Selecting a New Radio, HELP!!!

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I agree with all you said there Travis ,
Blew the MFU out ? what the heck did they mean with that ?
No , that’s not true , despite the fact that Tamiya recommends a regular FM R/C system for the MFU use , a lot of us using successfully various versions of 2.4 Giga hz R/C systems ( as Travis mentioned )

But there is one major fact here which should be explained too :
The regular 2.4 or just call it Spektrum system , is a little bit a hassle to use ,
since most of these systems use digital trims , which makes it a little complicated to use all these additional MFU functions you have to activate via different positions of the trim levers , or I should better say inconvenient .
An analog trim-lever can be thrown all the way from one end-point to the other ,
opposite to a digital trim , which takes some time to count up and down .
Plus a digital trim doesn’t give the visual position of your setting , you have to check it on the screen or just remember the setting .

Therefore my personal choice is the converting of conventional FM R/C systems with Spektrum modules .
This keeps the function of the analog trims but transmits on the Spektrum band .
Kind a cool mix between both worlds .
There is a new ( I believe ) 10 channel Spektrum radio out there , Travis and others showed that at the past Indy show , but me personal I don’t know enough about that particular one ( not yet , Lol )
Using the above mentioned option , converting conventional FM R/C systems to Spektrum , you also would be able to use the more in Europe common multi-channel systems .
So far these type R/C systems been a no-no here in the US , because of there different frequencies .
Converting conventional FM R/C systems can be as simple as just replacing the HF module . ( higher grade R/C systems have exchangeable HF modules ) .
But even the more simpler FM transmitters can be easily converted , as long they do have a trainer-port . FM transmitters without the exchangeable HF module , nor a trainer-port
can be converted as well in most cases , but requires a little more in depth “surgery” to get it done .
I use mainly Grauper JR and Robbe Futaba European style transmitters for these conversions , since they give you the true , fully proportional extra channels ,
not like most US offered transmitters which just offer maybe 1 extra fully prop-channel and the rest are just switch channels .
Easy to find , older Futaba transmitters for this type conversation are the 7 channel 7U series , which are even module transmitters , means plug’n play conversion ,
or the 6 channel Skysport based T6XA or T6XA which require a little soldering .
Both of these older style transmitters are computer based transmitters , means with all the nice setup options of endpoint , dual-rates or mixing like today’s fancy R/C systems .

The only Spektrum systems with analog trims I am aware of is the Futaba 4 channel 4YF ,which on the downside doesn’t provide endpoint and other useful adjustments ,
but should work with the Tamiya MFU unit .

So , since I am sure I confused the heck out of everybody now about my analog to Spektrum conversion bla-bla , lets see what the other guys are using