Tday
Key Veteran
Location: Needham, MA
| I have the XP652--it's predecessor. I looked at the specs for the 662 and I see they've made some nice, but not fundamental changes. With the 652, there are three features that limit how far you'll be able to take it. 3 point throttle curves, 6 channels only, and no expo on the left stick. It also has 3 point pitch curves, but that's not as big a limit as lack of expo.
I work around the throttle curve by using a GV-1 governor with it. This keeps the engine from bogging down or racing at zero pitch with throttle and pitch curve of 100-something in the middle-100. It's tough to get the right throttle level in the middle with three points. Since it only has 6 channels I have the governor set to on/off with the stick (there's not an open receiver channel and switch to turn it on/off from the receiver/transmitter.) This makes the throttle hold switch not particularly useful--since the governor will be controlling the throttle whether or not the throttle hold switch is hit. (Anyone--am I missing something on this? Can the throttle hold be the on/off switch for the governor? Seems unlikely since the switch doesn't control a receiver channel.)
Working around the lack of expo on the collective/rudder isn't a real big deal.
So all that said, if this is the way you can afford a good set-up--go for it, but know it's limits. I use it regularly, but also have an 8103 as my main radio.
Tom |
