New DX6 or DX7s???

[Jdcolli]

I'm thinking of getting the new DX6 as it about the same price point of a DX7S.

I'm not sure if the DX6 has 2 idle ups or not which would make it a winner right?

Any help or info on the benefits of one over the other would be great.

Cheers

[Peteski]

The DX8 can be had for about the same price as the new DX6 i.e. £150

[Jdcolli]

Found the answer New DX6........hmmmm - Page 4 - HeliFreak

Is there any need for more channels?

[Peteski]

Quite possibly with some flybarless systems etc. See this page RC Helicopter Radios - How Many Channels?
6ch is certainly the bare minimum and I was advised to go for 8ch to give more options in the future.

[gobby550x]

You can fly most pod and booms on 6 channel - I have a new DX6 and use if for my Agile 5.5 with no issues.

My lama which has a lighting pack I use my 8 channel JR

My two pence worth - the dX6 is far superior to the old DX7 or 8 so no comparison for me.

I think there may be a new Dx7 available now with the same features as the new DX6 - as always more bucks at £240, a DX6 can be had for £120 as TX alone.

[Peteski]

a DX6 can be had for £120 as TX alone.

Need to add in the cost of a li-ion battery and charger too. Ends up the same price as a DX8. I looked closely at both, but decided the extra channels were likely to be more useful for me as I'm looking at progressing to scale models.

[trillian]

Just an FYI, you can easily get the basic effect of an extra idle-up on the DX7S (assuming the most common use is to have another headspeed) : http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/spektr...-idle-2-a.html

[Grumpy]

Need to add in the cost of a li-ion battery and charger too.

+1.. it's easy to overlook this but they chew through normal Alkaline AA batteries at quite a rate and a genuine Spektrum Li-ion battery pack and charger adds about £45 to the cost of the DX6. So the new DX7 (that has Li-ion as standard) doesnt loook quite so expensive, and an 'old' DX8 looks very cheap.