Hi all,

Well I got a good buy on a DX6i and my wife was ok with me spending the $$ so I bought it.

I figured I'd sell the old JR 6102 my friend sent me for a buddy box and split the cash with him, or send it back to him; his choice.

Fortunately, I read up on and tested the trainer function before selling the 6102. The Spektrum manual says that you have to use another Spektrum radio, or more specifically that the radio you slave to the Spektrum DX6i must be programmed the same.

Knowing that it has been said here any JR should buddy with the spektrum I decided to try it with my Quatro anyhow. It didnt work, and no where in the manual did I find any method to program it to work.

So, feeling a might bit dissapointed I set the Quatro aside and thought for a minute. The 6102 uses very simular programming to the Spektrum, so I wondered if it would work.
I plugged it in, and even before reporgramming it to be compatible model wise, it worked flawlessly. Apparently, to buddy box with a Spektrum radio, (at least the DX6i anyhow) you must use another computer radio.

I know this subject has come up a few times and I dont recall any solution being posted so I thought I would toss in my experiences for your reading pleasure. I hope this helps someone, and if there is someone who knows how to get around the computer radio issue and make a DX6i work with a basic 4 channel radio let me know.

Cheers

I should qualify my post by pointing out this was a BENCH test to get the control surfaces working with the Master and the slave correctly. Ive not put it in the air with this yet, but then I havent yet range tested or flown my new spectrum; Stupid rain

I asked Spektrum support about this, and they said that the DX6i will work as a master with any JR or Spektrum EXCEPT the Quattro or S400 as a slave. Last night, my son flew at the club with his DX6i as a master to a JR club transmitter. I think it was an XF421, but don't remember exactly.

Yeah, I got a couple of students with Spektrum and I use my 6102 or 7202 with them.