Spekky radio recall

Klippy - don't you take the wing off for storage or charging?

Er, no.

You are supposed to - so you can check that nothing has come unplugged, like Hal!

Bone idle I'm afraid Eric, plus time is limited, so flying is as quick as shoving the model in the pickup, driving 300yards, plugging in the battery, and flying. However, I now check that everything is working!
I only fly the one model at the moment, it's my intention to fly this one to death before I commit to another one.

shoving the model in the pickup, driving 300yards

ooo eck - there's lazy, and there's lazy!!! Use yer plates, mate, and get some of that slipped chest off your trouser belt!

re the DX 8 - copied from the other forum =
21/08/2011 11:38:43
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Having got my new DX8 Tuesday last week, I duly registered it on the Spektrum website, and also downloaded the latest airware ( Ver 2.03 ).
Re-bound half a dozen gliders on Thursday night including 3 Elevon equipped wings and flew on Friday. First to hit the air was my old trusty Wildthing, which need a load of up trim. Applying the up trim button rapidly in the 50MPH wind, saw the model dive even steeper. A bit more thinking and head scratching saw the exact same result...as witnessed by two other modellers.
Thinking it "must be me" I tried again on the ground, and sure enough
THE ELEVATOR TRIMS ARE WORKING IN REVERSE TO THE STICK !!

Researching the issue further, I find on a lengthy thread in the US that this is a known software bug, and was discovered several weeks ago.

The short term fix as discussed in that thread is to set flap to inhibit in the system menu, on any elevon wing model - then all is fine. Normal wing models are unaffected.

Spektrum are working on the problem right now, and a new release will be made available soon.... I guess.

Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 21/08/2011 11:39:49

I made the decision to go with Futaba, never regretted it.