SpektrumDXS Transmitter Only, SPMR1010, Black

Worked very well

I received this with with one of my planes and use it as a back up to my Spektrum NX8. It binds to a lot of my BNF Horizon planes. I also use this for my Real Flight 9.5 simulator too. Not as feature rich as the more expensive transmitters but it is a good deal.

I bought this for a student to fly my helicopter. My instructor radio is an IX12. I was hoping that this would simply send the stick positions (-100 to +100) to my radio and everything else would be handled by my radio such as the throttle and pitch curves, limits, switch operations, channel mapping etc.However it acts a a full radio simply using my instructor radio to forward the signal to the helicopter. As such all the throttle and pitch curves come from the student radio.I could have lived with this design except that that the default throttle and pitch channels didn't appear to be mapped correctly. As soon as I switched from instructor to student the motor helicopter would spin up to full speed. This wasn't a matter of reversing the channel on the radio.Other reasons not to buy the radio were (1) a complete lack of control over what the throttle and pitch curves were on the radio and (2) the stick limits were +/- 100%. My Ikon2 FBU needs about 124-128% to operate correctly.The radio was also an early version, the PID starts with SHTK. This means that you are unable to toggle between the 4 preset models (3 aeroplane and 1 helicopter) without upgrading it first. To upgrade you need to connect it to an app on your phone or on a computer via a Spektrum specific cable. I already had a Spektrum bluetooth adapter SPMBT1000 but this would not work. I would have to buy the $25 SPMA3065 USB adapter. This would make it a $140 radio instead of a $115 radio.

I have it for a few months still trying to figure it out. Just need to take the time and work with it. Its a kick to fly with this.

Love this remote. I know nothing about flying RC planes and this remote made syncing the easiest thing to do. Once sync I never had an issue recommend for all new RC people.

For $115 you'd expect to get more than some potentiometers and switches but you'd be mistaken because nothing about this radio is intuitive. Oh, and if you want to use it on a heli or plane with any non-standard features, you have to select that in a model preset. Doesn't sound so bad right? Should just be a quick look at the manual and a couple of button presses.. Except the radios they ship out have outdated firmware with no model presets, so you have to order and wait for a programmer to do Spektrum's job for them! Literally a $120 paperweight.I've been using Spektrum for a long time and this is just sad. LCD's arent expensive, its 2022, this is a joke.

The unit I received has a older date code so now I have to buy a programing cable to update it for additional $24.95. I should have drove the 30 miles to the hobby shop so I could have checked the code.

Good controller