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I have an Airtronics CS2P radio and the foam rubber on the transmitter steering wheel has dried out and is going to start falling apart soon. Has anyone replaced this material before and what did you use? It is currently some kind of foam material but I suppose some kind of rubber would be ok too. I'm not really trying to "restore" it. I simply want to make it functional.

Thanks,
tbfoto

airtronics sells foams for replacements still, call them, they charged me like 6 bucks a year ago

I did find this.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGBK5&P=7

I wonder if it would work.

I'm pretty sure this is the same one I've used on my XL2P for years:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXS480

It's a tight fit and a bit tough to get on (hint - use Windex), but I've always liked the feel of it. It's still in good shape after 15 or so years.

tbfoto wrote:I did find this.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGBK5&P=7

I wonder if it would work.

The Traxxas radios are OK but this is by far the worst thing about them in my opinion. Too spongy for me...

The kimbrough ones are bomb-proof. I quit using them for racing though, sometimes your fingers get all wrapped up because of the finger notches.

templeofspeed wrote:The kimbrough ones are bomb-proof. I quit using them for racing though, sometimes your fingers get all wrapped up because of the finger notches.

When I first saw that post I thought "OH that would be great for racing" but I think you may be right. I can see it causing some problems for racing feel.

I do however think it would be ok for what I'm looking for on this radio just to bash with.

tbfoto

some of the local dirt oval guys around here just use foam tire donuts and glue them on. i have seen some guys leave them large and untrued, some true them down to a personal preference. some even use old rears that still have the traction grooves in them, thoes look cool.

I recently bought an adaptor for my old KO radio to take a Tamiya wheel,dont know if anything is available for Airtronics though.