Marilyn Somers
06-18-2008, 01:15 PM
To begin I never owned a futaba or JR radio so I can't really say if it's better or worse. This is a review off my MX-16 by graupner. I owned a MC-15 before but that one wasn't easy to set-up, no gov menu, etc... So anyway let's start
opening the box:
Beautifully packaged with one standard low speed servo and a RS scan receiver. Modern look (looks a bit like DX-7) A wrench is included to change the height of the stick.
good start
To start:
first you need to open the back and remove the spring (depending on flying mode) and install the what I call throttle-tackers (which you can adjust to your preference as you can with the springs)
charging:
wanted to charge but my charger just didn't want it so opened the back of the transmitter,again...there was no battery:arggg: e-mailed graupner, a week later new free battery on my doorstep.;)
anyhow charged again.
Channels
for eCCPM
1: first roll
2: second roll
3: pitch
4: tail/gyro
5: free (I changed ch 8 to ch 5 so I didn't need to buy the y-lead to let my gov work)
6: throttle
7: gyro gain
8: gov signal
for mCCPM
1: pitch
2: roll
3: pitch/collective
4: tail/gyro
5: see eCCPM
6: throttle
7: gyro gain
8: gov signal
setting up:
first off all the receicer uses ch 8 as a battery input, so you will need to buy an y-lead to use the 8 chanels. SO easy to choose your freq., when you turn on it will alway ask you if you want to use the previously selected freq. (well it uses chanels not the freq!!)So you easily switch to another freq but you need to know which chanel that freq. is. Turn on receiver press scan twice and you're ready to go. first you need to select your modeltype/modelname/swashplate type really easy but then there's something a bit tricky: setting up you're gov, killswitch and etc. but after a bit puzzling works great. Tested today with the align unit, why didn't I install it earlier?!! Perhaps one of the best things I ever bought.
setting up end points? easy. dual rate easy. But another tricky thing is to set-up the limiter, this limits your throttle curve or something like that you just select an 2 end points and it creates a throttle curve between these. But you can't change that throttle curve or you can't even go in autorotation or idle up (more of that later) If you shut off the limit you can't use you're trim!!
So I just used it to start the engine. Again playing with values will help you a lot. The only thing that's a bit not-thought-out-well is the free programable mixers (you need use one for throttle cut) but again playing will help a lot. Setting up idle up... there's no idle up, just a second flight mode from which you can change the name. Just go to the helimix menu, switch on idle up and select your throttle curve and set it up by moving your throttle stick and pressing + & - button rocker. This is also why I used the limiter, so I can change the pitch vallues without taking off. Setting up gyro is easy also, you just go to helimix and there you can select the gyro gain, easy+ you can use 2 gyro gains depending on fly mode (I have higher gain in normal and lower in idle up/3D akro)
How good it works?
the only thing that I can find is the eCCPM mixing is not that good, one of the servo's always move first resulting in a bit difficult situation, as it's almost 1/2 of a second difference for one to move espescially when rolling, you need to add some xtra pitch at the start or you will going up or down. But hey fitting a cyclock and you're good to go. never got glitches!! only some glitches because I had a noise problem. Not of the receiver but from my gyro
what's bad on it?
today happened first, switched on, no screen!!!!!
turned back off and on, all was fine.What else? oh right, the eCCPM mixing
summing up:
really good transmitter, easy to set-up, really modern look, simple, but not a great eCCPM transmitter. Best receiver I've ever seen:thumbup: small, light and works really great but it's a quite long antenna. all in all great vallue for money!!!!!!!!!! The included servo... well you can use it in an old one as a throttle servo as this isn't a high spec one.
news!!
Finally a 2.4Ghz one out. Will convert mine for sure
opening the box:
Beautifully packaged with one standard low speed servo and a RS scan receiver. Modern look (looks a bit like DX-7) A wrench is included to change the height of the stick.
good start
To start:
first you need to open the back and remove the spring (depending on flying mode) and install the what I call throttle-tackers (which you can adjust to your preference as you can with the springs)
charging:
wanted to charge but my charger just didn't want it so opened the back of the transmitter,again...there was no battery:arggg: e-mailed graupner, a week later new free battery on my doorstep.;)
anyhow charged again.
Channels
for eCCPM
1: first roll
2: second roll
3: pitch
4: tail/gyro
5: free (I changed ch 8 to ch 5 so I didn't need to buy the y-lead to let my gov work)
6: throttle
7: gyro gain
8: gov signal
for mCCPM
1: pitch
2: roll
3: pitch/collective
4: tail/gyro
5: see eCCPM
6: throttle
7: gyro gain
8: gov signal
setting up:
first off all the receicer uses ch 8 as a battery input, so you will need to buy an y-lead to use the 8 chanels. SO easy to choose your freq., when you turn on it will alway ask you if you want to use the previously selected freq. (well it uses chanels not the freq!!)So you easily switch to another freq but you need to know which chanel that freq. is. Turn on receiver press scan twice and you're ready to go. first you need to select your modeltype/modelname/swashplate type really easy but then there's something a bit tricky: setting up you're gov, killswitch and etc. but after a bit puzzling works great. Tested today with the align unit, why didn't I install it earlier?!! Perhaps one of the best things I ever bought.
setting up end points? easy. dual rate easy. But another tricky thing is to set-up the limiter, this limits your throttle curve or something like that you just select an 2 end points and it creates a throttle curve between these. But you can't change that throttle curve or you can't even go in autorotation or idle up (more of that later) If you shut off the limit you can't use you're trim!!
So I just used it to start the engine. Again playing with values will help you a lot. The only thing that's a bit not-thought-out-well is the free programable mixers (you need use one for throttle cut) but again playing will help a lot. Setting up idle up... there's no idle up, just a second flight mode from which you can change the name. Just go to the helimix menu, switch on idle up and select your throttle curve and set it up by moving your throttle stick and pressing + & - button rocker. This is also why I used the limiter, so I can change the pitch vallues without taking off. Setting up gyro is easy also, you just go to helimix and there you can select the gyro gain, easy+ you can use 2 gyro gains depending on fly mode (I have higher gain in normal and lower in idle up/3D akro)
How good it works?
the only thing that I can find is the eCCPM mixing is not that good, one of the servo's always move first resulting in a bit difficult situation, as it's almost 1/2 of a second difference for one to move espescially when rolling, you need to add some xtra pitch at the start or you will going up or down. But hey fitting a cyclock and you're good to go. never got glitches!! only some glitches because I had a noise problem. Not of the receiver but from my gyro
what's bad on it?
today happened first, switched on, no screen!!!!!
turned back off and on, all was fine.What else? oh right, the eCCPM mixing
summing up:
really good transmitter, easy to set-up, really modern look, simple, but not a great eCCPM transmitter. Best receiver I've ever seen:thumbup: small, light and works really great but it's a quite long antenna. all in all great vallue for money!!!!!!!!!! The included servo... well you can use it in an old one as a throttle servo as this isn't a high spec one.
news!!
Finally a 2.4Ghz one out. Will convert mine for sure