radio controlers

[Bodge Job]

I was wondering if any one new what the hobby king radio stuff is like? cos for £14 you cant really go wrong?
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... de_2_.html

[maddox10]

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You get what you pay for. But in general, it works.
And if it doesn't, the warranty, even clumsy to claim, is taken serious.

[Bodge Job]

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Cool thanks, might look into getting one of those Game (like play-station or Xbox) style controllers of eBay instead as they may be a bit more comfortable and are a similar price I am not looking for anything fancy really.

[Bodge Job]

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Anyone know of a lightweight small controller, something more comfortable and light weight than aeroplane/helicopter controllers. I'm looking for something more like a game controller? And one know of one?

[psychostorm]

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http://www.hurricanemodels.co.uk/eng...+4ch+TX+2.4ghz

DSM2 Ergonomic grip but no mixing or servo reversing.

[widow_twanky]

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You get what you pay for. But in general, it works.
And if it doesn't, the warranty, even clumsy to claim, is taken serious.

This is about right but what i would say is they are reliable. They work and I've never had any problems with them ever. The build quality of the case is a cheap moulded plastic, suit me in therms of its shape but theat's just personal opinion. We've used the wheel ones on BOOM for a while and they've never had a probem i the arena.

As for games style controllers, depends what you want them for. Have seen these
http://robokitsworld.com/index.phpmain_ ... ord=2.4ghz

never tried them. Quite sure they'be fine for messing with at home but not for in the arena

[Bodge Job]

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Cool I might try the blade ones as the other ones look a bit crude. And I don't know if I would trust them with a robot but thanks for the help any way. And as for servo reversing with the blade, I think I could just quiet easily wire in a few switches to get them to reverse, depending on the internal wiring. But if there wired like normal transmitters then I should be able to, unless the potentiometers are built into the circuit board then it would be quiet a bit harder. But for 20 quid you can't really go wrong! Thanks.

[plargen]

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i tried 1 of the blade controllers (under a different name but looked the same) and it struggle to keep a signal when it was at the other end of the arena from me, i had to hold the tx over my head to keep it working but my robot was 5mm steel all round which might have blocked the signal a bit so if used in a plastic robot it might work fine

[Bodge Job]

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Ahh right, that might be an issue. I'll have a look around the web tomorrow to see if this is a peticular issue with this controller, or if there is different versions or something. And I was planning to use it on a new robot I'm making which is gonna be like 2mm steel all round so it may be a problem. I'll have a proper look later as it is to late now. If it is an issue I could just use my planet on the new one, and use it in bruiser insted.