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Sanwa Electronic

Coordinates:34°40′19″N135°37′21″E / 34.67205°N 135.622603°E /34.67205; 135.622603
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34°40′19″N135°37′21″E / 34.67205°N 135.622603°E /34.67205; 135.622603

Sanwa Denshi
Native name
三和電子機器株式会社
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
Sanwa
FoundedAugust 1959 (1959-08)
HeadquartersHigashiōsaka,,
Key people
Seiji Suzuki
Products
  • Radio-controlled transmitters
  • Remote control devices
Revenue60 million yen
Total assets3.1 billion yen (2013)
Number of employees
80
ParentSMC Group
SubsidiariesAirtronics
Websitewww.sanwa-denshi.co.jp
www.airtronics.net

Sanwa Denshi (三和電子機器株式会社,Sanwa denshi kiki kabushiki kaisha), widely known asSanwa, is a brand of wireless equipment best known for its high end radio-control gear for scale modelling use. The company have been a subsidiary of the SMC Group since 1965 and began to diversify into the manufacturing of radio-control equipment (transmitters and the devices which they control) in 1974 andremote control devices for home and industrial use since 1985.

In North America, Sanwa transmitters were marketed asAirtronics up until early 2016, which began as an independent company producingmodel airplanes.

History

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Sanwa, originally as part of Sansei Electric Industry, specialized in the research and development ofremote control devices in 1959. It merged with Sanwa Denki Manufacturing in 1965 and then became part of the SMC Group. In January 1974, Sanwa entered production and sales of transmitters for radio-controlled models and in December, became a member of the Japan Radio Control Model Industrial Association (JRM).[1]

In 1975, Sanwa became a division on its own, with an office in Tokyo. In August that year it launched its first radio-controlled transmitter, the Mini Propo, and in 1976, Sanwa became an independent company. Its M-sechs wheeled transmitter was the recipient of the Good Design Award in 1990.[1] In 1985, Sanwa diversified into the production of remote controls for domestic and industrial purposes.[2]

Due to its reputation in the radio-controlled modeling industry, its main competitor isFutaba.[3]KO Propo andSpektrum.

Airtronics

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Airtronics logo (1970s-2016)

F. Lee Renaud began his hobby in model aviation in 1942 with aJoe Ott kit; he began to fly competitively in 1947.[4] While recovering from a heart attack in 1970, Renaud used his medical leave from his office-equipment company job to build radio-controlled airplanes.[3] He formed Airtronics in 1971 to build and sell model airplanes and radio remote-control devices. In his first year, he turned over $40,000.[3] Renaud earned a reputation with model aircraft such as the "Olympic", "Aquila", "Grand Esprit" and "Sagitta", amongst others. In 1980, he introduced the XL transmitter.[4] Renaud died in January 1983, and his wife Barbara took over the company.[3]

In 1982, realizing that his company wouldn't expand on its own without financial backing, Renaud took on a partnership with Sanwa, which bought an undisclosed large stake in the company while the family retained a controlling interest. Under the agreement, the Renauds built airplanes whilst Sanwa took charge of manufacturing radio-controlled transmitters for the Renauds to distribute. As a result, Airtronics increased its sales from less than $1 million in 1983 to $3 million in 1985, and to $8 million in 1989 with a staff of 18 employees.[3]

The company continued as a family business until 2007 when Global Hobby Distributors took over distributorship. Following businessrestructuring in Japan, the distributor announced that their partnership came to an end in 2016 and the brand will itself be discontinued although still continuing under a new distributor,Serpent America, as Sanwa.[5][6][7]

The library ofAcademy of Model Aeronautics'sNational Model Aviation Museum is named after Renaud.[4] Sanwa'sAquila 6 is named after his airplane.

Accolades

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The Airtronics Caliber 3PS (known internationally as theSanwa M-zechs) became the first of twelve consecutiveRadio Control Car Action's Readers' Choice Award for Best Transmitter in 1996 by Airtronics; eight of those was achieved by its successor, theM8.[8]

IFMAR World Championship winners

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Following is a list of users who won theIFMAR World Championships, a biennial world championship for radio-controlled cars, using Sanwa/Airtronics transmitters.

YearClassNameModelReport
19851/10 Off-Road StockUnited States Jay HalseyAirtronics XL2PReport
19851/10 Off-Road UnlimitedUnited StatesGil Losi, Jr.Airtronics XL2PReport
19871/8 IC TrackUnited States Pete FuscoAirtronicsReport
19901/8 Off-RoadJapan Koji Sanada[9]Sanwa Machine-1Report
19911/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited StatesCliff Lett[10]Airtronics CS2PReport
19921/12 On-RoadUnited StatesTony NeisingerAirtronics Caliber 3PReport
1992PRO 10United States Joel Johnson[11]Airtronics CS2PReport
19921/8 Off-RoadJapan Kunihiro Toge[12]Sanwa M-zechsReport
19931/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited StatesBrian Kinwald[13]Airtronics CS2PReport
19951/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited States Matt Francis[14]Airtronics Caliber 3PSReport
19951/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited StatesMark Pavidis[14]Airtronics CS2P
1996PRO 10United StatesMike Swauger[15]Airtronics Caliber 3PS
19971/8 IC TrackItalyLamberto CollariSanwa
19971/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited StatesBrian KinwaldAirtronics Caliber 3PSReport
19991/10 Off-Road 4WDFinland Jukka Steenari[16]Sanwa M8Report
20001/10 IC 235mm Touring CarGermanyMichael SalvenReport
20011/8 IC TrackJapan Kenji OsakaSanwa M8
20021/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited StatesMatt FrancisAirtronics M8Report
20021/10 Off-Road 4WDFinland Jukka SteenariSanwa M8
20021/10 IC 235mm Touring CarUnited States Brian Berry[17]Airtronics M8Report
20031/8 IC TrackItalyLamberto Collari[18]Sanwa
20031/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited States Billy EastonAirtronics M8Report
20041:10 ISTCGermanyMarc Rheinard[19]Sanwa M8Report
20041/10 IC Touring CarFrance Adrien Bertin[20]
20031/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited StatesRyan CavalieriAirtronics M11Report
20051/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited States Ryan Cavalieri[21]Airtronics M11Report
20051/8 IC TrackItalyLamberto CollariSanwa Super EXES
20061/10 IC Touring CarJapan Keisuke Fukuda[22]Report
20071/5 Touring CarDenmark Martin LissauSanwa M11
20071/8 IC TrackItalyLamberto Collari
20081/10 IC Touring CarItaly Daniele IelasiReport
20081:10 ISTCGermanyMarc Rheinard[23]Sanwa M11Report
20091/8 IC TrackItalyLamberto Collari[24]Sanwa EXZES Plus
20091/10 Off-Road 2WDGermany Martin AchterSanwa M11XReport
20091/10 Off-Road 4WDGermany Martin AchterSanwa M11X
20101/12 On-RoadJapanNaoto Matsukura[25]Sanwa M11XReport
20101:10 ISTCGermanyMarc Rheinard[26]Sanwa M11XReport
20111/8 IC TrackGermany Robert Pietsch[27]Sanwa EXZES-X
20111/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited StatesRyan Cavalieri[28]Airtronics M11XReport
20111/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited StatesRyan Cavalieri[28]Airtronics M11X
20121/12 On-RoadJapanNaoto Matsukura[29]Sanwa M12Report
20121:10 ISTCNetherlandsJilles Groskamp[30]Sanwa EXZES-XReport
20121/10 IC Touring CarThailand Meen Vejrak[31]Sanwa M12Report
20131/8 IC TrackJapan Tadahiko Sahashi[32]Sanwa M12
20141/8 Off-RoadCanadaTy Tessmann[12]Airtronics M12Report
20141/12 On-RoadGermanyMarc Rheinard[33]Sanwa M12Report
20141:10 ISTCJapanNaoto Matsukura[34]Sanwa M12Report
20141/10 IC Touring CarSweden Alexander Hagberg[35]Sanwa M12Report
20151/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited States Spencer Rivkin[36]Airtronics M12SReport
20151/10 Off-Road 4WDPortugal Bruno Coelho[37]Sanwa M12S
20161/10 IC Touring CarGermany Dominic Greiner[38]Sanwa M12
20161/12 On-RoadJapanNaoto MatsukuraSanwa M12S
20161:10 ISTCGermanyRonald Völker [de][39]Sanwa M12S
20161/8 Off-RoadSweden David Ronnefalk[40]Sanwa M12S
20171/8 IC TrackItalyDario BalestriSanwa EXZES-ZZ
20171/10 Off-Road 2WDUnited StatesRyan Maifield[41]Sanwa M12SReport
20171/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited StatesRyan Maifield[41]Sanwa M12S
20171/5 Touring CarArgentina Santiago MeirinhosSanwa M12
20181/12 On-RoadSweden Alexander HagbergSanwa M12S
20181:10 ISTCPortugal Bruno CoelhoSanwa M12S
20181/10 IC Touring CarJapanNaoto MatsukuraSanwa M12S
20181/8 Off-RoadItaly Davide Ongaro[42]Sanwa EXZES-ZZ
20191/10 Off-Road 4WDPortugal Bruno CoelhoSanwa M17Report
20191/8 IC TrackJapan Shoki Takahata[43]Sanwa M17
20201/12 On-Road StockUnited Kingdom Andy MurraySanwa EXZES-ZZ
20201/12 On-RoadGermanyMarc Rheinard[44]Sanwa M12SReport
20201/8 IC GTGermany Jörn NeumannSanwa M17
20221/8 Off-RoadItaly Davide Ongaro[45]Sanwa EXZES-ZZ
20221:10 ISTCPortugal Bruno Coelho[46]Sanwa M17
20221/10 IC Touring CarJapan Tadahiko Sahashi[47]Sanwa M17
20231/10 Off-Road 2WDItaly Davide Ongaro[48][49]Sanwa EXZES-ZZ
20231/10 Off-Road 4WDUnited States Tater Sontag[49][50]Sanwa M12S
20231/8 IC TrackItalyDario Balestri[51]Sanwa EXZES-ZZ

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