The 10X is a waste of money until they make a synthesized model with frequency scanning capability. For now I will stick with 8103. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Bacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] 8103 vs. 10X
> At 11:14 AM 11/13/2001, Bill Swingle wrote: > > >A friend is wanting to purchase either the JR 8103 or the 10X. Does anyone > >have a few words of wisdom in decided between these the transmitters? > > The 10x is really the way to go. A little harder to program since you have > to roll your own mixes, the 8103 has some built in menus for gliders like > the Butterfly menu, but I don't really miss that. Those built in menus on > the 8103 restrict your flexibility a bit too. Once you get some starter > templates built for your models, it really is quite easy to program the 10x. > > The biggest reason for going to the 10x is the camber sliders on the side > of the TX. Then you don't have to share the throttle stick moded on a > switch, to handle camber or butterfly. They both can be simultaneously active. > > The 10x gives you two more channels, nice if you want to do the six servo > wing thing, or get into some scale models and handle all the control > surfaces, gear retracts and tow release. > > There are bunch of other more subtile programming issues that I enjoy, but > to be honest with you, I started with the 783, then bought a 8103, sold it > and went to the 10x. I should have just started with the 10x to begin > with. 8-) > > The 10x is the best TX I have ever owned, > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
