What Transmitters and radios do you use?

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What Transmitters and radios do you use?

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Just trying out an elmod Pro Rev "E" and having a few issues when using a Turnigy 9X, so was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for what radio to use.
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Install this in your radio, http://smartieparts.com/shop/index.php? ... cts_id=383 flash decent software from www.er9x.com in it, and you'll have a better radio than some worth 500 euros.
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Turnigy is not a good radio imo. Cheap and nasty.

I use specktrum. Futaba are good also and don’t cost the Earth.
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Turnigy are great radios, I have the 9xr pro and had the old 9x too. What issue are you having with it and your el mod?
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Ad Lav wrote:Turnigy is not a good radio imo. Cheap and nasty.

I use specktrum. Futaba are good also and don’t cost the Earth.
A turnigy 9x with some mods is way better than a spectrum dx10 in almost every aspect (check the price, more than 1.000 bucks.). Im having 24 channels in mine, compatible with all brands out there. It means I could use spectrum receivers if I wanted. More info here: viewtopic.php?f=81&t=24954

And the 9xr pro (as stock) is way better in evert aspect than a stock 9x but it is horrible looking,lol. But also with some cheap mods overruns most of the futabas, spectrum and almost everything out there. Not counting maybe some ultra astronomical and uncommon radios or rare cases like the Taranis.
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Horses for courses - we all have our preferred radios ;)
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The main problem is going forwards and turning (diagonal stick).
Interesting I just bound my fly sky fs6 and it’s the same, yet the fs6 works great on the ibu2u in the KT.
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Ad Lav wrote:Horses for courses - we all have our preferred radios ;)
Is not a matter of what somebody preffers, is a matter of facts, mate. For "basic" models a spectrum is fine, but if you have to program advanced stuff, like this: viewtopic.php?f=81&t=24899&p=236756&hil ... rs#p236756 you need to use another software. ersky9x or opentx. As far as I know, spectrum radios just cant do it. Of course for a stock tamiya tank you can use any cheap or ancient radio.

Regarding the 9x im talking every moment about one modded with a er9x software. I would not use that radio as standard for anything.
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First thing to do is unplug everything from the board except the motors.
Switch the tank on.
Locate the little black button on the board. See the manual for instructions.
https://www.elmod.eu/pdf/Fusion_RevF_english.pdf
The motors will cycle through the track rotation options, take your finger off the button when both tracks are going forwards.
Now the board knows, when the tank is supposed to be going forwards. Watch what happens, the motor wiring or the plugs may be back to front.

Try changing the channels around on the receiver. Your Turnigy is in Mode 1, that means throttle on the right, turret on the left.

Best way to test is with a 4/6 channel radio, just hook up the first four channels on the current receiver to the first four on a non-Turnigy receiver, and test with a non Turnigy tx.

C1 Orange
C2 Yellow
C3 Brown
C4 Green

Are what my Elmod Eco has. It may be that the Pro has a different channel order but it costs nothing to try.

You also need to ensure that all channel mixing etc is deactivated on the tx.

If you plug the tank into a PC and run the configuration program, and then select the option to run the tank from the transmitter, there is a display on one of the tabs that shows which stick you are moving, and the channel it is connected to.

Eg, push the right stick forward and it should show on the pc screen. The tracks should rotate forwards.

The Elmod manual tells you which channels are which, so all you need to do is match the throttle, turret channels to the sticks.

If the initial board/motor test isn't run, and/or the channels aren't right, then the system will never function correctly regardless of the tx. Elmods will run from cheap 4 channel tx's quite happily.
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Here's the Elmod page that covers the tx set up. Not perfect English but understandable.

http://www.rceifel.de/forum/showthread.php?t=10404
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