Thursday - September 23, 2004

The new JR XP9303 sailplane computer radio, part 2

OK, I like this radio a lot.  I am going to lead off here with a really strong statement, I am going to switch all my competition ships over from the 10x to the 9303.  The 10x has served me so well I find it strange to say that.  There is nothing wrong with the 10x and I will continue to use it on my scale aerotow models where I can utilize the extra channel.

I had a full F3J/TD setup done for my ICON Lite, first use of the radio in about a hour and a half, and that includes getting snagged on the old version of the manual.  No custom program mixes used.  The only thing I don't have implemented is the way I had my butterfly setup on the 10x, 1st  one third of the landing(throttle) stick caused full trailing edge camber, at one half throttle stick my ailerons are neutral, and full deflection my ailerons crow.  I am going to try to figure that one out...

I keep finding all kinds of neat things about the software, how cool is MONITOR mode?    I really like the way this software is organized, this was well thought out.  By the way, here is a link to the user manual which is online.

OK, nothing is perfect, right?  I think the Launch, Cruise, Land switch is upside down, and I know how to fix that.  Cal convinced me I need a larger battery for my 8 hour slope, so I figure I would upgrade one of those 2100mah units eventually.

Also I would like to thank John Diniz, John Adams and Peter Goldsmith for the top notch customer support during my early learning curve on the 9303.  These guys reply to their emails quickly, and they always have an answer for me.

I can't wait to go fly this radio this weekend!