need some help, advice

[Tinbender]

Originally Posted by dirthalr

I am extremely new to this. I just got a king hauler. Did'nt realize that I would need the steering servo and shifting servo to basically start building the truck. I am confused as to what radio and servos to get. I want to add lights and sound so I plan to get a mfu. Also down the road I'm thinking maybe retractable landing gear, dump trailer, etc. So I want to get the right radio from the get go. Also I'm in a small town no hobby shops so most of it will be internet purchased. I was looking on garden trucking and the 8 channel radio. Would a guy be best to by the heavy duty servo?

Thanks for any input.

I love looking at all the builds on here. Totally amazing

Jimmy

Jimmy,

Welcome aboard.

I am currently building my first truck as well. It is a King Hauler. I too found out that I needed the servos, however I went ahead and started to build the frame until I could get to the hobby shop and buy the radio equipment. I just left the front screws loose so I could back them out to put the servos in later. Once I got the servos, I backed up and built them up as the directions said to do and put them in the frame rails and then continued on. I just finished building and installing the tranny and ready to start with installing some more of the electronoics.

I bought a Futaba 8J radio. It is for aircraft but according to the hobby shop it will work very well with these trucks and gives a lot of room to grow. The Futaba 4 channels are only $25 dollars cheaper, so why not go with the 8 channels. I asked a lot of questions and researched a lot of threads and come to the conclusion to use a "High Torque" servo for the steering and a standard for the tranny shift. The 5th wheel is a smaller sized servo and is also a standard torque servo, but I may not use it for the 5th wheel.

Understand I am by no means an expert on all this radio stuff, but research and questions never hurt anyone, except those who don't ask.

Good luck with your build and keep us informed. Suggest you start a thread in the highway section so we all can follow your build.

T/B