On 10/7/03 8:19 AM, "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joe desiring JR equipment is interesting to me. What will be even more interesting to me is to see if JR finally puts multi plane software into the top of the line 10X radio. It is now an airplane or heli version only. You can do all the programming needed for most gliders types with it, but you must wade through the menus and feel your way around this very capable radio. There are no templates as in the 8103 or in the Futaba and Airtronics radios. It is up to the user to determine what they want to do and how to do it with no real guidance from the radio for set up. Let's just say that it is not intuitive as it stands right now. It has never ceased to amaze me that JR can make a great 8 channel radio with 3 aircraft functionality (8103) and then restrict their top of the line radio to a single aircraft type (aerobatic fixed wing or heli). Hopefully Joe's feedback will help to correct this in future versions. Plus JR has a new 9 channel radio coming out, so that will be fun to see once it hits the streets. One final observation is that I think this shows that JR is taking more interest in the glider community. Previously their team members have been focused on the aerobatic, racing, heli, and jet communities. While Team JR certainly has other glider guys on it, the glider world has not been a focus for them in the past. No disrespect to the other Team JR glider pilots is meant here, but let's face it, Joe pretty much trumps any of them for name recognition and stature in the gilder world. I am very glad to see Joe on Team JR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
