EXPERIENCE WITH STYLUS??

[pepper]

does anyone have any experience with the Stylus radio??

pepper

[DavidH]

Pepper,
I have flown with a couple of pilots that have used the Stylus radio. It is a nice radio and very capable when you get the advanced Heli card to go along with it. Without heli card it is still a functional radio. You just need the heli card to do eCCPM mixing.

David

[I3DM]

i have one, i like it a lot - even without the card its got everything you need, and with the card it right up there with the rest of the big boys ! and Airtronics' human engineering is second to none ! very friendly radio system.

[RotorX]

I have heard that the Airtronic radios are the fastest, do they also use parrell servo update?

[TMoore]

Yep.

[rchelitek]

Like TMoore said, YEP, and I'll also say that in my case i left both the 9zWC and the 10x for the control feel on this radio. The program flexability was fairly equal at first glance then when i really got into setting up my contest birds i found that it was much more capable than they say in the Ad. Not everyone likes to use a lot of flight modes but i do. With the 12 power on flight modes available i can have a mode setup for every maneuver. It's not hard for me to remember to flip a switch because i flip 1 switch before the start of every maneuver. All my rates and mixes are all tied to the same switch. There are also 3 Autorotation flight mode available as well. I like using one for straight in and 180 auto's while i have another for the auto with 2 90degree turns. But that is just me personally.

[I3DM]

rchelitek, can you please explain how you get 12 flight modes ? i have 2 stylus Tx's and im not sure what you mean.
thanks.

[rchelitek]

pretty simple just use alternate flight modes. Alternate flight mode can use up to 2 other model memories besides the original one that you are using. With each flight mode you end up with 12 poweron flight modes and 3 throttle hold flight modes not to mention each model memroy ofcourse still has 9 programmable mixes a total of 27 mixes 15 of which has mulitiple postionable point curves.

Norvin

[I3DM]

Yes, but a stock stylus has 4 model memories, and thus only 3 alternate modes (besides the #1 model), No ??? so how is that 12 ? im still not following. :?

[rchelitek]

Okay a stylus without helicard's has 4 model memories, 1 alternate flight and each model memory has 4 flight modes.

Flight Modes:
Normal
IDle 1
IDle 2
Hold

Without the feaature cards you won't get the 12 power on flight modes. You will only get 6 power on flight modes. I assumed that you were also using the heli feature card. Either heli feature card gives you 5 flight modes per model

Flight modes with feature card:

Normal
Idle 1
idle 2
idle 3
hold

Also with the feature card you gain another alternate flight mode which means a total of up to 3 model memories that can be used to fly one model.

Flight modes available with feature cards:
Memory A
Flight mode 1
Flight mode 2
Flight mode 3
Flight mode 4
Flight mode 5 (Hold)
Memory B
Flight mode 1
Flight mode 2
Flight mode 3
Flight mode 4
Flight mode 5 (Hold)
Memory C
Flight mode 1
Flight mode 2
Flight mode 3
Flight mode 4
Flight mode 5 (Hold)

All of those are accessable by assigning a switch to go from Model memory A to Memory B to Memory C. There is also no rule that says the flight mode N (Normal) has to have 0% throttle at bottom stick of both the Alternate flight modes. That is how you can get 12 flight modes with the helicard. I know it sounds like a lot but if you fly to a set schedule of maneuvers like i do then you set the switch assignments in such a way that you only flip 1 switch to go to the next flight mode. Also i don't use switches to turn on certain mixes, I just set the mix to turn on with that particular flight mode. I've describe what i use for my contest setup. But when i want to fling a helicopter around i will simply use one model memory and a total of 3 flight modes. Hopefully didn't confuse anyone here.

Many people will ask me sometimes if these 2 flight modes are som similar why not just use the same mode vertical triangle vs. nose in tail in 8 hover maneuvers. I'll answer that i found with the triangle flight mode i can keep my altitude as stable as i would like as if when i use a collective curve more for the flat 8 maneuver. Very much like Micheal Schumacher adjust brake bias on his ferrari for almost every corner. I do it just for an Optimal Setup. Besides if setup didn't matter much we wouldn't have radios with more that 3 flight modes and 5 point pitch and throttle curves. Somone had proven that there was some advantage to this method at one time or another.

[I3DM]

OK, now i understand, but using 12 flight modes on 1 model will result in a Tx thats good for only 1 model in total, since you are using all of its memory, unless of course you use a memory card too.

[rchelitek]

To me the memory card was always a nessecity. First for back up. Also when using the feature card all model memories are then converted to helicopter mode. If you want to use some advanced features on the airplane side for planes then you need the memory card. Believe me its worth it to have the card because when you send the radio in to get the battery changed you will most definately want the card to save your models on. Also how many times have you heard of someone accidentaly erasing the models programming from the radio. This definately helps prevent that since the 50 model card is purely for storage. You cannot fly off the card as is the case with the cam pac. you simply load the model to the radio then fly.

[I3DM]

im wondering, when using alternates, will you have to load all 4 models from the memory card, ot does model #1 load automatically with the models assigned to it as alternates ?
thanks.

[rchelitek]

no you load a total of three models from the card to the radio.

[I3DM]

Understood,
Thanks.

[Matt Lowdermilk]

The only thing that I have found that I DON"T like about the Stylus. Is that you can not assign channel's 7&8 to a 3 position switch. (and get 3 positions) Outside of that little set back. There is nothing the Stylus can not do. Dream it and the Stylus can do it.
The control feel is unlike any other radio ever.

[the collective]

Question for TMoore... I know you've used the Infinity 1000H, how does the Stylus compare to that in your opinion? I still haven't flown a radio that I liked better than my 1000H, I'd still be flying it if I could get the PCM receivers to go with it.

[TMoore]

The Stylus is much faster to respond than the older 1024 ATCP systems. The Stylus just doesn't have the slick display that the 1000H has. I still have two I1000H's that I fly on FM and they still work very well even by todays standard. The graphics and the 11 point curves are still very capable.

When you couple a Stylus with 758 servos the system response is matched only by a 14MZ which cost 3 times as much.

TM

[davehour]

Hi guys:

Yes, the inability to have a 3 position switch assignment to have a -, 0, + channel output surprised me being the Stylus so powerful. Oh well, I know I can setup mixes to have something similar.

I've been using the Stylus for about three weeks and love it. The Radio looks very serious and the feel in the hands is great. The only thing I don't like about it, besides not been able to have a 3 position switch assigned to a channel, is the unbalance you find when using the neck strap, because the radio tries always to go vertical instead of resting horizontal with the antenna extended.

David

[Windspiel]

Is there any advantage to getting the Stylus over the RD8000

Rumors say they are updating the Stylus is this true ?

[Matt Lowdermilk]

Yes, there is alot of advantage to get the Stylus over the RD 8000.

Yes, there will be a replacement for the Stylus eventually. Not in the very near future though.

[TMoore]

Unfortunately Sanwa missed adding a gov program with the 3 position switch support.

I have an idea that the new radio will remedy that issue.

TM

[Matt Lowdermilk]

I'm hopefull of it TMoore. A gov program will be very nice. I hope they also increase the model memory.