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UK Delivery - Orders over £40: FREE Economy Delivery (Usually Royal Mail 2nd Class). Express? From just £4.95 (Usually Royal Mail Tracked 24 or DPD or Fedex). Saturday? From only £9.95.
Pre-Orders taken now: Tamiya RC Hornby Scalextric Airfix Corgi Oxford - no need to pay until just before release.


Radio Systems


Following a change of regulation in 2015, all Radio Control handsets and receivers now operate on the "crystal free" 2.4ghz wave band.

This has two significant advantages compared to the older 27 / 40 and 49Mhz wave bands sold in the past - no crystals and rarely any interference.

Each radio handset is locked (a process called "Binding") to it's own receiver. You can re-bind the handset to a new receiver, but it will never "accidentally" connect to one it hasn't been bound to. The result is that you can switch on as many radios as you like, and they will only control the model they're bound with. No more checking frequencies and no need to swap crystals around.

The other advantage is that, given 2.4Ghz operates on a much narrower physical radio wave, the handset aerials are only a few inches long, as are the receivers - eliminating the long and easily damaged telescopic aerials previously used.


Great stuff we have recently added...

  • Acoms AB4 Battery Box

    Acoms 4xAA battery enclosure with lead; suitable for powering Receiver and servo in Nitro cars, gliders and sailing boats.   NEW OLD STOCK, [...]

    Added on: 11/05/2007

    Price £2.49

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  • Acoms AQB6 Crystals 40.775 mhz 2Ch AM

    Crystals for 40Mhz 2 Channel AM Radios (E.g. Acoms Techniplus 40Mhz) These crystals come complete with plastic holders to make fitting and removal [...]

    Added on: 11/05/2007

    Price £9.99

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  • Basic Deal Bundle - Etronix Wheel Radio (1 Servo), 1800 Voltz Battery, Slow Charger

    This is a very basic package which can be added to any car kit. Here's what you get: Etronix 2.4Ghz Radio - This is a

    Added on: 10/09/2011

    Price £49.99

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