A radio upgrade from a Turnigy 9x, a step up or just snobbery?!

[FPVSteve]

Hmm ..

Nothing I've seen on a Futaba radio has convinced me that I made an incorrect choice in selecting a 9X. If anything, I'm happy I saved a couple of hundred quid buying a radio that not only equals the range of a more expensive one but is also extensible and (IMO) comfortable to use.

What's not to like? I could break 4 of them before I'm losing money by having to buy replacements :laugh: On that note, I'm not particularly worried about breaking one either, because it costs beans to replace if I have to... in a nice muddy field that's a good thing I think!

[wgt40w]

"You pays your money, you takes your choice".

Personally, I'm not so bothered about the 'feel' of the sticks - not good enough to know the difference.

What I do want and expect is a tx where you can easily program a 3 way switch !

[Dizzy]

"You pays your money, you takes your choice".

Personally, I'm not so bothered about the 'feel' of the sticks - not good enough to know the difference.

What I do want and expect is a tx where you can easily program a 3 way switch !

I  RUN WITH A Turnigy9x,  I fitted an extra three way switch in place of the third rotary works a treat and programming is simples :D
pic below
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a557/dizzygirl19/DSCF0092turnigy9xwithtwothreewayswitchs_zps553dc7f1.jpg

dizzy :D

[vanmantony]

been using RD8000 and RD6000 since 2003 never had any problems with either now I've converted them to lipo they last for weeks, bought the RD8000 brand new £250 odd quid for my sceadu 50 heli, however purchased a flysky FS-T6 for a tricopter build I sold to a mate and to be honest its almost impossible to tell which ones which when flying.
A mates just bought one (hes always had JR) but has got fed up of messing around in the sub menus  Tony

[MarkLincs]

"You pays your money, you takes your choice".

Exactly Right  :cheers:

[FPVSteve]

I'll hold my hands up and say that I do miss the jog-dial style control from the Futaba T7CP ... much easier than constantly clicking up/down etc...

[DaveyLC]

What I do want and expect is a tx where you can easily program a 3 way switch !

Agree'd. :D Whats wrong with end-points and sub-trim to start? Surely that's enough flexibility for 99.999% of users?

My opinion is the open source transmitters seem to be aimed at the people who just love to fiddle more than they enjoy actually flying... And I also say each to their own but what does grate me is people who say there is no noticeable difference in quality: The difference is HUGE and its extremely obvious..

It would be like saying "Whats the point in buying a Mercedes, there's hardly any difference to a Kia.".. Or what's the point in buying an Omega when you can have a Casio?

[Loopdreams]

I think it depends on how long you've been flying as well.  Lots of FPVers have only been at it for five minutes so don't have the baggage of decades of flying previously with transmitters which have at least a bit of a quality feel about them.  If you're used to proper transmitters then the pound shop build quality of a Turnigy etc can feel a little jarring. 

I've never had a TX fail in thirty years, mostly Futabas and then the DX7.  Would I have enjoyed the same record if I had used Turnigys for that long? Who knows?  I kind of suspect not, though.

[Robotnik]

What I do want and expect is a tx where you can easily program a 3 way switch !

Agree'd. :D Whats wrong with end-points and sub-trim to start? Surely that's enough flexibility for 99.999% of users?

My opinion is the open source transmitters seem to be aimed at the people who just love to fiddle more than they enjoy actually flying... And I also say each to their own but what does grate me is people who say there is no noticeable difference in quality: The difference is HUGE and its extremely obvious..

It would be like saying "Whats the point in buying a Mercedes, there's hardly any difference to a Kia.".. Or what's the point in buying an Omega when you can have a Casio?

I love fiddling on.
I've got loads of transmitters and they are all good, except for just one of them I really don't like.
If your flying with anything that is reasonable you should'nt be thinking of the transmitter at all, it becomes an invisible interface.
If you drive your car while thinking about the steering wheel and the gear stick you're not driving it, just posing.

[Jake Bullit]

My Taranis just arrived with a free pair of goggles



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[dogzilla]

You fall under the snobbery category :)

Have any of them actually fell apart in your hands ?

Can't remember who's unit it was but at the last Mad Dogs someones Taranis already had a bunch of snapped switches due to the cheap arse metal switches.

I was really looking forward to the Taranis until I held the thing (and saw the snapped switches) - just didn't compare to my FF9 in terms of switch feel, and build quality. All of which is pretty important to me.

As much as you can say it's snobbery, I think there is a fair bit of reverse-snobbery going about. As if buying anything other than a 9xr makes you a snob with more money than sense.

[skyscraper]

AS DaveyLC suggested, an interesting test would be to drop your transmitter onto concrete from ever increasing heights.  Divide the height it stops working by the price to get a winner!

Whose up for that ?  ;)

regards
Andy

[Dizzy]

AS DaveyLC suggested, an interesting test would be to drop your transmitter onto concrete from ever increasing heights.  Divide the height it stops working by the price to get a winner!

Whose up for that ?  ;)

regards
Andy

I left my my old 35meg futaba handset in its leather case on the roof of my car once out at North Cliffs after some slope fun and drove off it came off on the first sharp corner and bounced down the road  :o
Scuffed leather,  broken antenna,  bent  throttle stick  And still worked,  LOL,  I dont suspect the turnigy would fair as well tbh ;)
But i dont put things on car roof's anymore now  ;)
dizzy ;)

[rob.thomson]

You fall under the snobbery category :)

Have any of them actually fell apart in your hands ?

Can't remember who's unit it was but at the last Mad Dogs someones Taranis already had a bunch of snapped switches due to the cheap arse metal switches.

I was really looking forward to the Taranis until I held the thing (and saw the snapped switches) - just didn't compare to my FF9 in terms of switch feel, and build quality. All of which is pretty important to me.

As much as you can say it's snobbery, I think there is a fair bit of reverse-snobbery going about. As if buying anything other than a 9xr makes you a snob with more money than sense.

I would be interest to find out how the switches where snapped? What was being done at the time?

Mine switches a fairing perfectly well.  No issues or problems.

It is entirely possible a bad batch of radios came out.

The reason I ask, is that it is very easy to make sweeping statements that something is bad - but all evidence is contrary, and as a general rule all forum posts are users raving about it.

So being the scientific type.  I simply ask for an evidence based example, with proof and details to back it up?

Rob


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[Coyote]

As much as you can say it's snobbery, I think there is a fair bit of reverse-snobbery going about. As if buying anything other than a 9xr makes you a snob with more money than sense.

Not really true, I don`t see many saying the brand gear is crap because its more expensive than a 9XR, but I see brand users slating good radios with really no backup other than what they think would fall off or fail, but actually hasn't, which makes the baseless unsubstantiated claim nothing more than snobbery.

My logic on basing an opinion is this :

I will use Futaba as an example because its been the most reliable brand name I have used.

Does the brand radio I used do anything more than the budget brands I have tried - No
Has the brand radio been more reliable than the budget brands I have tried - No
Do I notice while flying the difference in quality between the brand radio and the budget radio - No
Does the brand radio offer anything to justify its high price tag - No

So logically, I can see no reason to pay through the nose for a limited channel / feature brand radio when they have nothing to offer than feeling better in my hands when I fly, which I don`t care in the slightest about....... because I`m flying :)

That`s not snobbery, that`s real world experience using both examples for a few years