[Gee]

The DX3R is a nice transmitter. The large led and roll button/selector on the back make navagaiting the menus and selecting options a snap with one hand. It looks cool and feels good to me. That was the main reason I bought one. One problem I have with it is the wheel is farther from the grip or angled differently. Most standard controllers I can reach the steering wheel with my thumb and operated (crazy stuff and WOT excluded) the rc with just one hand. This one is a real stretch to do that safely. I would say it pretty durable in a sense. I knocked mine off the workbench. The outside casing broke into several peices and some wires came disconnected from the board. It looked like a complete loss. I ended up buying the only other DSM tx the lhs had that day to run all my recently converted rx. So ended up with a dx3 which is nice to have another rx that can run the dsm receivers. I was able to patch the DX3R back together and resolder the wires that come loose during the humpty dumpty impersonation. The led came back to life and it's working great still. So I would say the internals are strong but the case isn't as structurly solid as the older sytle dx3 in my experience. The weak part seems to be where the hanlde attaches to the oversized top. I have gotten into the habbit of laying it down now instead of having it standing up. I did have a problem last winter (before the drop) that I lost the LED when it was below freezing out. Haven't had any other issues or glitching with the dx3r. Works well with all my rc's electric or nitro and a boat that hasn't sunk yet.