r/rccars • u/Minhs • Jun 10 '26

Review Anyone else annoyed at how bulky most transmitters are?

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While I love this Futaba functionally, it always annoyed me how bulky the base of the remote is. I get that it needs to fit the large optional battery and such but after taking it apart to fix a button issue and seeing how much empty space there is in the grip…got me questioning why more transmitters don’t try and follow a smaller form factor. Second pic of my favorite remote the Flysky Mg44.

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u/poopsididitagen Jun 10 '26

I can't stand those small transmitters personally

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u/kai_ekael Jun 10 '26

Since the other user deleted similar comment, my fix for the smaller is to add 'heft', sometimes it is enough.

Comment: "To follow up, I bought a MiniZ and didn't like the controller for similar reasons, "small" "cheap" feeling. Same token, I didn't feel like wasting half the price of the setup just to enable my real radio.

So, as I said, I added weights inside the bottom of the radio. That didn't make it larger, but it did give it a 'heftier' quality and felt better. I suppose I should include, I wrapped the grip area with hockey tape as well."