HarryC

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Well you do get 9 fully proportional channels, which neither Futaba or JR give you. Although you have used 7 channels until now, once you have more channels you find uses for them. I turned an Airsail Tomahawk into an 8 channel model.
I would always buy a Multiplex Profi or Evo in preference to Futaba or JR but you probably knew that anyway! IMO the Multiplex programming methodology is vastly better than the Asian radio method but that may not be so apparent if you don't go in for lots of mixing or complex stuff. What the Evo does offer is synthesiser, frequency scanner and channel check (not yet available for all countries and frequencies); many more memories on the Tx; back-up to PC which also frees up a virtually unlimited number of model memories; 4 flight modes - I think neither the FF9 or JR have flight modes but not sure about that; internet download of software upgrades for the Tx; the Mpx digi-adjuster which is designed specifically for you to do programming whilst in-flight to set up mixers, rates, like CAR and flap-ele trim offsets which makes tweaking a model ultra easy; it has servo slowing on flaps spoilers and retracts, not sure if the FF9 and 8103 have this. Also the Evo's switch assigning is extremely free, a switch or pushbutton can be both a control such as flap and a secondary such as rates at the same time. Disadvantages at the moment are that expo is one value per control per model, you can't alter expo between flight modes or switch it on and off when model is in use. We hope Mpx will improve this in a future free software upgrade but who knows.

Harry