What to do with my DX8

[millerman]

To put a counter argument in, I used an ar7100r in my N5 faultlessly for over a hundred flights

im using them on 3 of my helis velo 50 velo 90 700n flawless performance and well over 100 flights on all of em ! again isolated problems that only come to light
when it goes pair shapes , i have done nothing but defend the dx8 in past posts on this forum and im genuinley gutted mine decided to officialy not fail on me as i like it i does everything i want and need from a radio and like has been said only real action will be taken when one fails at a large show and hurts somebody or worse and that sucks arse big time

[heliharry]

mine has to go back as rudder pot has gone gutted

[Lynx.1677]

If the DX8 was the only thing that had changed then occams razor it is. All things being equal, the simplest answer is probably the correct one. Not sure how that would stand up in court though...................

[Tripler]

Sorry to hear about the Velo and the reply from HH Kel
I had a crash at the weekend while giving a lesson using a DX8i and 6.
I took control of the heli (a Gaui X5) when the student lost orientation.
Two seconds after taking control while turning the heli nose in to bring it back
I'm sure I lost control/signal for a second or two and it nose dived into the ground.
Did'nt do my confidence or the students any good when I said I did'nt know what happend!

Costing him £100 to repair and to be honest I'm not looking forward to the next lesson.
I have two other students both using DX8s and I may withdraw from teaching them
because I now,, don't trust their TXs and don't want to see their pride and joy, ie, Trex 550e trashed while I have control
Good luck with HH

[jamiem]

Listen guys, don't get drawn in to internet rumours. this is getting nuts. Everyone and their dog has an issue with a dx8, then when you ask them to prove it/show evidence, its very hard to do so. When my DX8 went wrong, I took a lot of time to carefully prove it was the radio before shouting about it here and to HH. All credit to HH, they called me, admitted fault, and sorted it all out. I am getting a little sick of pwople blaming the radio without any proof at all that it was the radio. I'm yet to read of anyone actually taking some time to test it beyond reasonable doubt, and then take their evidence to HH.

I'm fully aware that I'm now going to get shot down by the "army" of haters out there, but I'll say this now; don't bother, I've read it all before. If you can show us all on here some proof that it was the radio, NOT a servo, NOT a failed lipo, NOT a failed regulator, NOT a failed mechanical component, NOT a bad bearing causing massive RF noise, then fair enough, but as far as I know, there have only been a few cases where the radio has actually been proven to be at fault. The one fault that does keep croping up, which worries me more than all these "my dx8 destroyed my xx" threads, is the pot failures. You cant really get that one wrong, and it is something that HH need to sort very quickly.

[Mslater]

I've just discovered that the DX8 is not made by JR (the 7 is - don't know about the 9)

Am I just behind the times or is it not common knowledge ?

Is this the root cause of the problems ?

[Spanner]

No fault found, doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a fault, just they haven't found one

[Tripler]

Hi Jamie
I didn't take much notice or interest re the DX8 slagging threads on here untill,,
I saw the problems you had,, now sorted by HH
I'm not going to go into detail on here but will have a chat next time I see you at ARA

[Tripler]

No fault found, doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a fault, just they haven't found one

I agree!

[Mark_T]

I've just discovered that the DX8 is not made by JR (the 7 is - don't know about the 9)

Am I just behind the times or is it not common knowledge ?

Is this the root cause of the problems ?

It should be common knowledge by now that JR and Spektrum are essentially parting company from here onwards.

JR have their own new 2.4 system (DMSS) and have released new radios using it - XG7 and XG8

Production by JR of the DX7 stopped and Spektrum have announced a replacement based on the DX8 chassis (DX7s)

In the USA where Horizon Hobby own both Spektrum and JR distribution the JR radios will ship with DSMX from here on, outside the USA there is still no news if JR will ever be allowed to supply their radios (DSX9/DSX11/DSX12/11X Zero) with DSMX so they remain stuck on DSM2 for now.

I think that is a decent short summary.

[jamiem]

Hi Jamie
I didn't take much notice or interest re the DX8 slagging threads on here untill,,
I saw the problems you had,, now sorted by HH
I'm not going to go into detail on here but will have a chat next time I see you at ARA

Look forward to seeing you down matey, have you flown at the new field yet? I'll be there wednesday evening if you fancy it

[Rob O]

thats all very well jamie i know you did a load of research on your crash , BUT a buggered rudder pot WILL cause you problems , especially if you dont have the expertise to hit hold without panicking . Rob

[jamiem]

An that's what I just said!! The pot failures I'm not disputing, but all of these "crashes caused by my dx8" threads I am! That's all I'm saying on the subject.

[Tripler]

Look forward to seeing you down matey, have you flown at the new field yet? I'll be there wednesday evening if you fancy it

Yes, have flown at the new field, quite like it, will try and get there wednesday evening after 6pm

[Stuart]

Equally with fbl systems any pot failure is bound to make the whole situation even more so scary. Imagine mid piro flips infront of you showing off your £2k pride and joy and it just decides to come at you full belt, misses you and lands in a crowd of onwatchers. Thats for me the nightmare on the horizon really not worth the risk. I would suggest anyone with a dx8 to constantly check the servo monitor use the sim between flights and any glitches stop use immediately.