JKos
Elite Veteran
Location: City of California in the state of Maryland
| Gentlemen,
All I can say is that my measurements are real and repeatable. I would have to guess that the reason Futaba implemented the rate limiter on the 9CS and 7C is to help keep the swash level.
The latency in a 9C, 9CS, and 7C is clearly visible and feelable when you compare them to faster radios on the same helicopter with the same servos. Once you see and feel the immediate response of a Stylus or 14MZ, you will then realize what latency feels and looks like. eCCPM trueness is also much more noticeable when doing direct comparisons.
If all you have ever flown is a "slower" radio, then you will be quite accustomed to it and it will feel fine and dandy to you. It should be quite obvious that our radios really aren't the limiting factor in what can be done with any given helicopter. Just like putting one of Joe Satriani's guitars in my hands won't make me play or sound like Joe, putting a 14MZ in my hands won't make me fly like Jason Krause.
Now, what I have read here and been told straight from some flying buddies who went to the 14MZ is that they immediately felt more confidence in the heli and how it would react and thus started doing maneuvers a bit lower in altitude. The reduction in latency was probably the contributing factor.
Think of it this way... We have one big control loop going on: eyes, brain, hands, radio, heli. The faster you can make that control loop, the better. Any latency added by the radio causes more disconnect between the pilot and the heli.
The ultimate goal is having fun. Whatever radio allows you to have fun is just fine.
- John
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