DX-7 Programming help

[Sherpa FE]

Is there a way to put the idle up onto the gear switch? It really is not a good place to have it at that 3 position toggle switch.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Jermo]

There are two idle up modes so the 3 position switch is the best place for it. To my knowledge there's no way to move it.

[flingwing403]

if the problem is you go past idle 1 into idle 2 when you flip it the other option for you , and the simplest i thnk, is to make everything the exact same for stunt 1 and stunt 2 in your settings.

just duplicate all the pitch and throttle settings you have in stunt 1 to stunt 2 that way if you lack the finess to just go up one notch on the 3 way switch it wont matter as you will have the exact same settings....

having it where it is allows you to flip the switch while still keeping your thumb on the control

my 0.02c

[Sherpa FE]

Thanks for the replies, will just have to deal with it.

[Jermo]

:dontknow I haven't seen any real RC transmitters that didnt' have the idle up switch in the upper left top if they were the Heli version.

[Sherpa FE]

I dont doubt that at all, I have been RC planes for the last 15 or so years, so I am still getting used to a lot of changes, the biggest one is taking out the ratchet on the throttle... :)

[stevehonn]

:dontknow I haven't seen any real RC transmitters that didnt' have the idle up switch in the upper left top if they were the Heli version.

In the UK the PCM9X (9303) has the idle up switch top right, throttle hold back left, the DX7 is a bit of a change for us. When I had my JR 347 the idle up switch was on the face, next to the aileron dual rate switch, I wish things wouldn't keep moving!

[Jermo]

wow.. well it was news to me that there are Mode 1/2/3/4..etc radios with sticks different.. .. Althought I wouldn't like to have to change I wish we had one international standard that everyone used equally.

[Danal Estes]

Yes, this is very loosely related to Mode 2 v Mode 1.

Mode 2 it is most common to have flight mode "Up/back most" and on the left. Throttle hold is "up/back most" on the right. Usually...

Mode 1 is opposite, I think, I don't fly that way much.

And, of course, there are specific variations on specific TXs.

Flight mode I could learn anywhere, you have time to think before switching. It's throttle hold that would kill me. I have deep reflexes to sweep my right hand up the back of the tranny and hit whatever sticks out of that upper/back corner toward me. Given that you only have a fraction of a second to change a crash into a less bad crash... I'll go to about any length to have throttle hold there on EVERY TX I fly. Haven't had to drill and solder (yet), but I would if that's what it took to get the hold switch there.

Probably the biggest consideration: What will your most likely "instructors" or other people you trust to fly your heli... how will they be set up? That's what you 'should' fly...

[DavidH]

North America is about the only area to get Heli specific radios. Most of the rest of the world only gets one model of a radio. Only way it might be considered a heli version is there is no ratchet on the throttle stick.
Most of the Japanese pilots I have been around fly Mode 1.

Switch assignability is great, that way you can assign the switches and controls to do what you want them to do.

David

[Jermo]

I think spektrum messed up not giving us fully independant assignable switches. Also from what I understand the DX7 has serious issues lacking features for nitro. Hopefully the DX9 will fix that and/or they will redo the DX7 software.

[Sherpa FE]

As far as the DX-7 goes for Nitro planes, it is a good sport radio, but thats all it was really designed for. I am saving up now for the JR 12X 2.4.

[Jermo]

I fly electric heli's so I'm happy with the radio. I guess my expectation is when a radio is designated as "Heli" it supports the features that are common for that flight mode. Since Nitro came before electric it's just whack that the radio doesn't have those features already.

[Danal Estes]

The DX7 is a JR 7202 + 2.4Ghz. Literally. The only differences in the menues relate to modulation (n/a for the 7) and trainer. Oh, and the Timer.

As for "lacking features", it's typical of a 7 chan radio. Why would a manufacturer put the same features on a 7 and a 9? They'd sell fewer 9s.

By the way, this is something I find SUPREMELY irritating. Once you have a screen and a processor, the difference between number of points in a curve or number of mixers... well, they're probably taking features OUT of a common code base to market the lesser radio.

Anyway...

[Jermo]

exactly..

[kgfly]

Also from what I understand the DX7 has serious issues lacking features for nitro. Hopefully the DX9 will fix that and/or they will redo the DX7 software.
Like what ? I know of folk flying nitro helis with DX7 and they don't see any "serious issues" or missing features. If you are comparing a 7ch sport radio to a 9ch (or higher) then sure there will be differences. Whether they matter is a personal choice, but I have not seen anything that would stop you flying a nitro with a DX7.

[stevehonn]

In the UK JR radios are imported by MacGregor and we get assignable modes, switches in different places to the US and digital trim on throttle plus settings for helis and planes. I'm a little concerned that with the obvious link now JR are going to produce radio sets with 'Spektrum DSM2 Technology' Horizon Hobby UK may end up selling them, this could mean we will all get a 'world' model radio and we will loose out in the UK, I sincerely hope not.

[Jermo]

Ken, read around the non-electric forums. There are guys trying to setup governors an apparently the radio isn't setup for it directly so they have to use mixing to get it close. That's one example. I read ALOT.

[kgfly]

OK, thanks for the clarification.