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Electronics tech Anything to do with the electronics in a model. Lights, Radio, ESC, Servo, Basic electrical. |
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help with choosing the right radio
okay i have been out of the r/c game for awhile now, but going to get back in it this year with semis. which i am also interested in a excavator as well(thinking at current market the liebherr 944b(from premacon, like the idea of quick attachment stuff) but also looking at running either a dump truck or dump trailer or both.so basically trying to keep controller count down to a minimum, or at least one controller for the 2 trucks i want.
so ill type cliff notes of functions i am wanting/knowing i'm gonna need add more that i maybe forgetting truck channel 1:throttle/brake channel 2(3 position):transmission channel 3:steering channel 4:?want lights and sound but pretty sure that stuffs just tied in with the receiver connections to the various things but assuming the lights take a channel to turn on and off? channel 5: something for the dump bed/trailer am i missing anything for a truck what about the excavator?(i am sure i'll need more for that. excavator channel 1: left track channel 2: right track channel 3: bucket channel 4: cabin rotation channel 5: boom in/out channel 6: boom down/up channel 7: lights(possibly even on/off toggle switch mounted on machine) channel 8?: ditch bucket left and right amything else?does the quick coupler require anything? Last edited by weemanch; 01-28-2014 at 01:59 AM. |
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Re: help with choosing the right radio
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The quick release is manual, via a small allen bolt. I'd suggest a spektrum dx10 or dx18 if you don't like tray type radios
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Re: help with choosing the right radio
Is there anything else to add for a truck?
For the dump bed/trailer, i would like to do a screw type siccor lift?(hope i worded that clearly) and the dump bed i'd like it to be a hydraulic lift. So for the one itd be a on off switch or would the screw drive be 3 position switch? The hydraulic one would be same plus add a pump switch. Last edited by weemanch; 01-28-2014 at 11:54 AM. |
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which by the sounds of it i should be able to get away with a 6 channel and should be fine with all my trucks that i have planned? which i am thinking a dx6 then. whats differents on the modes etc? Last edited by weemanch; 01-28-2014 at 06:50 PM. |
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I would say the DX10 or DX18, bite the bullet now or latter but it will be cheaper now then buying a cheaper smaller radio that you will outgrow quickly and then end up buying the bigger radio.
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I maybe an oddball here but I like the rc4wd 4 channel radio. $89 and you get a radio that is commonly used for r/c cars. It has the steering knob. Thats what i like with the car style radios....It also has ch 3 and 4 both on a 3 position switch. I use ch 4 for shifting the three speed transmission and ch 3 for operation of the dump bed via a speed controller... Yes there are far more whizzy radios but the simplicity and cost of it makes me like them. The down sides to this radio is it still used as batteries.
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