been braught to my attention that it might be time to upgrade from my old radio. what do you guys recomend? id like to stay with spektrum so i can use my current recievers..
dx3r still good?
What did you think of club cars radio? I'd prob go that series if it had to be spectrum.
i did like it.
Spektrum does have their free receiver promotion on now.
I've wondered - what features do people look for in a new radio? I assume it is mainly feel, rather than programming capability, telemetry, etc? Aside from trims and travel adjustment, what other features are needed/wanted? One thing that I like about mine - I can set the trims and travel adjustment without going into any menus, for fast changes.
So don't worry if you are at the next race day and a bunch of people look like they are stealing your radio. We're just shopping. (We'll try to limit it to times that you are not driving. ;D)
Colin
Feel, adjustability and response I'd say. I don't really use any of the computer functions or.modes. most of my m12 features I use are in chset which is identical to my mt4. Basic things like subtrims, endpoints, arc rates ect
I'm.not using any expo/arcs but programable buttons for those are nice to have. Otherwise the response is nearly instant and I was able to adjust angles and pressures to my liking.
One nice thing about the Spektrum DSM 2 radios is you can use the hobbyking orange mini recevers that are about $15 each and I try to have 3 or 4 with me that are for sale.
Neil.
do the new spektrum radios still work with the original grey recievers? or are they not backwards capatable?.
The new radios are DSM2' yout dx3 is DSM1.
so wont work with my current recievers?
I am not completely sure, J-Rod, but I think they are backwards compatible but I don't think they are forwards compatible. Neil, can you answer that one for Jarrod?
ie. DSM2 will work with DSM1 but not the other way???
Quote from: dajracer on October 24, 2014, 05:47:36 PM
I am not completely sure, J-Rod, but I think they are backwards compatible but I don't think they are forwards compatible. Neil, can you answer that one for Jarrod?
ie. DSM2 will work with DSM1 but not the other way???
That is correct.
good to hear. plan is to pass my radio to my friend that as out lastnight and get him setup in a tc.
nice
To clarify a DSM2 radio will work with a DSM1 receiver but a DSM1 radio will not work with a DSM2 receiver.
Hey Jarrod,
I have a couple of Spektrums on the shelf at the track. One is the same as the club car (DX4C, $109.99 ish), and the other is a higher end Spektrum (DX4S, $299.99 ish). It seems hard to beat that DX4C for value... it has all the critical adjustments like Sub Trim, End Point Adjustment, and Dual Rate.
Also, found this written about both: "Compatible with DSMR, DSM2, DSM and Marine receivers."
Blake
Futaba is the only way to go. There's a lot of us who use them.
Futaba doesn't help "low budget racers". Specially if you have to replace all your receivers.
its arguable with futaba or airtronics... though you see quite a few more airtronics at really big onroad it seems. but any decent offering of either will be a minimum of $300. plus almost $100 for receivers. i think if anything futaba has the best deal right now with the 4px, as it supports all the fasst frequencies and all the fhss, sfhss and tfhss they are plugging now.
so if you wanted, you could use $50 sport receivers just fine with the 4px, and buy a really nice one for a mod car or somthing that actually matters to have a fast setup.
for my m12, ive been using the older fhss3 as the fhss4, though STUPID fast seems to be less reliable at range.
I would definitely look at a higher end dx4 like the s or r model. then you have compatability with their top of the line surface receivers, but can still use all your old ones.
ps, i know lots of people swear by the orange brand receivers... i would peronslaly have a problem trusting my $1000 cars to a $15 peice of equipment.. lol. do they have a failsafe function?
im almost tempted to go back to futaba with the 4px, but i dont hate my m12 in any way really enough to wanna take a massive loss trying to sell it with 4 receivers. if i had enough money to afford both to try back to back to back, that might be a different story.
ah well, craig is still kicking out butts with a dx3r so it must be decent. if you were to look at used stuff though, there are a bunch of really high end radios fs now as people upgrade to newer models.
Quote from: jarrodH on October 24, 2014, 06:23:53 PM
good to hear. plan is to pass my radio to my friend that as out lastnight and get him setup in a tc.
Jrod. The dx4 is the best way to go. You can buy genuine Spectrum Rx's for $30us, and your still compt with old receivers. . airtronics is expensive and my m11 feels cheap. Spektrum has excellent tech support while airtronics only recommends by their new radio to fix old problems. Not cool.
Shawn.
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ps, i know lots of people swear by the orange brand receivers... i would peronslaly have a problem trusting my $1000 cars to a $15 peice of equipment.. lol. do they have a failsafe function?
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They have a fail safe and I run one in my nitro car.
Neil.