This should be standard in all radios


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I raced rc boats for a while and had a tactic radio and it never lost signal I also had a futaba 4pm which lost signal at least twice a race meet

 

A few of the guys at our field are flying planes with Tactic Transmitters, and they really love them. I took a close look at one of them and they are actually pretty good. I forgot the model they are all using, but they have features found on much more expensive transmitters. Like wireless buddy boxing for one. I would not be afraid to fly my helicopters with one.

 

Sometimes you just get a dud @feral. I have had the opposite re spektrum/futaba. - ie never lost signal on futaba but on spektrum i had a dx8 that was from the first batches... I think i just got a bad radio.

 

What are the quality of the gimbals like @Geena. I love gimbals that are silky smooth and fast...

 

The gimbals seemed to be about average to me, but more toward the silky side. No crunchy or sticky feel to them at all. The only thing I don`t like is that the stock gimbal ends are much like the stock DX8 gimbal ends. Very dull and blunt on the tips of them and I felt like my thumbs would slip off them too easily. Other than that, they are very solid transmitters. I hope I don`t have to get a new one any time soon, but if I do, I am leaning toward either Jeti, or Graupner onm the next go around.

 

I had a custom set of gimbals made by an engineer at the helicopter club. He used silver steel and all the points have been sharpened - I can resharpen them when they get blunt. For me having sharp stick ends make a world of difference. Also having the points taper to a small circle helps me keep the stick in one place on my thumb while performing fast piro moves - the stick wont "walk" accross the thumb/fingers. Larger circles on the stick ends travel more than smaller circles.

 

That sounds awesome! I just use the one made by Seacraft. They are short, and sharp...just the way I like them. I tried the ones with the really large ends on them one time, because the add said "made for thumb flyers". They were like 15-20mm diameter at end and fairly sharp. Almost crashed my helicopter on the first flight with them, because they would not move enough, and restricted my ability to make clean fast inputs. Needless to say, I landed put the old ones back on and tossed them in the trash.

 

I will post some pics. You might like them! I am sure someone with your talent could build your own...

 

I would love to see some photos of them. I`m sure I could build a set, but with all of the choices that are out there...it`s easier to just buy them. Besides...In the time it would take to make them, I could burn a gallon or two of the holy nitro. I have made my own parts before though. When I first started flying, I had a T-Rex 500 which I loved to fly. I put it in one weekend, and I had everything needed to put it back together except a main shaft. No one on the planet had one in stock at the time, so I turned one on the lathe at work.....out of 4130...LOL