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6102FM, R610UL & 3-S241, MD2

Key Features

• FM and PCM modulation
• Failsafe system (on PCM only)
• Programming for Aircraft and Helicopter
• Five-year lithium battery
• Big graphic display screen shows more information and is easier to program

Overview

Let’s assume you’re the kind of straight-ahead sport flyer who feels like the new 8 and 9-channel radios are just a bit too fancy for your tastes. Not to mention the umpteen-channel pro-style radios, which are totally out of the question. Well, have we got a radio for you. It’s got the solid 6-channel simplicity and practicality you prefer. But this 6-channel’s simplicity is combined with the kind of refinement and ease of programming that—until now—has been reserved only for the “high-end” rigs. Like, for openers, display graphics that convey more information and are easier to understand.

Detailed Information

It takes an expensive LCD driver with 10 times the power needed for ordinary 6-channel screens to produce the XP6102’s exclusive 1,550-element dot matrix display. But it’s worth it. Because unlike the screens of other 6-channels, the 6102’s clutter-free displays let you focus solely on the information you need for the function or mix you’re programming or reviewing. And for even greater clarity, some screens—including the dual rate/exponential screens—actually display the results of your adjustments in graph form. In other words, problems like unintended “reverse expo” and headaches with throttle/pitch setups become a thing of the past.

Proven and reliable as the XP6102’s FM R700 receiver is, we can’t imagine anyone passing up the chance to own a 6102 equipped with JR’s new PCM version of the 700 — the SPCM R770 — for only a few bucks more. And as far as the tired old PCM vs. FM debate goes, do any of us really believe every TOC competitor in recent memory flew with PCM just to be fashionable? Not a chance. The debate’s over. Go with the SPCM R770S-equipped XP6102 and join the pros at a price that’s just too good to ignore.

Once they made the XP6102’s PCM version more affordable and its programming easier, JR® engineers figured more memory for more model setups would make a lot of sense. And for today’s RCer, they decided capacity for 10 models would be just about perfect. But they didn’t stop with adding more model memory. There’s also 8-character model naming. And you can activate the 6102’s many functions your way, because its switch ssignability is virtually unlimited.What’s more, this is control flexibility with familiar starting points, because the 6102’s switches are still named— according to their positions—with the designations we’re all accustomed to. And for safety’s sake, the 6102’s fully-programmable PCM Failsafe is factory preset to react to control interruption by returning the throttle to idle while the control surfaces hold their last commanded positions.

There’s no doubt lots of airplane enthusiasts who prefer less-elaborate radios will want to own 6102s. But entry-level heli flyers would simply be settling for less if they chose anything other than an XP6102. With its 5-point throttle/pitch curves plus “stick input” and “servo output” values —along with single-switch, pro-radiolike flight mode activation—the 6102 is a heli beginner’s must-have.