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cluft

14 Posts

Posted - 10/11/2005 : 12:25:27 PM

Theres an alternate plane locating device thats available at about 1/2 the price of the walston. Bruce Musser sent this link to me awhile back and I'd thought I'd pass it along

http://www.theplanelocator.com/csi_site/index.html

cut and past it into your browser

Carl Luft

Fly2High

70 Posts

Posted - 10/13/2005 : 10:59:00 AM

Does anyone use this system? How does it compare to the Walston? The price for a receiver and transmitter is only $200. It would be nice to have a complete setup for the price of the transmitter from Walson.

raschow

8 Posts

Posted - 10/14/2005 : 10:10:40 AM

Actually, Tx + Rx is $250 - still a bargain. Good Lift!

Good Lift!

Fly2High

70 Posts

Posted - 04/01/2006 : 08:54:55 AM

I found on RCGroups a whole discussion on the Plane locator and some testing of it at:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=396806

Seems to be good to more than a mile when used with a longer antenna. With the cheaper price for transmitters, it might be the way to go. I wonder if the Walson overlaps any of the frequencies and so you ight be able to use both to track the transmitter. Have to look into this more.

mikel

106 Posts

Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:19:46 PM

The bargain plane finder was used this weekend. Compass locates plane swallowed by stealth cloud....

aeajr

477 Posts

Posted - 06/27/2006 : 03:18:57 AM

Any other reports on the use of this Plane Locator?

Ed Anderson
LISF

Best regards,
Ed Anderson
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Long Island Silent Flyers

kzimmerm

4 Posts

Posted - 07/22/2013 : 12:34:51 PM

What frequency does the ESL utilize for the Walson plane locator?

Kurt