Extremely thorough explanation. I have the 7 channel version and it’s nearly identical. New to the hobby and I’m very thankful this video exists. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you Jason!!! I really appreciate the feedback and am glad you found some good info. I tried to make this video as short as possible while still getting as much information as possible.
With this radio you have to go online to find the complete manual and it would make for a hefty amount of paper. One of the reasons I made this video so nobody has to read the manual for this one. Thank you very much denvermatt!!
Thank you, Stickie! Old school R/C modeler here. verry old school.. finally upgrading to a modern system and being verry computer illiterate its a bit of a struggle for me. All my models still have late 80's, early 90's Futaba radio gear. currently building a 1:32 live steam tugboat attempting to use my airplane 8ch radio to operate a tugboat proved to futile. Yes, I stepped over a dollar to pick up a dime. So after some serious soul searching, I bit the bullet and just bought myself one of these radios. I cant get over how much technology has advanced! hell back in the day you needed separate circuits to perform all these functions. I was a huge Radio Shack and RAMtronics geek. Im really considering dusting off and opening up my vintage truck and converting to this system. (RC Car-Action, January 1996)
Technology has really come so far, I have been RC'ing since 1984 and watched how much has changed over the years. It makes me so happy to see folks really being able to use the info about this radio. The menu's can be daunting and I wanted to help as much as i could to help everyone understand what everything does. Thank you so much Randy!
Just bought a full fpv system for my arrma vendetta and this radio. This video was so much help in understanding the controller and all the buttons and stuff. Thank you dude!
You are very welcome, and thank you for watching. It really makes me feel good knowing I was able to help people with this video. I know from my own learning experience that radios can be very difficult to figure out. I wanted to give everyone a step by step explanation of everything in the menu, and at some point I am going to fix it so it has chapters so each menu option is listed.
OK, I may have to go get one of these soon. My Spektrum is filling up and will need something else and this seems to have everything I could need! Thanks for taking the time to do the full run down of all the features!
Thank you so much Addam brother. I am very happy with both my radiolink transmitters. They are a great inexpensive unit that still come with all of the stuff you really want.
What a fantastic video! I just just got my R6GS v3 and this video helped me get familiarized with all the settings and got me up and running quickly. You rock, thx for sharing.
Thank you very much, I am glad to see so many people are getting the info they need. The menu's can be quite daunting and I hopefully made them a little less so.
Thank you so much my brother!!! I have learned so much from so many people on RU-vid and I really want to pay it forward. I am really trying to expand my channel, I love making my high def music videos but I am really starting to like doing the more informative videos, plus doing all of the research for them is teaching me a bunch as well. Always here for you brother, anytime you need!
Thank you very much! This was a video I did because I really felt like the menus are so confusing and had so many options that might not seem useful. I am so thankful to see so many people finding this video informative!!
Thank you very much Aaron!!! This was a project I wanted to do since I first got my hands on it. So many of todays radios are so complicated and since Radiolink was gracious enough to send me one to make a video of I figured I would make one that really helps people to know all of the ins and outs.
Thank you for the compliment, I had a couple radios that were so complicated. I found it hard to find info all in one place so I figured I would try it with this radio. Radiolink was kind enough to send me one to do a promo video of, and I thought this would be a really good way to show off this great radio and everything it can do, while also helping everyone who has one to know all about all of the different things it can do.
@StickiesRC I was struggling with mine to understand what most of the settings actually adjusted and the Radiolink videos were kind of hard to follow and also didnt really say what the adjustments did to the car when applied. I was super close to sending it back until I watched your video. Now I have both my drift cars running beautifully off this one radio all thanks to your video.
Thank you very much Ford F150!!! I am so glad to see so many people enjoying this and being able to get all of the intricate details of the different options and functions.
You are very welcome, and thank you very much for watching and commenting. It was quite a learning experience for me to go through and learn all of the functions myself, am really glad I did it. I am using this unit on a new truck and from what I learned myself doing this video helped me in setting up that truck.
Within 5 minutes of this video I already learned more than watching similar video for hours. Is it possible to program VR dial to change throttle speed to set a speed limit? Also, that button that lights up. Can I set it to turn light on and off?
Thank you very much, I tried to put as much useful info together as possible. New Radios have so many options and capabilities but most companies do little to explain them very well.
If it can be used in such a way, which I am not sure it can, there would need to be a controller on the servo end to make the adjustments. The VR cannot be programmed to control a servo channel (position 1 or 2 on the receiver) so in order to give the correct info to the servo itself it would need a separate controller. In the receiver the steering port would have this info programmed. At this point i think the VR knob is basically multi function on or off switch. I will reach out to Radio link and see if there is anything like that available. Thank you, great question!
I don't understand why there isn't any videos on how to program the RadioLink RC6GS v3 to the Hobbywing Fusion quickrun SE. I'm having trouble, I have never done any kind of RC stuff that requires programming. Do you think that you could help? I'm using a 2s lipo 7.4v. I'll also need to know how to change the settings from 2s to 3s in the transmitter if you know how to do that. Any help is very much appreciated!
I have not used a v3 as of yet but it should be much like the v2 in this video. On the switch from 2s to 3s your hobbywing fusion setup should auto recognize that so nothing needs to be done there. All of the voltage and cell stuff is handled by the esc in the fusion. The fusion setup is very nice as it does a lot of stuff automatically. As far as the radio settings most of will still apply to the v3, whereas the v3 has a bit newer design and a few new features. If you go to the radiolink website and look at the online manual they have it has a ton more info in it than what came in the box. Mostly you will only need to make a couple of adjustments, your steering end points, and steering alignment, and total steering throw(total travel for the steering servo). Hope this at least gets you going. If you need more help you can watch my live show on Wednesdays evening at 5:30 est and my self and jb can answer questions live.
@@Stickies72 First off thank you for replying I appreciate it. I finally figured it out. Like you said I had to change a few settings in the radio. The EPA setting controls the amount of steering (Left & Right) I set (ST) in the EPA settings to 55% and (TH) to 60%. That corrected the steering and the throttle I don't want much speed. Now is this setting the same as (TH) in the EPA settings--->(ACCEL)? I have FWRD Set to 55% and BRAK is 100%. And this setting is what game me the most trouble because my truck was running weird--->A.B.S It was set at default but I played around with the settings and got it figured out. So my A.B.S settings are MODE (INH) ABP (50) DLY 100 CYC (30) TGP (50) DTY (0) and STM (*E 50) When I had A.B.S turned on and throttled reverse and turned at the same time it was like I was tapping the break ...start-n-stop...it stopped doing that when I changed from (ON) to (INH). These settings I'm mentioning now I still don't know how to set properly, STSPD,THSPD, IDLUP, D/R, ATL, PMIX01 and 2, and DSC. I'm also gonna be switching over from a 3s 11.4v lipo I run 2 &3s question is will I have to switch to 3s in the radio or the ESC or will it recognize the difference?
Is there a way to use channel 3 (the knob on side) as throttle power mode, meaning using the nob to lower or increase the amount of power. For example if i want to give let someone use the RC car and I want to turn the power down via the gyro knob?
I don't think it will work like that. Most of the factory transmitters that have the power levels have the esc programmed as well. Thank you very much create!!!
For that I would have to refer you to Radiolink, they do have regular software updates but I am not sure what all of the changes are for the newer versions
The VTR will adjust the curve of throttle when you squeeze the trigger. You have to hold the "+ or -" key for a while to see the curve actually change. As it starts as a straight line you will see it gradually start to make a curve either sweeping down or up or a "bubble" If the bubble is going down then the throttle will increase more slowly as you squeeze the trigger allowing you to make much finer adjustments to your throttle through you finger. This setup is good for low traction or crawling as it allows you to move your finger on the trigger without have drastic increase or decrease in throttle. If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to post, Thank you very much Eric!
I found a massive fault with the v1 & abs. Im logical & not crazy or dyslexic, so i must reverse my trigger so Forwards is Forward. But the abs doesn't reverse with reversing the trigger, so when i push forwards the abs works when going forward Only, i break & abs doesn't work. It only works when trigger is pushed forwards. Is it same on your new version? Is there a way to fix this?
@@Stickies72 I've complained to radiolink. It's stupid & should be programmed to the Break, so it works when reversed not Trigger Forward only, as when reversed abs works when pushing Forward to go Forwards. I'm trying to learn regular trigger now, wow throttle rage & feel is miles different, with bigger range
They are preprogrammed, except the end points are not set. So before powering on the receiver end I typically set all of the end points and travels way down so as not to burn up any servos or switches. You are very welcome, I wanted everyone to be able to use their radio to its full potential.
The light up, also the button above it also works as on off. But the toggle switches on the wheel or the dial will stay on or off. The light up only is on when your pressing it, so if you wanted to say use it as light switch I would go with the toggles. I use the light up switch for my dig unit most times as I only want to be able to use it for a moment. Thank you very much Favian!
Is there any way to set it up so reverse is only triggered after full brake is applied for say 2 seconds insted of getting on the brake twice and it slamming inti reverse?
Not in the transmitter, but you can set up most ESC's with the Forward/Brake/Reverse setup. That would be when you press forward it applies the brakes until you release and press again then it activates reverse. I think that might be as close as you can get. Thank you @Druscanam!
@@Stickies72 I know, just wanted to have to avoid buying program card if possible. I have a rocket 120A sensoed/sensorless ESC. I think it can be programmed without a card cause it's got a set button, but I can't find my original manual or it online so I just purchased a program card today. It does current have a forward/brake reverse function although on track because I'm hitting the braking multiple time mid corner not just to brake but to pivot the rear around occasionally it hits reverse. When racing in an organised event you are meant to have reverse disabled which is what I'll probably just end up doing when I get the program card.
@@druscanam Yeah racing generally frowns on using reverse hehe. I do not know of any way to program the transmitter to allow for it to set a brake specific like that.
I forgot about that, there is so many things with this radio it was hard to get it all. I love being able to set up each rig differently. Thank you very much for watching T B!!!
So for the Aux channels you can select which button or switch you want to assign them too. The user manual you can download from Radiolink has way more info in it than the one it comes with. For changing the AUX channels EPA/Endpoints/trims and such you need to go into those menu specific spots like EPA for instance. Once you have chosen what switch or button, go into that one in the EPA say Chanel 3. I made my channel 3 the 3 position switch on the front side of the steering wheel on my phoenix to use for the DIG. I set the EPA all the way down to 2% on each side so when I got it all installed and linked it would basically not move the servo when I switched back and forth. Then slowly increase the percent until you start to see it move, keep doing that until you get the end points set so it does not overstress the servo and burn it up. I have burned up a few servos by not doing this. When you open the AUX channel menu it will show only 3-6 as 1 & 2 are already set to the wheel and trigger. The others can be set to any position though, even the trigger and wheel. 1 thing i learned recently is the buttons on the grip are an on when they are pressed and off when you let go. So far I have not figured out how to change that. The online manual has a great diagram of the controller which shows the label for each button and switch, I do not remember if the one in the box has that diagram I lost that manual. Thank you TB!! If you have any more question keep them coming, always willing to help someone get the most out of there RC experience!
I am not sure if it will work like that, but it would be cool if it did. I do not have rear steer cars at the moment so I'll need to see if I can do an experiment with that and try it. I'll also reach out to Radiolink and ask them. Thank you very much Jim.
Yeah I shot this with several different lighting setups and I kept getting a bad glare on the screen so I went full dark on it so the screen would stand out. Thank you very much NBRC!!!
If you need more info the complete manual is online at Radiolinks website. I tried to cover everything I could, sorry there was something I missed. thank you for watching!
Not at all. The OP did a great job explain every single feature this radio has. It's possible that this radio might be beyond your understanding of RC concepts.
24:00 with regards to the Failsafe (F/S), i'm going to do 100+ on the throttle like you did (full brake) but I'll make sure my ESC is set to have no reverse (just throttle/brake). This is for my speed run car. For the offroad truggy, I'll just leave throttle at zero/idle since I want to retain reverse. I think doing full brake with reverse capability will send car in full speed reverse with signal loss.
Good catch, I have not done a speed run car myself so I did not even consider that. That would be one crazy reverse speed though hehe. Thank you BRG, always appreciate the eagle eye!!
That is s strange one, I typically only get power alarms when the battery is very low. It could be the setting for the power alarm is set to high and that is causing the alarm to go off to early. I would check out the manual on Radiolinks website as it has a full description on setting the power alarm. The online manual is the full one and has a lot more info, the troubleshooting section alos has a lot more fixes as well. Thank you very much for watching.
On the f/s (failsafe) if you put throttle to-100 it doesn't go to break!! It goes to FULL FING REVERSE!! And if your car is fast you won't be able to catch it and it's going to explode ... I now know😒 just leave it at 0. Unless your riding a jet ski that you need to spin around and pick you up leave them all alone.
Id say -2% is wise any more electric will go in reverse. Fail safes aint for electric really, its a ESSENTIAL nitro thing, to put brake on so throttle dont stay open & you dont instinctively run after it then land on your face like i did.😂 Meanwhile the car goes into the distance Smashes up, with throttle wide open & by the time you scrape your face off the road your engine overheats & blows. Stock rtr radio didn't have fail safe so i had to buy a flysky & a new engine on my first ever car in its first week😢
I can't get my lights to come on and off with aux port 7 or any others. I'd like to turn on and off my fan with a switch as well as my lights. Is this possible? Because I'm trying everything right now. Please let me know if anyone knows! Thanks
There will need to be a controller on the lights. I have found that unless there is one the radio receiver does not turn on and off power. It is always on, so there needs to be something after the receiver for it to switch on and off. I've tried a bunch of different things with different radios and have never been able to get that work myself without one. Sorry, the good news is several companies have led controllers, the best I have found so far is my trick rc. Thank you very much gavin!
I just got this radio and it seems much better than the stock rtr radio that came with my Fireteam. Only issue I’m having is reverse doesn’t always seem to work. I’m guarding it a calibration issue but I can’t find anywhere how to calibrate the radio. How is this done?
I might try and check the esc, then check the end points on throttle. It could be the end points are set that reverse is only getting hit at the very end. The esc m8ght have a setting too where there is brake and then reverse. If neither of those work come back, and I'll try and do more research on my end. Thank you jblaze!
@@Stickies72 I did the calibration last night on the throttle, neutral and brake as shown in a video. While testing it on a stand it still seems to have times where reverse doesn’t engage right away or at all. Then other times it engaged right when it’s supposed to. Very odd. Plus I’ve never noticed the brakes not engaging when I went to use it. Definitely confused. Otherwise the radio is great. Luckily I don’t use a ton of reverse. Thanks for the help.
@@jblaze725 I will do some homework on this and see if there is some other settting that might be interfering. I have a friend at RAdiolink I can contact as well, one way or another we will try and get tot eh bottom of this.
I use a RC6GS V3 radio transmitter to play Need for Speed. I calibrated it on 'Set Up USB Game Controllers' in Windows 11. It works, but when I pull the throttle the car goes in reverse. I tried to go into NFS settings - Controls/Sensitivity Tuning/Customize, I put all the sensitivities on medium, but I'm still going in reverse, and the speeds are very slow. Ho do I fix this?
I would try and reverse the throttle and see if that fixes it. In the menu there is a reverse option, reverse the throttle and that should fix it. Very cool idea for a video game controller, I am going to need to try this myself!!! Thank you very much Catherine!!
Yes, the button on the side of the grip only works as a button that when pressed activates and when lets off deactivates. This is a common button used for things you might use for a moment, like a winch. When I have things I need a switch I typcially use the toggles above the wheel. Thank you Tango!!
I haven't seen the movie yet, so I'm wondering what Nimitz class carrier is in the movie, since Enterprise CV-65 was decommissioned and being scrapped when the movie was being filmed, and the new Gerald R. Ford class Enterprise is under construction? Since Ronald Reagan was President when the original Top Gun came out, it would be cool if the carrier scenes take place on the USS Ronald Reagan, as a tribute to a great movie franchise, a great decade, and a great President. Who knows, maybe Top Gun III, if they make it, may take place on the new Ford class USS Enterprise.
I am not sure which carrier the movie is filmed on either, I have yet to see it. I have not seen a movie in a theater since the Hobbit battle of five armies. Not much for the theater experience myself, I prefer watching from the comfort of my home. I am looking forward to watching Maverick for sure, as a big fan of the original I have high hopes that this will be as epic! Thank you Exodriver!!!
Brake depends on the esc and type of rc. If we are talking trail truck check and see if you have a programmable esc, for instance a hobbywing you can get a program box and adjust the brake with it. If is a factory esc like Traxxas, axial, or any of them check the online manual on how to set it up. Heads up most factory ones are a pain to program. The transmitter will be able to dial in more brake only if you are using a throttle Servo in a nitro or gas rig, and there you you dual in more negative throw in the throttle end points to give you more swing on the reverse. Let me know if this helps, if not let me know and I'll try and do more research on the scenic car and electronics you are using.
@@Stickies72 another question the Alarm settings what voltage I should set the EXT and the RX I running 2 4s 8000mah 15.2v on outcast exb? I have the TX set to 7.4v because I use 2s 7.4v
@Ford f150 5.4 I would set it at about .5v above the storage charge. That way when the alarm goes off you know you still got a bit of time to play. Thank you very much Fordf150!!
If you run into any questions post them and I'll get an answer. I tried to cover as much as I could but there could be some areas where more info would might help. Thank you very much Jimmy!!!
@@Stickies72 that is very kind of you! So, with the WLToys 144001 i have to replace the servo from an analog to digital. The new servo is coming tomorrow. Now i am not sure if i need another ESC. I think that will be the case. :/ Wish i knew that earlier, then i couldve driven today already ^^.
Also i have the R7FG receiver. But a question maybe: Can i use that R7FG to braodcast my fpv signal? If yes, is it still 5ghz or 2,4. Im a noob at this. But trying to get in the hobby ^^
@@Stickies72 i figured it out. it only gives power to the vtx. all good and working. just the new digital servo is making "clicking sounds" sometimes when in rest. that sucks.
thanks for taking the time with this video! I'll be referencing it soon for my setup; fyi, at 21:08, the term for a button that is active while holding down and inactive when releasing is a "momentary button or switch"
Thank you so much BRG!!! Thank you for that, I was lost trying to find the right way to call out that darn button. Sometimes when your filming the right words just wont come out hehe. I appreciate the positive feedback so much, I spent a lot of time filming this video and researching to make sure I got it as accurate as i could.
Thank you very much, I am so happy so many people are getting good info out of this. I saw a need for people to get a good in depth look at the menu. A lot of radios have so many options and it can be very daunting to try and figure what all of them do.
not everybody learns the same way I learn better by watching and listening so your vid was very help full and I now have a much better understanding of this fantastic radiolink transmitter I bought a spectrum set up but it had a push button on/off switch well it must have gotten a grain of sand on the button and it got stuck in the pressed in position and stayed there just bad design i didnt bother with trying to get it fixed because I think its a design flaw that on/off button will continue to get stuck on matter how many times you fix it radiolink is less than half the cost and way way better way to go I wont ever buy another spectrum radio again only radiolink for me🏁🏁
Thank you very much! I worked hard to make sure this video came through clear and easy to see the menu but also to explain what each item does. I have had only one spectrum myself and was not terribly impressed. I have for many years been a solid Futaba guy, but now I am split between futaba and Radio link.
