I am really a car driving maniac and like so it comes into rc touring cars because I believe this style has the grand challenge to offer up to now. Anyway what I mean is that I saw some rc drivers with F1 models that use the old school Transmitter with two sticks, one for throttle and brake goes vertical and other for steering goes horizontal. Could this one help me on the rc driving if I just manage to set my practise on it?

Not many today's starters will choose a stick transmitter because all RTR models come with a pistol.
Mainly the older drivers which are started very young grew up with sticks and becaused they are used to it they still do run them.

Not much drivers do switch between the 2 although many drivers can drive with the other type but are not fast enough because they are not really used to it.

If a stick is better for you ...I know stick radio users can drive. I prefer a pistol grip radio. But many of my original rc where stick..

I'd stick with what you used to learn RC. If you're a beginner, you can choose I guess.

A race mate of me switched transmitters after racing a pistol transmitter for a few years because the though stick was superior and the fast drivers like Ongaro drive with a stick. Basically it took him a year to be as fast as with pistol radio. So 12 months of racing and he isn't any faster.
I'm sure that if he raced 12 months with a pistol transmitter that he was used to, he would have improved.

My first transmitter was a stick I think it was an Airtronics..
I have had only two or so stick transmitters. I like them, just never really associated them for particular purpose besides air craft or boats.
If I had a good stick transmitter today, I would probably use it..

I started with a stick radio back in 1986, I would eventually upgrade to a pistol grip and found the steering to be a lot easier to control with the pistol grip, it's really a preference. A friend had permanently lost use of one hand so I converted an aircraft radio over to drive her car with a single stick, which worked, but our lap times were horrible, she would eventually quit racing altogether because she couldn't make the adjustment to stick and still be competitive, I don't blame her.

Pistol grip radios here. All I have ever used. Always wanted to try a stick radio, though. Availability, expense and compatibility has held be back thus far. Be interesting to find a comparison study on surface stick radios somewhere to help in the decision making process and resolution of [possible] compatibility issues with pistol grip transmitter/receiver packages.

A lot depends on where you are in the world. Here in the US, pistol grips are the go-to. Asia, stick radios prevail-at least they used to. I got my start in RC while posted to Korea. LHS in Seoul did not even stock a pistol grip on the shelves. Stick was all they would sell me. Ended up mail-ordering a pistol grip from stateside.

Hope this helps. Cheers. 'AC'

All surface stick radios share the same technology als the pistol grip but mostly the devellopment of pistol is ahead of the stick. The latest Sanwa Exces is like the latest M12 while there is a M17. KO I believe is not doing much with their Esprit model, the Futaba T4GRS is based on the 4PLS and the Futaba T7XC (I have) is based on the 7PX
Differences between stick and pistol? A friend can run both but like the pistol more. On tight cornery tracks he like to use sticks. He explained that with pistol most people steer from the wrist, that is a lot of mass to move so it is slow. Good drivers only steer with only the fingers. He is right that with stick you can not make that error, only the thumb has to move and for sure with short sticks there is a faster move which is shown when going through a fast chicane.

Not true. As I mentioned, sticks is something ancient with which people grew up, all arround the wourld you see many older people with sticks and almost all young people with pistol. Older people who switched to pistol have done that due the fact there was (and still is) less choice on the market and all good stick radios are expensive.

Note he is currently the #2 driver in the world:
https://www.top25rc.com/nitro-buggy


The #1 driver (Jared Tebo) uses pistol grip:





You can be just as fast with either system with enough practice, it just comes down to preference... I am definitely faster with a pistol grip, no question for me.

That proves pistol is better? Collari is 9 tmes WC with sticks. Groskamp is a WC inner and many ETS, ENS, EC winner with sticks. Balestri is WC winner with sticks and the list goes on......

Thanks. It seems I have to give it a try but my stick tx use some old kind of binding plugs and won't just connect to the electronics I have. I hope some day to find what is best because here I got fairly both opinions. This hobby progress to better results but human health or beliefs is a more personal choice to always trust an innovation. Also i hope there is some new technology to get more people into hobby.

and what electronics do you have that wont connect to the rx you have?

KO makes a hybrid, pistol grip, with a stick attachment in place of the wheel. Looks funky but id love to try one someday.

I think it boils down to regional marketing. Here in the US, it’s the pistol radios that were marketed extensively, and as a result, what sold primarily. My very first radio was an entry level Futaba stick radio that I used with my first buggy, a Tamiya Grasshopper. All my radios after that were pistol grip, because the available surface stick radios at the time remained entry level, while you had many more options with pistol grip radios.

in Asia and Europe, however, you had more options. I’m not sure how much surface stick radios are sold and marketed today in those regions, but obviously, there are some top European drivers using them, and I have no doubt that there are probably some Asian drivers as well, if they are still popular there.