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Re:New Radio - 2006/12/24 21:57
.Jim,
I just did a lot of research on this topic & thought I would share what I found.
I read the spec’s on the top brand, read review, checked some blogs, review what was selling used on rc universe and why, etc, etc. I asked a lot of question of current members as to what they had & why, I spoke to a few non KRC members.
I have been a Futaba man for years and currently fly on one. I started looking at Futaba and the 2 I liked where the used 9Z or the new 9C’s. On the upper end on price @ 499.00. The one thing I kept hearing was they were not very user friendly as far as programming is concerned. Since programming is new for me, my radios are 1991 vintage, I really didn’t want to spend hour reading the manual out at the fields to figuring out what needed to be adjusted. Many guys selling on rc universe openly said going back to JR or just too difficult to work with.
Several guys suggested I look at JR. One thing about JR is many other non JR servos work by just plugging it in. The JR is nice. It is much more user friendly with the on screen programming, and got good reviews. Of course, the one I liked was the JR 9303, real nice. But since I would want to get the fully synthesized TX & RX, that way I could select a frequency that Karl was not on & he would not have to wait on me those days we both are there and he could even fly at the same time as me, if he felt brave and had an extra plane. Lol. The fully synthesized lets you select almost any channel you want but cost @ 499.00. Nice, but I do not know if I could use all the capabilities in the next few years so I decided to look at the newest JR 7202. That, now, only come fully synthesized and has all the great JR programming. Price was a little nicer 329.00 and can use all the different servos out there, so I am told. I was convinced this was what I was going to buy. Heck, the Hanger 9 Ultra Stick I just bought had a full programming step by step set up from Horizon Hobby. My 1st programming job would be done for me, what a deal.
Then Jim Secrease had to bring in his brand new Spektrum radio (DX7 cost @ 350.00) and read the reviews and tell us all the things the testers tried to do to shot it down, screw it up & they could not affect that radio. Now I had to do more research. Thanks Jim. Well then Joe Hanson got one. He was very helpful because he was the only one that had said Futaba was not hard to program. He let me look at it, showed me all the programming features, walked me threw some of things he had done to set up his airplane and by the sound of everything he might be buying a few more receivers because of the way you can “model match” and we know Joe has several different plane & sets them all up just so. He complained that it didn’t have red stick, but was working to rectifying that. You should go read up on some of these things. It was impressive and it really does look like the Spektrum is just a different name on the box because it sure looks like the new JR 7202, right down to most of the on screen programming.
Well, I decided, and I think all the guys I was asking for opions & input are glad that I’m done, lol, I am going to order the Spektrum DX7. I think this 7 channel will do most everything I could need for now & should be some time before I need or want a 9 channel or more programming capability. I am waiting till the beginning of Feb 07 to see if we see a price drop, I doubt it but I don’t need it right now, sorry Karl, but I can still fly the red Falcon a bit longer.
I have included several links that can get you started.
Hope you find this helps.
Rob Sage
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