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Radio - Servo - Gyro - Gov - Batt > Airtronics RD 8000 question

torque
Senior Heliman
Location: west virginia

will a airtronics (stylus) PCM rec. work with the RD8000?

06-13-2004 Over year old.

TMoore
rrProfessor
Location: Cookeville, TN

Yes.

06-13-2004 Over year old.

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ShempHoward
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Location: San Francisco, Ca - too many beggars + bad drivers

I think a blanket "Yes" to this questions might cause some grief as some of the earlier Stylus PCM Rx's might not work with the RD series radios equipped to handle PCM. I think you should first specify the exact model number of the Airtronics PCM Rx that you plan to use so we can have more accurate info to go on.

BTW - The Airtronics Help line is 1-800-262-1178 1230-430PM Mon-Fri west coast time and is manned by Jack Albrecht (Fairfield, Calif) a very knowledgeable man regarding RC radios but he's not a Heli flyer. For Airtronics Heli related help you might want to call Brian Tucker at the Airtronics main office in Anaheim.

06-13-2004 Over year old.

TMoore
rrProfessor
Location: Cookeville, TN

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I think a blanket "Yes" to this questions might cause some grief as some of the earlier Stylus PCM Rx's might not work with the RD series radios equipped to handle PCM. I think you should first specify the exact model number of the Airtronics PCM Rx that you plan to use so we can have more accurate info to go on.

There is only 1 modulation scheme for the Stylus 200us PCM 1024 receiver. Every Stylus 1024 200us PCM receiver whether it be with the old style ATX connectors or the new Z connectors will work with the RD 8000. In fact, there has been only one Stylus PCM RX. Even some of the old style PCM 512 systems can be flown with the RD series. There have been no modulation changes since the Stylus was introduced, hence the "Yes".

Terry

06-14-2004 Over year old.

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K&B
Senior Heliman
Location: Columbus Ohio

I thought the same thing till I talked to airtronics. If it is not the new style pcm it will not work, That is what I was told!!!!!

Kevin

Sponsored by KBDD

06-14-2004 Over year old.

TMoore
rrProfessor
Location: Cookeville, TN

Kevin,

I have both the RD 8000 and the Stylus plus a lot more ATX stuff here at the house. The Stylus 1024 200us PCM RX that I use is the original one that came with the very first batch of Stylus radios. My radio is one of the first 12 to be imported by ATX. The RD will fly the RX, nothing has changed. I have the new Stylus 1024 200us PCM RX's with the Z connectors and both the RD and the Stylus will fly the RX.

Terry

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K&B
Senior Heliman
Location: Columbus Ohio

That is very good to know!!!! I have had a chance to pick up some pcm rec's but have allways passed because of what they told me!!
I have an rd6000 and a Rd8000. I love both of them.

Kevin

Sponsored by KBDD

06-14-2004 Over year old.

staraero1
Key Veteran
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey

The RD 8000 has pluse shift built right into the transmitter. It can run all the Futaba, JR, and Hitec PPM receivers on the same freq with the transmitter.

The RD 8000 also has PCM 2 pluse shift, which is the new style Airtronics pluse for the blue Z connector receivers. It additionally has PCM 1 pluse in it's pluse shift section, which is suppose to be the old style Airtronics recieivers.

I am fairly certain it will run most Airtronics recievers, new and old. You can contact Brian Tucker at Airtronics by phone, and ask about the issue to get the straight answer. Or just send him an email asking about the issue here at this address.

btucker@airtronics.net

Again, I am fairly certain you can run the old and new Airtronics receivers with the RD 6000 or 8000 transmitters. Just confirm it for certain with Brian at Airtronics. He will give you the straight story concerning the question.

Airtronics RD transmitters will perform a lot more functions then most people even realize. They do much more then most of the other radio system transmitters will do. Even more then other brands expensive transmitters will do. The Airtronics RD series radio systems are first class. Their RD line of radio systems can compete with anything on the market today, hands down without exception.

Staraero1

06-14-2004 Over year old.

TMoore
rrProfessor
Location: Cookeville, TN

The old 512 systems and ATCP 1024 are different. Only an Infinity 1000 can fly a 1024 ATCP system. The PCM encoding scheme used on the Infnity 660 was unique to that radio and was the forerunner to the Stylus system. It was a Super Quick Response 512 system that felt much different at the time compared to a normal PCM 512 system.

The 512 systems are OK for analog servo installations and fly in planks fine. That is mainly what I use them for although the 512 systems feel fine in helis too.

The RD 6000 Sport is not capable of any PCM modulation as it is FM only. The RD 8000 is versatile enough to handle the Stylus 1024 RX's with no problem. BTW, they will also handle the 92065 RX's which are the SQR type I described above but will not drive the old orginal 512 PCM's like the Spectra, and Infinity 600 used.

Terry

PS., While I'm on a rant, it just occurred to me how damn confusing this all is with all the radios that ATX has had over the years and the confusing nomenclature of RX, SX and TX Modules. I will get with ATX and see if we can't get some hard data that everyone can use when this comes up again.

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staraero1
Key Veteran
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey

TMoore is right about the RD 6000 sport model transmitter. The sport 6000 is the only RD radio system which does not have the pluse shift in the transmitter. With that said, most of the RD 6000's are normal version RD style radios, with green or blue lettering on the front lower left corner. These systems do have the pluse shift built in. And they are the most common RD 6000 system in use. The sport model was not very popular, and not many were sold as I understand it.

Again, the original RD 6000 with green lettering on the front, and the RD 6000 Super's with blue lettering, do have the pluse shift for various PPM and PCM pluse shifts. These RD 6000 style systems are for the most part, the radio systems which are out there being used by most.

There is only one RD 8000 system which was produced by Airtronics, and it incorporates all the pluse shifting modes as well. Again, most RD 6000's also have the pluse shifting built in them. Only the RD 6000 sport does not have the pluse shift in the RD line, and they are far and few between. As another note, the RD 6000 sport is the only model RD radio which does not have CCPM swashplate mixing capability either. The original RD 6000's and the RD 6000 Super's, and the RD 8000, all have the CCPM swashplate mixing capability built in.

Staraero1

06-14-2004 Over year old.

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