Spektrum DX6I for Cars Setup Question

[JezT]

Hi all,

I'm a newbe here - In fact I am a newbie to the sport..... But am getting well a truely hooked (to the point of obsession!).

To cut a long story short - Bought an Electric Park Flyer plane last year - first flight crashed - blamed it on Radio gear - rebuilt it and upgraded to Spektrum DX6i - second flight crashed - weather (and my nerve) been unsuitable over the winter - decided to get a car - got a Mad Rat kit - built and installed DX6i gear - ran it with throttle stick on left, but with no return spring on stick therefore the stick needs to be placed in the central position..... Not easy when you have no idea what you are doing.... guess what, I crashed!... Took the front end out hitting an 8" kerb at full speed (whilst looking down at the controller to find centre position to stop it)

I bought another kit to use as a donor for spares (whilst I sourced the individual parts) and repaired it - I also took apart the transmitter that came with the plane and transferred the return spring from right to left stick and used this in the Rat.... Works great and as I said I am loving it now I can control it - So is my son. So I am now building the "donor" kit and because I am on a tight budget (wouldn't believe it reading the previous!) I need to have a second attempt at using the DX61.

So after all that waffle, my question is how have others setup the DX6i to run with cars - I saw a post from someone who had. Also I saw, on another forum, a post talking about using pitch and throttle curves for helicopters and connecting the ESC to the AUX 1 port on the receiver.... But I know nothing about helicopter setup so am struggling to understand.

Any advice greatly recieved.

[Battle_axe]

i think if you ring up specky they will do a kit to lock it off as i had one on a old heli transmitter i had

[JezT]

Thanx for your reply Battle_Axe,

However, as I said, I'm a newbie to this.... Whose Specy? A company or a user on here? Do you have a contact number?

[Bungleaio]

He means contact Spektrum, I think they are distibuted via horizon in the UK but you could email them directly in the states.

[JezT]

Thanx will do.

I was just driving somewhere and realised thats who he meant..... How dumb do I feel

[JezT]

Spoke to Horizon; Excellent result - Spring return mech in post FOC

[JezT]

Fitted the mech this afternoon and am now equipped with a a left centreing throttle stick on my DX6i - works a treat
Used this:

www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142564

Perfect instructions except the picture in instruction 5 points at the wrong potentionmeter.... it should be the one on the left of the picture, but the instructions are the same.

Also, read some threads saying they couldn't get the part from Horizon - I think when you ring them, take the option for "repairs" - the guy I spoke to was really helpful there.

If you can't get the spare parts, I think you could follow the instructions twice to dismantle the right stick and transfer the parts to the left stick.

Hope that helps someone.

Jez

[Battle_axe]

Originally Posted by JezT

Fitted the mech this afternoon and am now equipped with a a left centreing throttle stick on my DX6i - works a treat
Used this:

www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142564

Perfect instructions except the picture in instruction 5 points at the wrong potentionmeter.... it should be the one on the left of the picture, but the instructions are the same.

Also, read some threads saying they couldn't get the part from Horizon - I think when you ring them, take the option for "repairs" - the guy I spoke to was really helpful there.

If you can't get the spare parts, I think you could follow the instructions twice to dismantle the right stick and transfer the parts to the left stick.

Hope that helps someone.

Jez

good to hear you have it sorted

sorry about the confustion i didnt read what i had wrote before posting it