So fellas, I need some advice. Realise that the new plane will be stretching the capabilities of the DX6i and may need to look for something with more channels and brain power (both the TX and me!). The guy I'm buying the plane from has offered me an 8ch Graupner JR MX22 for £60 that would just need converting from 35mHz to 2.4 gHz using a FrSKY module (approx. £50 module + receiver). What do you all think? Anyone with a better solution or a spare 8ch TX/RX for around the same price capable of the usual sailplane mixes/flight modes etc. that they'd consider parting with? Thanks! Will
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Oh, and this potentially means that I'd have a DX6i going spare if anyone is interested or knows of someone else who is!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at upgrading my dx6i too but don't know whether to go for dx6 or pay the extra and go for dx9!
ReplyDeleteGo for the DX9 Scott.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul
ReplyDeleteHey Scotty! Great not to be going through this dilemma alone! Let me know what direction you go in. Back in the UK for a week from 3-11 Oct so hopefully catch you and the guys sometime then - although weekends already looking pretty booked up by family/weddings/etc... Still got to drop that book of with you too. Look forward to catching up soon as I've almost forgotten what y'all look like!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Will. In case you decide to stick with Spektrum, you should know, if you don't already, the EU has banned future production of equipment using the Spektrum DSM2 technology. This does not effect DSM2 equipment already in use, but it does mean that if you replace your current TX with a DSMX only TX you will not be able to use your DSM2 receivers. This could also apply if you upgrade your current TX with the latest , so check with Horizon before you do.
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This could also apply if you upgrade your current TX with the latest firmware , that should read.
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Wow, I had no idea. This thing is such a mine field! What's the story behind banning DSM2? That's what's in my DX6i right? Is DSMX the way to go then? This is making me more and more tempted by Tim's multiplex!
ReplyDeleteI don't know the reason for it Will. I ditched Spektrum a while back when I was looking to upgrade from my DX6i. For me I was looking for value for money and remembering that it wasn't just the cost of a TX, but also the cost of receivers. Multiplex 7ch receivers, for example, cost about £70. That's a lot of money in my book, unless, as in your case, you could be fitting a Frsky module, then you have the benefit of cheap receivers. I went for a Hitec Aurora 9ch with Hitec 7ch receivers at about £44 ea. But I tend to buy a HK 8ch copy at £15 ish. For me, receiver cost was a big part of my decision. The other big factor was that I wanted a TX that had glider specific programming built in, which many still don't seem to have.
ReplyDeleteI'm still stuck in the dark ages with my 35mhz kit, but on the slope on Sunday John demonstrated the crow braking mode on his DX6i as applied to an HK Phoenix 2000. Apparently there's an instructional video on You Tube. In practical terms (i.e. avoiding serious landing damage), I think that's the most useful thing you can do with separate flaps and your existing Tx can do it...
ReplyDeleteIt's not just Crow Rusty. On the slope I have set up speed and thermal also, so the whole of my trailing edge goes down or up, as the case may be. I have to admit that I only really use the thermal setting on light wind days, but the Speed function really does boost the models speed across the slope.
ReplyDeleteThen don't even get me started about setting up snap flaps. I wouldn't be without those mixes now on my larger slope birds.