12-18-2011, 04:08 AM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: England
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| advice/help with radio?
Hi I just got a RTR dingo yesterday and despite reading the manual for it I can't understand whether I can run a winch off it or not. Because I know you need a 3rd channel. mine says 3ch on the reciever with an empty slot. If that is for the winch how do I use it off my controller??
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12-18-2011, 04:46 AM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Buffalo area
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| Re: advice/help with radio?
The receiver is a 3ch, but the radio is only 2ch. So no, you can not run a winch with the stock radio. Simplest option is to get one of the winches that has its own remote key-fob controler. http://store.rc4wd.com/Bulldog-9300X...ack_p_957.html Last edited by cogfounder; 12-18-2011 at 05:01 AM. |
12-18-2011, 10:26 AM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: England
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Ok thanks! why put a 3ch reciever but not radio?? o well....
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12-18-2011, 11:47 AM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Buffalo area
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It is more cost effective for the manufacturer to design and build only one type of reciever, and the extra channel ports allow you to power the system with a BEC, or run the power leads for lights or a winch, for example, without costly Y, or complicated splitter cables. Aside from that, Axial has a new DIG unit in the works for the Wraith , and I wouldnt be suprised if they put out an RTR with a new 3 channel radio and the DIG included, and they will have the 3 channel recievers in hand already. But thats just speculation on my part..... |
12-18-2011, 02:02 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: advice/help with radio? As cogfounder stated, it's a matter of cost. To design & stock 2 different part numbers of RX's can get expensive. The cost to designing a single part number (in this case a RX) but maybe not using all the bits within is fairly cheap. Look at LosiKid & the hacked FlySky radios. All you really need is different programming to get a lot more out of the radio. |
12-25-2011, 08:02 PM | #6 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Durham, NC, USA
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..there is a note in the RC4WD Bulldog 9300XT Winch (Wireless Version) web page, stating that it is not waterproof.....is there a 1/10th scale winch that is waterproof? What about the 3Racing, is it waterproof?..
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