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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/27/2006 2:13:40 PM

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I'm curious what rec will cost. I currently have 14 wet planes flying and 3 or 4 little electric. Might need to take out a loan.
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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/27/2006 3:14:23 PM

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7 channel/ full size about $100:
http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM6070

6 channel/ park flyer about $60:
http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM6000

It's gonna cost a little more, but I am NOT Going to LOSE ANOTHER PLANE ($$$$) due to some other idiot. I am having to take out a loan to repair my Hellcat and Saito .91.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/27/2006 3:23:45 PM

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Strictly my opinion - if you fly in places where there MAY be "shoot downs" now - it will be worth converting all your FAVORITE planes at a minimum. If you fly where shoot downs ARE a "way of life", I'd convert the whole freakin' fleet, at any cost.

I want to see the size of the pc board foils in the receiver power bus to evaluate current-carrying for high power, multiple-ganged, digital servos in 30% gassers. Current loads are pretty important, I think..... but we will have to wait to see.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/27/2006 3:32:34 PM

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but I am NOT Going to LOSE ANOTHER PLANE ($$$$) due to some other idiot. I am having to take out a loan to repair my Hellcat and Saito .91.

I would hope that the idiot that shot you down would pay, that is assuming you know who did it

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/27/2006 4:08:07 PM

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Definately the high dollar and favorites first. I've never had a "prone to shoot down" problem at any of the clubs. But the once in awhile time when it does occur, is one too many. We had to close a channel once at a flyin that was caught with a scanner. Later on someone tried to turn in a transmitter on that frequency. We made sure he new he kept another guy from flying because of this. He was experienced and new better, he had three trasmitters and just forgot to log that one transmitter when he registered. The guys at registration (me and another at the time) have to trust that when you ask if that is all the transmitters they have that they answer correctly. I'm going to wait for the dust to settle before I start buying.
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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/28/2006 12:58:28 AM

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If the reciever can't handle the current for the high torque digitals, just get a power expansion board, and wella, your in there.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 10/28/2006 5:21:09 AM

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but I am NOT Going to LOSE ANOTHER PLANE ($$$$) due to some other idiot. I am having to take out a loan to repair my Hellcat and Saito .91.

I would hope that the idiot that shot you down would pay, that is assuming you know who did it
Pete

I was 'shot down' at a weekend long fly-in near Henderson, Kentucky. Whoever shot me down did not 'fess up'. There were probably over a hundred pilots there. Not wanting to risk any more of my warbirds ( (#1)Top Flite Corsair with retracts, flaps, and dual Vortac bomb drops & (2) highly modified electric powered Hangar 9 Corsair), I elected to leave.
Part of the problem was the way the club handled the frequency board: there were no frequency pins (as MOST clubs have). Thus, if you had more than one radio and you stuck your AMA card on the board, you may forget which channel that you stuck it on.

Regardless, is was a very painful lesson to me, and it will certainly change the way I participate at such events.
Frankly, I doubt that I will participate in that club's fly-in again. WAY too much mahhem.

BUT, I will be taking measures before next flying season to insure that it does not happen again. Once is enough for me.
I have crashed many planes in the past, but this one really angered me, because it was someone else's fault.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/7/2006 3:13:05 AM

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Anyone know if the DX7 will be the same size as the DX6? I was just curious because I was going to use the same case and swap them out.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/7/2006 6:08:47 AM

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I was able to get a feel for a DX7 at the JR Festival, and yes they are relatively the same size. I did notice that the quality of the sticks and the radio in general are higher than the DX6 and have a nicer feel which is definitely another positive note. Also they will be releasing an AR6100 receiver that is much smaller than the current receivers and will be excellent for foamies and smaller.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/8/2006 7:28:12 PM

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Have been using Hitec Eclipse PCM and JR10x SPCM and several different JR SPCM Rx's in three really nice different Aircraft. Lost all three at our field in the same final landing approach flight corridor and altitude in a one year period. No problems anywhere else. All aircraft had two switch and two 2700ma bat packs in parallel. Bats and switches all checked ok after going in. Pager and communications tower 1/2 mile south of the field is the suspect . I've had enough, wallet is being hit hard. Time to stop all the other than pilot error B.S. I Ordered a DX-7 yesterday......Horizon sales person said they have been told they should be able to start shipping Nov. 30th. That will get me by until they offer more channels . I will then keep the DX-7 for a back up or just sell it.

Thank God 2.4GHz for larger aircraft has has finally arrived.............

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/8/2006 7:52:43 PM

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gman - I would CERTAINLY support your decision, and if given the same situation, would do precisely the same thing.
I'm looking at it because we have a "Bermuda Triangle" about 30* left of center, about 100' out.... yep.... downwind legs of prevailing landing approach patterns. The lower, the riskier, seems like, so I'm after the 2.4 for the same reason as you, sort of.

Just HOPEFUL that the "Generation One" DX 7 doesn't have a lot of field 'teething pains' for us to continue product development and testing on.........

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/16/2006 3:37:59 AM

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hey GMAN
let me know when you get your dx7!!
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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/16/2006 5:15:50 AM

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I don't know but maybe some of you guys just need to practice a bit more. I never heard of such problems due to radios as I have here. I have been flying for almost 30 years now and I have never had any radio interference. I am out almost every weekend, 4-5 flights at a time with my son at our field. Yes there are some planes that go in from time to time and some guys say they must of got hit. But these are some of the less experienced guys and there reaction time might be a bit slower when a bit of wind comes up. But upon inspection after the radio always seems to work fine and most guys don't want to admit it was pilot error. If some of you guys who I believe are seasoned veterans, I feel bad for you that you have these field conditions which you have to fly at. I know also the ocassional idiot that turns "ON" a receiver without the pin. Man that sucks, I can't believe we are that lucky. The numbers: Out of 25 guys a weekend every weekend, maybe a dozen crashes a year and all due to either pilot error or pilot error due to not charging the batteries enough, oh and the ocassional bad switch or servo extension.

Good Luck with the DX7. I would like to hear the results a year later if it really makes a difference though.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/16/2006 12:17:25 PM

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I didnt see any provision for buddy boxing. I guess that is a future feature. Once I retire I plane on instructing again and I imagine this technology will pretty much be the norm.

As far as getting hits, the only hits I can truely account for turned out to be a failing receiver. My biggest fear is getting shot down. We see quite a bit new pilots, fresh solo, transplants. There have been enough shoot downs over the years to have me concerned about my scale jobbies. If a crash is my fault, I can accept that. To get shotdown, I truely dont know how I would react.
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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/16/2006 12:33:19 PM

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It does have "JR" trainer function built in. You can read it on the Horizon website.

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RE: Spectrum DX-7 ? - 11/17/2006 12:54:19 PM

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I don't know but maybe some of you guys just need to practice a bit more. I never heard of such problems due to radios as I have here. I have been flying for almost 30 years now and I have never had any radio interference

I started flying about that long ago. Until about 5 years ago I felt the same way you do. But then I started getting a variety of glitches at the same locations in the air with a variety of aircraft and radio systems. We have had some analysis done by some hams - nothing conclusive. But more than a few experienced pilots have had problems in the same manner.
The types of aircraft that have the most issues with interference have one thing in common - and its not brand or type of radio system.
I started noticing definite "glitches" when I started flying tail heavy 3d craft with extreme control throws . I'm now convinced that the glitching might have been there years before I noticed it. A slight glitch on a sport plane at cruise speed with 15 degrees throw might not be noticeable, but the same glitch on a tail heavy ship with HUGE control surfaces with 60 degrees of throw on final right above stall speed is a whole different situation.
I've recently switched to PCM and it seems to be working much better, but I know that a lockout at the wrong time could get me too.
At risk of offending someone- frequency control has really seemed to have slacked since the days when you had to build your own plane. I've seen too much slack behavior regarding the frequency board to disregard that concern. And my home flying field is starting to have "park flyer" problems due to a very nice soccer complex about a mile from our field.
I think Santa is bringing me a DX7.

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