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Old 07-28-2011 | 03:47 AM
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Default Which controller for Leopard 2A6

I just purchased a 1/16 Tamiya Leopard 2A6 from ebay. The set comes without controller. Which brand and type od controller should I buy for this tank? Nothing fancy, just the basic tank functions.

Old 07-28-2011 | 04:45 AM
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Spektrum dx5 is a decent controller , got mine off ebay for £52 with rx as well. Decent brand, good features people seem to agree theyre reliable.
Old 07-28-2011 | 04:46 AM
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The Leopard has a few more functions than a standard Tamiya or HL tank so i would get something with at least 6 channels, maybe 8. The Futaba radios have some very nicely priced 2.4 computor radios available now and Airtronics has a great 8 channel. the draw back to the airtronics is you must use the 8 channel receiver made for that radio and it costs anywhere from 60 to over 80..00 dollars depending on where you buy it.<div> The Futaba receivers are much less and you can use many more combinations of TX/RX with them. It basically is up to user preference.</div><div>Do some research and checking on your own and decide what is best for you. No one can really tell you what YOU want from a TX/RX so the user really needs to do some home work.</div><div> You can use a simple 4 channel radio like the Futaba SkySport 2.4. It is a nice radio but most people my self included add 2 momentary switches to activate the main gun and machine gun, instead of moving the trims and flipping the levers to fire the guns. </div><div>that is how all Tamiya tanks are set up to fire the guns. Not much fun when you are in a really tough spot in a battle.</div>
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i would go for this one if you can get it : http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Old 07-28-2011 | 05:21 AM
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am using graupner for more then 22years for now, it's a very quality merk, you can get it everywere

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI...m=380357618133this the link with the new action on ebay it cos normaly 300&euro; here in belgium


<font color="#002398">Graupner 8-Kanal Fernsteuer​ung MX-16 IFS 2,4 GHZ 23000</font>its now 188&euro;
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on the graupner site costed this receiver set 342&euro; go look

https://shop.graupner.de/webuerp/servlet/AI?ARTN=23000


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Old 07-29-2011 | 07:47 PM
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If your only intended use for this radio is surface models then you can consider a cheap n cheerful Hobbyking 7 channel.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...&v=&sortlist=P

7 channels for $60 + post
Old 07-30-2011 | 04:48 AM
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The RDS8000 can use any Airtronics 2.4GHz FHSS-1 Receiver.
That includes the RX500, RX60, RX600, RX700 and the92824 8-Channel receiver includue with the radio.
There are less expensive receiver options for the RDS8000.
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I got the Futaba 4YF  2.4GHz<div>
</div><div>It is a 4 channel.  It seems to work well in bench tests, my Leo is not complete yet, but the way to shoot the gun does seem "lame".  </div><div>
</div><div>How do you guys with 6 channel setups separate out the gun fire function to make that work?  It sounds better than the 4 channel way.</div>

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