Spektrum - NX10 - Upgrade from NX8 

Thank you, and very glad to have you with us!!!

Thanks James! We really appreciate you doing this, and it DOES help a lot!!!

Awesome, and very glad you found us too! We need to make a rocket here ASAP - That would be fun!!!!

EXCELLENT! Very glad we could play a small part in getting you up to speed. Now you can do the basics, and just keep building on those. Thanks for the comment, btw!

You need to downgrade your wife. 😁

I had the same issue.. try setting the Wife servo to REVERSE… that fixed it for me!

LOL - Very nice - I think Rick Ward hit the nail on the head!

@@BrianPhillipsRCare you guys in tornado alley

yes - Luigi Gang Gamer number 1

Glad to hear it! Thanks!!!

You're welcome!

That is a sweet feature, in fact!!!

Glad it was helpful!

AWESOME! Good luck!

Thanks! Glad we could help some.

Cool! Only thing to keep in mind is you MAY need to get AIR receivers, and vs GROUND receivers. Believe it or not, no madder how stupid it is, there is ANOTHER SEPARATE PROTOCOL for ground. It's NOT DSM, DSM2, or DSMX...it's like DSMR or some such goofy thing. Don't want you to get in trouble buying the wrong stuff...and admittedly, there might be a way to "force" another protocol that I'm not yet aware of, but I'll try to address this as we get into more boats and this sort of thing when we get our pond done, but just didn't want you to get caught off guard. Thanks!

yes ;) P.S. Horizon IS actually doing some MUCH needed site maintenance right now....wonder if Spektrum is doing the same???

Awesome! Loving the NX10 so far!

Me too, I love my DX9 & the money I saved from not buying the latest NX series. I just spoke to Horizon yesterday (his name was Matt) and he even told me the DX9 is fine and there's no need to go to the NX10 or any of the NX series since the DX9 has forward programming.

If you have the NX6, maybe you could try the "Trade in" program when you outgrow it??? NX6 is a GREAT option, when and before the 8 and 10 were available (and don't forget, it was the first one out - the 10 wasn't available for-ever due to covid). Our Starlink has been very spotty lately. It's super annoying. We've had speed issues too, but it's still better than the next best option. Their support is terrible - worst part of Starlink.

@@BrianPhillipsRC I figure it be good for a spare buddy box if someone wants to see what the hobbys is about and I can take them up with my air tractor or one of my umx's plane

This is not an issue. You can do both or either on your choice. You just need enough channels.

I changed them on mine. Not bad at all. Just use some needle nose pliers to help pull the switch out when needed. I think only one had potential to fall in so just be careful of that. Do it inverted if possible. 👍

There's a ton of great choices out there, for sure.

As a bonus, the tx16 starts when powered on, the ix dont..

Agreed, the TX16S Mark II smashes anything Horizon has for a radio offering. It's a joke that they actually sell their radios. But, I guess that people are unaware that Radiomaster is a thing.

​@miriamdiggler1288 Yeah, I don't get why people still buy them. I recommended the TX16S to a club member recently and they still ended up going with a radio from the big S. They said it was because it was what they were familiar with... IDK. I don't get it either.

I will do this. Thanks!

Thrust reverse is set inside the ESC, not the Tx. You MAY also need to re-activate SAFE on some planes, I've noticed. Don't do the sticks - do FORWARD PROGRAMMING... if you're not sure how, just check out any of the many bigger planes (not UMX - they're already assigned to a channel) BNF "Unbox Build and Radio Setup" videos we've done

@@BrianPhillipsRC Thank you Brian for your quick reply on this question! You Rock! 👍😃

You're welcome, and YES, there is an UPDATE that JUST came out the other day, but I haven't updated mine yet. It always seems like it's better to wait a few weeks, and let all the "early adopters" find the bugs - LOL / Cry ;)

Hey Ronnie, this is the exact transmitter we have... bit.ly/3Tcb1i5 We like to link to the "search results" when possible so people are able to see all of the different package options available.

Aeroscout IMHO

I can say this with certainty - even on a limited budget, if you get 2 planes, you'll soon enough have 20 ;) You probably think I'm being a sales man here, but I promise I'm not. Here's my NO BS pitch - buy as much as you THINK you'll need (or can afford) so as to avoid buying several steps along the way. This will save you THOUSANDS in the first years of your hobby experience. $1000's - NOT AN EXAGGERATION. If you want a GOOD value that will see you through a lot of RC planes, you MIGHT consider the NX7e - it's not NEAR as good at the NX10, for obvious reasons (namely the channels...10 is gonna get you YEARS and YEARS of planes, while 7 will leave you wanting in a year or so, if you advance through the "ranks" anything like an average pilot) NX7e comes with "bonus points" right now, which I think makes for about a $50 credit against something else...so check it out.. bprc.me/NX7e - THIS ONE is where you should be starting... bprc.me/NX8 - DON'T GET THIS ONE, it's too "in the middle" and it's still pricey...unless they put it on sale. bprc.me/NX10 - Get this one if you want to get the "next step" over the NX7e bprc.me/NX20 - If you KNOW you're gonna be ALL in, just get this OR the iX20...but I don't even have one ;) bprc.me/iX20 - If you won the lotto - get this one ;) bprc.me/Tx - the whole list here - DO NOT GET A DX - they're going to lose support soon, and you will NOT have every feature we use

Thank you so much!

(Tho for a few days, I had 'buyers' remorse'. Not anymore!🤪😁👍)

I think you can make a shorter list, and I believe you can make a TEMPLATE for the model, then just START from there...but we haven't actually shared it yet. We might need to do that some time. Sorry I can't say with certainty, but believe you can, Leon

Yes, absolutely, but I wouldn't say you need the SE (which is way more money) - JUST my opinion. bprc.me/NX6 bprc.me/NX8 bprc.me/NX10 bprc.me/NX20

I couldn't agree more! The downfall on anything but an iX is the scroll wheel. I got a year out of my nx's til it had to go in for a replacement wheel. Touch screen is much better!

NX10 vs NX10SE - I have a hard time finding enough extra value, but maybe you will for the SE???? I don't mean to try to make these value judgments for others, but to be honest, I just need the channels.

@@BrianPhillipsRC I appreciate your answer, Thanks.

yes! we found this out later on, and love this feature!

They are! It's a GREAT deal right now. Thanks for mentioning it! bprc.me/NX10

You can do it with VERY limited effort, BUT, I'm too lazy to do it, so I'm not assuming you're going to do it either ;) That being said, we have so many good Tx'es that it's kinda like...I just use the WIRED one more often than not. It's a very good analog for what we use with ANY of the NX lineup Tx'es, and that's what I'm after. Good luck - remember to UPDATE YOUR FIRMWARE when you get it (if it's not already). It's a PIA, but you want to be at latest and greatest for all the features.

Great thanks for the quick reply. Great channel.@@BrianPhillipsRC

I agree, and know he'd be a great guy to help advocate for our beloved hobby. I KNOW there are others too who really enjoy aviation, and might be able to help along the way. RC is a gateway drug into Full Scale, and we need pilots!

Whatever makes YOU comfortable works. Don't worry about what others think. If you have the control authority you need with a pincer grip (like yours) that's fine. I find myself STABBING my thumbs sometimes, usually when I'm trying to get just another 5% out of the sticks RIGHT before a crash...LOL...but I have quite callused thumbs due to my working with my hands, and not everyone is in that situation.

@BrianPhillipsRC yes, I agree. It's hard to criticize another flyer for their technique when they fly better than me. Lol

AWESOME!!! We will be reaching out to all the same people too! Thanks!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC I just got a reply from Grassley's office as well. It feels like it's pretty much a form letter with a couple paragraphs to apply to the main concern I had (the weight limit). At least he acknowledges that he got it. He did NOT however give any indication how he felt about it... Mainly a long ramble about the history of model aircraft legislation.

sure was

Rates and expo are highly subjective, but my recommendation is to figure out what you like and then be consistent with that. There isn't necessarily a right or wrong order to set your switches. I like to start in the middle mode so I have an out either way, up or down.

Nx8

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Oh no, I hope I don't have that experience, but thanks for the heads up. Loving my NX'es so far! (FYI, I deleted your duplicate comment. Not sure why that happens from time to time, but don't want you to think we were upset, or some such thing.)

Awesome! Thank you! That is very great to hear!!!

I have a RadioMaster TX16S from the initial release batch several years ago. I've not had any issues with it and I really like the power and flexibility of Open/EdgeTx, but I do think the Spektrum radios will be easier for many people. Also, EdgeTx is increasingly not to my liking as they emphasize the touch interface for radios like the TX16S. Even with the big color display, the new EdgeTx displays far less information per screen compared to previous releases. It requires way too much scrolling, in my opinion. Still, what I really hate about Spektrum and the other old-school radios is the marketing of channels. There is no reason to limit the number of channels on entry level radios other than to gouge customers with upgrade costs. It's simultaneously comical and sad to read posts about planning for your future needs when buying a transmitter with only 6 or 7 channels. It doesn't cost any more to send 10 or more than to send 6. It's a completely artificial limitation. For this reason alone I would never consider buying a brand that requires an "upgrade" for additional channels.

​@@podunkis thats why i bought TX16S MKII. Spektrum is way to expensive and they are charging you for number of channels. I like stuff Horizon does and sells but not the radios.

You couldn’t just find a windows machine to update from? A friend. Family member?

@@johnd9357 I converted any holdouts in my family decades ago. I worked at Apple. Mac since '85. Friends don't let friends do windows. Only people I know with windows are my in-laws. In Maine. And they don't know how to use it. So I should fly to Maine and learn Windows in order to use a transmitter that has been out for 2 years? In what parallel dimension? Point is, it should not be an issue in the 21st century. That is lame AF. Period.

yes

DJI is not configurable. Not really even a comparison, if you ask me.