DX8 rant!!!

[Gareth-71]

Hi

Just had to share my frustrations!

I have a DX8, and had to send it back to have it updated because of the well know dx8 glitch. It was a real pain the a$$ to rebind everything, but hey ho...

But NOW there is another issue.....

I have converted two of my helis to FBL witht he vbar, and have a new protos. Anyway ALL of these helis have tail drift and I have been trying everything to sort it out to no avail. I even crashed one of them because the tail started drifting really quickly in an odd orientation.

I was using the DX8 on the sim last night and had tail drift ..... !!!
So went into calibration and noticed that if you move the rudder to full travel left the when centred again there is a fair amount of left input, and the same when all the way over to the right. Also, as you move the collective up and down, the tail output moves from a fair bit left and right.


Aaaagh! So I am seriously $issed off because I now have to send it back, lose all the binding (on some of my heli's it is a real pain to get to the bind plug) and be without any flying heli's for a week or so.

What about the smashed up heli? will HH pay for this? I seriously doubt it.

Anyone else has similar issues?

I have seriously lost confidence in the DX8 now, what other transmitter is out there? or should I go back to my trusty DX7?

Ggggrrrrrrr!

Gareth

[Jamin_00]

DSX9 or the 11X

Try my 9 if you like tomorrow if you come up.

[Gareth-71]

Hi

Can the 11x be run off lipos?

Gareth

[sacko]

Pretty sure Mike has had the same problem with his 8 too.

Remember him saying there was a problem with the rudder channel.

[Spannaz]

ahhh see at least this time it wasn't me jinxing you!! I am staying well away from ya!!

Seriously though am glad you found out what it was, I know how much it was annoying you, and how much it has probably cost due to that incident with the ground!!

But look on the bright side, you've found the problem, and if you sell me the scale heli they'll be one less to bind!

..............have another biscuit!

[Dudifiedad]

My Dx8 is perfect!
What batch is it?

[Gareth-71]

My Dx8 is perfect!
What batch is it?

Hi

It was from the first UK batch..... and it WAS perfect....

Plug it into phoenix and watch the other channels as you move one channel in turn. Jump about all over the place?

:-(

Gareth

[Nick B]

Mine went mad today with the temp alarm on my 600,i landed to find the warning saying my temp was 537c but live was 75c

Couldnt get rid of the warning screen till i turned the tx off

[Gareth-71]

Mine went mad today with the temp alarm on my 600,i landed to find the warning saying my temp was 537c but live was 75c

Couldnt get rid of the warning screen till i turned the tx off

Aw man! not good, kinda makes you lose confidence doesn't it?

Gareth

[Nick B]

i can only answer that after i have inspected the heli,Gareth.i was feckin about with it for ages trying to get gov to work(align) so i was fiddling about near rx,i solved that problem,sensor plug had come out after being tugged by velcro strap,got a feeling there a plug not properly in on telemetry somewhere.Let you know in a bit

[moonmanflyer]

I am glad i still have my original DX7 and have no plans to change it

[Gareth-71]

Hi

Yes, I am sooo sorry that I moved to the DX8. The main reason that I did was the flight pack monitor which turns out to be less than useless, and now this :-(

Gareth

[electricsceadu]

sorry to hear of your troubles

but i'm glad i fly futaba
and i hung off 2.4ghz until it had been around a good while

[Paulice]

Could it be there is some revo mixing active?

[Gareth-71]

Could it be there is some revo mixing active?

Hi

On every model?

I'll have a look, but I doubt it.

Gareth