ORIGINAL: kiwibob72
ORIGINAL: Umar M
........... also, i live in Auckland - New Zealand, its seriously 4 seasons in a day unless its full swing summer.................i stayed away from spektrum surface radios........
kiwibob72~ kia ora mate
Hey there Umar, as an ex 'Jaffa' myself, I can agree with the weather issues you have, though oddly enough, with the sea breezes we get down here in summer (20 knot ones at times) - winter offers the best flying when it's not snowing!
As for Specktrum, my Dx6i has not missed a beat in almost 2 years. I have flown my plane and heli (both nitro) on it with not a single issue other than a rip-off after market receiver c#@**ing out.
Just DON'T run them on a 4.8 volt power supply, keep them on a 5cell Nimh 6volt RX pack at a minimum, and from my experience they are PERFECT! (other than me needing more channels for my heli and mustang)
That said, If I had the chance to buy again, I'd be looking at one of them Futuba 7ch FASST systems on 'Trade Me' for like NZ$380, a bit more than US$200 (well, it is today at least - tomorrow??) but you'll love the extra programming etc you get from it. I think they guy is in Tauranga from memory.
Also, as for support, Phoenix offer all system upgrades and new models FREE, and when it comes to feedback from them via e-mail, they have proven to be quite good so far!
Jafa hahaha
(for those outside of NZ, its the abbreviation for, just another f***ing Aucklander)
support is quite important, and considering all the packs for realfight are expansion packs, i think it would total up quite quickly, so i'll take your word for it and get the Phoenix!
that dx6i looks really attractive (i know thats just superficial, but its nice!). the only problem is it's out of my price range, so i'll go with the airtronics radio instead
ORIGINAL: blueapplepaste
Those Airtronics are solid radios. One thing with Spektrum, is that all of the BNF/PNP planes from eflite/parkzone, etc are only compatible with Spektrum, which if you have any interest in any of those or the micros, then spektrum might be worth a look. They're solid radios, nothing to worry about.
If it was me, I'd opt for the 6 channel one, or you could always look for a nice used one in the classifieds, could probably get more bang for your buck that way.
i'll be going with the 6 channel airtronics. thing is, i don't buy through the classifieds on forums, most members don't wanna deal with the hassel of posting internationally. also, amainhobbies have very good postage costs, they probably receive a discount and pass it onto their customers.
with everything included in my amainhobbies cart incl. the phoenix simulator, airtronics SD-6G 6-Channel and adaptor shipping, i can see a total of $350. like people said here, its pricier than buying a trainer plane, but since i come from a bashing-style monster truck background in surface rc, i'm sure i would have gone through the same amount of costs in repairs for a trainer plane [X(]