Futaba 14MZ and 12Z replacement??

[r/cmark]

Anyone have any word on the new generation of the Futaba 14MZ and 12Z ??

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by r/cmark

Anyone have any word on the new generation of the Futaba 14MZ and 12Z ??

Rumors out of Europe say a 16 to 18 channel 14MZ replacement in April or so. Rumors out of the US say the rumors out of Europe are not correct.

So the answer is no, nothing solid.

However, I would not be at all surprised to see a new radio sometime this year and if it had 16 channels that would not be a surprise either given that the S-Bus programmer has the ability to program 16 channels.

[Lubebosch]

Heard today fro a rap that T18 will be exhibited in Nurnberg at the Toy Fair Feb 3 - 8.
Will see...

[neavissa]

Originally Posted by Lubebosch

Heard today fro a rap that T18 will be exhibited in Nurnberg at the Toy Fair Feb 3 - 8.
Will see...

Does that mean they will have any new models on their website as of tomorrow? or do they wait till the International Toy Fair 2011 is over and then put the new stuff on their website???
thanks,
G

[bossee]

Hi,

I hope Futaba will release information of any new things they might show now at Nurnberg Fair on their website in a reasonably time before they actually have something to sell to users. I do not like when a company advertise a new product and we have to wait month after month (sometimes even a year or more) before anyone can buy it. Spektrum DX8 and DX10 - that took long time before DX8 was released and DX10 has not been released yet and Spektrum announced them a long time ago. Remember Graupner new high end radio MC-32? They showed it at last year Nurnberg Fair but it has not been released yet. Personally I think it just irritation but I understand it can be technical obstacles that delay a product release to the public.

/Bo

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by neavissa

Does that mean they will have any new models on their website as of tomorrow?
G

I would not hold my breath waiting for that!

[neavissa]

Nothing on their website yet...

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by neavissa

Nothing on their website yet...

When you say "their website" which site are you speaking about??

[neavissa]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

When you say "their website" which site are you speaking about??

http://www.futaba-rc.com/

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by neavissa

http://www.futaba-rc.com/

That website is run by Great Planes/Hobbico, the North American distributor of Futaba products. You will not anything there until just about the time it is released to the NA market.

Here is the actual Futaba Japan site:

http://www.rc.futaba.co.jp/

Nothing there either. Anyone at the Toy Fair have any reports?

[bossee]

Hi,

I read some on German RC forums and Robbe/Futaba did not show anything new really. No telemetry, no new airplane/helicopter radio (except they have a new beginner 6 channel 2.4 GHz non FAAST radio, T6J).
I did notice in Robbe news catalog 2011 that there will be many enhancements via software to the Robbe/Futaba T8FG radio and I'm sure some of the enhancements mentiond there will be also in the rest of the software upgradable Futaba radios.

/Bo

[neavissa]

I give up! Tired of waiting for a new radio to come out! If it comes out fine, if not, so what!

G

[maizor]

Sent a Mail to robbe and asked for telemetry. Telemetry will be ready before summer. And they will develope new transmitters ( new high end i dont know) but i was told that most likely my 14mz should be upgradeble. If i had to send it in or just a software update they did not know yet.