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hey guys i was thinking of getting the dx3s but i just wanted to know if it is really as bad as i hear as far as having bad range and stuff.is the range problem only with a certain reciever like the one that uses the telementry(i think its sr3300t)as compared to sr3100 or so on.thanks.
 
I've got one that I use with my Losi LST XXL. I've only had an issue with range once. My rx isn't the best though, it was broken in a crash and I glued it back together. I'm thinking that may have had something to do with it acting up, it happened right after I glued it but hasn't acted up since. So my experience has been great with it.
 
I have one and have no issues with it. It's much better than the original DX 3.0 that I had.
 
Mine stinks regardless what receiver I use. So much so that it's now in a drawer and I still use the DX3.0 I was trying to replace. 75 yards max. I even tried wiring in a 5th cell to get the voltage up, didn't help.
 
olds97_lss said:
Mine stinks regardless what receiver I use. So much so that it's now in a drawer and I still use the DX3.0 I was trying to replace. 75 yards max. I even tried wiring in a 5th cell to get the voltage up, didn't help.
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Have you contacted Horizon? I've been impressed with there customer service, they may be able to get it sorted out.

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I have the dx2s that I use on two different rigs. My savage has the receiver wit the telemetry and I have sent it back to horizon twice and that thing sucks to me, the range is awful it glitches very bad and the telemetry is a joke. Also use it on an Ofna buggy without the telemetry reciever and the range is just fine it actually has never even glitched on me. ????
 
Most of the runaways I have seen have been with Spectrum. I know some that have had great luck with them but I honestly don't trust it. I run Futaba and Airtronics. Never had issues. To me, it is a gamble I am not willing to take.
 
Futaba FTW.
Don't risk runaways. A bad runaway can cost more than a new Futaba would cost. I know one guy who had a runaway on the beach and lost his whole HPI Baja in the ocean and never found it.
 
alright heres the scoop.before i made this post i had a bid on an ebay chop shop for a dx3s.well i had won the bid and it has arrived but now i am so confused on what to do.do i throw it in my maxx and run it or do i throw it back on ebay.with so many diffferent responses i need to be pointed in the right direction.i am not going to use the reciver with telementry if it makes any difference.
 
If you can, range test it first before trusting it at all. Stand the truck up on it's rear so you can see the front tires move when turning the wheel, then walk until it stops working or until you can't see it. Not a great test, but better than having it get 50 feet away from you and take off.

That said, when you bind the receiver to the transmitter, it will use the position the servos are at at the time of binding as 'home' for when it looses reception (built in fail safe). So just make sure your steering is pointing straight and your throttle is at idle when you bind. I never set my fail safe to lock up the brakes as that can cause more issues than idle... I've had the FS kick in off a jump before. Full brakes off a jump causes an immediate uncontrolled flip. That was when I used a normal FS.

Whenever I lost reception with the DX3S, the FS position is where it would go. I never had "glitching", just reception loss after a short distance.

With my DX3.0 and normal receivers, I can go further than I can see, but now that people have mentioned the telemetry receiver may be part of the issue, I'll find out what kind of range it has with my DX3.0 when I take my buggy out as it was the only spare receiver I had.

I know the DX3S had issues with range with both the telemetry receiver and my normal receivers as I had the telemetry one in my revo and one of the normal ones in my 5B, both suffered from short range.
 
I've read a lot of people saying the Spektrums dont have quite as much range as some of the other "high end" TXs like futaba and Airtronics. I know for a fact that the Flysky GT3B has a better range than the Spektrums because one of the guys i know switched from using that TX on his high speed Rustler to a Flysky cuz he could get better range out of it. That being said if you set the fail safe on your RX (or buy a stand alone failsafe if they happen not to have one built into the RX) then you can use the TX/RX and shoudlnt really have any problems. Id say if you got the TX for a good price then Id just keep it and use it. Thats my personal opinion.
 

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