I’m definitely considering this for my SCX10 and the cars I use for bashing around that way my MT44 will just be used for racing and I don’t have to worry about destroying my primary radio while playing around on the rocks.
Thanks! There weren't a ton of videos on it, and the ones that are available just show a quick unboxing so I wanted to give a sense of the programming potential. Took me a while to learn it myself haha
Great transmitter.! Thanks for the in depth. It's funny, I could've really used that timer last week. LOL. Had to keep setting my phone for five min runs. Great video, well done.!
RC Girl 🏎 sure, recently I have been attempting to construct a new speed run challenge. Trying to have a challenge where you can use any vehicle, on any terrain and see if you can cover 3 miles in under five minutes. I had the timer set up on my phone but it would have been quite a bit easier to have the timer right on my transmitter with out having to fiddle with another device. For the price. It’s a great transmitter. Many thanks for the wicked informative video.!👍😄🏎
Freaking love my DX5 Rugged. Bought it specifically for my TRX4 Sport but ended up buying an additional 2 SR315 3ch Rx's for my AE RC10-TC3 and Slash. Which the later 2 models were using an older than dirt DX3 1st Gen DSM radio. Yes it supported 3 channels but there isn't the level of fine tuning at all in it. Freaking nice having all 3 models on one Tx. My ultimate favorite feature on the DX5 is that single press G button on the thumb. I use a Mamba X ESC in both my Slash and TRX4. You can set a function on the Aux Wire Mode. For the Slash I have it set to Toggle Reverse On/Off and the TRX4 I have it set to toggle Rock Race/Crawler Mode. Basically Crawler mode changes the Throttle curve to be flatter and turns Drag Brake up to 100%. My old TC3(18 years old and still competitive) I mostly use for Racing in Vintage Trans Am (VTA) 25.5t Spec class, 100% Reedy powered. Otherwise that chassis gets the Drifter body with LED lights tossed on Ch3.
Wow, I've missed her videos after she seemed to leave the flying model world. I just got back into RC ground vehicles after decades and seeing her beautiful face on a RC random car search was awesome!
@@caedenthefarmer9918 Oh, piss off. I'll say whatever the hell I want. I didn't say anything bad anyway in the first place. And, news flash... Nobody likes an internet white knight. They're idiots.
I know this vid is a little.older, I got a DX5 about 6 months back and not very easy to use...lol...for me anyway....but my local hobby shop helped me set it up to a couple R/C's for.me and I do like the remote itself, I just gotta learn how to use it myself...I'm learning little by little...love your channel 💯
I did find it very helpful. I am looking for ONE radio that I can carry for my three RC vehicles: short course, monster truck and crawler. So many reviews are not talking about the transmitters capabilities. Thanks for the informative review.
I just got this setup last week. The touch tumb wheel doesn't like me yet LOL. I'm planning on installing it into my TRX4 Bronco once I get the basics figured out with it. I just haven't had time to set and tinker with it yet. All my remotes are traxxas so it will be a definite learning curve for me. Thank you for the review. Helped me understand it better.
Haha yeah it's a bit finicky but you can adjust the sensitivity in the utility settings. I'll have to play around with that myself. Someone commented on my instagram that he was able to program the hi/low speed and locking diffs in his rugged. I'm sure someone will make a vid on that soon.
@@RCGirl yea I came across some that did too on youtube. I think he used the last 3 buttons. I cant rember who... I'll look for it and drop a link here for ya.
@@RCGirl I think this is the video. It's a different spectrum controller and receiver so idk of it will make a huge difference or not. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NBgnr78ZOcA.html Anyhow, cant wait to see what you come up with on yours.
The dx5c works great with a trx4. If you have the mamba x you can set it up on a servo y so that when you shift to 2nd it will turn off the drag break so you do t nose over
Thank you for showing the menues in detail. I don't mind the price of the radio, but if you are used to the prices of FrSky receivers for air radios the prices for something as simple as a 3ch receiver with no diversity antennas or telemetry seem too much like a ripoff. This is the reason I don't use my DX4C for all cars and as much as I like the rugged - I fear it will share the DX4's fate in the end.
Yeah the receiver cost for spektrum transmitters is a bit steep for sure. I know they make DSMR compatible off brand ones (e.g., orangeRX) that are substantially cheaper and I might end up going that route.
@@RCGirl are there already third party DSMR receivers available? If I remember correctly, the orange ones were DSMX only. It would be nice to have cheaper options. Even though I would prefer cheaper originals, than "inspired" ones.
Thanks for the great review I really couldn’t get a good hands on review I’m thinking I might pick up the orange version for my Baja 5B electric conversion build. I have a dx5c but I might sell that one and upgrade/update
Awesome radio I just picked up the dx5c and even though that's not too expensive it's an awesome radio for my arrma kraton great video though I like your style
I finally spent the money and ordered mine in orange...the aux assign menu won't show any settings! Emailed spektrum but it's Saturday night...returning through Amazon from horizon hobbies. Going back to the stock traxxas remote
I do a lot of filming so I would really like to have this for the one-handed feature definitely would like to see a video possibly on how you set your servos for your crawler limits as I have the same truck. I also hate to laugh but I almost did the same thing and drove my truck off my workbench when I got my new arrma Turn they do rate on the throttle all the way up not thinking and Bam right off in the floor
Do you know if you need to use spektrum smart lipos to acess all the features of the radio. Like if I use the spektrum esc and motor, but no smart lipos, do I get acess to stuff like motor temp?
So, I thought I had an odd question about this controller but it might not be too odd after you mentioned one handed driving and your nephew. My question is would this controller be hard to use with your right hand only? I have recently gotten into RCs (just ordered my first truck online last week and waiting for it to come in) and only have my right hand due to a motor vehicle accident. I see that these are setup for a more left handed use though.
You are such a breath of fresh air here in the rc word you give nerds like me hope that a girl could like us possibly 😀 please dont take that the wrong way take it as a compliment.
I am having problems programming this radio. It took me an hour just to set-up servo reverse. Any ideas? I have radios from several different manufactures and was able to figure out the radio quickly.
Nice video. Kind split on how I feel about the haptic control. It did not respond well in the store when I tried it I been on the fence on this. Please make a video if you get it setup to work correctly withthe TRX4. That woukd be my biggest deciding factor if I can get it working with TRX4
That's a nice tx I posted your last vid on msuk forum on the Traxxas trx4 thread. Feel free to pop over and upload some of your vids in the video section
It's great still. the touch wheel still is finiky and receivers are pricey, but otherwise it's been really nice. The dx5c is the same programming, but without the "rugged" look and is cheaper. I'd probably recommend that if you don't care about the water resistant stuff
Is the AVC similar to Taxxas' TSM? And with 4 AA batteries how long does the radio usually last you? Also, when the batteries do you lose the stored information on the radio? Great video by the way!
Great video's. Im planing on buying this transmitter but do I have to buy a new receiver for all my rc's or will it connect to my current receivers? New to the hobby.
Depends on what receivers you currently run. It needs to be run of DSMR or DSM2 compatible spektrum receivers. I run the SR515 in most of my rigs. That's kind of the one downside is that receivers are a bit on the pricey end depending on how many channels you want. They come in 2, 3, and 6 channels I believe
Any advice for getting my wife involved with R/C cars? I bought my wife a Tamiya Volkswagen and also a Mercedes 190 car. She drove both cars for about a minute but really was not interested. Both cars were also very fast for her. I was thinking about getting her a rock crawler. They are much slower and if you crash it is at low speed. What do you think?
Hmm yeah you can't force someone lol but I've found that scale rc can be a good for getting women excited about the hobby... Have her try one out or see if that's something she'd be into doing with you
@@RCGirl Thank you for your reply. I agree, You can not force someone to do anything. I just want her to spend time with me and also have a good time too. I think you are right that scale R/C is a good idea for getting more women involved. That is why I bought her the two Tamiya cars. They are very scale. I know that she will never build an R/C car but she might like going to nice quite place to run an R/C car or truck. What do you think?
Great informative learning video Haley ! I Think I'm hot for Beautiful Teacher-She's Gorgeous but I'm old so I may forget in a second or two...Hahaha! Keep Smiling!
Especially if you compare it to air radios. Just as a comparison, I recently bought a R9 16Ch telemetry receiver with up to 10km range and 3v-10v voltage input for 20USD. Regular price, not on sale. And then there is the sr2100 for 88.99
Rc girl please tell me how you or if you ever did get anything programmed on this radio. I love it but I bout it thinking I was about to have a blast and turns out I can’t get the touch screen to function properly. Any ideas on how to make my rugged more function-able 🤷🏼♂️ thanks
Yeah the touch scroll is annoying... But I was able to program a remote winch and light kit recently. Check out one of those vids here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H9WiqNbLImw.html You can adjust the sensitivity of the touch scroll but it's still finiky for me.
i got one and it's pretty cool. the touch scroll is super janky and takes tiem to get used to. it chuggs batteries like crazy too and the rubber protector on the top comes off if you even look at it too XD does anyone know if the standard receiver does battery voltage reading? my radio shows 5.9 volts and if i do something with the car it jumps to 6.0 for a second and then it comes back down to 5.9.
Head up. Your SRS515 is not a AVC receiver so active On/Off will not change anything. Your remote is compatible with the only 3 AVC receiver models: SRS 4210, SRS4220 and SRS6000. Spektrum link AVC: www.spektrumrc.com/content/AVC/index.html I own SRS6000 and pretty neat technology for buggy, short course ect.. models style. Cheers
RC Girl, yes the SRS6000 from Spektrum is at 99.99$ US but on deal at 79.99$ US on Spektrum web site and Amazon.com. Not sure from Spektrum site but it is Free US shipping from Amazon. The great things about those AVC technology is you can use it in any of your vehicles and will working the same great way for any of those install into it. I’m still looking to figure about telemetry TM1500 (SPM6742) add on and how to setup it to get this work with SRS6000. I read it is compatible and are working well together. This will be in my future buy. Here the TM1500 (SPM6742) link and also compatible with your receiver/transmitter : www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM6742 From Manual and instructions tab from site it shows how to bind with other receiver. Only things is; voltage sensor wire, temperature sensor wire & rpm sensor wire are all sold separately. RPM sensor can be install with add on Dynamite 4mm Telemetry Adapter Set DYNC0156. No solder required for rpm sensor wire being install 🤔. Cheers 🥂
Hey I just found your channel. It's cool seeing a girl that dig's the hobby. I was hoping you could tell me where you got your sound system in your trx4 I'm having trouble finding one. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Awesome! Welcome. I did a vid on it, there's a link in the description for it and a coupon code at the end of the video for a discount on banggood.com. Not sure if the discount is still active but worth trying! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UORYdc8EEk4.html
Why do you want to get another transmitter for your trx4 if you already have this new one which has 20 model memory? If I had paid 188.00 for this it would be my go to radio for some time.. 👍
