ORIGINAL: Alex7403
My point is that i rather have less switches to clean and brake on my Tx but keep the high end radio programing capabilities on a 6-8 channel Tx.
There aren't a lot more switches on a bigger radio. Don't drop your radio, even a 4ch, they don't like it!!
HOw many big planes like the 40% YAK have you ever seen flown with a small radio. Half of the guys I fly with are flying giant scale and the 9ch is the number one choice for sport pilots. People flying IMAC tend to go bigger.
You could set up a big plane with a small radio using Match boxes, not Y-harness!! You would be missing a lot of the programs.
When you break away from the smaller planes you will want the biggest radio you can afford.
And a big NO, I can never see myself spending the money for a 12 or 14. I don't have the type of money you need to get into the planes that will require a radio that big.
I had to use a match box for my 30% Extra when I ran out of room in my 9ch though and I'm only running single aileron servos. If I was running four then I would have needed another match box.
Just for grins go into your radio and set Expo on your throttle, just see if you can do it. That's just one little program a lot of us use.
