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Colin H

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Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« on: November 23, 2010, 03:04:55 pm »


Does anyone have any experience of the above radio kit? At £45-95p it seems a snip.


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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2010, 03:33:49 pm »
Colin,

Quite a few members of our club have them. Superficially it looks the same as the Giant Cod one which is quite a bit less money, but I could be wrong. As far as I know no-one has had any problems.

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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 03:58:37 pm »
Colin.At my club more and more members are buying 2.4.Both giant cod and planet.None have given trouble.Be careful about
buying direct from China as i know one member who wanted a 12 ch 2.4.This proved faulty postage costs to return are high.
buying in england easy to return plus able to deal with importer direct.John
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 04:01:34 pm »


Hi Gents and thanks,

A friend of mine Eagle on the forum has just started in the hobby I was going to reccomend a cheapo 2 channel but looking at this it might be a better way for him to go.


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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2010, 04:12:37 pm »
Quote from: barriew on November 23, 2010, 03:33:49 pm
Superficially it looks the same as the Giant Cod one which is quite a bit less money, but I could be wrong......


I think the Planet trim is better, and it comes in a smart box with instructions. That's probably better for beginners. It has 4 proportional plus one switched channel. I think it has an LCD voltage display, and runs off 4 AA cells

The GC one has less impressive trim, and comes in a plain box - no instructions. It has 4 proportional channels - you can add a fifth switched channel by attaching a switch to a connector inside, but you are not told about this. It runs off 8 AA cells, and just has a red light which blinks when the voltage is low. It actually has a built-in mixer, but you have to find out where the switch is for yourself...

The big selling point for the GC is the cost of £25.33 for a Tx/Rx combo, and £8.90 for additional receivers, sent from a British importer. http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gianitcod-24ghz-4channel-mode2-transmitter-p-403779.html refers...

The great thing about both is that 2.4Ghz means no fiddling with frequencies....
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2010, 06:45:13 pm »
there was a thread about this a month or so ago... but cant find it?

had my Planet T5 for near a year, now got 7 receivers (models) "paired" to the same transmitter, never had a single glitch with any of it...  its been 100% reliable

was under £40 when i bought mine too :-))


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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2010, 06:50:10 pm »
Someone has the knowledge to open up the 6th channel on the GC 4 Chann set
A mayhemmer has a modified set but is not saying
Even if it is just a switching channel it is worth having

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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2010, 10:25:40 pm »
talking to my local shop yesterday planet have introduced a 6 ch transmitter , the combo will be slightly more expensive though at £ 69 , they have also got another rx in a hard case !
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2010, 12:07:23 am »
I have the planet t5 and its idiot proof and to prove it I use it  :}
Just payed £14.99 for my 2nd rx unit. a set of 4 aa batteries lasts about 70 hours
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2010, 09:28:17 am »
Quote from: triumphjon on November 23, 2010, 10:25:40 pm
talking to my local shop yesterday planet have introduced a 6 ch transmitter , the combo will be slightly more expensive though at £ 69 , they have also got another rx in a hard case !

It must be a competition! Giant Cod have two 6 channel combos at £51.99 each, and have just introduced another receiver. Both theirs are hard case ones, but the new one has end horizontal connectors rather than vertical.

Hard to beat £8.90 for a second rx, though. But the Planet has a cheaper set of batteries.... 
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2010, 10:22:42 pm »
whichever you choose , they are a big improvement on the 27 & 40 mhz sets having no crystals , no clashes with fellow modelers . its also cheaper to buy one of these new 2.4ghz 5 channel sets than a 2 channel 27 or 40 mhz set !
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2010, 10:40:30 pm »


Thanks for all your comments I am glad to see they are positive. I can now recommend a set to my friend and will probably ask for one myself for Chrissie.


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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2010, 01:19:43 am »
I have asked Santa for one of these for Crimpo ! Note they are on E Bay for £44.95
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Re: Planet 5 2.4Ghz.
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2010, 06:02:20 am »
Quote from: dbninja on November 23, 2010, 06:45:13 pm
there was a thread about this a month or so ago... but cant find it?

Try here http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=25779.0

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