Trainer mode setup with Spektrum NX8 and DXS transmitters

Trainer mode setup with Spektrum NX8 and DXS transmitters, using A switch and Active mode to give a student pilot control and return control to the instructor when desired.
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[@robertlute3794]

This was the only clear instruction I got for a NX8 to DXs buddy boxing! Thank you

[@CaptainLeo]

Great to hear!

[@marchindy]

This was a lot clearer than either manual, thanks so much for helping me.

[@JoePeck66]

I'm getting back into RC after being out of the hobby for a decade so I need to show the instructors at my local club that I can still fly. I bought a RTF E-Flite Apprentice STS 1.5m which comes with a DXS transmitter. No where on the Horizon website or the Spektrum website do they explain how to use the DXS as a student slaved buddy box. I even read the DXS manual and was a bit confused because it doesn't show a "bind button" and only talks about binding the RX, and basically I was left with the impression I had to buy the wireless SPM9747 training adapter which of course is NOT necessary unless I want to use the DXS as an instructor buddy box. Yours is the PERFECT video. THANK YOU!!

[@CaptainLeo]

Happy to hear that 👍

[@yotubekauders]

Hello Captain! Thank you so much - wonderfully explained. Thank you! Bought a DXe to teach my 10 year old to fly. The Spektrum manual is pretty spars so your kind help is very much appreciated!!

[@jigglypuff4227]

Very great video, quick and has all the information + a demonstration which is needed. Many thanks!

[@paullewis6309]

This is the easiest way explain to me thank you

[@TheFlagInspector]

Thank you, very easy to understand. Going to setup my Carbon Cub for my daughter.

[@CaptainLeo]

Lucky Daughter, enjoy flying :)

[@BabyFarkMcGeeZax1]

Very Helpful Thank you! Greetings from Germany

[@henohad]

Very helpful guide, thank you

[@yamabushisama]

Wow that was clear and easy i have the NX10 and all we need is an nx and a dx radio😊

[@johnturley5595]

Good man yourself clear as mud Sir .. I have an older first generation DX 8 so I guess I need to get a more modern version that I can use it as a trainer Thanks for posting this video…Slan

[@oscar7771]

thanks for the information

[@carlconliffe7146]

Did you have to buy any module to install in the DXS for this to work? A tech at Horizon Hobby told me I need to buy a SPM9747 receiver.

[@CaptainLeo]

No additional module

[@we4fm175]

I've been looking for this information! Thanks for doing your video. Would I be correct in assuming you installed the optional SPM9747 remote receiver in the DXS?

[@CaptainLeo]

I didn't install any optional hardware.

[@we4fm175]

@Captain Leo appreciate your reply, thank you.

[@BBearBuilds]

The Dsx is out of the box ?? It says in the instructions an additional box is needed for trainer

[@we4fm175]

It worked fine with my NX8 and DXe. Also tried it with the little batman looking controller (SPMRMLP6) and it worked. Hope this helps.

[@Letsroll000]

@@BBearBuilds Believe that means if the instructor wants to use a DSX. I initially thought the same thing.

[@sasquatchhadarock968]

Wireless trainer mode? I wonder if I actually needed the link cable I bought... I want to connect my NX8 to my old DX6i for when my dad is practicing his helicopter flying. He can do okay but with his eyesight sometimes it gets away from him and he panics a bit and that's when crashes happen. Being able to pull him away from walls and such would be great.

[@artsmodelstation9396]

Q: On the DXS radio did you have to install a receiver in the compartment where batteries go ?

[@CaptainLeo]

No additional items installed. Just bind the DXS to the NX8, like your binding to a plane.

[@artsmodelstation9396]

@@CaptainLeo Horizon Hobby replied: If the DXs is being used as a slave you should not need extra parts. If the DXs is being used as a Master radio then you will need extra parts. You will set up the NX6 for master more than likely and then bind the Dxs to the NXs like you were binding to an airplane.

[@victyber]

Thanks for the tutorial. What purpose does the Start Trainer menu have? It’s under the NX Function List 15 lines down. The Modes are Inhibit, Instructor or Student. I’ve never used it in the last 3 years as I see no value.

[@CaptainLeo]

Your welcome :). I only use the trainer mode as shown in the video. That other function I have never used. You could ask Horizon or Spektrum for further details or check the manaul here. www.horizonhobby.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-horizon-master/default/dw71e1af07/Manuals/SPMR8200-Manual-EN.pdf

[@BBearBuilds]

Does the DXs need any additional hardware or adapters to be used as a trainer remote ? Meaning of my friend has a DX/NX8 and I wanted to use the DXs would it work ?

[@CaptainLeo]

I don't use any additional hardware

[@BBearBuilds]

I bought the DXs based on this review. For some reason I cannot get it to work. When it does bind the switches operate different functions, even if I turned them off in the trainer menu. Do you know how to do a factory reset on this or change modes? I cannot get the mode to change.

[@CaptainLeo]

My DXs came wirh the trainer plane and I set up my NX8 with the template for the same plane. Hence both had the same channels on the same switches. You might try connecting the DXS directly to the plane, note which switch is which channel and then set up the NX8 the same. Also study both controller manuals. Hope that helps.

[@omargdottin]

I have the rtf model I use a Dx8e to put on trainer mode but the instructor trasmiter the ruder just move a little the student have full motion...Don't get it 😢

[@brianhasse77]

Did you need to install a Spektrum RC SRXL2 DSMX Remote Receiver into the DXs? I have a DXe and it works great as a buddy box except it has been turning off unexpectedly. Seems to have a lose wire somewhere. I want to replaace it with a DXs but I was told it needed that receiver

[@CaptainLeo]

Hello Brian, I did not add anything to the DXS, simply bind it to the NX8, no cables, no attachments. Then bind the NX8 to the plane. I assume it's probably the same sor the NX6/8/10, but I have only tested it on the NX8. Perhaps some others have tried it and can comment here.

[@brianhasse77]

@@CaptainLeo thanks. My trainer is a DX6e. I’ll be picking up a used DXs and I will try it out. Hopefully it just works like it did with your NX8

[@idswork2551]

Can the trainer use the DXS and the Student the NX8?

[@CaptainLeo]

I'm not sure. Never tried, seems like putting the cart before the horse. There is an option on the NX8 to be the student controller, but using a DxS as an instructor would be something I never tried, nor would I have any want to.