Spektrum...
I like my Spetrum radios because they just work. Rarely have I had issues that I didn't cause. The radios are fairly easy to set up, and moving around the menus is fairly intuitive.
With that, the jog dials have always been problematic, making menus and item selection/adjustment challenging at times. Normally a shot of two of compressed air takes care of the issue. My biggest grip is with the receivers, they are highway robbery. You can get DSM2 3-ch RXs for cheap, but if you want/need more channels, you'll pay through the nose.
Futaba...
Its been years since I have had a Futaba radio. Of all of the radios I have had, the Futaba are the ones that were the toughest, however their menu system took a bit to get used to.
Swanna...
Nice radios, fairly reliable, but to me, there were better and less expensive options.
Radiomaster MT12...
I REALLY want to love this radio, and for the price, I really should. Of all of the radios I have had it is the most capable, this radio really does it all. I am using the ERLS version, with a 4-in-1 daughter card. ERLS has an insane amount of range, and is almost glitch-proof. The RXs are very inexpensive.
However, the EDGE-TX system has a VERY steep learning curve. And, it is not a radio you can pick up after six months and set up/program another model into it without relearning how to use it. I have a cookbook for programming a lot the common functions. The problem is Radiomaster's GUI is just not intuitive and is difficult to remember. If you are a flier, you are used to EDGE-TX, so the cumbersome GUI isn't that big of a deal.
The radio has a few more quirks, there are times when the RX will not link to the radio when powered up if the radio is right next to the model; you have to power everything down, turn on the radio, move it across the room, then power up the model.
Slowly Radiomaster is fixing these annoyances, but they are slow and updating the firmware is a bit of a pain.
Flysky...
Never had one,
I like my Spetrum radios because they just work. Rarely have I had issues that I didn't cause. The radios are fairly easy to set up, and moving around the menus is fairly intuitive.
With that, the jog dials have always been problematic, making menus and item selection/adjustment challenging at times. Normally a shot of two of compressed air takes care of the issue. My biggest grip is with the receivers, they are highway robbery. You can get DSM2 3-ch RXs for cheap, but if you want/need more channels, you'll pay through the nose.
Futaba...
Its been years since I have had a Futaba radio. Of all of the radios I have had, the Futaba are the ones that were the toughest, however their menu system took a bit to get used to.
Swanna...
Nice radios, fairly reliable, but to me, there were better and less expensive options.
Radiomaster MT12...
I REALLY want to love this radio, and for the price, I really should. Of all of the radios I have had it is the most capable, this radio really does it all. I am using the ERLS version, with a 4-in-1 daughter card. ERLS has an insane amount of range, and is almost glitch-proof. The RXs are very inexpensive.
However, the EDGE-TX system has a VERY steep learning curve. And, it is not a radio you can pick up after six months and set up/program another model into it without relearning how to use it. I have a cookbook for programming a lot the common functions. The problem is Radiomaster's GUI is just not intuitive and is difficult to remember. If you are a flier, you are used to EDGE-TX, so the cumbersome GUI isn't that big of a deal.
The radio has a few more quirks, there are times when the RX will not link to the radio when powered up if the radio is right next to the model; you have to power everything down, turn on the radio, move it across the room, then power up the model.
Slowly Radiomaster is fixing these annoyances, but they are slow and updating the firmware is a bit of a pain.
Flysky...
Never had one,
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