I was thinking of buying the Tactic 850 transmitter from Motion and I noticed they were no longer showing it in their inventory, so l sent them a message and they replied that Hobbico is no longer making them. So I went to the Hobbico website and sure enough they have discontinued it. I hope they are planning a replacement I sure like the Tactic 650 I've had for four years.
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I have two of them I train new pilots with (wireless buddy connection) and love them, I have a new Spektrum DX8 and a Futaba J8 but I mostly use the Tactics. -
We had no idea they were going to discontinue this radio as it was a fairly new release for them and seemed to work just fine. Not sure if there is any replacement in the near future coming from Hobbico.Comment
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Just seeing this now! This is disconcerting news...to hear that there are no more Tactic 850 Tx being made. I use one exclusively with Tactic Res' and have always had great reliability and performance from them. All my birds fly on Tactic gear.Comment
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I had bought a Tactic six channel computer radio, and I liked it a lot. The Tx was light and a good shape for a one hand grip for DLGs, I thought the sticks were as smooth as butter, switches seemed of decent quality, the link was bullet proof, the receivers would work perfectly on a 1S LiPo, and prices were very reasonable. The only thing lacking was flight modes (conditions). I was pumped for the 8 channel, as the prerelease advertising said it'd have flight modes, but when it came out it did NOT. I feel that flight modes are a necessity for any radio I buy, so I sold all my Tactic stuff and returned to Spektrum. Been happy so far. If Tactic would come out with an upscale 8 or 9 channel Tx with flight modes It'd be an attractive offering.Comment
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I may be wrong but it feels like Tactic is focusing on non-computer/simple radios or going away completely. We've decided we are no longer going to carry the brand because we don't want any more customers to buy into a brand which may not be around much longer. The Tactic product offerings are getting very thin and it is impossible to get a straight story about the brand. We hope to offer a better alternative soon.Comment
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It's sad they got away from the computer radios, I have two 850s that I use to train with (wireless) and probably 60% of my planes are on my Tactic transmitters...I also use a Futaba J8 and Spektrun DX8.Comment
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Man this really stinks I started out on tactic and still using them I also have spectrum. I guess as I get new planes they will be spectrum.Comment
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Tactic 850 for sale, off site. Just happened to spot this on RCG. This is not my sale, just posting in case anyone is interested.
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It really is too bad. We initially had high hopes for the Tactic brand. At this point I'm not holding my breath for a brand turn around and we are investigating some better alternatives. More on that later.Comment
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