
you'd have to work it out yourself -- which probably would be easy
with a multimeter and some skills.  Or I'll bet it's documented online
somewhere.