Channel and Servo Info
I'm looking at getting a new radio, either the Futaba 7c or a JR 6102. The Jr having 6 channels of course and the 7c having 7 channels. My question is this, the plane I am currently building is a Great Planes Ju-87 Stuka. This plane uses a total of 7 servos, since I'm kinda a newbie and I don't know much about the function of the channels and how they relate to the servos I want to know if the 6 channel radio would be able to control all of the 7 servos in my plane. Will it allow me to deploy the flaps and contol all of my other surfaces as well, or would I have to have a 7 channel radio for all of that. There is no retractable landing gear or anything like that, it appeared that in the review they flew it with a 6 channel radio and I know the JR 6102 is a great radio for the money and all the bells and whistles I'd probably ever want. I will be getting a trainer to fly first so don't worry I wont be learning on the warbird. I just want to make sure I am able to control everything with the radio that I purchase. The thing that makes me wonder about getting the JR is the 7c has that extra channel and the 7c comes with digital servos for only about 20 bucks more. I don't really even have much of an idea about the difference between the servo types and the benifits/drawbacks but I do understand digital control would probably be smoother and more reliable.