Spektrum iX12 On It's Way!

My Spektrum DX8 gen 1 is now over 8 years old, and it still works great. I have replaced the frickin' antenna at least 3 times and am about to again, and the flap switch once. Other than that, despite drops and knocks, she has functioned perfectly. But I have been looking at the pretty young things Spektrum is producing, liking the new technology, and the pretty red dress on the Spektrum iX12 for over a year now (that red dress costs $60 more than the plain pretty black dressed one, which is NIS right now). The bugs seem to be worked out, she is a reliable and go-to platform, and Gary Hoffman pushed me over to it with his kind advice, biased though he be as a Horizon Hobby brand pilot rep who flies an iX20. So today, with a little coin approved by the wife, I ordered one, two-day shipping, baby! I am excited!

Sweet. I really like the red, so paying the extra for it was worth it. I don't know that I will ever need 12 channels, but I see this one lasting me 10 years at least, so no telling what the future may hold.

For the life of me I don't know why such an expensive radio doesn't come in a case, but it certainly needs one, better than the Harbor Freight aluminum one I have been carrying my radios around in for the past 10 years, and will likely continue to use for the DX8. I may try to sell the DX8 for about $150? I can't really use it as a buddy box, the software is too outdated, and the DX7s on the flight sim is more than it needs.

Hitting the YouTube Instructional Vids!

Excited! 2 days to the unboxing, likley 3 because of Sunday. Psych!