bilbo
Veteran
Location: Boston, MA - USA
| Make sure you don't get a transmitter that has builtin mixing that can't be turned off. This rules out most of the transmitters that come with RTF CP helis. Phoenix does have the ability to demix a CCPM signal, but the demixing doesn't work flawlessly.
The Falcon 3D heli has mechanical mixing, so if you can find someone selling their old Falcon 3D transmitter that would work, and it already has the right plug for the Phoenix cable, with no adaptor required.
Also, I know you said 5 channels, but really you only need 4 channels, since you can program in throttle curves in the sim, and use keyboard shortcuts for extra features like landing gear and flaps. I say this because it's easy to find cheap 4 channel transmitters with no mixing like this one:
http://www.ka-planes.com/inc/sdetail/7527
I used the 4 channel transmitter that came with my Blade CX with Phoenix for learning heli flying, and it worked fine. |
