oldfart
Elite Veteran
Location: Vancouver, Canada
| 9Z or 10XI was with JR from the Galaxy 8 (shows how old I am :-) through the PCM10 and on to the 10S and 10SX. All my heli's had JR everything in them, from servos to gyros. Many said I even had JR shorts 
I got tired of waiting for a JR heading hold and a JR governor, so I bought the Futaba units...I was very impressed. I always wanted some of the advanced software features that the Futaba 9Z had in my JR's, so I waited for the 10X to show. When it did, I was very disappointed as all it really had of significant difference was the electronic trims!
 So though I knew it was going to cost me a fair bit to buy new Futaba PCM RX's etc., I decided I will have to stop throwing good money after bad sooner or later, so the sooner the better. So I sold my JR10 and got the Futaba 9Z.
All I can say is once I got used to the 9Z's programing logic I found it not only as easy to program (and much easier to program the more advanced and/or complicated items) but their servos were far more dependable and cost a lot less money. And it seems that JR is still lagging in HH technology, digital servo technology and they still do not have a governor.
Needless to say I now have all Futaba and only regret that I did not convert many many years ago, when the first version of the 9Z was launched.
The JR10X is very good, but I found the 9Z far superior. Looking at the software, I think I would probably prefer the far less expensive 9C to the 10X!!!
The 10X is like having a 466PIII computer on Windows 98. If you are upgrading from an older 166PII with W95 (8103), then you will be very happy with the 10X. But that still means that the 1.6PIV with W/NT (Futaba 9Z) is a lot better, though it does not cost any more. I think because they are in the same price range, many think they are of equal power. So why pay more for less?
Phil - a user who has tried both extensively. |
