Futaba / JR compatability

I'm putting together a new Venture 30. I am using a JR radio, and opted for the Futaba GY 401 Gyro. I found out something I did not know. The JR and Futaba have different style connectors. There is an adapter available, but from what I hear most folks just shave the "tab" off the Futaba, and bevel one corner with an exacto knife. Of course the wires are different colors, it looks like Futaba black = JR brown.
Futaba red = JR red (of course this wire is in the middle)
Futaba white = JR orange.

[Andrew]

Yeah. Just shave off the futaba tab if plugging into a JR receiver. It works just fine for me.

[darren_uk]

I've had a similar problem too:

I have a JR radio with charger, then I bought an electric heli which had a Futaba radio without charger.

The Futaba transmitter battery had different style socket - all I had to do was use a file to put the little nick on the corner of the plug to allow it to go into the JR charger socket. Works fine.

Yea but.... I shure didn't have to think that I would hav had to do this with brand new equipment.

[darren_uk]

"Yea but.... I shure didn't have to think that I would hav had to do this with brand new equipment."

You don't.

But if you want two get one piece of equipment to interface with another piece from a competitor, then don't expect them to make it easy

You're right though: Futaba should open up it's customer base for a gyro and not limit its customer base to just users of a Futaba receiver.

Email Futaba and ask them, or discuss it with the shop you bought it from. There might be something we've missed.