Andrew Klos

.... and going all soft and sticky in a couple of years no matter how much care you take of it. ... Richard, There is a very simple and effective solution for the rubbery-sticky-soft plastic coating. Isopropyl Alcohol, the one being used for cleaning electronic equipment. Surprisingly simple and effective. Just wet a piece of clean rag (flannel is good) and rub the rubbery coating off. I cleaned one of the remotes like that. Unless this is a different type of yucky plastic...

I had the Royal Evo 9 for ~15 years. Worked like a dream, never gave me a single problem. It was a replacement for a JR and I was at home with it from day one. Only about a month ago it showed a Memory Error. I followed the Multiplex instruction and read the data to a computer and back; worked again. However, this event prompted me to realize the radio might be getting old. I also wanted a voice telemetry to tell me the battery voltage, especially on EDFs. So, I bought the Cockpit SX9 two weeks ago. Well, I think their ergonomic guy was made redundant or was on a long service leave when this radio was designed . As some of you have already mentioned, it doesn’t have that good grip/feel which I enjoyed with the Royal Evo. In addition, it has no handle! I presume Multiplex wants us to use the recesses at the back but I believe this is simply not safe; easy to lose a grip and drop it. The other thing are the rotary knobs at the back of the radio for flaps and spoilers. IMHO, there is no way of remembering/knowing what your current position is. A small ridge or protrusion would make the orientation a bit easier. BTW too late now, the range of rotation is greater than the exposed area of the roller. Perhaps, I completely don’t understand how these are to be used. Forgot to whinge about the manual. Well, what manual? Just a few A5 pages which look like a note from one Multiplex department to another. Admittedly, programming is not my forte and without James Drulia’s excellent “Royal Evo Tutorial” I would have been lost. But again, it makes sense I would say, for a reputable company to make an effort to write a decent manual. Not everyone likes or does programming every day. Perhaps better sales would follow...