lee
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Post by lee on Sept 2, 2017 19:26:27 GMT
Hello, I was thinking of getting a fairly good mid-ranged transmitter and receiver, i was wondering what transmitters are being used here? I was thinking of getting a Spectrum transmitter such as as the DX4 which is roughly £90 to £100 with everything included (new), would this be a good transmitter to buy? Or is there any other better transmitters that are roughly 100 pound?
Thanks Lee
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Post by kennedylanduk on Sept 3, 2017 11:27:46 GMT
I can give you the run down on what we've owned. Our first radios were the Flysky FS-GT3B www.banggood.com/Flysky-FS-GT3B-2_4G-3CH-Transmitter-With-Receiver-With-Fail-Safe-p-84105.htmlThese worked out to be very good value for money.... But you need to do a couple of mods to them to make them value for money (the original firmware is buggy, someone wrote something much better, this needs flashing to the radio to make it usable, plus a mod to get much better battery life (both these mods require soldering inside the unit)). Dirt cheap receivers as well. Radios were approximately £30 each, and with the mods, they could store up to 50 models or something daft like that. Next were the Spektrum DX4S. These were a definite upgrade on the Flysky, worked perfectly out of the box and we noticed an immediate improvement in our qualifying/results when we moved to these radios. The only issue we had was that th steering spring broke on both of them (it's an easy fix though if you are prepared to do it yourself, but the warranty is good anyway and when mine went, they fixed it and had it back to me within five days). The menus/user interface are really good, straightforward and easy to use. I paid £150 for each of ours which included two receivers, they can store up to 30 models I think. A the start of this summer, I bought two Sanwa MT-44 radios (as Sanwa seems to be in use by a lot of the top drivers). They "feel" great in use, I find it much more comfortable than the Spektrum. Silly things like the spring weight on the trigger and wheel, it feels much nicer (and you can adjust them as well). The menus/user interface are nowhere near as good/intuitive as they are on the Spektrum radios (although the functionality is there, it can be difficult to find). £250 each (with one receiver). Additional receivers are £50 (at least) each. I cannot imagine we'll need another radio after purchasing these, even with the bad user interface, they are just brilliant. I don't know why they have a carry handle, that's a really daft part of the design. If you search online, you'll find some people say "Spektrum are s**" or "range issues", ignore them, the info is probably from people who have never used Spektrum. We've got both a DX4S and MT-44, both radios work perfectly, never had an issue with either of the radios. I did put my DX4S for sale on ebay when I got the Sanwa, but stopped the sale as it's a quality backup to the MT-44, and receivers are cheap so I can run "non-race" cars with it. If you go Spektrum, you'll find the Spektrum DX4C a massive upgrade on what you are using at the moment. I don't know of any other radios in that price range that I'd look at. If you can stretch your budget, there is also the Sanwa MT-S or MT-4S. Hope this helps.
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Post by kennedylanduk on Sept 3, 2017 11:28:52 GMT
PS. Next time we make it to racing, you are more than welcome to take a look at these and see what you think.
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lee
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Post by lee on Sept 3, 2017 18:42:14 GMT
Thanks, I can stretch my budget and get the MT-S Sanwa, would spending more money and getting the Sanwa MT-S remote be worth it or the DX4 would be a better buy?
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Post by kennedylanduk on Sept 4, 2017 7:53:34 GMT
I cannot really say which would be more suitable. If it were me, I'd probably go with the Spektrum. If you then find in a couple of years that you cannot find those extra 0.2 of a second each lap, maybe go Sanwa (or even stick with Spektrum as they do pro radios as well).
See what everyone else is using on Wednesday night.
Just to complicate things further, Futaba also make great radios.
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