hi everyone, i just bought me second nitro car, i have a touring car, and now a thunder tiger MT, i was just wondering (as each has the different sort) what kind of controller do you guys prefer, the trigger sort with the "wheel" ? or the two thumb sort with the stick's, would appreciate it if one of you would give me the correct names lol, seems american RTR cars come with the trigger sort of controller, where as in the UK they seem to think thats crap, dunno why they are just different as far as i can tell, but what kind do you all prefer?

I have a Ko-propo Helios 10 that is a steering wheel type radio and it is the best thing i have bought makes driving much more fun as you are actually in control.

cool you find the steering wheel type better, havent tried mine yet its still sat next to me brand spankin new. hope its as good as the other sort

they both work equally well but for cars, however because you dont need 6 different channels like in an airplane (some anyway), the pistol verion is better because it is easier to hold (in my opinion anyway)

the futaba 2pl, a computer radio, it is very cheap and has 10 model memory, and has all the ajustmits and stuff

Most pistal grips (steering wheel) are easier to hold than the stick radios. The pistal grip radio in not as bulky as the stick radio. In cars/trucks I perfer the pistal grip. With in the next few months I will be up-grading my radio to the Airtronics MX-3S. Its an FM radio that comes in 75mhz and 27mhz. And with this radio you will never have to change crystals. So if your at the races or around where alot of people driving RC Cars, you wont have to worry about someone having the same freq as you. All you have to do is turn a dial on your reciever and radio to change freqs.

Id prefer the pistol grip. I just got the jr xs3 a few days ago, to replace a cheap one i had, and its SWEEEEET. i have one of the ones with the two sticks but i just cant get the hang of it. I suppose im just too used to the pistol!!!

speakin of crystals, the radio i got with the old touring car is FM, and as far as i was aware FM was far less likely to get interfeerence than AM, however this new pistol controller i got with my MT is AM and i get like NO interfeerence with it what so ever, where as with the FM one i get loads of jitters when im usin it, tis wierd, wonder if AM is used a lot less in the UK than FM so all the channels are free or something...very odd

A lot of factors determine whether there is interference. Generally FM has less by its very nature. (You don't hear as much interference on an fm radio during a thunderstorm as you do am!). However, power of the transmitter, local radio interference, etc can contribute. Your old fm may be low power, or may not be working correctly and so it is jittery. We have 4 rc cars, run them all on am and don't have any problems. However, we live in a small midwestern town. If I were a rich man I would switch to FM.

By the way, another thing, the throttle type controller i said i got also this volume controll looking nob on the handle right near the reverse button (the one that came with Thinder Tiger/Associated MTA4), i havent yet managed figure out what on earth this thing does, it does say in the instruction book that its something to do with sensitivity, but its a black and white picture with arrows pointing to bits that you cant actually see lol, if anyone could shed some light on this for me id appreciate it lol, i cant figure out what it does, i was even messin about with it while i was drivin my car around earlyer, but without knowing what difference i was lookin for i couldnt tell lol.

If you turn the wheels and move the thing that looks like volume control, the wheels should move furture in the direction you are turning them. But it wont affect the trim.

so it does.. cool mate cheers

No problem