i have one of those receivers too, it came in my wild one, its not in the best condition, but i think it still works , the aerial and motor/servo plugs are busted, not to hard to replace though |
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Good post!!
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is an RC station before the time of Christ |
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heavier than a sherman
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This is a tiny bit spooky - I've finally got round t to dismantling my Falcon ... everything about the car suggests the provenance is good - all the light wear & damage, level of skill evidenced by the construction, still having the box etc etc, all suggest a lightly used 1 or 2 owner car, and the radio fits in with that, and looks like it must have been bought & installed as a set at the same time ... apart from the fact it can't possibly have been - or can it? TX is a Malaysian made AP-27 Mk V, one servo is a Hong Kong AS-7, the other is a Japanese AS-11, it has an unbranded (but possibly Acoms, it's not Tamiya anyway) external/switch mounted BEC, and a previously undiscovered, Japanese AR-227F... it's just like the AR-22FE, just without BEC
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Could it be that it was originally fitted with something a little more expensive and they have switched some stuff out for sale?
Even now, I swap out the stock steering servo to something with metal gears and ball-bearings and high-torque on my newer, faster cars.
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It's definitely a possibility, and TBH it seems more likely that the AS-11 servo is a later swap, rather than Acoms letting such a Frankenstein set go out the door The RX though, that's still odd: ARA-227 - c.1978, large socket gaps & "wrong" pinout to suit earliest servos (No BEC) ARB-227 - c. 1981, a styling update for the mk.II Techniplus set (no BEC) ARC-227 - c. 1984, smaller case & conventional servo pinout, but on flying leads (No BEC) ARD-227 - c. 1985, prototype only? As ARC, but with big BEC logo ARE-227 - c. 1986, as ARC but with BEC, still has flying servo plugs - production version of ARD? AR-227F - c. 1989? as AR-227FE but without BEC AR-227FE - c.1989, case similar size as ARC/ARD/ARE but with onboard servo pins, BEC AR-201 - c. 1994, slight styling update to AR-227FE, BEC AR-2/27/AR-2/40 - c. 2006 on, much smaller than AR-227FE / AR-201, BEC GR-24 - c. 2010 on, 2.4GHz, no BEC (swizz!) |
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I bought the same techniplus with my madcap in 72mhz. For me it is one of the best
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Edited OP to include white geared AS-7 servo, corrected Mk.v TX part number (AP-27, not AP227) & include AR-227F RX - I've put that under both "mk.IV" and Mk.V sets, the part number might imply the former?
As always, more info wanted - especially anything on the "was the Technidrive/"mk.IV" set a premium product or a step on the way" debate, or proof of the ARD-227 (BEC prototype?) RX ... without those I don't think this thread is ready to be locked off & the info published as a definitive article. I'm also interested if anyone has got a better idea re the "comfortable for small hands" figure - I'd thought a good measure was from the tip of the stick to the back of the case, but I've since found some TXs with a "long" distance to be ok, and some with a "short" one to not be ... I'm inclined to delete those references in the OP as, TBH, they're useless. |
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