Robert H

Thanks, Steve, that is an easy thing to try.

Thanks for all your suggestion. I have been flying with this set up since February, never had this problem before and nothing has changed - hence my wondering about something having gone faulty. I will check all connections are sound, do some more range checks & try to relocate the ESC, but as Peter said, there is not a lot of room to move it. Everything was checked before take off & was fine.

I have a Bixler 2, with 35MHz Futaba. I have had quite a few flights without incident, but yesterday I nearly lost it! Take off was normal, then it very soon became very difficult to control. My instructor took over & also had great difficulty controlling it. When we eventually retrieved the plane & did a range check (transmitter antenna retracted) all seemed normal with the motor off, but as soon as the motor was operated, all the controls went haywire, even at quite close range. Could this be some sort of fault in the motor or ESC causing interference? If so which might be the more likely culprit? The motor is the standard HobbyKing item as is the ESC. Any advice would be very welcome!

Thanks for all your replies. I have have the cover off the receiver & there is the rest of it looks fine. Shaunie, it would be useful to know how long it should be, mine measures 96 cm from the case after my repair. Any idea what sort of distance I should expect from the range check?

I have aquired a Futaba FP-R107N 35mHz receiver with a broken aerial lead. Is it safe to repair it with a good quality soldered join (followed by a range check) or does it really need to be replaced? I have carried out the repair & done a range check, good response still received at 120 paces with the transmitter (Futaba T6X) aerial retracted & horizontal. Any advice gratefully received by this newby! Thanks