Radio discussion

Davidkrienke said:

no crystal changing

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This is what is hard to accept also for me...
Prior to stepping out of boats for a few years, I had just upgraded all of my boat recievers and transmitter modules to futabas latest and greatest "dial set" frequency setup. No more crystals.

ANY frequency conflict could be dealt with in a matter of seconds at the pond.. retaping the radio box lid was the only thing that had to be done...

I still have all of this barely used 75mhz equipment and love it.. It is some of the finest equipment futaba ever sold..

Wasted wages said:

This is what is hard to accept also for me...
Prior to stepping out of boats for a few years, I had just upgraded all of my boat recievers and transmitter modules to futabas latest and greatest "dial set" frequency setup. No more crystals.

ANY frequency conflict could be dealt with in a matter of seconds at the pond.. retaping the radio box lid was the only thing that had to be done...

I still have all of this barely used 75mhz equipment and love it.. It is some of the finest equipment futaba ever sold..

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Same

I've been in this hobby for 45 years. I used Futaba radio systems only and never even thought about using anything else. 3 years ago I decided it was time to replace my 3pm fasst system. The radio still worked great but I had money to burn so I dived into researching the latest and greatest systems on the market. Of course at first I was all in on another Futaba but to my surprise, I wound up with the Flysky Noble nb4 and couldn't be happier. The most common thing you'll hear people say about Flysky is "they're cheap so they can't be any good". Well, find a place to overpay for it then if it makes you feel better! Anyone who knows me or have seen my boats knows that I stay on top of the game and only use the best equipment available. I really can't speak for any of the other radios that Flysky offers because I haven't used them myself but a few club members are using the "cheap" gt3b with zero issues. Do the research, compare the specs. You might be as surprised as I am! I had to prove it to myself that the Flysky range specs were accurate and it performed well beyond their 300 meter claim. On top of that, the construction and durability of the Noble is far superior compared to Futaba or other brands on the market. Just my 2 cents.

I too bought a fly sky gt3c I was just building a fun boat to play with early last year never had a issue with it so I bought some extra receivers there super cheap problem is my fun boat is a rocket so I’m pulling the motor for a better hull.There’s things I really like about it like using a phone charger to charge the battery it feels good working it takes a little to get use to programming it but for just a fun boat works great the fail safe works good too.Hard to beat for 60 bucks I can’t buy a receiver for my futaba for under 65

Hey Bruce, I experienced first hand where the gt3c and gt3b can be a bit of a pain to initially set up. If you ever decide to bump up to the Noble, the touch screen is great and makes it so easy to set up. My dog could do it!

I was an Airtronics guy for years while racing cars. Its funny how the futabas were troublesome back in the 80s and even earned some derogatory names.. The one that sticks with me was the "Futaba Dance" if you saw some poor fella on the stand waving his radio wildly you could always count on someone mentioning the "futaba dance" Futaba has come a long way and are good solid gear, just pricey.. Since Airtronics has changed up and now Sanwa i had to make a decision on getting updated into the present. A fellow car racer turned me on to FlySky.. I was apprehensive as ive dropped quite a few bucks in my boat but he said the work well. So now im venturing into Flysky with the Noble NB4 model. i guess we will see how well it works on water. If it works as good on water as the touch screen and easy firmware updates its a winner!!!