Euro dump truck

[Digger_Bear]

Originally Posted by Midtown

How many channels do I need to build a truck like this? I like the price point of the DX6i. Is a 6 channel radio enough if I want to run a MFU?

If your buying a radio maybe look at the FlySky FS-TH9X or Turnigy 9X (both same basically) and come with 8 channel receiver and when you get use to it quite flexible with programming. Or if you've a bit more to spend the Turnigy 9XR Pro is the updated version.

Like Rimrock said the Tamiya MFU isn't that good and was the first thing I changed on my Tamiya truck. I won't say what I swapped it with as I sell them and don't want to break any rules.

For your information this is what came in the in my Hercules tipper

http://www.wtbcar.com/shopping/index...product_id=136

It does speed control, and sounds. Looking at instructions it does have a tipper hydraulic pump control output but it doesn't give any details.

It appears to have good slow speed control but the truck does have planetary gears so really low ratio so that might hide low end speed control

http://www.wtbcar.com/shopping/index...product_id=356

and a lighting system like this, I can't find the right one now but there is a version which also has a reverse buzzer.

[RCP57]

I am not a radio guru by any means so take this with a grain of salt. Since re-entering the hobby a few years ago I have been using Spektrum radios(DX6i-DX8). I recently bought a 9X for an upcoming customer project because it was affordable with lots of options. I hadn't taken it out of the box but found another one used locally for a good price so I bought it for my own use. After trying to program the 9X I can honestly say that for me at least it is a pain in the @ss compared to the Spektrum. It has features and is really cheap but I will spend more and buy another Spektrum next time. Like I said, I am not very smart with programming so I am sure it is a breeze for some(9X) but not for me. I love my DX8. I wish it had more channels but it does everything I need to run all of my equipment mixing hydraulics ect and very user friendly. No matter what radio brand you go with (as there are many options) buy one with more channels than you need. I bought the DX6i think 6 was plenty to run a truck and then I built a track loader the needed more proportional channels so in came the DX8. 8 channels is just enough to run an excavator but more would be nice...

Just my 2 cents.

Reg