The issue there is that the only Redcat i own is a volcano (the volcano i have came with the super cheap RCR-2C), and that radio doesn't have that capability. After 2 months of reading nothing but reviews, and talking to people, as well as watching multiple videos, i have pretty much narrowed my next RC purchases to the Losi Tenacity trucks (my hidden secret, i am a huge fan of Losi, after owning several of their vehicles over the years, and, at the moment, i still have 3 Losi Sliders, even though they are extremely difficult to find parts for, and mainly just sit on a shelf), or the Arrma Granite and Senton. Once i do decide on which brand im going with, there wont be much left to even buy a used radio. I already have the Fury, so, im looking to round it out with a 4WD SCT and a 4WD monster truck. I also have an Associated SC10, but i wont use that for bashing, since it is set up for racing, and i don't want to have to make a bunch of changes to that to bash it, then change it back for racing. My other radios are a Force RC, a Racers Edge, an Exceed (for my wifes drift car), and the stock ones i have for the Arrma trucks (2 sentons and 2 Granites) that i let my nephews beat on when they are here, and none of those have that capability.
I hope it didnt sound like i was in any way trying to argue. That wasnt my intent at all. Its just that i have heard so many different things about the radios i have, such as, because my RCR-2C is a 4AA, and not an 8AA model, it isnt capable of binding to more than one at a time, and, the Racers Edge is barely capable of working with one, let alone more than one car, that i have actually pretty much decided i wasnt going to bother, but, i figured i would ask on here, just to see what responses i got, as a last ditch effort sort of thing. The biggest reason i even got into this whole thing, TBTH, is because i have never bound a radio to one car, let alone two, but, a lot of the guys around here run 4 and 5 cars on one radio, so, i figured if one of my radios would actually do it, i would use them as a learning tool, before the new trucks get here. If i go with the Losi Tenacity SCT, that comes with a Spektrum DX2E Active, that, according to Losi, Spektrum, and Horizon, can be bound to up to 4 cars, but, since ive never even done one, i figured using mine would be good practice, so that i don't somehow really screw up the Spektrum and cause it to not even work with the original truck it came with. If either of those radios i have will work with either receiver i have, then, couldnt i just bind the RCR to both the Racers edge, and the Redcat receiver?
It looks like the one on the left, that says FS-GT2E. My wife's drift car has a blue one that looks pretty much like the RCR-2C in that pic, but, hers only takes 4AA's too.
I found a FlySky FS-GT3C for a pretty good price, but, then i found out none of their receivers have built in gyro's, which i will need for at least one car, so im back to chasing down a setup that will work, without spending $150 on a Futaba. Too bad my older FM Futaba's wouldnt work for what im trying to do, since i have 4 of them. With the GT-3C, and 4 receivers, and 2 FlySky gyro's, Im at way more than i had planned for this. I did find a Radiolink that has a built in gyro, but, having a hard time tracking down matching receivers for it. Most places are out of stock, because its an older set up.
I just made another post about what i am looking at. I do need a gyro to help with the drift car, and, one of the 6 ch receivers has it built in, but, im not sure that receiver will work with the 3B or 3C radio.
If you have space for it you could also use seperate gyros. Hobbyking has a cheap one, i'm happy with the HPI dBox2.
I tried that one, and it doesn't seem to work that well on anything over maybe a 1/24. I have tried 4 or 5 of those mini/micro ones, and, for her car (Exceed RC Drift King, Brushless), it helped a little, depending on how much steering input there was. I am also thinking of putting one on an insanely fast buggy i built and toy with once in awhile, since that has a tendency to turn on its own, but im not sure anything will help it. Its a cheapo i got on Amazon for, i think $80, and i put a BL GoolRC combo in it, and, im not sure if the turning is a result of a light front end, or the speed. My nephew got a Redcat Piranha today, and, me being me, im already thinking of getting one, since they are cheap, just to see how fast i can make it before it either destroys itself, or i kill it by catching it on fire, but, i already noticed that his, on 2S, has a tendency to lift the front a bit, so, it might be a futile gesture, but, hey, ill try anything rc related once. I am also going to add a bit of weight to the front, and, i am still toying with the idea of turning the Fury into a mild drift truck, or, at least, set it up to drift on pavement when im bored.
Yep that's it!
I found out that neither my Redcat or Exceed transmitters will bind with the Racers Edge, and the RE transmitter wont bind with either the Redcat or the Exceed, and, since the new cars i have coming are from Losi, Arrma, and Redcat, im just going to keep the radios with the cars they came with, since the Fazon Voltage and Pirahna both have 2 in 1 or 3 in 1 ESC receiver combos. Makes for a pain carrying multiple radios, but, it seems easier than trying to make one radio work with the cars i have, since, the ones the new radio will work with, the Fury and Senton and the Losi, the only i do use on a regular basis is the Fury. The Senton and Losi are just to goof off around home, and the Fazon and Piranha are more for me to experiment with, and see how many times i can break them. And here i thought i could be done carrying a bulky radio case LOL.
The RX in the Volcano says R3E, not GR3E, but, i think that one is still the same, just missing a letter. The one in my Racers Edge though says GL1-X, and, after digging around, i found out it is an FHSS instead of AFHDS, but, i found a cheap FS-GT2B on amazon that i am going to bind to the R3E RX i have, and get 2 more, and put them in the Fury and the Warhawk, and use the Racers Edge setup in the Volcano, since that one gets used rarely, if at all anyway. Now, if only i could bind the GT2B to the Fazon and the Piranha, that would make life extremely simple, but, i doubt it will bind to an Arrma RX, and, if the Pirahna RX is newer specs, it may not work with that one either. Getting specs from Redcat sometimes is like pulling teeth from a mad crocodile though, so, i couldnt find much info on that RX.
I found the GT3B locally for $38 with a 90 day warranty. He is ridiculous on his RX prices ($28 for an R3E), so ill just source those somewhere else. As for the Fazon and Piranha, i mainly ordered them for an 8 and a 10 year old, so, i will probably leave them stock, at least until they get bored with them. Then, will more than likely keep them brushed, and drop in a brushed 540, and play with different setups and gearing, just to see what happens. I have a pile of 540 brushed motors laying around, from 5.5 to 25T, from my back and forth love hate relationship with Tamiya cars. The 8AA's weight im used to, since my Racers Edge, and most of my Futaba's are either 6 or 8 batteries, although, i only have two Futaba surface radios (Magnum FP-T2PD AM) . The rest are twin stick that i use for cars.
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