G3 locked out on 72mhz

[X]

Seen many people including myself that G3 receiver with 72mhz locked out. Talked to Futaba services, she said that so far only 72 mhz that locked out but not on any other mhz.

Have anyone using G3 50mhz (ham)? Any lock out? My Stratus is ready to go with G3 receiver(72mhz), reading some post on RR, even MA recommended not to use G3 on Stratus.

Here is the posted on RR.
"Jeff @ MA strongly suggested not using the 5014 Rx & going back to a 149. He said that a lot of Strati are going into the ground & Futaba will not accept responsibility. Jeff told me that as a manufacturer they are taking a lot of heat for the Futaba lock outs. "

Regards,
x

[RCfan]

Nothing new @ http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3488488/tm.htm

[Finless]

DANG..... this is why I have been procrastinating putting the 5014 in my Vibe 90. I was going to do it this weekend but now this comes up again.....

Hmmmm

Bob

[DavidH]

X,
Jeff at MA does not fly helis. He is great at his job and does an excellent job of assembling parts for the MA helis that come prebuilt in the kits.
The G3 receiver is very sensitive. So it takes a little more care making sure everything on the heli is as it should be. The link that is posted above pretty much explains it.
I am not aware that MA recommends not using the G3 receivers. Would seem funny since most of the Team Pilots are using the G3 receivers in there models. The pilots that just competed at the XFC were using G3 receivers except a couple of pilots that are still using the 9Z.

David

[X]

Thank you,
x

[MichaelT1960]

If the $300+ G3 receiver was "very sensitive" then you wouldn't experience lockouts like I am with the heli sitting on the ground and engine off. I have a R149DP in my other Fury with the exact setup and when I range check it I can go many times further. The G3 IS NOT SENSITIVE ENOUGH and IS NOT picking up the transmission! That is what is causing the lockouts!

So far I have not received any lockouts while flying but I still don't fully trust the receiver and try not to go out too far.

Futaba needs to fix the problem and modify or replace all the receivers that are out there with new ones. A shorter antenna is not the answer but a temporary bandaid that for some reason may work in some cases. I would be willing to bet that shortening the antenna does not increase the range when performing a range check. If it does then the receiver's front end isn't designed or tuned properly.

Michael