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Peder Most

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RC choice - help needed
« on: April 09, 2006, 09:03:31 pm »
I'm off to Germany next week and looking to buy a 2 ch + 2 servos having benn told that they're about half the UK price

Being a complete novice I'd appreciate any pointer...

Potential builds: Deans semi kit Puffer / Narrow Boat 24 scale / tuglike vessel from scratch
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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2006, 10:40:44 am »
Lets see so the cheapest is about is 27.00 for an acoms and you can pick one up for half that good luck
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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2006, 12:04:38 pm »
Check out British shops like A Model World before you buy in Germany.... http://www.amodelworld.co.uk/

Also, are Germany on the same frequency as the UK?!?!?

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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2006, 03:07:44 pm »
German sets are sold on 40Mhz and 35Mhz same as UK. Their channel numbering system is slightly more illogical than ours and they have 12 fewer fequencies. Apart from that a german set should work OK in the the UK. From looking around at Dortmund I don't think the 2 channel sets are much cheaper than UK.

Cheers

Doug
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Peder Most

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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2006, 04:46:07 pm »
Thanks for the replies folks

Doug
Could'nt make it to the meeting last night... will you be down at the pond tomorrow/Sun?

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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2006, 07:50:21 pm »
Graham

weather permitting will be down tomorrow. Sunday, being easter, I am committed to a family lunch. SWMBO arranged it all while I was in Germany. No sense of priorities some people.  ;D

Doug
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Peder Most

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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2006, 08:42:23 pm »
Doug, Thanks for reminding me that it's Easter Sunday... you've probably saved me a lot of grief ;)

graham
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Re: RC choice - help needed
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 03:10:57 pm »
Quote from: dougal99 on April 11, 2006, 03:07:44 pm
German sets are sold on 40Mhz and 35Mhz same as UK. Their channel numbering system is slightly more illogical than ours and they have 12 fewer fequencies. Apart from that a german set should work OK in the the UK. From looking around at Dortmund I don't think the 2 channel sets are much cheaper than UK.

Cheers

Doug

But don't get the 35MHz for boat use - it's for flyboys only.
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