I've been considering buying a turnigy3XS radio system. Has anyone had any experience with it? And also a good place to buy three of them? Hobby king is on back order with these.

pretty sure turnigy stuff is only sold by hobbyking. if it's on backorder in the usa warehouse try the gobal warehouse. but expect to pay more shipping and longer shipping time

Has anyone ventured into this radio and hacking it??

No one taken a leap of faith and used this radio?
I don't remember the differences off hand, but is this a clone of the DX3R or S?

I'm recently getting back into the hobby, needing a radio (would love a Dx3R btw) ... and it is only 50bucks...

Anyone got some real experience with this radio?

Turnigy 3XS

You may want to try the thread for this radio at the Ultimaterc.com forum. There are quite a few posters over there who have used this radio. You may get more and better feedback there.

says its in stock in the usa

Thought I'd post in here since had typed this in the it4 thread. I just ordered one for guy at work who's getting started in r/c. Out of the box it did not work at all, luckily had read in the comments where someone had an issue with the 2.4 board being unplugged. I gave it a try and sure enough the wires are short and it pulls on the 2.4 board. It was partially unplugged. The next issue is the roller. It rolls about 1/2 a turn easily, then gets difficult, 1/2 turn easy then difficult. What ends up happening is as you roll it hits the difficult spot and its super easy to push in so it selects instead of scrolls. I took it back apart and everything seems fine, its just something with the roller mechanism. It's pretty aggravating though, you have to be very slow and careful selecting and scrolling. The radio does feel, and work fine, the housing is a clone of a 3x or 3r. Kinda minor but it does have an annoying beep when you turn on, and the backlight doesn't stay on very long.