will my radio be suitable

Hi , I am new to choppers but have been wanting to learn to fly them for a while just never got round to it realy anyway I have been flying r/c planes for a while and have a Futaba T6XA radio and am wanting to know if this radio would be suitable for a heli setup I know the new version of this radio is a 6XAs and this one is an entry level radio with ccpm which is suitable for heli flying . will mine do or do I need to purchase a new radio cheers for any input.

i'm quoting from a quote from Futabas site

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Can the 6X do CCPM? If so, which swashplate type do I need?

The 6X non-supers do not have CCPM programming and it cannot be created manually using the mixes. Non-Super radios (ie. 6XA, 6XH) cannot be upgraded to supers. There is no way for the 6X non-super to do CCPM.
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It's not the end of the world though, the Raptor for instance uses mechanical mixing to do the same thing, don't know about other helicopters.

The feature you really want is the throttle and pitch curve stuff. From what i've heard you can setup the collective and throttle on the same receiver channel on a Y lead to learn to hover, but you won't be able to get all the idle up modes and stuff using this system.

I'm sure someone else will come along and correct any inaccuracies in my waffle later

Russ