Old Futaba FP-T5NH transmitter suitable?

[rovdownunder]

Hello,
I am wondering if an old Futaba transmitter and receover would be suitable for our basic ROV.
It's model FP-T5NH and I can't find much on it. The one I am looking at buying second hand is a 7 channel.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks.

[Bindo]

really depends on your price range, but old radios are very limited,

newer radios have mixes,

for instance, channel 2 is my left pair of thrusters, channel 2 is the right....

when i push the right stick forward the ROV goes forward, when i push the left stick left, the ROV rotates left, i might do a wee video on it if you don't understand.

i use this for my ROV.....

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__ ... ware_.html


and it works really well

Bindo

[rovdownunder]

Thanks Bindo
So with the turnigy controller can you program those things easily? Or is it simply a matter of connecting up the right channels with the desired motors?

[Bindo]

pretty much exactly as you just described it yeah.

the 9x is a budget radio with big features, I use mine for my ROV, and 2 Quadcopters, you can save different models in the memory,

here is a short video showing mixes, but you can make any joystick affect any channel, or all channels if you really wanted!

[olegodo]

How do you get the signal to the ROV?

[rovdownunder]

Thanks Bindo. Very helpful video.

I have ordered a 9X.

I think I'm going to keep the receiver on the surface. What is the 'adapter' required to hard wire from the transmitter to the receiver?

[Bindo]

I have my receiver on the surface also, no adaptor, i can launch and recover the ROV with the TX on a lanyard round my neck.

[rovdownunder]

Is it hard wired to the receiver?

[Bindo]

The transmitter? No its not.

[olegodo]

How long are the cables from the receiver to the rov?