MRT PTX transponder? confused?

[lewis666]

hi there,

me and my brother are going to go halves on a new transponder so i thought i would do some research. i have seen the MYLAPS RC4 transponder and it looks good but at £70 it is too expensive compared to the MRT PTX transponder, why is it so much less money compared to the MYLAPS transponder?

can someone confirm this, can i just buy a MRT PTX transponder and fit it to my car and can it be used at my local club? for do you transfer the number of a red transponder onto it? the information if seen here doesn't seem clean.

many thanks

lewis

[ch!3f]

if your local club is running ambrc system go for the mrt ptx that is compatible with it and cheaper

[tellor]

The MRT PTX transponder only comes with a choice of 20 numbers. This should be ok for club racing but may clash with others numbers at larger meeting, although i very much doubt it.

The AMB personal transponder, albeit dearer, is unique to you wherever in the world you may race.

I have 1 AMB transponder and 2 AMB MRT clones, all with the same number unique to me. Clones are about £40


check out http://www.team-mrt.com/

hth

tel

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by lewis666

do you transfer the number of a red transponder onto it?

this is only done if you already own the AMBrc transponder and want an MRT clone so you can keep your AMBrc for two or more cars that you may run

Originally Posted by lewis666

can i just buy a MRT PTX transponder and fit it to my car and can it be used at my local club?

as stated in 2nd post, yes.

If your brother and yourself plan to run a shared MRT transponder on the same race day you will need to program it to your race numbers for the heats and finals.

[lewis666]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

this is only done if you already own the AMBrc transponder and want an MRT clone so you can keep your AMBrc for two or more cars that you may run



as stated in 2nd post, yes.

If your brother and yourself plan to run a shared MRT transponder on the same race day you will need to program it to your race numbers for the heats and finals.

thanks for the comments

me and my brother was not going to use a transponder on the same day. but we intended it for doing the STCC and regionals etc. just big events and when i go to other tracks

so which of the two transponders is better?

after looking at the video changing the ID number looks difficult.

because i race two classes 1/8 nitro buggy and 1/10 electric buggy and my brother races 1/10 electric TC (not all on the same day) we would change the transponder around. would it be ok to fix it using velcro?

many thanks for the help

lewis

[G-46]

Originally Posted by lewis666

would it be ok to fix it using velcro?

Yes this would be fine i use velcro, I hold all my electrics in my classic TC3 with velcro as it was a pain in the ass to take them out when held in with servo tape,

regarding the transponder i would spend the little extra and get a MyLaps its about the same size of the MrT but you wont have the problem of ever changing the number or even forgetting what you changed it to. Also the MyLaps comes with a cool little clip to hold the transponder to the car, so all you would have to do is get x mount of clips of all the cars.

[lewis666]

Originally Posted by G-46

Yes this would be fine i use velcro, I hold all my electrics in my classic TC3 with velcro as it was a pain in the ass to take them out when held in with servo tape,

regarding the transponder i would spend the little extra and get a MyLaps its about the same size of the MrT but you wont have the problem of ever changing the number or even forgetting what you changed it to. Also the MyLaps comes with a cool little clip to hold the transponder to the car, so all you would have to do is get x mount of clips of all the cars.

well me and my brother have decided to pay the little extra and get the MyLaps and not have the problem of changing the numbers and the fact it has a clip makes changing from car to car easiers.



many thanks for all the help

lewis

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by lewis666

after looking at the video changing the ID number looks difficult.

It isn't as difficult in real life as it may seem in the video. The video shows checking everthing from my AMBrc number to the other 20 stored in it.

It's just the same as working through an esc using it's setup button

[lewis666]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

It isn't as difficult in real life as it may seem in the video. The video shows checking everthing from my AMBrc number to the other 20 stored in it.

It's just the same as working through an esc using it's setup button

im sure it is but im more of a nitro racer so im not the best at setting up esc and often have to read the manual two or three times.

but we are going for the mylaps because of the worry free use of it

i might end up getting an mrt clone but not yet

many thanks

lewis

[Si Coe]

TBH none of the MRT users I've spoken to have ever had to change numbers anyway. MRT buy up old dead AMB transponders for the codes, so they have a fairly large stock of numbers.
Whilst I'm fairly sure there could well be someone else out there racing with the same transponder number as my MRT uses, I've never met that person, and he's not in the database of any of the North West clubs!
So get the MRT and don't worry.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by lewis666

im sure it is but im more of a nitro racer so im not the best at setting up esc and often have to read the manual two or three times.

but we are going for the mylaps because of the worry free use of it

i might end up getting an mrt clone but not yet

many thanks

lewis

if you bought a harry then it can not be cloned. in my opinion the amb is the worse one for ic as once the wires become brittle and damaged from the fuel then you can not replace them, mrt also sell a small plate that allows the pt to be bolted to something with one screw.