January 19, 2005

January 14, 2005

• Preset Variable Dual Rate Curves
  There are six preset Variable Dual Rate Curves. In the programming of the curves, the 14MZ allows the user to customize each curve to each pilot's needs.
  
  
• How will this benefit you?
  This will eliminate hours of programming of the Variable Dual Rate Curves. This one of the many shortcuts Futaba has included in the 14MZ's programming to save the user time when programming their radio.
  
  

January 13, 2005

• "The new 14MZ crosses a threshold that advances RC flying to a new 'interactive' level of functionality, precision and fun. This radio is more than just a tool that connects the pilot to the aircraft; the 14MZ is a multi-media system that enhances the quality of your flying experience, taking it beyond what was possible with any previous radio."
  
        - Dave Baron, Contributing Editor, Fly RC magazine
  
  Please visit www.flyrc.com to view the first product review of the 14MZ radio.

January 12, 2005

• Variable Dual Rates
  The 14MZ offers seven flight conditions and six dual rates. The dual rates can be assigned to any function in any configuration. The Variable Dual Rate and Expo can be combined so that they are automatically activated when a function is activated. Now there is no program mixing required.
  
  

November 15, 2004

• Pre-programmed Mixes
  Numerous aircraft configurations are already programmed into the 14MZ - seven wing types, four tail types, and three motor types. That's a good example of the many built-in "shortcuts" that make this radio so easy to use. Just select the set-up you need!
  
  
• How will this benefit you? This will save you hours of programming. The only functions the user must select are the wing type, tail type and motor type. After selecting these options all of the programs are automatically loaded, and are waiting to be assigned to the radio switches. This was also simplified by Futaba. All of the wing types, tail types and motor types are identified by pictures/diagrams.
  
  
• This is just another way how Futaba went the extra mile to ensure that this radio is the most revolutionary radio on the market.

November 4, 2004

• One of the most innovative features of the 14MZ radio is how it allows you to group multiple servos that control a single function onto one transmitter operation - but you can plug the servos themselves into different, individually adjustable receiver channels (even non-consecutively) without needing a separate servo synchronizer for mixing.
  
  
• How will this benefit you? The servo grouping feature leaves more of the 14MZ's mixing functions open to use elsewhere on your model. It also allows you to make precise adjustments to servo response after installation using the radio rather than tweaking linkage hardware. The 14MZ will adjust center- and end-points properly to elminate any servo binding.
  
  
• More information on Servo Grouping soon...

October 15, 2004

• The 14MZ will have a "Wireless Frequency Setting System" (WFSS). That means you'll be able to select your desired channel from the frequency-synthesized transmitter and send a signal to the specific R5014DPS receiver programmed to accept it. The receiver will then be set to the same frequency.
  
  
• The receiver included with the 14MZ will be the new R5014DPS. Even though it is a 14-channel receiver, it is smaller than the current R309DPS 9-channel receiver. Futaba has achieved this miniaturization breakthrough by bringing "Ball Grid Array" circuit board assembly, also used in cell phones and other state-of-the-art electronics, to radio-control.
  
  

October 11, 2004

• As all of the forums have posted, the 14MZ will be 2048 PCM. This is double the resolution of the 9Z radio (1024). Futaba is the first to provide a 2048 PCM system - no one else in the industry has it. This is the 3rd generation in PCM Technology from Futaba.
  
  
• Not only has the resolution doubled from the 9Z - the frame rate is now 40% faster. The 14MZ speed is 17.6 milliseconds, compared the 9Z speed of 28.5 milliseconds.
  
  
• How will all of this benefit you? The combination of 2048 PCM and the frame rate speed produces "Real Time Response," the closest you'll be able to come to real-time flying. No radio except the 14MZ will give you the unprecedented precision of "Real Time Response."
  
  

October 7, 2004

• The 14MZ will have dual internal processors! One uses the Windows CE operating system and functions as the brain for the 14MZs operating, communications, and programming functions. The other is a Custom Futaba Processor that will manage all of its flying functions.
  
  
• Why is Futaba using two processors? To ensure that neither the Windows CE operating system nor the Custom Futaba Processor will bog down. This improves the efficiency of the flying functions as well as the operating, communications, and programming functions.