Mr. Scolari survived rain, delays, and generally bad conditions to place 2nd in RES Sailplane (Rudder/Elevator/Spoiler) at the AMA Nats! with the RDS8000. At the National level there are no throw-outs, and no room for even 1 missed flight. You have to be consistent. And when you consider Mr. Scolari was flying against many national champions, it says a LOT about this great finish!

Sanwa is one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of R/C Transmitters and Servos. The Sanwa motto being: "Choice of Champions"; the list of top drivers from all over the world using Sanwa is endless; in Germany for example Marc Rheinhard (World Champion) and Ronald Völker (European Champion) among others drive Sanwa. Sanwas expertise in the 2.4Ghz technology is more and more obviously. In all our tests and in the races no 2.4Ghz system has worked as failure-free as Sanwas FSSS 2.4Ghz. The Sanwa M11 is the champions choice, the Sanwa MX-3 FG 2.4Ghz is the winner in price/performance stakes.

how come the name sanwa came to airtronics ?

Looking forward to see the 3 channel 2.4 MX sport Radio. At 99$ in US, its a good bargain and easiest way to go spread spectrum.

Quote from: harikeshpk on September 21, 2009, 12:31:39 PM
how come the name sanwa came to airtronics ?

Airtronics is the Brand name of SANWA for the US. Actually Sanwa created a new company in the US in 1982 which was called Airtronics Inc. Thats the reason of them having two brand names. It is known in the US & Canada as Airtronics & As SANWA in Europe/Japan & Rest of the World.

In a shockingly close contest, the SD-10G places 1st and 2nd at this years F3J Team Trials. Cody Remington took top honors followed incredibly closely in 2nd place by Daryl Perkins. Daryl is a mulit-time F3J World Champion, Cody won the Worlds in  the Junior Category in 2006. Their radio of choice? AIRTRONICS SD-10G of course!

Congratulations to the F3J USA TEAM!!!

Cody Remington, Daryl Perkins, and Richard Burnoski

At the Worlds next year, Team USA will be the Team to beat!

At the Team Trials (they had a GREAT turnout!) Skip Miller Models had an entire Team competing! Look at all those SD-10G radios! Miller  – Remington – Verzuh – Lewan

Daryl Perkins won the worlds flying an SD-10G in the F3J France World Championship

All adult members of the Team USA F3J team flew Airtronics SD-10G.
Cody Remington
Richard Burnoski
Daryl Perkins

Daryl's Contest Winning Aircraft used 94761Z (SDX-762)Sanwa/Airtronics servos as
well. Almost all of the Team USA aircraft used the 94761Z(SDX-762) servo.


The 1st place Junior Brendon Beardsly ALSO flew Airtronics SD-10G

Sanwa Finishes 1st, 2nd & 3rd at the IFMAR 1/8 On Road 2011 WC.

1  Robert Pietsch - Germany
2  Keisuke Fukuda - Japan
3  Dario Balestri - Italy

6 out of the top 10 were using Sanwa Radios and Servos.

Sanwa again proves that its "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS"

I got a SD-5G from you and it's simply awesome! It's a computer radio without all the programming hassles of a computer radio!

I know this isn't the right place to ask a question...but would it be wise (w.r.t safety, that is) to power it with a LiPo? Because the NiMh cells seem to run out in almost no time.

Sanwa no doubt is the choice of champions. You go to a world race, you see sanwa everywhere. But their radios need to be lighter. M11 is one of the best race radio in the market. I love my mx3 more than spektrum for it great build, speed and easy of use. But sadly it's on my shelf because it heavier, eats more battery etc.

Ajo,

No doubt the M11x is heavy because of its built quality, but Sanwa has been listening and the new Sanwa MT4 is lighter, it runs on 4 AA cells to 2S Lipo.

Lee Rice Finishes 2nd in Expert Class at Top Gun with his Big Corsair and the Radio he trusts the SD-10G.

Congrats to Lee Rice.

Quote from: rcdhamaka on July 06, 2011, 08:45:46 AM
No doubt the M11x is heavy because of its built quality, but Sanwa has been listening and the new Sanwa MT4 is lighter, it runs on 4 AA cells to 2S Lipo.

I will swear by Sanwa build and quality. My MX3 is yet to receive a scratch while the Spektrum antenna broke and paint had peeled off.

The 2011 ROAR 1/8 Off Road Fuel Truggy & Buggy both the Champions were using Sanwa/Airtronics.

The 2011 ROAR 1/8 Off Road Nitro Buggy Class saw airtronics finishing 1 & 2.

Multiple Repeat ROAR Championship Radio SANWA/Airtronics

Once again Sanwa proves that it is "The Choice of Champions"

It's the choice of champs, but the question is why? What makes these folks pick Sanwa over likes of Futaba, JR/Spektrum? Is it that these radios have more feature or what? I do not think reliability is an issue with the others
so pl enlighten

More features and insane reaction speeds with the SSR receivers.


Most of the pro racers use the M11X.There are a few with Spektrum,Ko Propo(I doubt airplane guys know this company) but the M11X is the most common radio seen with the pro drivers.

Quote from: iamahuman on July 16, 2011, 01:54:03 PM
More features and insane reaction speeds with the SSR receivers.

Please elaborate...
What is meant by speed of radio and how does it impact? what about the speed of servos and their reliability/accuracy?

I somehow feel that stating sanwa is the choice of champions is a rather simplistic statement and does not take into account the human skill involved.

Well,with the pro drivers,it is quite a lot about skill.

People like very responsive radios.Their servos are provided by the sponsors and are ridiculously fast and powerful.They are very accurate and very reliable.They take intense G forces in on-road and off-road racing.On the features,nitro guys like timers and all but pitmen take care of that.Many drivers need the radio to feel good in their hands.Obvious when nitro races can go upto an hour.

On the "Choice of Champions",they are the radios that Champions use(the present IFMAR champion does not use one)....simple enough.

I forgot to mention the Futaba systems used by racers too.THE Atsushi Hara uses a 4-PKS.

Many a times, people get used to a certain brand, so imy question originated from that angle. Is it that the current breed of top notch fliers were flying some other radio (of similar nature) and switched to Sanwa or they they Sanwa users from the beginning?

Also, like in any pro sports, its often the sponsorship amount that defines and ensures the loyalty to one brand, so maybe Sanwa spends more than the rest.

One reason I have heard is response time of the sanwa. Yes sponsorship is also important. For example kyosho and ko propo seems to have some tie-ups. Hence you see Cody king using the ko propo. I believe in most cases of sanwa use the choice is personal.

Quote from: mail4ajo on July 17, 2011, 11:15:10 AM
I believe in most cases of sanwa use the choice is personal.

Oh! And what you make you think that ? You mean to say all other champs (Pattern with Futaba and Heli with JR) are paid endorsement? I would like  to point to a very hot debate on IIT JEE coaching centers 'Bribing' top ranker to endorse their coaching centers, accepting that they got trained there, when they didn't.

This kind of claims is just like no better than Sachin endorsing Adidas and Roger Federer Nike, as if , if they had used some other brands, there wouldn't have been what they are. This just using face value.

Hell with the Champions, just love your  brand.

It sure shows how good the response time on Sanwa Radios are...........but give Sachin a cheap bat not what he use (or is used too) and then you will see the difference.

Ujjwal: 2 things are clear that this is not IIT JEE coaching classes when you are racing/flying at Worlds, one at the time of your entry need to declare the type of gear you are using etc, etc., so you cannot just bribe someone later after the event is over and claim that the were using a particular brand and some of the champions have been using the stuff for years, no where does any one say not to love any brand.

So kindly do not Hijack this thread...........thank you.

This thread is basically to announce some of the current achievements in R/C for Sanwa.

Kartik - Team RCD

Well then if use of Sanwa radio ensures enhancement of one's skill, then that means the other brands like Futaba, JR/Spektrum etc.  are all inferior so lets all dump these brands and stick to Sanwa right?

i <3 the M11, but its too huge for me to afford (both size and $$), but will get some newer versions soon!!

Quote from: PankajC on July 17, 2011, 08:18:12 PM
Well then if use of Sanwa radio ensures enhancement of one's skill, then that means the other brands like Futaba, JR/Spektrum etc.  are all inferior so lets all dump these brands and stick to Sanwa right?

IMHO, Sanwa might not be able to enhance performance, but is still the choice of most racers/flyers, may be due to its reliability and quality.