Indeed. The primary reasons for developing the C6C and C12C product
lines over 10 years ago were to (a) reduce the cost of tank combat
electronics and (b) allow use of the highly ergonomic game pad. To that
end, those products were very successful, being used by over 500
hobbyists around the world, with only a handful of issues ever reported.
But, electronic products have a finite lifetime and 10 years is a "long"
run in such worlds. When the C6C was born, 2.4Ghz radios cost a couple
hundred dollars. Now, you can get a 2.4Ghz TX and RX for less than $40.
The 32 servo game pad based controller referenced in this thread is
another example, with a complete solution about 1/2 that of a C12C, game
pad and serial interface. Finally, there are quite a few "free"
solutions from the various microprocessor worlds (Arduino, etc) that
support game pads and control servos and motors.
All of those products reduce the cost of tank combat even further and
some of them support game pads as well, thereby eliminating the need
(and demand) for the C12C. Time spent producing and maintaining the
C12C can now be focused on the next line of revolutionary products ...
but that's another discussion.
On 12/5/2016 5:49 PM, Joe Sommer wrote:
Apparently Cheap Control Systems (CCS) can no longer compete with cheap
Chinese stuff (CCS).
Joe (designed and built the original C6C)
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