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[Eventorizon]

You would need one of the newer digital transmitters to get anything other than the 50% dual rate switch.

The cheapest I know of is the new Spektrum DX6 at £130. It seems a lot to buy that for just 1 feature but actually it provides a load of additional settings that can make driving much easier. I've only scratched the surface myself but at GSL this year Hatchet was put on the new DX6 and went from being crazy to drive to being downright amazing with about an 30 minutes of tweaking.

I believe it was set up to have 90% forwards on the axe, with just 40% return so it wouldn't waste power or jump around to much. Turning was similarly tuned to be slower but forwards was left at 100% so that it could slam its opponents into the wall.

Its a tad off subject but I would recommend the DX6 despite its price. It can store up to 250 models (Wow.. I was expecting 50 at most) so it can be used on every robot you ever build at the same time and each one can have custom settings to make it suit your driving style, optimise its weapons and control anything from Robots and RC cars to drones and Helicopters.

[Coolspeedbot]

I was looking at Spektrum DX6i the other day as a replacement for my DX5e as it's being used on my ant weight Killer-Wolf and binding would be a pain in the butt.

[joey_picus]

You would need one of the newer digital transmitters to get anything other than the 50% dual rate switch.

This isn't necessarily true - a lot of older transmitters have separate controls for enabling the dual rates and then the amount of dual rate (if that's the correct term) to use, both of my old Futaba transmitters have that system. It works better for me than having to go through menus, but then my preferences are always a bit odd!

The main use I have for dual rates is to reduce turning rate when driving the robot - with mixing, you can turn the rates on the aileron channel down to about 20-40% and that way have full power available for forwards and backwards, but not have the robot spin around like a loon on a carousel with a small sideways movement on the stick. It comes down to personal preference, largely, but they're a good option to have.

(out of interest, James, it's looking like the next AWS will be in Surrey or thereabouts - would that interest you?)