The Spektrum™ AirWare™ software that comes in the DX18 offers all the programming features an expert pilot could want. And the intuitive SimpleScroll™ interface makes navigating menus and changing settings as simple as "roll and click." It's almost like using a mouse.

Many Spektrum AirWare features are innovations you won't find anywhere else; innovations that make flying safer and programming easier.

Programmable Voice Alerts

With voice alerts, you can keep tabs on important functions without ever taking your eyes off what you’re flying. They can be programmed to call out what flight mode you’ve chosen or report telemetry information on demand. If an alarm goes off, you won’t have to look at the transmitter display to see what’s happening. The transmitter will tell you.

Pro-Class Programming for Sailplanes

In addition to extensive airplane and heli programming, the DX18 has the most impressive sailplane programming features you'll find in any handheld transmitter. Ten available flight modes, 5 wing types, 3 tail types, 2 motor types, flap delay with elevator compensation-it has it all. You even have the ability to adjust individual servo characteristics (end points, travel, center, etc.) for all 18 channels.

Built-In Sequencer

Program a sequence of switch-activated events with time delays between each event. For instance, with a flip of the gear switch you could have an auxiliary channel open landing gear doors, then have the retract channel lower the landing gear, followed by the auxiliary channel closing the gear doors after the gear is extended.

Built-In Servo Balancer

No more will you need a complicated network of little boxes littering your fuselage if you want to balance servos. You can precisely balance the output of swashplate servos or multiple servos on a single control surface with the transmitter using a 7-point curve mix.

Wireless Trainer Link

The wireless trainer link gives instructors the option to wirelessly "buddy box" with another DSM2®^†/DSMX® transmitter. Once bound to another transmitter, ModelMatch™ technology will allow the DX18 to re-link without having to go through the bind process again.

^† DSM2 not available in EU.

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250 Model Memory

The enormous capacity of the DX18's on-board memory means you will rarely, if ever, need to juggle models between transmitter memory and your SD card. The model memory menu is easier to navigate too. Only memory slots with model settings saved to them will appear. You won't have to scroll through empty slots or move models around if one is deleted.

Because the DX18 Gen 2 uses the same software platform as the DX6 Gen 2, DX7 Gen 2 and DX9, you can share model setups with owners of those transmitters as well.

Programming Features

The DX18 has all the programming functions you need to fly everything from tiny collective pitch helis to competition sailplanes and giant-scale jets.

Airplane

• 11 Wing Types: Single Aileron, Dual Aileron, Flaperon, Single Aileron + Single Flap, Single Aileron + Dual Flap, Dual Aileron + Single Flap, Dual Aileron + Dual Flap, Elevon, Elevon B, Quad Aileron, Six Aileron
• 2 Canard Options (1- and 2-Servo) with Elevon Wing Types
• 6 Tail Types: Normal, V-Tail A, V-Tail B, Dual Elevator, Dual Rudder, Dual Rudder + Dual Elevator
• Flap Delay and Elevator Compensation
• 5 Flight Modes
• Dual Rates and Expo
• 0.5% Mix Rate Increments
• 16 Programmable Mixes

Helicopter

• Active Gyro and Governor Trim
• 7-Point Throttle Curve
• 7-Point Pitch Curve
• 7-Point Tail Curve
• 6 Swash Plate Types: 3-Servo 120º, 3-Servo 135º, 3-Servo 140º, 3-Servo 90º, 4-Servo 90º, 2-Servo 180º
• Swash Plate Timing
• 5 Flight Modes
• Dual Rates and Expo
• 0.5% Mix Rate Increments
• 16 Programmable Mixes

Sailplane

• 5 Wing Types: Single Aileron, Dual Aileron, Dual Aileron + Single Flap, Dual Aileron + Dual Flap, Quad Aileron + Dual Flap
• 3 Tail Types: Normal, V-Tail A, V-Tail B
• Motor Throttle Switch Assignment
• Aileron and V-tail Differential
• Camber System
• Camber Preset
• Flap Delay and Elevator Compensation
• 10 Flight Modes
• Dual Rates and Expo
• 0.5% Mix Rate Increments
• 16 Programmable Mixes