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Montana · 08-17-2011, 05:45 PM

I'm procrastinating at work daydreaming looking out my window at a lake behind our building and I get to wondering: can I use my DX6i on a RC boat? It seems like cars and boats use "surface" transmitters with a steering wheel. Is there a reason for that? Ideally I'd like to keep my inventory down to one TX and one kind of battery (3S 2200 mAH). I also have 1S but I don't think that would power much of a boat.

f22warzone · 08-17-2011, 05:53 PM

I use to have the same thinking , but after using one of thos nice pistol grip tx for my rc truck.... I like it more then my heli tx

Montana · 08-17-2011, 10:30 PM

But technically speaking is there a difference between a surface TX/RX and an air TX/RX? The purchase will be more palatable to wife if I can say, "But honey, see, it uses the same transmitter!"

f22warzone · 08-17-2011, 11:01 PM

back in the days of fm ( lol love being able to say that only because I am only 21 lol) it was more of a respect thing or maybe faa requirement for their to be a separate channels for air, water, and land their for different tx and rx.... but with 2.4ghz were all on the same channel so really their is no difference any more only that most surface tx/rx only use dsm and not dsm2 like what we use.

Just Another Flyer · 06-10-2012, 06:19 PM

You can do it. Just google it there are videos, still it is better to just get a standard pistol style radio. Then no problems with setup.

08-17-2011, 05:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Montana Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2010	Land - Sea - Air I'm procrastinating at work daydreaming looking out my window at a lake behind our building and I get to wondering: can I use my DX6i on a RC boat? It seems like cars and boats use "surface" transmitters with a steering wheel. Is there a reason for that? Ideally I'd like to keep my inventory down to one TX and one kind of battery (3S 2200 mAH). I also have 1S but I don't think that would power much of a boat.

08-17-2011, 05:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
f22warzone Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2010	I use to have the same thinking , but after using one of thos nice pistol grip tx for my rc truck.... I like it more then my heli tx __________________ TRex-800E /Scorp 5035-478 5+5YY 1.8mm/VBar Blue Full 5.2Pro /CC Hv160/WR-Herc Super BEC/RJX 810mm 3D /RotoTech 115 + QuickUk Tail/ Hitec 7940th HV/TP 5000 65c

08-17-2011, 11:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
f22warzone Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Apr 2010	back in the days of fm ( lol love being able to say that only because I am only 21 lol) it was more of a respect thing or maybe faa requirement for their to be a separate channels for air, water, and land their for different tx and rx.... but with 2.4ghz were all on the same channel so really their is no difference any more only that most surface tx/rx only use dsm and not dsm2 like what we use. __________________ TRex-800E /Scorp 5035-478 5+5YY 1.8mm/VBar Blue Full 5.2Pro /CC Hv160/WR-Herc Super BEC/RJX 810mm 3D /RotoTech 115 + QuickUk Tail/ Hitec 7940th HV/TP 5000 65c

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08-17-2011, 10:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Montana Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Apr 2010	But technically speaking is there a difference between a surface TX/RX and an air TX/RX? The purchase will be more palatable to wife if I can say, "But honey, see, it uses the same transmitter!"

06-10-2012, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Just Another Flyer Join Date: Jun 2012	You can do it. Just google it there are videos, still it is better to just get a standard pistol style radio. Then no problems with setup.

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