Need replacement Aerial??

Cucullan

Anyone know where I might be able to pick up an aerial for a remote control? The little lad broke the one for a Jeep he has and now the range is very bad.

no leaf clover

me 2 buddy ....me 2.... sorry not in tipperary havent a clue

coolwings

If it is a Nikko radio from a €25-50 boxed model - don't bother trying....start straightening coat hangers and get a soldering iron!
Radios from Futaba, Hitec, Sanwa, or JR have a threaded aerial mount, and spare aerials can be got from every decent hobby shop.

Is Steven Fairhurst still in Nenagh? Steves Hobbies.....same building as a chinese restaurant I believe - near the Town Hall. You could try the phone directory for him.
Otherwise Noel Barrett Models in Cork, Peter Bull in Kilkenny, Green Hobby & Model in Dublin or The Model Centre in Dublin ....all will have spare aerials for most of the radios mentioned above.

Cucullan

The only Steven Fairhurst I found in the phone book lives in Bansha, west Tipperary could that be him?
Here's a pic of the controller

Would any 40 HZ controller work the Truck?
And here's a pic of the Aerial

no leaf clover

wats wrong with the aerial, if its just the aerial then any aerial will do wont it? it shouldnt be much of a problem to pick one up,

Cucullan

The aerial snaped in two so the range is alot worse than what it should be and its proving a big problem picking one up

no leaf clover

would you order online?

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=ShowSpecification&ItemID=12653

no pic but i fairly sure this is what you're looking for, could anyone else confirm this please?

Fobia

I dunno, the wavelength needs to be right..

This is a useless post.

coolwings

If you said "a JR" radio, or a "Sanwa" radio or "Futaba" you just ask for the part and get the right one first time.

But I don't recognise the radio make from the pic you posted. I expect that it is an ebay job, in other words a cheap copy of a brand with some parts changed to avoid law suits.

So nobody will be able to advise due to the particular radio you have not being "standard". I see it has a male threaded base to the extendable antenna. The thread could be 2.5mm, 3mm, 4mm.
If you can tell a proper hobby shop the length, diameter of bottom segment, male/female, and the thread size - your odds of getting the right one 1st time go up, but you could still end up buying more than one before getting the correct part.

This is something an LHS (local hobby shop) does in 60 seconds but without technical help you are stuck.

FYI The price of 2 antennas (a wrong one and the right one + post x 2) would be similar to the price of a whole new transmitter with antenna in it.

I think you need to bring the broken one in physically into a LHS and ask for "one like that", let them give you whatever make or brand it turns out to be.

Cucullan

So would any 40hz controller work the truck?

coolwings

Should do, there are two types....
40AM
and
40FM
I would bet you've got 40AM which is quite common.
All that should be necessary is to remove the crystal from your transmitter (tx) and put that crystal into another tx. This puts the new tx onto the same channel that your old one was on, and all should be ok.

In the event you are switching aerial-antanna, it should be the same length if the fitting at the aerial base is the same.

dts

So whats the truck. Do you know the model and make ?
This should be no big problem, is there a christal plugged into the front of the controller, if yes then replace the controller with on off ebay etc. If no then it must be a cheep truck so not worth spending money on a new controller, just pach up the old aeirial with solder and tape.
New controllers are only about £10 on ebay.

dts

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Futaba-Radio-Controller-Transmitter-and-Battery-pack_W0QQitemZ6034603477QQcategoryZ68407QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Put a bid in for this:D

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the one reason i wouldnt go for that is there feedback

no leaf clover

only thing is flunked he has been a member for godd cupla years, best thing to do would be a bit o research, see previous sales and proobs etc#

dts

It was just an example of what is out there for next to nowt!