ORIGINAL: JPEE
ORIGINAL: crashcrash
ORIGINAL: erkrystof
Merry Christmas to all of you, and have a Happy New Year!
Quick, but to the point.
Right back at'cha guy...you been quiet lately.
JPEE...I really like the way the T-28 handles, and it looks so scale.
Gonna bore you guys to tears and do some thinking out loud. Choppers, you may want to look hard at this one, or anyone using Spektrum. As you all KNOW...I've had my share of radio probs. Now in my Futaba (which still works FINE), the Assan 2.4 hack module took a dump. Where am I now? I got a heli that's 100% and my .40 Uproar that also 100%, radio notta to fly either. The new Assan hack module is gonna cost about $72, I'll be ordering it no later than the 23rd. Well, I've decided that no matter which radio you have, if you're gonna tie all your models to it and it craps, you don't fly till it's fixed. Dave and I agree, it may have been a fluke that the Assan took a dump, I can't find anywhere on the net that they fry. Here's my theory....you guys running DX7, you really ought to pick up a DX6i to have on the side, all programmed incase your DX7 dumps...the odds lean heavy in that direction. Dave, pick up another DX6i when you can afford to so if yours goes to the shop, yer still good. After I get my 7c going again with a new Assan module, later, I'm gonna pick up another 7c, and Assan hack it, then program it, have it off to the side....just in case. My father in law has OLD school stuff, he has a radio for each plane (3 of them). If a radio dies, he still flys...none of us can say that, we stupidly stick all our eggs in one basket and hope for the best, and more often than not, it bites us in the hind end eventually....just my observations.[X(]
THE REAL STORY!
Vic, here is a little story that concures with everything you said and I agree with.
When I bought my Blade 400 and brought it home two days later I found I could not adjust one of my trims with the external trim slide button. I called the LHS and asked if they would make good on new radio, sorry Charlie, I was given the Horizon phone number. They said; send it in we'll fix it free! I said but now I'll have a new heli sitting here I can't fly! Man....thats like giving a kid a train for Christmas with no track! I told a seasoned RC guy about my problem and he said no worries. He had seen this before so he took a Exacto knife and cut the plastic open a little more longer on the radio case to give the switch more travel and wa-la the radio worked.
Then next issue came after I bought my 600 and was told I needed a seven channel radio so I bought my DX7 (that I later found out I was not true lol) Shortly after that my DX6i lost its throttle control. Well this was part of the Horizon recall, but wait! if I send this in how will I fly my toys? Oh yea..........I have the DX7 that I did not need but was HAPPY I had a SECOND radio. So as you say Vic I was saved by my second radio.
Next, my buddies DX6i crapped out too on the Horizon recall and he did not have a back up radio. So I did some experimentation. I took his radio from his CX2 heli and bound it to his T-28 and it worked after some playing around. That meant while he could not fly his Blade 400 he could fly his plane for two weeks while Horizon repaired his radio. Once his radio came back and a few weeks later he bought at T-REX 500 with DX7. So now he and I both program out DX7's to fly everything we own. Then.........and this will kill ya........we rebound each toy to our DX6i's and out DX7's which required a LOT OF WORK. But an issue arose from this we did not expect. YOU CANNOT take the settings from a DX6 or 7 and just plant them in the other radio........no can do. Each radio is unique and requires adjustments on all settings. But, the way we left is was, ''if'' we have to pick up the DX6i it has that model in it and it just needs some triming and your good to go. The last thing we did and this is food for thought for the masses here, we wrote down all of our settings from both radios on a spreadsheet and emailed them to eachother, why? Lets say his laptop gets stolen from the house! or the hard drive crashes HOLY COW where would you be without al of the your plan and heli settings. So we covered each other with this little insurance plan.
Myself, I have my CX2 radio, a DX5, a DX6i and a DX7 so I am covered
Thats my story and I am sticking to it.........................JPEE
JPEE...I know each radio is specific. You would have to bind the back up radio, and physically program it to each model so the model is flyable. Once the settings are programmed into the back up radio, it should be good to go. Switching radios at that point should be as easy as just binding, maybe a little trimming. Dave has the DX6i, now he needs a DX7, Rick has the DX7, he needs the DX6i. Me...I need another 72mHz 7c with a Assan hack in it. By all means...record all settings and put them in a safe place. Having a backup radio makes as much sense as having a spare tire in your vehicle....depending on your view of being down WEEKS for a bad radio.