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chocorrol 05-17-2010 05:05 PM
Aurora 9
 
hey all, have anyone tried this radio yet? I'm thinking on getting one of these but wanted to see what people say about it... battery life? programing difficulties? any signal issues? any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks!

armody 05-17-2010 05:24 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 
I have not used it and I saw a guy using at our flying club, infact he is expert pilot and got sponsor for 3D planes, he was using it and told me it's a great radio, great battery life and perfect to use. If I had enough money I'd certainly go for this radio. Rest of the opinions would be given to you by many users here. Is it over $350 to $400 right?

Mody

armody 05-17-2010 05:27 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 
chocorrol,

Also look at here for users reviews.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_gu...smitter_id=222

bkdavy 05-17-2010 08:57 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 
I just purchased and recieved one last week. Finally had the opportunity to try it out on Sunday. I LOVE IT. Its got a very good weight, its super easy to program, extremely flexible. I got it with 2 Optima 7 recievers for $429, and it included a coupon for another free optima 7. Thats a 9 channel, fully programmable with 30 model memory computer radio, and three 7 channel receivers (a $180 value for the recievers alone). I flew 8 flights and only pulled about 30-40% of the transmitter battery. The transmitter is also compatible with 2S Lipo.

Also the receiver battery voltage is transmitted back by the reciever without any additional modules. A really useful feature.

Go for it.

Brad

Gray Beard 05-17-2010 09:04 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 

ORIGINAL: bkdavy

I just purchased and recieved one last week. Finally had the opportunity to try it out on Sunday. I LOVE IT. Its got a very good weight, its super easy to program, extremely flexible. I got it with 2 Optima 7 recievers for $429, and it included a coupon for another free optima 7. Thats a 9 channel, fully programmable with 30 model memory computer radio, and three 7 channel receivers (a $180 value for the recievers alone). I flew 8 flights and only pulled about 30-40% of the transmitter battery. The transmitter is also compatible with 2S Lipo.

Also the receiver battery voltage is transmitted back by the reciever without any additional modules. A really useful feature.

Go for it.

Brad
Can you use any other make of receivers besides Hitec??

chocorrol 05-17-2010 09:18 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 

ORIGINAL: Gray Beard

Can you use any other make of receivers besides Hitec??
I read somewhere that with the 2.4 module youcan use only hitec receivers, but with the 72 mHz synthesized module you can use any brand.

chocorrol 05-17-2010 09:22 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 

ORIGINAL: bkdavy

I just purchased and recieved one last week. Finally had the opportunity to try it out on Sunday. I LOVE IT. Its got a very good weight, its super easy to program, extremely flexible. I got it with 2 Optima 7 recievers for $429, and it included a coupon for another free optima 7. Thats a 9 channel, fully programmable with 30 model memory computer radio, and three 7 channel receivers (a $180 value for the recievers alone). I flew 8 flights and only pulled about 30-40% of the transmitter battery. The transmitter is also compatible with 2S Lipo.

Also the receiver battery voltage is transmitted back by the reciever without any additional modules. A really useful feature.

Go for it.

Brad
and what about the latency? I read some bad comments about this but for me 50 ms is not even noticeable by human eye... what could you say about this?

Minnreefer 05-17-2010 10:47 PM
RE: Aurora 9
 
I have the radio, I have not used it a ton, but it is very easy to program and the Rx are affordable, $49 for a 6 channel, $69 for 7 channel. I do like seeing the Rx voltage on the transmitter. I think it feels well. On the latency, I think that there may be a few people that could actually tell the difference, but I am far, far, far away from that point. I also like that you can get easy updates for the radio on your own.

Jon

Stuntpilot51 05-18-2010 06:39 AM
RE: Aurora 9
 
Here's a better thread to let you know what people think about the Aurora 9, I'd skip the first 60 pages.:D

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8515737/tm.htm

ohnoucdat 05-18-2010 10:14 AM
RE: Aurora 9
 

ORIGINAL: chocorrol


ORIGINAL: bkdavy

I just purchased and recieved one last week. Finally had the opportunity to try it out on Sunday. I LOVE IT. Its got a very good weight, its super easy to program, extremely flexible. I got it with 2 Optima 7 recievers for $429, and it included a coupon for another free optima 7. Thats a 9 channel, fully programmable with 30 model memory computer radio, and three 7 channel receivers (a $180 value for the recievers alone). I flew 8 flights and only pulled about 30-40% of the transmitter battery. The transmitter is also compatible with 2S Lipo.

Also the receiver battery voltage is transmitted back by the reciever without any additional modules. A really useful feature.

Go for it.

Brad
and what about the latency? I read some bad comments about this but for me 50 ms is not even noticeable by human eye... what could you say about this?
The latency is a none issue, very few would ever notice it. The whinning about latency has been done more by other brand user's, that don't even own the radio,much less have touched one. Grab some popcorn, and have a good read threw the forum provided above.

chocorrol 05-19-2010 11:26 AM
RE: Aurora 9
 
after reading the whole thread I decided to order it :D seems to be a very good system at a very good price... lets see what I find when the UPS guy comes to the door 


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