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Product Review- Smart-Fly PowerSystem Competition 12 Turbo
Product Review by "Rockin' Rick" Part 1
HI there! For my Pilot RC 100CC YAK 54 I decided to try Smart-Fly's New PowerSystem Competition 12 Turbo. I've been using Smart-Fly's 14MZ power expanders with the Turbo regulator in my other planes and they have been my first choice up until now. Smart Fly has really got a winner here with this new system as you'll see in the review. In our age of rapidly advancing RC technology, 12-14 channel transmitters are becoming commonplace. I can't figure out why some manufacturers of other power distribution systems still only supply units with 7-8 channel outputs. They also tout their power expanders as "programmable" but only give 5 channels that can be programmed. Yeah, you guessed it, I'm talking about Duralite and its parent PowerBox Systems. Also, I think that these Duralite and PowerBox Systems units are exceptionally overpriced. You'll pay $645 for the Royal 40/26, then pay another $70 for the programmer unit. Add it all up= $715, and guess who's getting the Royal 40/26 shaft here? Also, you'll have to buy Duralite's or PowerBox/Systems excessively over priced batteries to connect to the units. They all use that miserable multiplex connector in order to make them proprietary. Good for them, bad for you. I suppose Duralite thinks that it's name alone should be good enough to get your money. So if you've got plenty of excess cash or like fiddling around with matchboxes and that kind of stuff, go the expensive route, make yourself poor and the other guys rich. For my money, Smart-Fly is really on the ball here with their 12 channel units and that makes it a cinch to program multiple servos with my Futaba 12Z that we'll be using on the Ailerons, Elevators, Rudder, throttle, and smoke system . It is reasonably priced @ $259.95 including the optical ignition cut-off. With the money you save, buy yourself a pair of Smart-Fly's super switches @ $64.95 or some great servos or super batteries. Total investment for the Smart-Fly system? $324.90. So I ask you, why in the hell would you want to pay more? The Smart-Fly Power System Competition 12 Turbo makes it so easy, even a cave man could do it! Where did I hear that before?
Unlike the stand alone Power Expander 14MZ, the Power System Competition 12 Turbo already incorporates the turbo regulator. It will boost the servo control voltage to 5.0V for better compatibility with a variety of servos. There's a lot of talk about manufacturers servo incompatibility due to voltage changes in the newer 2.4Ghz receivers, but the Competition 12 has no problem compensating this. The big name receiver and servo manufacturers are getting more proprietary every day with their products, in an effort to make you buy their items exclusively. Whichever servo you choose, it's going to work with Smart-Fly's power distribution units. The receiver gets a filtered 5V, 1A power to it continuously. Servo output voltage is easily adjustable from 5V - 6.5V. Addtionally, the optional optic ignition cut off can be included with the unit, and I think it is a prudent safety move to do so. The unit has Ten channels with three outputs per channel plus two additional channels with four outputs per channel. It is a perfect match for the JR R1221 or the Futaba R6014 receivers. I'll use a pair of Fromeco 4800 mah Li-Ion batteries on the receiver side to ensure more than adequate power to the system. I'm not really sold yet on the Li-phosphate batteries because one of our members recently had a plane go in due to catastrophic failure of one of these type batteries. This Turbo version is meant for giant scale planes and the regulator can supply 17.5 amps of continuous current with 35 amp peaks. Whoa, when you need it, the juice is there!!! I really like that degree of power at hand on this plane. The unit also includes an Ignition Cutoff as a built-in feature. This provides an optically isolated ignition kill function for gas engines with electronic ignition modules.
Smart-Fly Super Switch Power System Competition 12 Turbo
Here's a picture of the Power System Competition 12 Turbo installed in the Pilot RC YAK Recommendation: The Smart-Fly Power Expander system is every bit as good, reliable, and functional as the Duralite's - PowerBox Systems. I speak from experience here as I used the Duralite units in other aircraft before I got wise and went with Smart-Fly. Remember, the Duralite- PowerBox Systems is only programmable on five channels maximum if you buy the "all the bells and whistles" model for the super big bucks. But then again, there's lots of people out there with more money than sense. The Futaba 12Z, 14MZ, and JR's 12X transmitters are a perfect mate for the Power System Competition 12 Turbo as you can program your servo's straight from the transmitter. No need for a servo programmer or them miserable matchboxes. But, if you need a power expander that has servo matching capabilities, consider Smart-Fly's EQ10 @ $249.95 or Power System EQ6 Turbo @ $299.95. Either way, you're going to save a lot of bucks compared to the highly overpriced Duralite systems. Bodzilla has recently switched from Duralite also. He's is currently flying with the EQ10 on his 40% TOC Extreme YAK. According to him, he's in love again now that he's switched from the dollar sucking Duralite stuff. Some folks just take a little more time to be convinced, but I'm happy that he's finally seen the light. With me, it comes down to a matter performance, reliability, and just plain good dollar sense. You make the call, I'm sticking with Smart-Fly.
EQ10 Comp 12 without Turbo Regulator EQ 6 with Super Regulator
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