Rescue Started!

After crashing my 380 and watching several demo videos of the Vbar Neo Rescue function, I've decided to upgrade my Neo to this firmware. If I had it when I crashed my 380 last Thursday, it would have paid for itself already, as that crash cost me about $200, while the Rescue firmware upgrade is about $120. 

The Rescue function is incredible!  It saved a heli performing complicated tricks, piro flips, piro tic tocs, hurricanes, funnels, etc!  The heli will flip itself upright and level from any orientation!  Awesome!

To easily use the Rescue function with my DX8, I would need to relocate the push switch close to the outer edge of the radio, as it's located on the top, which is hard to reach with my thumbs on the sticks.

I opened up my radio to swap the push switch and gear switch positions on the top left of the radio. Doing this would put the push switch on the edge of the radio. I don't use the gear switch for anything anyway.  The toughest part of completing this switch position swap was removing the rubber panels on the sides and back of the radio case. They covered 2 of the screws and held the 2 halves of the case together.  Once I figured out to do this, opening the case and swapping the switch position was easy. 

My DX8 is now ready to rescue my heli's!  Once I upgrade my Neo firmware that is :)