Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length.

[Delrod]

Hi

I am new to the forum and new to 2.4GHz. I would like to buy a 2.4GHz set, but am I concerned of the price of some of the receivers when I need to buy another receiver for a new build, which is very likely to happen.

Could someone give me any advice on which set they have with additional receivers on it, or ones they know of.

Thank you
Derek

[gwa84]

we would need some more peramiters of what your affter in a set please

stick or pistol grip
haw menny chanels would you need

and price range

you can start with 2.4 for as little as 25 quid up to the hundreds 

[DickyD]

Welcome Derek

I can recommend the Planet 5 system, 5 Channel Transmitter & 6 Channel Receiver priced at £45.98

Extra receivers cost about £14.00

An excellent, cheap system.

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/planet-5-rc-systems.html

[bobk]

Welcome to the forum Derek.
I concur with DickyD.  My Planet 5 has proved excellent value and very reliable. It currently operates two ships, one at a time of course, with separate receivers in each ship.  Set up is easy too.   Just two limitations:  Firstly 2.4Ghz will not work below surface level so no good for submarines, and secondly the Planet 5 has a maximum range of 100 m.  For most practical purposes this range is more than adequate at boating lakes.

[Delrod]

Thank you for the quick responses and advice, the planet system looks good for me. Have purchased from Cornwall Model boats before, they always give a good and fast service.

Thank you again
Derek

[cuppa]

Hi Derek

Another vote for the planet 5 system here!

Very easy to set up, cheap spare receivers and very reliable. Excellent value.

Cheers
          Jon

[dodgy geezer]

A lot of us also have the Radiolink - cheapest 2.4Ghz possible at £25 for a Tx/Rx combo. Simple but solid - works fine - As well as boats I fly slope soarers with it and have no range issues at all.

There's a review here: http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27616.0

[HS93 (RIP)]

there are a lot of sets out there some budget some not , It depends on what you want to spend Spectrum Futaba and JR are some of the better sets they have different ways of carrying the signal, and more gadgets such as feed back from boat Jeti now do a nice Tx combo but expensive it can tell you a whole host of things that are happening to your boat in the middle of the lake if you are in to that sort of thing.
Peter

[dodgy geezer]

Oh, sorry - I missed out the Radiolink spare receivers - they are £9 each.

[Nige52]

If you were to invest in a Spektrum Tx for about £45ish....you can buy Orange receivers for £7 in the UK or from Hobbyking they work out at about a fiver each. I buy them 7 at a time to save on postage and the total is £28 including delivery for all 7......meaning they are just £4 delivered........

[Craig Dickson]

Hi folks
I’ve got two transmitters. The Planet 5 which for its cheap price is a bargain I think. I use that only for my Laser Yacht and it is perfect for it. Be wary though of its limited range quoted at 100m but I’ve hear it said that it is good for quite a bit more than that.
My other unit is the Spektrum DX6i. I use that for my IC powered boats. Though more pricey it is in my opinion a fabulous radio set. Full of functionality with the important failsafe function such that when set up if the boat receiver should lose the signal from the transmitter, the throttle servo cuts the engine dead immediately.
With my Spektrum I only ever use it with the dual Spektrum receiver which is classed as full range (two separate receivers each with own aerials). For me that means that my IC boats would be out of the lake and in the fields before losing range! With the transmitter’s 10 model memory, one transmitter will cover up to 10 boats. Each separately programmed and binded to the individual memory. That means no chance of selecting model 2 say and it operating model 1 with the wrong settings.
The thing I like with both the Planet 5 and the Spektrum DX6i is that both transmitter units operate at only 4.8volts. That means that a set of 4 good quality rechargeable batteries and charger are cheap to buy, standard AA size.
Cheers
Craig

[Subculture]

If you want a computerized set then the Spektrum/Orange rx combo is likely to offer best bang for buck.

For a more basic set, previous recommendations look to be sound.

I use Corona gear, but they only supply modules for converting existing sets. I've been very happy with the performance of it so far.

[Captain Flack]

When I first started in the RC hobby, flying Helicopters, I was advised to buy the best TX I could afford, as chances were, although I would upgrade the models, I would probably stay with the radio.  To a certain extent that was true,and had a Futaba 9ZHP for years. The only thing that went wrong with that was the introduction of the Fasst system, which I  really didn't think was going to go anywhere.  Short version, went Spektrum with HK Orange RXs.  Brilliant set up.

[Subculture]

I think I was unlucky with the (sole) Orange RX I purchased from HK. It worked fine at first, but then lost its bind. Managed to get it to rebind after a fashion, and it worked well for some time, then once again lost it's bind. Perhaps it was a dry joint or a component flaking out intermittently, but I've sent it back.

They must sell these by the thousand, so I guess the odd bad egg gets through, all the same I would be cautious using them in anything fast or expensive, at least until they had been thoroughly bench tested.

[Spook]

Welcome Derek

I can recommend the Planet 5 system, 5 Channel Transmitter & 6 Channel Receiver priced at £45.98

Extra receivers cost about £14.00

An excellent, cheap system.

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/planet-5-rc-systems.html

Ditto. The Planet T5 2.4 Ghz has solved quite a few of my running problems. A very good piece of kit.

[CGAux26]

One thing to be aware of, on the Spektrum TX's at least:  Rapid obsolescence.  I bought my DX6 4 years ago, with one receiver.  Then bought a second RX 2 years ago for a second boat.  Two months ago I went to buy another RX, but found the DX6 DSM technology is now TWO generations obsolete.    Spektrum no longer makes or sells the DSM RX's.  I called a dozen hobby shops and hunted all over online before finding the RX I needed.  Then I bought two.

[expat flyer]

One thing to be aware of, on the Spektrum TX's at least:  Rapid obsolescence.  I bought my DX6 4 years ago, with one receiver.  Then bought a second RX 2 years ago for a second boat.  Two months ago I went to buy another RX, but found the DX6 DSM technology is now TWO generations obsolete.    Spektrum no longer makes or sells the DSM RX's.  I called a dozen hobby shops and hunted all over online before finding the RX I needed.  Then I bought two.

Whereas I accept that the latest technology is better, safer, it is always a financial risk for the buyer of the highest priced radios. Spektrum are not alone - Graupner are on their third system too and there are rumours that Futaba will be dropping the FASST system for the newer FHSS, and not even one generation of backward compatibility.

Spektrum suggest that the change does not make the old receivers worthless but that they will command premium prices on the second hand market -  small compensation.

[Subculture]

It is a shame that all of the big Japanese manufacturers missed the opportunity to get together and come up with a standard for 2.4ghz equipment, instead of having all these proprietary systems that remain incompatible with one another.

The removal of the need to worry about frequencies and having separate sets for surface and aircraft is a great boon for R/C model making. Perhaps with the passage of time, the systems from the big three Japanese companies will achieve a greater synergy, especially with the cheaper unbranded Chinese equipment taking a bite out of their sales.

[Captain Flack]

I'm not sure that the difficulty in obtaining Spektrum Rxs stretches to the UK.  I was buying Rxs for a DX6 twelve months ago and I believe that you can still readilly  get them   As far as DSM2 is concerned buy the HK Compatables

[john44]

I concur the planet T5 is a very good set for the price. Quite a few club members have them and they still work from way
over 100 mtrs.
I have dropped mine out of the car boot and it still works. One club member forgot, his was in front of him as he went to
place his boat in the water and accidentally kicked it in the lake, fished out and dried out , worked perfect.

I have sailed 2 boats on mine at the same time, one boat on the left stick & the other on the right stick.
using 2 channels for each.

[cuppa]

It is a shame that all of the big Japanese manufacturers missed the opportunity to get together and come up with a standard for 2.4ghz equipment, instead of having all these proprietary systems that remain incompatible with one another.

The removal of the need to worry about frequencies and having separate sets for surface and aircraft is a great boon for R/C model making. Perhaps with the passage of time, the systems from the big three Japanese companies will achieve a greater synergy, especially with the cheaper unbranded Chinese equipment taking a bite out of their sales.

How very true. It would be wonderful if an international 'standard' was used.....................

[Netleyned]

And the Chinese would only have to develop 1 Clone 

Ned