Aerial question on Trex 450 plus

[MartinJ]

Hi All

A couple of threads I have read recently have got me a bit concerned. I bought my 450 plus as an RTF and the aerial lead is only about 2cm long sticking out of the rx. Is this normal, so far I have only been teaching myself to hover in the back garden so no real range involved.

Thanks for your help

[R3D]

Mines the same and not had a problem with it.

[cjcj1949]

You will lose control quite often, but you'll probably not notice it. My 130-X works happily up to 30 metres in range test mode. You can test the range by hovering within about 4 foot of the ground at a distance. If you do lose control the motor will cut and you'll land gently. Most crashes are due to all the other reasons.

[R3D]

I've had mine out further then that and not lost signal.

[cjcj1949]

By loss of signal I mean a frame or number of frames. As the fail safe ignores these frames you need to lose a lot before you notice, especially as the odd bit of turbulence does odd things.