How decent are the stock rc18 radios?

spawn_x · 07-01-2009, 06:39 PM

Hey guys, the AM radios that come stock with the 18s, how decent are they?

Dan · 07-01-2009, 06:45 PM

They are basic and do their job fine. I used pretty much the same radio on my other Thunder Tiger cars and I never had any real bad glitches.

spawn_x · 07-01-2009, 06:50 PM

cool deal, I want to get an 18 for a couple of neighbor kids, but they are young and its a gift so I don't want to get a digital one or anything, but I remember using AM back in the day and it did nothing but glitch, so that's no good either

burnineyes · 07-01-2009, 08:32 PM

The track where I run they are useless, it will glitch you into a wall every lap. I use one in one of my spare cars for parking lots and it works fine.

CCH1978 · 07-01-2009, 09:44 PM

It will do the job until you decide to upgrade.

Ride1226 · 07-06-2009, 12:23 AM

My problem with them is that the pots on the inside of the radio seem to slip out of place making throttle control and trims useless. I had to take apart one 6 or 7 times and just ended up throwing it out and using a traxxas one I had lying around. They seem to be decent cheap am radios. Dont like the AE ones though, they even feel like a hunk of plastic.

spawn_x · 07-06-2009, 07:14 AM

Thanks for the input, I decided to get the XTM Rage instead

shanty140 · 07-07-2009, 07:29 AM

Yup my 18's radio wasn't bad. I never had any glitching and used the stock radio for all last summer running every 2nd day and 3 hours at a time before putting Spektrum into it. The only reason I put Spektrum into it was because the group of friends I ran with became larger and we started running into frequency problems. I still have the stock radio for backup just in case sometime I need to use it.