rcaddict Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I have a load of 35 mhz futaba tx's & rx's which there is no way i will ever use again, is it worth selling or are they worthless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I took a few good quality ones (ie not Futaba but some Schultz DSP types) to a swap meet last week and had zero interest. Quite honestly, I'd have almost given them away if someone was going to use them. Sadly, they seem to be worthless despite 35Mhz being an exclusive aeromodelling frequency and 2.4gHz used for everything by everybody. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Channon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Worthless,!!! Give them to me and I will dispose of them (keep ) them for you..!😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 There is a guy on the BMFA Classifieds who asks for 35 meg stuff from time to time. He took a lot of my old receivers a while back, and gave me a fair price for them. He will also take transmitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Cunnington Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Old Git : Whereabouts in UK are you sir ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKid Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I still use a couple of my old JR (40 MHz) radios for park flying and slopin', controlling lesser valued models and they still perform great (just gotta remember to put the aerial up!). The achilles heal of the older JR radios is that the innards are powered by a proprietary JR lithium battery and once that goes she's a paperweight these days. I also have another couple of newer JR radios that I converted to 2.4 with FrSky modules four or five years ago. I have had zero issues with these over 100s of flights and they are reported to have a good signal out to around two kms which will do me. oldgit, are your futaba tx's suitable for modules? Edited By KiwiKid on 06/03/2018 11:26:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 No value? It depends who you are talking to! Nearly half my planes (9!) still use 35 meg and are flown regularly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I still use 35 along with 2.4. Never have any issues at all. No reason not to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I still use my beloved Field Force 8. I have masses of receivers of all size for it. There are some features on it that are better than my Spektrum such as exponential on the throttle stick a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 35MHz stuff essentially worthless is because the relatively small number of people who do still use it have all the TXs and RXs they need from previous secondhand purchases/donations from those moving to 2.4GHz. 35MHz still works well (arguably it's safer than it was in it's heyday because of the very low number of users), but it's simply supply and demand driving prices - there are more old TXs and RXs out there than people who want to use them. Edited By MattyB on 06/03/2018 14:12:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucksboy Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I had trouble giving my away Futaba receivers two years ago at my club. I think I managed to give away two in total, like everything, they are only worth what someone is willing to pay. I couldn't find anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank Skilbeck Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I've just converted a MPX 3030 I acquired back to 35mhz to make use of my 35 mhz receivers, mainly in glow models where I don't need the telemetry data! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Not worth anything, the ones I sold, sold for £1 each on ebay, then threw some away, as it was costing me more time to list than what I got out of it. 35 Meg is dead, and all my 550 aircraft are all on 2.4, but spread over the makes of Futaba, Spektrum, Hitec and Tactic. None on 35. Have kept one or two JR rx's for my X-347, for sentimental sake, thats all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanter Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hi Paul I knew you must have a lot of aircraft but 550. That's truly spectacular! I am well into double figures and if you include unbuilt kits and wannabee plans I get well into three figures. Where and how do you keep them all? All my ceilings are full. Respect!! Levanter (aspirational) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Posted by Levanter on 06/03/2018 18:23:35: Hi Paul I knew you must have a lot of aircraft but 550. That's truly spectacular! I am well into double figures and if you include unbuilt kits and wannabee plans I get well into three figures. Where and how do you keep them all? All my ceilings are full. Respect!! Levanter (aspirational) More to the point Paul - how do you decide what to take out on any particular day? Do you run a rota system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Surely we should all be keeping our 35 mhz stuff and using it occasionally - setting up models in the workshop? - just so aeromodelers are using the frequency. Otherwise someone will bag it for something else. If 2.4 ever becomes impractical due to everything using 2.4 we may need 35mhz, but once it's gone....... Giving 35 mhz stuff away might allow the frequency to be used illegally -model boaters or fishermen perhaps- and shoot down the remaing aircraft users. Keep them or destroy them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Marsh Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Suppose the BNF don't count, as they have a 2.4 rx in, anyway, and never had anything else, and never will, especially the micro with the board integrated into the model, such as the Horizon Hobby UMX stuff... At Swapmeets, As said, they cannot be given away, but you can always try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Levanter Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Good point kc A bit like walking the pathways to make sure they are kept open for all to use when wanted. Levanter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stevens 1 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I'm one of those still happy flying on 35 Mhz, My set is a Hitec Eclipse 7 and it still performs well. I can change it over to 2.4 Ghz quite easily as it will accept a module in the back of it to allow that (and has been done successfully) I would obviously need to buy several Rx's for all my models though. For now I'm quite happy sticking on 35, it works well with no faffing about. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon P Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I would be careful rubbishing the exclusive 35MHz band based on the technology available when it was widely used. We might need it one day, 2.4GHz is a free for all. I wonder if any of the techniques and technologies we have these days on 2.4GHz could be back ported to 35MHz. I know a microchip intended for wireless computer mice is a large part of what gave manufacturers easy access to 2.4GHz and there probably isn’t something like that for 35MHz FM but if a microchip were to exist and have the same ins and outs perhaps it would be possible to transfer new technology to the old 35MHz band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Correct me if I am wrong but isn't there a problem using 2.4 close to heart pacemakers. Or is that all radios? This being the reason that you have to go outside a hospital to use a mobile phone. or at least into the corridors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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