ORIGINAL: hitmiss
Fairly new to helis and have a six channel. Was thinking of buying a new radio and my question is can you use more than six channels for an electric and what would they be used for?
I did not read in detail all the responses here, but I'll add this..... DO NOT look at radios based ONLY on number of channels. Look at the programming features provided. It is a good advise to buy as much radio as you can afford. If you can swing a 12 channel radio, go for it. The flexibility provided by the programming features is un-equaled by any other radio. Since most of us cannot afford a radio that expensive, we have to settle for less. Just make sure that you are not cutting yourself short, if you can go for more.
And to debug a myth. YOU ONLY NEED 5 CHANNELS TO FLY A HELICOPTER. Channel number 6 is for remote gyro control which is not really needed depending on the gyro installed. So ABSOLUTE minimum is 5 channels. More than 5 is just icing on the cake.
Rafael