I have only been in the RC world for about 9 months now and am learning more and more about it seemingly every day. Very glad I got into it, even at my "advanced" age (over 60)!
I bought a new Losi Eight-T RTR truggy late last year. It has all the stock components except for upgraded diffs (all 3). My question lies with control of the vehicle. I have a local track that I have practiced at a couple of times so far. And both times I struggle to even make 1 lap without running off track several times per lap no matter how slow I seem to try to go. Either the steering is too slow and I don't make the corner or most times too fast and I end up over correcting and vering off course. I spoke with a very knowledgable long time racer who suggested I get a different radio to replace the stock Spectrum DX2E transmitter so that I could have better control. I seem to be looking for a more linear feel versus the either almost no turning to way too much turning with just a small amount of steering input. I have messed with the ST Rate knob on the transmitter but that didn't seem to help me much. Is a new transmitter what I need or is it something else? Also, if I get an upgraded transmitter will I need a new receiver.... and a steering servo too? I have a ton more questions on this but lets start here. Thanks for indulging a newbie! If this has been answered in a previous thread, please point me in that direction. I did a search but didn't find what I was looking for.
I bought a new Losi Eight-T RTR truggy late last year. It has all the stock components except for upgraded diffs (all 3). My question lies with control of the vehicle. I have a local track that I have practiced at a couple of times so far. And both times I struggle to even make 1 lap without running off track several times per lap no matter how slow I seem to try to go. Either the steering is too slow and I don't make the corner or most times too fast and I end up over correcting and vering off course. I spoke with a very knowledgable long time racer who suggested I get a different radio to replace the stock Spectrum DX2E transmitter so that I could have better control. I seem to be looking for a more linear feel versus the either almost no turning to way too much turning with just a small amount of steering input. I have messed with the ST Rate knob on the transmitter but that didn't seem to help me much. Is a new transmitter what I need or is it something else? Also, if I get an upgraded transmitter will I need a new receiver.... and a steering servo too? I have a ton more questions on this but lets start here. Thanks for indulging a newbie! If this has been answered in a previous thread, please point me in that direction. I did a search but didn't find what I was looking for.