Let's hope it has a slider or two...

Originally Posted by xairflyer

We must be going to see 12ch receivers which will be nice

Oh that is going to happened.

On the upcoming X12D, what are the chances the user interface is American designed/programmed? Is this wishful thinking?

We may have forgotten how to make cars, do math, or even win wars. But we still make badass intuitive user interfaces (see Apple, Android, Spektrum, etc.).

Originally Posted by Left Coast DJ

On the upcoming X12D, what are the chances the user interface is American designed/programmed? Is this wishful thinking?

We may have forgotten how to make cars, do math, or even win wars. But we still make badass intuitive user interfaces (see Apple, Android, Spektrum, etc.).

Eww Apple. I'll be honest Apple did good with gurly easy interface same goes to Spektrum. But Frsky have people like RENATOA that speak very good english. So hopefully they'll do good. Look at Futaba leading Radio manufacture in the world. Even many others like Hitec and Airtronic english language interface is very good. But we have those that isn't really good. I have good faith on Frsky.

But for American designed and programmed could be down the future from a developer in USA who ever design opensource Firmware. I dubt Frsky will have a American designed and programmed interface.

What do you think guys about a 6 positions pot-switch, assignable to any radio channel of course, to use to switch the flight modes in a uav/mullticopter/whatever scenario, instead the hard to program 2-3 switches mix?

Is such user interface element available in any radios on the market now ?

Originally Posted by RENATOA

What do you think guys about a 6 positions pot-switch,

Please NO....

Why so definitely no ?

Yeah, I really like having a 3 position switch for flight modes. camber/normal/reflex Simple and clean.

Originally Posted by Rotozuk

Yeah, I really like having a 3 position switch for flight modes. camber/normal/reflex Simple and clean.

Yup I'm with Rotozuk 3 position switch is good enough. Having 6 position is just none sense. 3 position switch is good for 3 different idle up mode. Maybe some rotation pot. Perhaps three? Two sliders?

Three switches will be at least two available, as for any serious radio.
If you don't need it (yet) surely you don't feel the need
Have you seen from the links embedded in my message what would be the purpose of a 6 positions switch, and how is done it today ?

I would love to hear what are saying the mk/uav guys, do they prefer to make the 2-3 mixes instead having a dedicated control?

I'm not against having a 6 position switch as long as I still get a normal 3 position switch.

Originally Posted by RENATOA

Why so definitely no ?

Because I do not like a rotary switch for those functions, no more, no less.Also don't like redundancy.And I like screen on top (while I'm at it...)

Originally Posted by RENATOA

What do you think guys about a 6 positions pot-switch, assignable to any radio channel of course, to use to switch the flight modes in a uav/mullticopter/whatever scenario, instead the hard to program 2-3 switches mix?

Is such user interface element available in any radios on the market now ?

What about easy to program flight phases /mixes/whatever.. ?
As for me, perhaps 3 position is stil ok, but more positions would be hard to switch RIGHT..
Anyway, freely assignable pot with some "clicky" positions added to center click, could be nice. Especially, if matched to multipoint curve - e.g. 5 point curve, then 5 positions to click..
But 6 is not a nice number at all HERE, as it has no center...

As for redundancy - may I say that I like MPX EVO? I have two rotary encoders to move through menu system or change values, but normal pushbuttons up/down (inc/dec) and Enter, are there as well and are handy..

I don't know how other companies do it, but my MPX p4000 has 5 flight phases assignable to any switch...and using two 3-position switches gives the you all you need. Most of the time I use only 2 or 3 phases and the one switch does all that's needed. Occasionally I use 4 phases and this is where the other switch is used. So, having a 6-position switch or rotary knob is more than I would want for most of the time. Add to this the small additional difficulty in finding the right flight mode (might have to start fully left and rotate 3-clicks to find mode 4) and I can't see it being that useful for the majority. IOW, if it is incorporated most people won't ever use it.

Mike

When I flew Futaba it was very limiting having to use the switch they told you to use. Most high-end transmitters now allow you to freely assign the switches to do what you want but do they also allow you to relocate the switch to where you want it? The European-style tray transmitters have allowed this for many years but it is not often seen in the Japanese-style transmitters. For me this would be a deal-breaker if 2-position switches were fixed in positions X and Y and 3-position switches were in positions W and Z.

Mike