User:Donnie Park/Sanwa M12

Sanwa M12, known in North America as the Airtronics M12, is a radio-controlled surface transmitter by Sanwa Electronic for competition use. The M12 is the successor of the Sanwa M11x. As part of the M series wheeled transmitter that began in 1984, the M12 was introduced during the 2012 IFMAR 1/12 On-Road World Championship, where it won used by Naoto Matsukura

The M12 is the second transmitter by Sanwa after the MT-4 to feature telemetry

at the ISTC Worlds that followed it, the M12 was used in the A-main final by Matsukura and Christopher Krapp, where they finished 4th and 7th respectively.

Ty Tessmann used the M12 to help Sanwa to achieve its first 1/8 off-road title since 1992 http://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/news/report/ifmar_112th_world_championship_2014.html http://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/news/report/ifmar_istc_110_ep_world_championship_2014.html http://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/news/report/mr_alexander_hagberg_110gp-t_world_champion_comments.html http://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/news/report/ifmar_110_ic_touring_car_world_championship_2014.html

http://www.petitrc.com/Tech/RCCA_OptimizingTheM12/ http://www.bigsquidrc.com/airtronics-m12s-transmitter/ http://www.bigsquidrc.com/sanwa-limited-edition-40th-anniversary-m12-transmitter/

2012 IFMAR 1/12 On-Road World Championship 2014 IFMAR 1/12 On-Road World Championship

An updated version of the M12, the M12S, was unveiled on May 2015, since then it was used to win both 2WD and 4WD class of the 2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship

http://www.neobuggy.net/2014/09/27/under-the-world-champs-hood/

Reception
RC Driver magazine drew comparison of its styling to a M16 rifle

M12 40th Anniversary
intended to be a special production version to celebrate Sanwa's 40th anniversary in radio-controlled

M12S
The M12S is an updated version of the M12

one of the most significant changes is that it boasts a 30% faster response rate to the M12

http://driftmission.com/sanwa-m12-radio-control/ http://www.redrc.net/2014/05/sanwa-m12-40th-anniversary-edition-radio/ http://www.redrc.net/2012/04/sanwaairtronics-m12-transmitter/