Futaba mode 1 or 2 ?

[rob12770]

I have just recently got my first heli, a mini titan E325, but the controller is garbage a skymaster 4 channel
so i think i will get the Futaba T6J, but i notice that there is a mode 1 model and a mode 2 model but i dont know what the difference is, can any of you guys please advise which one (if any) i should get.. and is this a good choice of radio ?
many thanks rob

[Spasmod]

Hi Rob,

Mode 1 is throttle on right and cyclic on left

Mode 2 is throttle on left and cyclic on right

Hope that helps mate

[rob12770]

Hi Rob,

Mode 1 is throttle on right and cyclic on left

Mode 2 is throttle on left and cyclic on right

Hope that helps mate

ahh i see, thanks martin..i guess mode 2 (trottle on left) is more common yes ?
cheers rob

[vanman]

yea mode 2 is the what to go for !! im mode 1 but if someone told me at the start mode 2 was better for helis thats the way i would have gone

[rob12770]

cheers vanman
what do you guys think of my choice of radio ?
will i just be able to plug it straight in once i replace the reciever ?
rob

[Darwil]

More or less, you will have to bind the rx to the tx though, but then should be ok, also you will need to find out if any channels need to be reversed.
If I were starting off again and going down the Futaba route I would be getting the 8fg, purely from the point of view of buying once and not wanting to upgrade later.
I went down the Spektrum route and have a dx6i, the advantage being there are loads of bnf models ( helis & planks ) that work with it; but my next purchase will be the 8fg.

[vanman]

Yea the futaba radios are all good and work brilliant i fly on them, but i have just bought a spektrum dx 7 for indoor flying you just bind it to the likes of the mcpx and off you go and fly , as darwill says the futaba 8fg is a great choice that you will never out grow , but it costs a bit more , it just a matter of how far do yo want to take your flying

[rob12770]

hmm the futaba 8fg is too rich for my blood... so i might stick with the T6J plan..but i do agree about buying the best you can at the start.. but i doubt her indoors would agree.. lol.. cheers rob

i just wasted £80 in a rubbish agusta scale body kit... cheapo junk..took it off..

[Darwil]

If you really want to go down the Futaba route there is a way to get a very functional radio set up on the cheap: you could get a Turnigy 9x with a FRsky rf module but it's quite complex to set up.
If you decide to go with the 6 channel the look for the FRsky rx's they cost a lot less and for your needs are well up to it - also you might look at the cost of the 8fg with FRsky rx as opposed to the 6 channel with Futaba rx - I think you will be surprised.

[rob12770]

wel the T6J (which is a 6 channel) i am looking at comes with an R2006GS receiver.. would i need anything else ?
ta rob

[Darwil]

Nope, you would have all you need.

[rob12770]

cheers darwil

[Rotorhead]

Go mode 2, mode 1 is for subversives and deviants.

[xygax]

Watch the T6J its got a limited compatibility ..... Its not the same type of modulation as the rest of the futaba tx's so you will be stuck with a limited range of rx units you can use...

Steve

[Darwil]

Watch the T6J its got a limited compatibility ..... Its not the same type of modulation as the rest of the futaba tx's so you will be stuck with a limited range of rx units you can use...

Steve

+1 for that, I forgot it's not the same modulation as most of the Futaba stuff, so FRsky rx's aint compatible; go for the 6ex if it has to be a 6 channel.