ORIGINAL: Stince
I'm sorry I don't get while the Tamiya system is still being held up as the standard, when people are complaining about the flaws in what seems to becoming an out of date system and some of the complainer are Tamiya owners. To use an old system as the standard just seems silly, like a step backwards in a hobby that we all love to see advance forward more. I'm say that ther is any system that is perfect and probably never will be as more people get in to this hobby because every one has different needs and wants. It's like buy a car, they all have different parts taht are not compatable with different makes and models but the manufacturers don't hold a car built in the 80's as todays standard. I think if you have tank on the field and it can fire and take hits from others with out a huge advantage and still fun than that is all that counts.
You need a common standard so all these systems being developed have a hope interacting with one another. No one is holding manufactures back with this request, all I am saying is all manufacturers should build a system that can be dumbed down to play the Tamiya game. A standard does not have to be on the leading edge of technology, it just has to be a common and achievable across all systems.
Cars have advanced but still have four wheels use tires, fit between bridges and stay within one lane. So these standards never held back car manufactures from building something unique for their customers, but they still all coexist on the road. This isn't about Tamiya being better, it is about them being here longer, with more systems in use then any other, and having the manufacturing and quality control to actually produce somehting over the long haul. Most guys have already adopted the Tamiya IR frequency as a Standard, they might as well adopt the 5 pinout arrangment as well. What some of you guys don't seem to get is that the standard is to protect you, the consumer. Invest all you want in your favorite IR equipment, but if for some reason the system you have chosen commercially fails then what??? Wouldn't it be nice to know that you could take the system and use it with others. I don't even care if the Tamiya apple is used, all I am saying is build the pinout arrangment the same on all systems so all systems apples are interchangable. I just don't get the resistance to this idea, as it protects you the consumer from being stuck with a system that doesn't play well with others.
Think of train tracks. They are a standard width and all manufacturers know this, making equipment that is totally interchangable across borders and carriers. Standards are used everywhere in the world for the benefit of everyone, not sure why some are so opposed to see IR tank battling go that route.