shdaxner Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So, looking at changing radio gear as having a couple of small problems with the Flysky GT3C I am currently using, got a budget of around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I got Absima Cr3p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Spektrum every time from me, been using spektrum now for 5 years with only a broken steering wheel spring that cost a fiver to sort out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 i have used the cheapo flysky, and i wasnt impressed. when using it around other rc users at a meet it glitched so badly. i moved to spectrum and had no issues. and then recently changed over to an absima cr4t and it is very smooth and responsive. i would say better then the older spectrum dx3 i had for a few years. There are other brands such as absima which are very good for the money as spectrum are quite expensive in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboyneil Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Its funny how some are saying absima radios when their rebadged flysky I would say go with the futaba 3PL or stretch your budget a bit more and get a sanwa mt4 from hobbyking http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__52456__Sanwa_Airtronics_MT_4_Telemetry_2_4GHz_FHSS_4T_4CH_Surface_Radio_System.html On back order in uk warehouse but still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubberz Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I had the CR3P for a week. Has nothing but trouble with it., interference and also it says it has a ten model memory but doesn't. You can have ten profiles saved but only one receiver bonded at any time. Bought the spektrum dx4c for 99 and it's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yeah I have had the Absima CR3P too but similar to most I was not impressed. Is there a lipo battery availalbe for the Spektrum DX4C? using 4 AA's is a right royal PITA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostewart Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I have a Spektrum DX4C, been great, apart from the steering wheel spring which broke but I managed to fix it, I say go for the spektrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Spektrum user too I run all models from Orange RX's off of two DX3S transmitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 You pay for quality, cheap radio gear is cheap for a reason......it looks cheap, feels cheap and never as good as quality brands. Spektrum, futaba, Sanwa are all quality brands, something else to factor in is cost of extra receivers, spektrum are 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Cheers for the help folks, pleased to say I popped to modelsport today and picked up a DX4C with two transmitters for little over 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriots-1 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 futaba 3pl all day long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Cheers for the help folks, pleased to say I popped to modelsport today and picked up a DX4C with two transmitters for little over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Nice bit of kit mate, 4x 2200mah rechargeables last me 5-6 months in these handsets so don't be too disheartened. May seem a silly question but do you leave your batteries in if they do not need to be charged? The reason I ask is in my Hobao transmitter which I used to use AA's with I used to leave the batteries in, I started to have connection issues and found that the batteries were not touching the springs all the time as the springs were compressed and not returning like they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I'd always advise on taking them out mate, they can potentially leak and fail.. I've left mine in for long periods of time before now, sometimes just forget etc I use good quality rechargeables cost a little more but pay back with runtime and life span. You happy with the Radio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Yes happy with it so far, only fiddled with it and tweaked the end points and stuff but much better quality than the radios I have had before. I too will be investing in some decent AA'S as my daughters plethora of toys have adopted all my rechargeable Duracell's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I hear you mate, Christmas has destroyed my battery haul. Glad your enjoying it I like the weighted wheel and plastics on mine cracking radios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawalker666 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I used spektrum for years and never had problems only changed to to futaba 4pl cos off settings for duel esc when I did competition crawling I must say I prefer the futaba though and any off my friends who have used it like it too even over their spektrum ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big turbo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 So, looking at changing radio gear as having a couple of small problems with the Flysky GT3C I am currently using, got a budget of around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 It started to glitch alot.....temporarily losing signal, intermittently losing reverse, I didn't want to risk totaling a car just because of the cheap radio gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big turbo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 It started to glitch alot.....temporarily losing signal, intermittently losing reverse, I didn't want to risk totaling a car just because of the cheap radio gear. That's not good, back to the drawing board as I didn't really want to spend more than Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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