i just got a futaba 9c for my helis and i is absolutely awsome for 3-D (plane) setups i have triple rates and elevator/flaperon mixing all programed into it and i didnt even look at the manual took me about 10mins tops for setup! this radio is the best futaba ever made (for the price), its very user friendly and it can do most of the things those 9z's can do!

I like my 9Z better, but for the price the 9C is okay.

i sure hope you like it better considering what you must have paid for it!

The 9c is nice but most of the switches and side trims i really don't
need. I is easy to program no manual needed.

Thing was, I paid 500 cash, and traded my old 8U for a NEVER USED 9Z from one of my friends.

Thing was, I paid 500 cash, and traded my old 8U for a never used 9Z from one of my friends. And I got two receivers, a campac, and a synthesized module.

thats a pretty good trade but i dont see myself using more than what my 9c has for planes or helis and for the $275 i paid for it new you cant beat it!

I bought a 9C last year for doing 3D and I couldn't be happier with it. I can't see ever outgrowing this transmitter. For the money it cannot be beat! Long live Futaba!

Just picked up a 9c TX (only) for $260 from servo city. Cant beat the price and I think its hella cool. Nothing wrong at all with this TX! Nice to be able to program the switches and the programing is extra easy!

i like mine also. 265 for transmitter and reciver here at my lhs. now just trying to figure out the heli part. to bad it doesn't ahve the throttle pitch curves mixed, they are linear for now. i love it for all my 3d planes tho

A few of you have mentioned that you love the 9C for 3D planes. Since a few of us were just having a conversation in the 9Z thread about the 9C vs the 9Z for 3D, I have a question you can be a help with.

In your 3D setups, I assume you are using triple rates, since the 9C doesn't have conditions or flight modes. While that can handle the big throws, how do you go about setting up the rest of the functions for 3D? Or are you only doing big rates? If not, how are you setting up and using the other typical functions?

sfaust are you talking about flaperons?? Heres how i set mine up on my 540 profile.
triple rates/low and 2 highs.
low is set for flat spins and gentle flying(wich is rare for me)
high 1 is set for general flying(walls, knifeedge loop, waterfalls.etc....)
high 2 is set up for elevators and harriers.(20% static spioler dialed in)
I just think about what menuver I want to do and throw the switch.
d/r expo and any mix is in the switch.its like i have 3 fightmodes.
hope this andwers your ?.

The reason why I like my 9Z is the ball bearing gimbals, and the flight conditions. Its all personal prefernce. If you like the 9C, thats cool. If you think the 9Z rocks(like me )thats cool, right?

I heard Futaba is working on a 12z or something like that. A 12 channel radio.

Theres one waiting for me under the Christmas tree this year . Im tired of this Old 8U. The 9C will do me for a few months while I save up to buy a Wc2 .

Have Fun

Yes, that is the info I was looking for. And yes, the flapperon function, but used as spoilers.

If I read you correctly, the 9C gets you most of what a flight condition offers, at least in the way most people use them. They offer a lot more, but rarely do I see people using them. In fact, most 9Z or 10X users I run into are not using flight conditions at all.

It sounds like the 9C is quite capable for 3D setups being used by the average 3D pilots.

Thanks for the feedback.

I upgraded from a Futaba 9Z to a JR 10x for the two extra channels. If Futaba does indeed come out with a true 12 channel radio, I'd have to upgrade again, and get the 12 channel radio. Flying the bigger planes, and now turbines, those extra channels are worth more than gold

I know the 9C is not the best heli radio but what is missing from the airplane program? The only thing I can think of is multi-point throttle. And I can figure a way around that if I really wanted. Expo works for now. Maybe if I got into the bigger planes it would be a little more important but the small ones the expo does the job good enough. Whats so differnt about flight modes other than like 16 diffrent D/R??

Flight conditions allows me to have a single switch that would switch my elevator, aileron, and rudder to 3D rates from normal instead of having 3 different switches for each control surfaces.

My 6XA does that!

yep the 9C does that plus i can put mixs on the switchs also. And with 7 mixs on the airplane setting i can do some sh**. I do have diffrent flaperon setting betwen high 1 and 2 also. When im doing walls and what not the plane likes lots of flap but when i do harriers (high 2)i have less flap becouse harriers dont like that much flaperons. if the plane had some coulpleing in knifeedge i would put those mixs on low rate.(witch is my normal flying mode) but it flys strait in knife.
so how much did the 9Z cost????
sorry i had to.

9C is a fine radio, but you do get for what you pay for extra on the 9Z like synthesized module, ball bearing stick gimbals, smooth side sliders, 13 point throttle curve, unlimited programmability on all sticks and switches with the exception of the trainer/th-cut switch, and many more. But I would have to say the 9C is all out the best radio in the $450~$500 range.

With flight conditions, anything can change. Trim settings, rates, expo, mixing, etc. Basically, think of taking a model program stored in memory 1, copying it to memory 2, making any changes you so desire, then assigning a switch to go back and forth between model 1 and 2. Very powerful. Its much more than just multiple rates.

In normal flying, I want a specific set of parameters setup. But in 3D flying, everything is different as far as flight characteristics go. While in 3D, I want different rates, a different throttle curve, I want neutral for the rudder to be offset to counteract the thrust differences, I have trims set differently, and only while in 3D mode, do I want spoilers activated. Flight modes offer much more, but those are the basics.

Wonder how the new JR 9X(s?) will perform? Its really going to annoy the 10x users, what looking the same... with most of the functions... and HALF the price...

I did forget about the diff trims in flight modes. But any way....I paid $380 for mine at the LHS and its my best radio to date. Just love it. Not bad for a radio that does at least 75% of what the big one do and 1/2 the price. JR has a new 9 coming out??? I can see a radio war starting right now.... hehehehe. You know who gets the better end of that dont you??