new radio

[mikekomm]

I'm thinking about purchasing the Hitec Eclipse with the spectra module. It seems that the mailorder cost of $220 is pretty reasonable for this radio that should handle our gas, park flyers and eventually sailplanes. Am I missing something or is this really the best deal out there? Are there important features that this radio is missing that other radios have?

[flyfalcons]

If you already have all the onboard gear then that is a good deal; the only things I saw missing were throttle expo and flap-elevator mix, both of which you can live without. If you need onboard gear you may want to consider the Futaba 6XAs which includes onboard gear for 260 or so.

[Mitch G]

Assuming we are talking about the same thing, you can do flap-elevator mixing with an Eclipse. I do it. Oh, you know though, I do flaperon-elevator mixing. So, maybe we are talking about different things. But, if not, it can be done with an Eclipse.


Mitch

[flyfalcons]

If you can do flaperon-elev mixing you should be able to do flap-elev mixing. All I saw on the tech sheet was elev-flap mixing. In any case you can always do a master-slave mix for flap-elevators.

[Mitch G]

Sorry, I was thinking elevator-flap(eron) mixing.
But, yeah, I would think one could do a master-slave thing, as well.

I'll be quiet, now. :)


Mitch

[mikekomm]

thanks for the help guys. I bought it for $200 at Hobby People over the holiday.

It does all I need.

thanks again!