Baron Von Viper
Junior Member
I started off with a DX5e, moved to my current DX6i but now that I have 14 planes, I need a tx with more memory slots. The natural choice would be to continue with Spektrum and buy the DX8. I wouldn't then have to swap out spekkie rxs for Hitec rxs. However, a friend of mine has the Hitec A9 and it is an impressive radio. The touchscreen makes programming a doddle and he has never had a glitch with the radio link to his planes, unlike me.
My PZ Radian flew away on me 18 months ago but luckily I was standing on a hill and I saw where it eventually went down about a mile away. I never got to the bottom of why I suddenly lost radio lock with it as it had passed a range check on the ground. I did however suspect the DX5e I was using as one of my kids had dropped it a week earlier and so I bought the DX6i. Four months later, my PZ Trojan went out of control when in a gentle bank coming in to land and crashed. Again radio lock appeared to be the issue. Since then, I've had no further issues but each time I fly, I have that nagging doubt in the back of my head that my radio might not be entirely trustworthy. Btw, the two planes had separate rxs, a AR500 in the Rad and a AR6200 in the T28, there were no cell phone masts or powerlines in the vicinity and I had clear lines of sight to the planes. So thats why I suspected the radios. And just in case you're thinking "pilot error", they were the only two incidents/crashes I've had in three years of flying.
So back to the question, stick with Spektrum and get the DX8 or opt for the Hitec.
My PZ Radian flew away on me 18 months ago but luckily I was standing on a hill and I saw where it eventually went down about a mile away. I never got to the bottom of why I suddenly lost radio lock with it as it had passed a range check on the ground. I did however suspect the DX5e I was using as one of my kids had dropped it a week earlier and so I bought the DX6i. Four months later, my PZ Trojan went out of control when in a gentle bank coming in to land and crashed. Again radio lock appeared to be the issue. Since then, I've had no further issues but each time I fly, I have that nagging doubt in the back of my head that my radio might not be entirely trustworthy. Btw, the two planes had separate rxs, a AR500 in the Rad and a AR6200 in the T28, there were no cell phone masts or powerlines in the vicinity and I had clear lines of sight to the planes. So thats why I suspected the radios. And just in case you're thinking "pilot error", they were the only two incidents/crashes I've had in three years of flying.
So back to the question, stick with Spektrum and get the DX8 or opt for the Hitec.