Futaba Magnum PCM FP-T3PG-X

[kalsh]

Can anyone shed any light on this old transmitter. It has a swivel top, the battery pack holder unclips, it has a module also. I googled it with limited success. It still goes and came with a receiver which still works in a old onroad car (non Tamiya). Oh and the battery cover is missing. Anyone got a spare???

I am unable to upload pics here for some reason yet again so please link to my showroom here. Sorry for the hassle.

http://www.tamiyaclu....asp?cid=118991

[TA-Mark]

Here's a manual. When you search for parts for it, try the string 'Futaba 3PG'. Parts for something this old will be by pure luck, or buy another, working or not.

Picture linked from your showroom for ya:

[kalsh]

Thanks for that. Mine is slightly different not having as many buttons and mine is running on 40 MHz and is FM. Mine does not have brake trimmer or warm up switch. Great site the link that you provided. Cheers

[Crash Cramer]

Thanks for the manual too as I wasn't having much success with getting a manual for MY FP-T3P. Now that I see it, I am missing a part or two, specifically the bottom plate and the plastic to keep the battery from shorting out when you put it in your pocket. Recently I posted an MRC radio that had a separate battery box that you clipped to your belt, I would suspect this was Futaba's approach to helping with the shere weight of this radio, IT IS NOT LIGHT and a bit top heavy when compared to the Magnum Junior of the same era. Swarm, the reason for your radio's lack of all the buttons is interesting seeing how that you got the PCM version which was touted as a very high end system to avoid glitches and noise from other sources. My best guess on when this came out would be around 1986-1988 on that radio. I deduce that from a catalog I have from early 1985 with only an aircraft PCM radio available that year, but in the surface section, it shows the "standard" FP-T3PG. It also states MSRP, $299.95 for a setup with 2 S132H servos and R104H RX, only lists the following Frequencies though:27,72 and 75MHz, then if you wanted to get 2 S131S servos with your setup, you were going to shell out $329.95. Now going off the fact that the PCM was both hi tech as well as FM, I would say we could add as much as another $100 to that price tag, so not the cheapest radio of its day, there were a few that would set you back more as well!!!!!! I can't imagine spending that kind of money on a radio back then or today, but with today's money, you might be able to buy a radioset that drives the car for you for $300 LOL

Hope this info is helpful for you. Again, without the catalogs each year from Futaba, I am only guessing age of this radio, let's not forget you are in a different market region than I am, so it could have been available to you before we got it here in the USA.

Chris