Hi,

I have seen loads of Futaba Skysport 6's on Ebay recently.

Why are so many people selling these transmitters, is there something
wrong with them?

Or is this a decent transmitter to start out with in the hobby?

I plan to fly an electric trainer fixed wing, then move into rotary
wing - would this be a future proof starter transmitter for me?

Cheers

Kenny wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have seen loads of Futaba Skysport 6's on Ebay recently.
> 
> Why are so many people selling these transmitters, is there something
> wrong with them?
> 
> Or is this a decent transmitter to start out with in the hobby?
> 
> I plan to fly an electric trainer fixed wing, then move into rotary
> wing - would this be a future proof starter transmitter for me?
> 
> Cheers

You can buy mine if you want.

Skysport is OK, but its non computerised, so you have to set it up with 
switches to reverse the servos, and retrim everytime you change models.

IIRC it doesn't do helicopters.

Try a field force 6 ..more what you want


Be aware that what you ay get on fleabay may not have either a charger, 
functional crystal or usable battery.

That lot might cost you another £20 to replace.

BTW learning to fly a fixed wing trainer will do NOTHING for  your 
helicopter skills. Get a simulator and practice helicopters if thats 
what you want to fly. Then ask as to the best training helicopter

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:03:30 -0800 (PST), Kenny 
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have seen loads of Futaba Skysport 6's on Ebay recently.
>
>Why are so many people selling these transmitters, is there something
>wrong with them?
>
Nothing wrong with them, they are just old and superceeded.  


>Or is this a decent transmitter to start out with in the hobby?
>

Non computerised, may suit you fine but most people get rid of them
and get a computer radio soon after starting.  If fo nothing else than
you can set up different models on different memories rather than have
to reset it all the time

The price between the Skysports 6 and the 6EA, wis about £10/£20, it's
not worth the saving to not have the computerised radio's extra
features.

>I plan to fly an electric trainer fixed wing, then move into rotary
>wing - would this be a future proof starter transmitter for me?
>

No, or rather not easily, Heli programming usually requires some sort
of computer mixing, it can be achieve on board the aircraft but it's a
lot more work.

Heli and Aero use the same transmitter but some of the switches are
set out differently.  Get a good mid range or above one and you can
use it for both.  The hobby is going from 35Mhz to 2.4Ghz.  You may be
better spending £200 on a Spectrum DX 7 or £150 on a Futaba 6EX now
rather than buying a non computerised tranny that you replace in 6
months.  Both come in plane and Heli specific versions but are switch
able between the two.