Chris Dunn Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just Received mine this afternoon from Al's Hobbies, it's on charge now. I will be spending all night reading the manual. I'll be fitting the Receiver in my DB Sport and Scale Spitfire this weekend hope to be finished and flying in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan stewart dingle Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 ripmax price is just under 550 GBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chambers Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Saw this on another forum but may be helpful for some guys here. A British chap has written an unofficial guide on the Futaba 14SG that you can buy and view on your Kindle (or iPhone/iPad/Android/Windows/Mac/etc with the free Amazon Kindle App). You can preview and read the first couple of sections for free. There are 245 Pages in total, so it must be pretty comprehensive and no doubt a lot of work has gone into it. Here is a link: Futaba 14SG - Programming for Fixed Wing Aircraft For under £5, it may be helpful for those that either are struggling or wanting to make use of the more advance features of their 14SG. Si. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mc Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I cant find how to increase the volume level of the Timer Alarm. The present sound level is feeble. It will not help my street Cred if I have to go back to using a £5 digital alarm clock! I expect you Futaba 8FG owners will have encountered and sorted this one already The manual is no help and I can not see anything in the menu Any advice will be appreciated? Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:41:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename-John Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I dont know about the volume but ive set mine to vibrate when the timer`s up too, very easy to feel even if its very noisy and you cant hear the beeping Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:41:57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bennett Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Looking at other forums, I believe there's no volume control. But there is an earpiece socket and, as Codename-John has mentioned, you can have vibrate as well. If you're flying fixed-wing, you must have noisy models I have no problem with the beeper on my 10C (except when I'm flying my heli close to me), and other forums have mentioned that the 14SG's volume is louder than the 10C. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:42:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mc Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thanks for the advice guys. Our pits area is only 3 metres behind where we stand to fly ( A wiremesh safety fence seperates us) When the weather is good !? it gets a bit noisy when engines are being run up. I will try the vibration alert. I use a tray so I will see how I get on with this. There is a phone jack on the back of the Tx. Can I just plug in a proprietory phone/Ipod set of earphones or do I have to use Futaba ones which probably cost 4 times as much and have a 4 week order lead time? Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:42:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename-John Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Any with the same jack plug i`d imagine, the vibration is quite strong, it should rattle your tray Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:42:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Smitheman Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 As a long time JR user I finally took the plunge and bought one of these, and I am delighted with it, although there is quite a lot that is not entirely obvious to one from the pre computer generation. I have flown with it a few times, and know I will grow to love it. The programming of the failsafe is not at all obvious. One has to first press a button to enable the throttle cut. But if left there, it will default to full throttle! There ia a second step required, to move from the default setting called 0 to the required setting of -100 to get a throttle cut. The above steps are separate to and in addition to the need to reverse the throttle direction for use with an electric model. So far I have used the FASSTEST rx and a FASST rx and both required the same sequence to be followed. I am happy to assure you all that I established this whilst the model was firmly restrained between my legs facing into the wild blue yonder! Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:39:54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I routinely check failsafe even though it is set on my FrSky Rx's. Good tip though Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 26/04/2013 08:40:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Charles Smitheman Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Can anyone tell me what "VPP" is? It appears at the bottom of the screen: VPP #1 It is referred to under servo connection, airplane, under various channels according to type. Ch 6 is allocated to VPP in the first one. confused from Surrey......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Hi Charles, I'm not a Fuby user but it seems to be a Variable Pitch Prop setting option. I f you want to clear it from the screen, have a look at post #1730 in this thread on RCG. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Emerson Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hi, I've just purchased a 14SG from HeliGuru (got a good price at the much Marcle show) I was almost put off by the comment in David Ashby's review in the March issue that it didn't work with the early R606FS receivers. I've got a few of these and as far as I can tell the Tx binds and works fine with them. I've found the programming a bit tricky at first as it is significantly different from my T7C 2.4Ghz Tx. This isn't helped by the manual! I am getting there and have successfully transferred fixed wing and helis to the new Tx. So far I like it a lot, it just looks & feels like a quality product. Just put a DX18 alongside it and you'll see what I mean! Keith Emerson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hi Keith, Well, funny you should mention that. I had tried to bind a couple of R606s and had no luck, did some research and spoke to the distributor which confirmed that the 14SG wouldn't operate with them. Last night I realised I hadn't bound a model to the Tx as I hadn't flown it since last summer. Bound it ok, looked closer and it was an R606! I only wonder whether something has been tweaked in the subsequent software upgrade? I've been using the 14' every flying session this year and like it a lot. Best radio I've had. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 17/05/2013 13:08:58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Dav 2 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I agree with David. This is a fine radio, The snag is that the manual has been written by the people who designed/manufactured the equipment and who 'assume' many things. It would be nice if when a new radio, for example, is produced, the manual is given to a couple of average modellers to read and constructively criticise the contents before final publication. We might then get more detailed guidance. Overall though, quality, flexibility, etc the radio is excellent and in use is as solid and reliable as one could wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Emerson Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hi David, I was actually looking for a contact address for you when I noticed this thread and then noticed that you were the moderator so I hoped that you'd read my posting. Glad to hear that the R606 works for you. As you say it could be down to the latest update. Do you know whether or not Futaba plan to store telemetry data on the SD card? The Tx has a very large storage capability on the SD card and playing back flight info on a PC would be a nice feature (The DX18 for one can do it). As for the manual... It seems to go out of its way to be obscure, it took me ages to get rate settings sorted out and also to get get a flaperon working on a dual servo aileron plane. These were a piece of cake on the T7C. As with so many things once you have solved the problem it becomes straightforward. I believe that someone has written an alternative guide for the 14SG but I could only find it for a Kindle (which I don't own). All that said I'm very happy with the Tx and flexibility comes at a price, in this case time spent learning how to programme it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Green Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Where do I find the alternatve guide. Whilst I dont have a kindle you can still read the books on a PC. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename-John Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Theres a link to it from Simon Chambers on the previous page Andy, about 1/4 of the way down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Green Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Found it, and as per a review (as I suspected) usefull for 18Mz Users too. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Emerson Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Thanks for that. Downloading the Kindle app for PC now. Glad to see that I'm not the only one that found the 14SG manual "difficult" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Dav 2 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I don't have a Kindle, being old fashioned I like books, however the Kindle obviously has some advantages. From what Keith Emerson has written above it would appear that once purchased this 14SG guide can be read from an ordinary computer. Is this so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Emerson Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hello Barrie, Yes you can use a PC. If you follow the link "Found it" in Andy Green's mail it will direct you to the Amazon site. On the right hand side of the page are some purchase options. If you select "send sample now" it will automatically guide you through getting the kindle application for your PC. Once loaded you can then buy any Kindle book from Amazon (or elsewhere). You can also have a look at a few sample pages from the 14SG manual, if you like the look of it you can then buy the manual as a download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Dav 2 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Thank you Keith, however I don't want to buy a Kindle I just wondered if I could download the whole book and read it on the laptop as a PDF for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Barrie - that's what Keith was saying. You can install a Kindle "app" on your PC and read Kindle books on the PC using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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