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FrSky is made by JETI????
Does anyone know if FrSky is made by JETI ?
![]() There are several similarities to the transmitters! |
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And somebody clearly hasn't handled the X12S, it's no more plastic than the DC-16 is. (the X7 on the other hand is plastic, but what do you expect for $105). |
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From your comment I must assume you have used both. If not, it's just opinion, not demonstrable 'fact'. However, I am not saying you are incorrect - as I said, I have not even seen either of them What have got here? Jeti: 1) Made by a small company that previously made ESCs that even when used well within their specifications but in my personal experience always 'melted' sooner or later ![]() 2) Makes an apparently well made, expensive and very 'pleasant' radio, but uses processes, particularly in the casework, that are unnecessary and add only expense, not function. Note - I am referring only to the casework, not the internal 'electronic' function when I make this criticism. 3) Only exists at all because of an EU 'Small Countries Development Grant', which means you and I, as EU taxpayers, subsidised the development of this radio whether we intended to buy one or not. FrSky: 1) Uses 'OpenTx'. This means they have to spend precisely zero on software development, which goes a long way towards explaining the low price. 2) Have, in this instance, lowered the costs even more by producing a close (but made in plastic rather than metal) copy of the Jeti so avoid all the quite high cost ergonomics testing and the cost of making the 'styling' sellable. 3) Quite frankly, point 2 disgusts me. They are riding on somebody else's design in the hope that they will get a good sales fallout from the (deserved or not) high reputation of the Jeti. Would I buy either? No. I have doubts about the future survival of the Jeti company. Compared to even the small 'Multiplex' operation, let alone the 'big boys', its worldwide sales are vanishingly small. Thus I have no faith in it still being here when I need it fixed. FrSky? The hardware is 'cheap' - for example, from many reports, here and elsewhere, the switches are poor quality. The OpenTx software is far too 'geeky' for my taste, even though I have spent 30 plus years in professional software development. I am not inclined to extend that 'geekiness' into my private life. |
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As soon as Brain/MSH releases compatibility with the FrSky telemetry, I will be selling my Jeti and buying the FrSky X10. FrSky offers *far* more value, flexibility, features, and options than Jeti does. Jeti does offer plenty of "bling" though. If you're the type that prefers to throw money at pretty nail polish on your radio and $100+ receivers, then Jeti is the radio for you. |
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Multiplex is NOT small. They are the European operation of Hitec/Multiplex RCD, a major global operation based in Korea (and also related to Graupner/SJ at an ownership level, although not at a corporate level) |
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Whatever.
The fact remains that it is a close enough copy for Plasmajoe, the OP, to ask if it was made by Jeti. And that's the whole reason why the thread exists at all. And the very first moment I saw its picture I thought 'Jeti copy', and I can't be the only one ![]() |
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I have flown FrSky since they released their first module and receivers with telemetry using a JR PCN10X and a JR9303. No failures what so ever. Aurora 9 same thing Not the best TX firmware but it worked and never a problem with many a flight. First version of the Taranis TX and now a plus when they were first shipped never a problem except when I accidentally dropped it, broken switch replaced within an hour by me. FrSky TX firmware is derived from the OpenTX project.
Never a brown out with anything except spectrum. Almost all of the Parkzone etc birds that had spectrum receivers in this area are long ago consigned to the trash barrel at the field after the usual spectrum's cry of lament "I ain't got it" I am glad that there is high priced for high priced people to buy, but the average Joe RC flyer that goes to the field to fly 1 or 2 times a week will want the stock no frills 4 or 6 channel that costs less than $200 and a $100 to $200 plane. He will go to the field knowing his equipment will work and he will have fun and good companionship while there and will go home with an intact plane and will look forward to the next trip there. He will teach his children to fly and no one who ever soloed will ever forget that. May all your landings result in a reusable airplane. |
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I heard they're both owned by Kraft. I mean really - look at the similarities. All three have TWO sticks, some switches, slider things, and a status indicator device. They probably ALL have a circuitboard with solid-state devices inside too... Sheeesh.
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Most things we buy and use on a daily basis are made in China and are either copies of something made elsewhere or once made elsewhere. Complaining because Chinese manufacturers take the best of what they see, wherever it originates, as inspiration for their own work, is pointless. |
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