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Sticks to Wheel advise
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After a 9 year break I have got twitchy fingers and want try my hand at 1/10th touring cars again, I have a old KO espirit 2 that could be converted to 2.4hz but think it might be time to change to a wheel as it seems the way to go. Can any one recommend a wheel around the £100 mark that would be good for club racing and the odd meet? Its going to be painful I think Cheers |
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a spektrum dx3 would be perfect.ive got one.theyre realy reliable and have plenty of advanced settings.they are perfect for the experianced racer
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Cheers Jim |
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I had to change from sticks to wheel a while ago and FWIW I went through quite a lot of options before choosing a futaba 3PKS (picked up a 2nd hand one with Futaba 2.4 for £99!)
My advice is to try some for size first, I found the trigger on the Acoms too small for fat fingers (but not until I'd bought one ) and also see if they take lipo as this makes them much lighter (as they're held in one hand it make a greater difference IMHO than a stick radio). So if you can pop down the local track and see if people there have them and try holding them. Or see if you can try the same in your local model shop. After you change you'll never look back |
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I'd stick with the Esprit 2, they're a good transmitter still. You know how to drive with sticks, imo there's no need to make things more difficult than they have to be by changing to a wheel.
Most people are using 2.4ghz now so it's very unlikely you will get crystal crashes with anyone. If you really want a 2.4 set I'd stick with sticks and get something like a Futaba 3GR.
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I think I'm getting a little old to be learning again with a wheel Quote:
. hard one is this |
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Steerwheels aren't better, it's just a different way of controlling your car. If you already have the radio it would be easier to use it to get you going as you won't have to learn to control it, then upgrade if you want to when you know you are going to stick with it.
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Very logical and the right approach. |
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I have recently switched to a steerwheel over the winter to see if I can make the changeover.
I went for a Spektrum DX3S and its a great transmitter but Im finding it pretty hard going to be honest after nearly 20 years of using sticks. I can get round with it but its nowhere as neat and tidy as I would like so it gets frustrating sometimes. |
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But its sounding like I'm best of living with the sticks.. |
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I had to make the change as I had broken my left thumb playing rugby and found that I was struggling to move it properly in the cold, hence throttle control was an issue
Took a bit of getting used to, but after 3 meetings or so I was right back on it. I'd been using sticks for 20 years before making the change. I've been wheel for 4-5 years now and wouldn't have it any other way |
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If you don't like it, sell it. Shouldn't lose too much on the deal. There's a steady trade in nearly new radio gear. I sold my 18 month old DX3C in 24 hours. And its not like your stick Tx owes you anything if its been sitting gathering dust for 9 years! And from what i saw, getting a "decent" new stick transmitter, in the event of the old one spilling its guts, is going to cost significantly more than getting a "decent" wheel Tx. (might be wrong tho, i didn't look too hard!) |
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Thanks for the advise guys
Im going to buy a cheap handest and see how I get on for a month I will keep the Ko as backup |
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How did you get on ? I am just about to switch the other way. I have been using the DX3S for the last 5 years and fancy trying sticks. Picked up a secondhand Futaba 3vc
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