It looks like Futaba has really hit a home run with one of their latest radios released October of 2009, the 8FG. This cutting edge radio is taking the hobby by storm, so much in fact, that one of our favorite pro pilots has recently gave the flagship 12Z a rest for Futaba’s rising star, [...]

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Inertia RC is running a special promotion to trade up your old gyro of any brand qualifying brand (Futaba, JR, Skookum, etc.) and receive an Inertia 860 replacement. Seems like a pretty sweet deal. If you have been considering upgrading your outdated gyro, now may be the time.

Source: Inertia RC

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I noticed this weekend that one of my friends never sent in his recalled TM-14 module so I just wanted to make sure everyone knew about this even though its about 30 days old.

From Futabarc.com
“The Futaba factory has recently notified us of a difficulty with some of the TM-14 modules that were produced and shipped [...]

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Colin Bell out having fun with his O.S 55 HZ in his Titan SE. Colin has always been a great pilot, he lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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This weekend, thanks to ReadyHeli and HeliDirect, we got our hands on a couple of the new Futaba 8FG radios.  The radio I have had for the last year has been my Futuba 10CHP which is a very capable radio.  We will have a full review coming soon but keep reading for my initial observations [...]

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Serial servo controls are coming from Futaba!

Information from Futaba isn’t publicly available in the USA yet, but we’ve been able to source some information from this system’s debut at the 49th Tokyo Hobby Show.
Rather than being limited to connecting one servo per receiver channel, you can now add several servos to each receiver channel. We [...]

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Debuting in Europe under Robbe, Futaba has released a new 2.4GHz receiver…

A small, ultralight seven channel 2.4GHz RASST receiver for indoor and outdoor flying at ranges of up to about 300m. With serial output, ideal for controlling micro helicopters such as the TRex-250, Mini Titan, etc.
Weighs just 3.9g. A serial output at the receiver requires [...]

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Tower Hobbies has just dropped the price on the GY520 by $20!

For more information check out Towerhobbies.com!

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Up until this point the cheapest FASST 6-channel RX w/ standard servo plugs was the R617FS at $99.  This was a disadvantage for Futaba compared to Spektrum which has several 6-channel RX’s in the $50-$80 range.  Well Futaba has been paying attention because they have released two new 6-channel RX’s.  Both RX’s are identical except [...]

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Looks like Futaba is coming out with a WIRELESS trainer system for their FASST radios.

Price: $99.00 USD, Due Late August
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXXMV7&P=0
http://www.rcmania.hk/index.php?c=article&d=views&id=284

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We stopped by the Futaba booth to get a couple close up shots of the new 8-channel 2.4Ghz FASST radio, the T8FG.

The first thing you notice is the large screen, which is essentially a smaller version of the screen on the T10CFG. The back light is great and very easy to see.

Once you play with [...]

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Spied at IRCHA, a new, sleek Futaba T8FGH (heli) and A (airplane) 2.4 transmitter system!

It appears Futaba is throwing its hat in the ring for an even lower cost, but fully featured 2.4GHz 8-Channel radio system!
(Translated from German)
T8FG-R6008HS 2.4 GHz M2 Futaba seal F7035 1-F7035
Compact, handy and stylish designed 8 channel computer system with more in [...]

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Futaba Japan released a notification last week that it’s come to their attention there are counterfeit Futaba products on the market.  Particularly the Futaba GY401 Gyro and Futaba S9254 tail servo are noted in the release.  These products will obviously not have the same performance as genuine Futaba products.

The key thing to look for is [...]

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Between now and July 31, 2009 Futaba is running a promo that will send you up to a $200 rebate when you purchase a new Futaba GY520 gyro and approved Futaba radio at the same time.  Both items must be on the same receipt, and you have to send in your form before August 31, [...]

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I had not planned on being able to attend XFC this year however, due to a family emergency I ended up being in Cleveland, OH on Saturday and Sunday.  Late afternoon Sunday I had some free time so my girlfriend and I made the short 3.5 hour drive to Muncie, IN to catch the last that [...]

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Last weekend, June 12-14, the 8th Annual Futaba XFC (Extreme Flight Championship) was held at the AMA National Flying Site in Muncie Indiana.  The contest consist of known and unknown flights by each competitor and judged by a panel.  Not everyone is allowed to participate in the competition, all entries are invite only which makes [...]

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This past weekend at the Maryland Helicopter Association Fun Fly Team Futaba pilots Bobby Watts and Kyle Stacy where testing a new product on the market.  It’s called the “crackilator” auto crack device.  The device plugs into the trainer port on your Futaba radio and when programmed to a switch to enable allows you to [...]

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Finally some bling for your radio!  Elevated RC is a small company out of Billings, MT that has started releasing more and more upgrades for popular heli’s and now radios.  They have an entire line of anodized aluminum switch nuts for Futaba and JR radios.The switch nuts come in your choice of blue, green, red, [...]

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It has been 4 years since Futaba has come to market with a new gyro.  The last being the GY611, which even today still holds it’s own and world renowned.  However in the past couple years new companies and gyros have come out bringing new technology and smaller size.  Futaba is not one to react [...]

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Futaba has come out with the new 10CHG radio, it’s essentialy the same as the previous version, the 10CHP, but this one has no modual sticking out the back, and it comes with an 8 channel R6008HS FAAST receiver. The new reciever alows you to switch from normal to high speed mode. High speed mode sets channels [...]

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