nitrosportsandrunner

a buddy of mine just got a scx10 with a 3m racing winch. but the radio is the stock axial 2ch radio.

i assume that he needs a radio with 3channel switch that has 3 positions.
but and i wrong? would a traxxas tq3 radio from a emaxx work? it's 3rd channel is a 2 position switch.

mudbucket72

im not too sure but i think u may need a 3 position switch .. 1 for off 1 for lead and 1 for retracting.. i could be wrong??

nitrosportsandrunner

thats what i was thinking as well

ImpalaPolicePack

i think there is a mod for the tq radio to replace the 2 position switch by a 3 position.

bigloudvtwin

Yes you can mod a traxxas TQ3 for that. I just did one for my crawler so I could run the DIG. Just another toggle switch and a small amount of soldering.

nitrosportsandrunner

i know of that mod, i have done it before.
just didnt know if a 3p switch was needed for a winch or not.

evaderlover

can u use a 3 channel radio if you only have 2 channels you are using Ive always wonderd about that  i need a new radio thinking of a venom vr3s 3 channel

ImpalaPolicePack

yes you can, and look for a fly-sky GT-3B

mudbucket72

dont order it off of hobby partz their out of stock at least thats what they told me  i just ordered mine and looks like ill be waiting a month or 2 b4 i get it

nitrosportsandrunner

i recently bought the GT-3(more expensive one) and it will come in the mail in 2 days.
once i have played with the settings i will know how the 3rd channel can be setup.
they have the GT-3 in stock.

evaderlover

OK HERES THE KICKER FLY SKY HAS THE FS-GT3B  IF YOU GO ON HOBBY KING THEY HAVE THE SAME RADIO CHEAPER BUT IT HAS HOBBY KINGS LOGO ON IT SO IM CONFUSED SO IS THIS A SCAM BY HOBBY KING OR DO THEY OWN STOCK IN FLY SKY I SAW THIS AND FREAKED OUT SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS SHOULD I GET IT FROM HOBBY PARTZ OR HOBBY KING VERY CONFUSED ?

evaderlover

DOES THE GT3 HAVE THE TEN MODEL MEMORY ?

nitrosportsandrunner

no, 8 model memory.
honestly, im not sure why the gt-3 cost more than the gt-3b. i only bought the gt-3 cause i didnt want to wait for the cheaper one to get back in-stock.
and $60 for a 2.4ghz radio with 8 model memory-abs-expo and other nice features aint bad.
i have a few redcats(which use re-branded flysky radios) and some other rc's with flysky 2.4 rx's in them, and i wanted 1 radio for all of them.

ImpalaPolicePack

gt3-b is 50$ on ebay, 2 weeks to canada.

evaderlover

sweet  has any one figured out how hobby king has the same radio but with there logo on it i still havent figured it out yet they have a baja 5b with there name on it too and its way cheaper then hpis version but i think its the same 5b whats up with hobby king ? i dont know if i want to shop there 

nitrosportsandrunner

yeh, i knew that. i got the gt3 off hobbypartz also cause i needed a couple of their cheap servos. i couldnt find a ebay seller who had the gt3b and some good high torque servos for the same total cost.

nitro stan

you have to have the controller with the winch also, without it you wont be able to run it with the radio.
i use the vr3 that came with my safari to run a winch. i just use the servo reverse to change directions on it.
the push button controller has a 3 position switch on it, 1 is out, 1 is neutral(3rd channel control) last is retract. i power it through the 4th channel power and ground from my rx, its plenty strong on 6 volts

nitrosportsandrunner

its all re-branding!
that is NOT a hpi baja tho. its made in a factory over seas, and is nearly identical to the HPI design. but the motor and materials are different.
you can get the same thing also under the Rovan and King Motors name. i had a king motors version. not bad for the money.

many things, like those hpi clones, the cheaper 2.4 radios and many lipo are all made in overseas factories and then companies re-brand(or put their name on it) and sell it.

even the big companies take part in this to some degree. i have a hpi radio that is the same as a axial ax10 radio. neither company makes the radio. they are made in some factory and bought by HPI and axial....who slap some stickers on it.

it may seem strange, but it actually helps keep prices decent. if every Rc company and online shop had to manufactor every part themselves, then prices would go way up.

Muskokarc

Yes re branding is popular among allot of products out there you would be surprised who really made that dvd or blue ray player you may have.

nitrosportsandrunner

got the GT3 radio today.

but things didnt go well.

bound it to my earthquake 8e. while trying to adjust the throttle trims the truck took off WOT, hit my hand and then the wall.
no damage to the truck, but my hand is sore and the radio was in said hand.
radio did not fair well[:@]

i have onwed many a radio, but this sucker was confusing to try and program. and it came with NO manual! I know the price was cheap, but come on!

mudbucket72

ouch sorry to see that.. every time i adjust the trims i always set my truck so no wheels are touching the ground beacuse ive had somethin similar happen to me all though nothing broke when it happend to me i just had to run about 50yds to get my truck lol

PS. it looks like a little glue would do that thing wonders

evaderlover

ouch same has happend to me with old radio the truck smacked a wall  my poor baby was totaled caught a bad signal or somthing

nitrosportsandrunner

the thing is adjusting the trim should not have made the truck suddenly go WOT!

i may be able to glue the thing back, but i think buttons got knocked around inside. i dont think it will ever work right now.

evaderlover

if there is a will there is a way  

zman5000

i used an old futaba 3pd radio and the winch works fine, the 3pmx radio i bought used didn't even work so the place i bought it from is going to have it repaired. more on that later.