Receiver Technical Information

Carbon fiber fuselages are electrically conductive. This means that they can attenuate radio signals in the higher frequencies. For model aircraft, this means that the antennas must be exposed to the transmitted signals. In the case of carbon fiber fuselages, the antennas should be outside of the fuselage where they can always "see" the transmitter. That's why the Futaba FASST receivers have two antennas, so that you can position them so that at least one of them is exposed to the transmitter at all times.