Originally Posted by bjon

Is there an address available for the new repair center? I have a xg14 that needs some work.
Thanks

Straight from the JR webpage
https://www.deeforce.net/service-and-repairs


DFA Service Center is now open in Champaign, Illinois!!!



Please fill out the PDF form below and email to:

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DFA Service Center
P.O. Box 8001
Champaign, IL 61826
Ph: 217-369-2854
Email: Service@deeforce.net

Thank you.

The ONE Big thing that may keep us from switching back to JR! The price of receivers! i have many planes and not willing to pay the high prices for receivers. At the asking price JR wants for its receivers I will stay with my Airtronics

Just curious, what do new Airtronics RXs go for these days?

JR and Futaba RX's are a premium product with a price that is inline with their quality.

Hobby King has low prices RX options. They are the most expensive if you include the planes that return to the pits in a garbage bag due to "radio issues." This is not speculation, I have seen it many times before.

Originally Posted by Judge

Just curious, what do new Airtronics RXs go for these days?

the 6 is around 60.00 and the 10 is around 76 rounded in price at Amain.


I do understand the pain of changing radio brands.


I sold off all my Airtronics gear to help cover some of my JR rx purchase.


On a note that 5150flyer commented on


Do I trust Travis and J (who I have interacted with at DFA) or do I trust Serpant USA or Desoto racing who ever it is...


Ill pay the extra money any day.


editing this post as I don't want to keep posting new posts about airtronics on the jr dfa thread


the way I understand it when hobby people closed doors the airtronics name was theirs so it went back to Sanwa and is being distributed as Sanwa. They are still from what I recall strong in the rc car world (telemetry etc etc) so Serpant USA / Desoto racing took over the distributorship but don't count on much support at all in the rc air department.

Originally Posted by apriliamille

the 6 is around 60.00 and the 10 is around 76 rounded in price at Amain.

Interesting considering Airtronics folded a few years ago.

I wanna know if he change his screen name to DFAMan or JrMan!?!

Originally Posted by Judge

Interesting considering Airtronics folded a few years ago.

Airtronics did not fold they just changed distributors.

My mistake then. So who distributes then now? They were "THE" radio in soaring for decades. Not seen one at either a soaring field or regular flying site for a very long time.?

Bill check out AMain hobbies. Who knew????

Originally Posted by Judge

My mistake then. So who distributes then now? They were "THE" radio in soaring for decades. Not seen one at either a soaring field or regular flying site for a very long time.?

Serpent RC located in Florida handles them in the usa now. I agree you don't see many at flying sites anymore I just retired mine a few weeks ago and was the only one using Airtronics. As for the airplane radios I think the SD10G with the 10 channel receiver has one of the most solid links
out there.

Wow congratulations and good luck on your new venture!! On a side note,how about bringing your Christen Eagle back into production?!

WELL,, I spent a lot of money to equip my giant scale planes with JR systems, Xbus, and JR Servos, Then when JR PROPO went bankrupt I began selling all my JR equipment. I was very disappointed in the JR 8711 and 8911 servos, especially since they were not Brushless but carried a Brushless servo price Also had disappointing results with some of their Telemetry Sensors.

I don’t predict they will be successful this time around UNLESS they offer Real Value by offering competitive pricing with at least equal quality.

Bottom line for me, I got off the JR ROLLER COASTER and don’t intend to go back.

I have two 35 percent fitted with the new s-8911 coreless servos and they are fantastic completely blow away the mks they replaced. The new receivers work perfectly just like the for lack of a better description original ones. I am building a 43 percent with the same s-8911 servos and the new eight channel mated for dual receivers