Hi John
Having got back to the hobby after many years doing full sized boating my old 27Mhz radio gear was dead, so I've been down this road over the passed couple of months.
I first tried an Absima 3Ch set, this went back as the throttle channel was very jittery. Next I tried a Radiolink T8FB 8Ch set, this worked OK, good value and very very good/fast technical support from both the UK importers and the manufacturers. I would have stuck with this except that it turned out to be supporting Android or Windows to set it up, I've invested heavily in Apple so it went back!
I have now settled on the Flysky FS-I6X at £36.57 off eBay, which in spite of its name is 10 Channels! Any programming is done on the transmitter, though if your using it with just one simple model you could just use it out of the box!
But if you have several models, I have four at the moment, you can tweek the setting for a model then save them under its name. Then setup another, save under a different name and recall each when needed. I've done this so far for my Duplex 575 Yacht, small tug, Modified NDQ Atlantic fast sport boat, so when at the boating lake I just recall, couple of button presses, the model name and off we go
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The other thing about the Flysky is the cost, truly amazing value. The receivers are so cheap you can buy one for each model!
Help on YouTube is great, go check some of them out before you buy, you'll learn lots.
Just my views but I was after a cost effective solution, if money was no object I would have stuck to Futaba but just couldn't justify the extra cost.
Good boating.
John.
