Hitec Aurora 9
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udogigahertz
other radio with all those features for that price.
With other words: The Aurora gives you more "bang for your bucks" as
any other radio.
The disadvantages are: The "latency" is only normal, not one of the
fastest radios.
At least, that's what the figures say, the pilots always say, that the
Aurora ist faster as, by example, the DX 7.
What bothers the customers most, is the lack of Rx'es and all that
telemetry stuff. This radio became such a success, that
HiTec has massive problems to built enough of them.
Udo
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than retail but since that's still a big wad of cash, I opted to
decline their kind(?) offer.
Yes, the latency (and resolution) of the A9 seems somewhat inferior to
other native 2.4GHz radios on the market (from the tests I've read) --
which may be why they weren't so keen to make a system available -- I
don't know.
It sure seems like an "easy to program" radio but I have to admit that
I don't like the styling much (typical Hitec, too many unnecessary
nooks and crannies in the transmitter case that just get filled with
dust and dirt and are a *B* to keep clean). I'm also unimpressed that
they're still using an external cable to connect the transmitter
antenna to the module. Lets' be serious for a moment -- how many
people buying the Aurora will also plonk down extra money for a new
35/36/40/72MHz Spectra module as well as the 2.4GHz one?
Most folks will just keep their old transmitter (Hitec or otherwise)
for their existing MHz models and slowly upgrade things to 2.4GHz so
the decision to provide a totally module-based radio (with external
antenna cable just waiting to get snagged or fractured by constant
flexing) is (IMHO) a bad one.
Show me a single Aurora that is currently being used on anything other
than 2.4GHz!
For my hands and the type of flying I do (mainly 3D), I also find the
Hitec transmitters I have (Optic 6 & Eclipse 7) to be poorly
proportioned. I'm constantly having to reposition my thumbs on the
sticks because they're too long and the case is too deep.
I also do a *lot* more flying than I do tweaking my transmitter's
model-programs. That means, I'd rather have low latency and higher
resolution than a fancy touch-screen.
Of course I realise that all this is totally subjective and that
others probably *love* the Hitec styling and will gladly forgo good
performance for fancy "features" such as the touch screen.
I also doubt that Hitec will release the specs for their telemetry,
opting to keep it "closed" and proprietary. That's not so good,
especially when companies such as FrSky are making their
specifications and protocols completely open so that third-parties and
individuals can develop add-ons, presumably at much lower prices.
The Aurora is pretty good value for money -- but I wouldn't spend my
own cash on one. I'm still more than happy with my JR9XII (9303) and
my iMax (FlySky) 9X running on 2.4GHz.
Still, if Hitec want to ante-up with an Aurora 9, I'd glady give it a
totally objective testing and tell folks how it performs from a
technical perspective -- as I did with their 2.4GHz AFHSS module/
receiver.