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Open Hobby
Matt Higgins | Dec 11, 2012 | Comments 10
A new player seems to–forgive the pun but we can’t resist–almost open for business. OpenHobby, out of Korea, has launched its website and the biggest news for RC car guys is that a cool new charger and transmitter seem to be among the items OpenHobby will offer.
The charger, dubbed the Zenith, is a 2-port charger. What we really like about this charger is that is a vertical tower which frees up a lot of bench space and has a cool touch screen.
The SJPROPO TS-4 transmitter is a 4-channel 2.4GHz unit with the same touch screen style display as the Zenith. The radio also features a drop style steering wheel.
UPDATE:
As Dan has pointed out below, OpenHobby is adding more information to its website. The charger is identified as being manufactured by SJPROPO. Also known as just SJ, this company is also located in Korea. The charger is a DC model, so a separate power supply is needed. OpenHobby shows that the charger can handle up to 7S LiPo packs and charge at up to 20 amps. The charger can also test motors and servos. Each of the two charging channels–it can charge two packs at once–has 20 memory profiles.
The charger will be offered as an AC/DC version that includes a matching tower-style power supply.
The OpenHobby website continues to be populated with product including servos and tools.
Learn more here.
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Neat! I wonder how the pricey these things are.
Don’t know yet, but they sure do look cool. We’re looking into finding out more details.
Charger looks awesome…I’m too much in love with my current Tx though
Congrats on the scoop…this is the first I’ve heard of this anywhere.
BTW, I wonder what Propo translates to. Only place I’ve ever seen it is in RC, and this makes 3 Cos now, I think.
Thanks, man
This touch-screen transmitter looks alot better, IMO, than FlySky’s new IT4 touch-screen.
From what I know, Open Hobby is going for a mid- to high-end products, so the expectations should be fairly high
Oh, cool!
Just visited Open hobbys website again and they have put up some specs for the charger!! Looks pretty impressive…if the price point is right ill try one out.
It is certainly very interesting.
If this charger is half as good as the specs claim, it will be one of if not thee most versitile chargers on the market.