Originally Posted by
stevekott
All of your model programs will be safe and unchanged.
Good Idea: Take advantage of the powerful backup tools of the 18mz. Save all of your models to the SD card. You can then also transfer them to your computer.
Unbelievable true story. A year ago I got to the field ... oops, dang ... I left my 18mz on the workbench. It was 1 hour back to the house, one way.
I had a buddy at the field with an 18mz. I called my son at home, had him pull the model program for my jet off the SD card. He then emailed it to me on my cellphone. I saved the model program to the microSD card on my phone. By chance I had a microSD card adapter in my glove compartment.
We then put that into my Buddy Gary's 18mz and uploaded the model program.
I was able to get 4 flights in that day using his 18mz without one click of trim!!
Thanks for the suggestion. Last night I pulled out the manual and the last two pages goes into how to do the software upgrades. It does suggest to backup the models programmed into the radio before doing the upgrade. Also to make sure the battery has enough charge in it to complete the process. Very simple thing to do. Thanks for the input. I was curious to know if the upgrade was needed in order to utilize the brushless rpm sensor. From what most are saying, it's something that needs to be done. I love this radio and it's all not that really hard to program. I love the mouse function as well. I'm out at the field and I can modify programing of specific models in no time at all. A lot of guys are surprised to see how fast this can be done on the radio. Anyways, thanks for all the help/advise.
That's an awesome story btw. I've known so many guys forget their radios and had to go back home to get them. So far that's not happened to me.....yet. Or forgetting the key to the hard case.