Projects TX Conversion to 2.5 nhz
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Stambo
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To be honest, even if you can, you will still be running an old transmitter with limited functionality in to modern electronics.
If you want a cheap TX check out the new low end offering from FRSky.
It is getting some pretty good reviews and FRSky has got a name for itself for range and reliability.
FrSky ACCST Taranis Q X7 2.4GHz 16CH Transmitter w/ Battery White Black Sale - Banggood.com
If you want a cheap TX check out the new low end offering from FRSky.
It is getting some pretty good reviews and FRSky has got a name for itself for range and reliability.
FrSky ACCST Taranis Q X7 2.4GHz 16CH Transmitter w/ Battery White Black Sale - Banggood.com
RandyDSok
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You'd just be using the shell, switches and gimbals of the old transmitters since you'd have to have changed out the electronics and antenna so you could go to 2.4Ghz... that's saying you could get the new electronics to fit within the old shell and find a place to mount the screen so you could still program the electronics etc. That's still assuming the potentiality's of the old electronics are using the same resistances as new ones would... along with other possible concerns or incompatibilities.
Not to mention that the old receivers would still not work with the new transmitter electronics.
Not to mention that the old receivers would still not work with the new transmitter electronics.
Oldensly
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Thank you, you have perceived exactly what I had in mind. It seems a shame to waste all the good parts of the TX. I am not concerned about the screen because I am too old fashioned to learn how to program a computer radio! I get frustrated quickly when the confounded things keep telling me how stupid I am. Age 79 leaves a lot of dead grey matter!
RandyDSok
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The 2.4Gh radios are tied to the computer portion... putting them into another case will not change how they are meant to work and the screen is just as important. It just doesn't make sense in the end once you understand the differences in the electronics. ( ie analog vs digital etc ).
My Dad ( now 85 yrs old ) still has his 72Mhz radios ( also JR's ) and uses them on a couple of planes... but he also has a couple of digital 2.4Ghz radios also which he uses in others.
My Dad ( now 85 yrs old ) still has his 72Mhz radios ( also JR's ) and uses them on a couple of planes... but he also has a couple of digital 2.4Ghz radios also which he uses in others.
Smoggie
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If your transmitters have a removable RF module plugged into the back then it's a simple 'plug and play' exercise of buying and slotting in a 2.4GHz module. Hobbyking do such modules for Futaba and for JR using the Spektrum DSM2/DSMX protocol. This is the Futaba one: OrangeRX Switchable 2.4GHz Transmitter Module (Futaba Compatible)