Using an air Tx for a car?
 

I grew up on stick controllers, and I prefer them to the wheel type.

Because the selection of 2ch stick radios is very small, and the available models are pretty expensive, I had almost resigned myself to the idea of settling for a wheel Tx.

That was until I found a FlySky compatibility chart that shows that the FS-i6 Tx works with several of their 2ch and 3ch receivers.

I'd like to buy a FS-i6 and use it with the A3 receiver, but I just want to check first whether it will work how I want it to.

If I pair this Tx and Rx, will the correct channels match up with the sticks, ie will it automatically assign the throttle and steering channels on the Rx to left stick up/down and right stick left/right on the Tx?

I'd hate to buy one and find that I can only get the throttle and steering assigned to the pots or something!

By the way, I am aware that the left stick throttle is not self centering and that the sticks will both move in all four directions - I have a plan for that.

You would simply plug in your servo and esc in to the appropriate channels for the stick movements. throttle would be labeled as throttle, but your steering channel would labeled as ailerons. (assuming those were the stick movements you want.)

Sorry, I wasn't clear in my original post. I don't intend to use the standard aircraft receiver that comes with the i6.

The receiver that I want to use is the A3 (three channel) receiver, presumably for land vehicles only.

I need to know if two of the three channels on the receiver will correspond with the sticks on the transmitter in a way that can be used for cars.

For example, it would be no good if channels 1 & 2 were assigned to up/down and left/right on the same stick or something.

You will be amazed what you can find....

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You will be amazed what you can find if you read my original post...

Like I said, the available models are quite expensive - those radios (and more importantly the receivers) are more than I want to spend.

I have seven (possibly eight :D ) cars to buy receivers for, and the FlySky units are extremely cheap.

If I can get the i6 to behave nicely as a car Tx, I will save a lot of money.

You will be amazed what you find if you read the manual for the radio...

http://i.imgur.com/uWqk77a.png

Channels 1-4 can be can be assigned to different flight modes.

I see what you did there.

I did read the manual, but I still wasn't sure enough to pull the trigger and potentially end up with a transmitter I couldn't use.

I know absolutely squat about air radios, so I didn't know if the functions could directly translate to controlling a car, or how a 3ch receiver would behave when paired with a 6ch transmitter.

My main concern was that the transmitter would assign the channel numbers differently because it was expecting 6 channels or something.

So channels 1, 2 and 3 are always the same across receivers, and receivers with more channels simply add 5, 6, 7 etc?

The channels should stay in the same order with the 3ch receiver.

From the manual it is channels 1-4 that are on the axis and controllable with the sticks, with 5 and 6 as switches, so by switching the flight modes you will have the flexibility to control the car as your prefer.

I'd suggest trying first by just ordering one 3ch receiver with the radio. If it doesn't work, some of the compatible air receivers are also only $9.99. The transmitter comes with one of those too, so you might be able to just run those in your cars if for some reason the 3ch doesn't work as expected.

That's what I needed to know, thanks.

I bought my daughter a Lunch Box for Christmas.
The radio I got for it (Flysky FS-GT2E) comes with the 3ch A3 receiver, so I can try it out before buying any more receivers.

I'd like to avoid using plane receivers in order to keep things as small and simple as possible, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if that's what I end up having to do.

The radio is what dictates the channel allocation, the receiver only does what it is told by the radio.