SHIROI Shiroi problems

[jez1996]

Had abit of a mad one whilst bashing earlier, fully charged 6s, brand new aa battery's for the transmitter and it felt like the motor started to choke abit then lost all power apart from steering as I went to walk to go get it out of nowhere full throttle into a tree luckily only the body cracked and not the tree had a quick look at the cables to see if it'd toasted it and the esc was flashing red turned it off and took it in the garage had the wheels off and turned it back on and it kept throttling on its own.
Is this a failsafe issue, esc issue or a transmitter issue?

 

[Nelson.81]

Stock transmitter/receiver aren’t great that would be my 1st thing to check/change if have another tx/rx try them if not reset end points see if that helps.

 

[jez1996]

Stock transmitter/receiver aren’t great that would be my 1st thing to check/change if have another tx/rx try them if not reset end points see if that helps.

Yeah been having a few problems with the tx/rx recently and reset the end points redone the failsafe.
Funny enough me and my pal took a few of our cars to an underground carpark an hour ago and it RIPPED like it was brand new soon as I got it on the outdoor carpark about 80 ft and it was cutting out, run away full speed then cut out again definitely need to change the tx/rx

 

[CatEatingTroll]

It sounds like the throttle trim is off center. The first place to start is to zero out all the settings on the remote and recalibrate the ESC. This may not fix the problem, but it is the first place I would start.

 

[Horatio]

It amazes me that toy grade radios are used in 6S rigs. It's crazy. In fact, it's bloody dangerous.

I ran the fancy radio supplied with the Kagama LE for all of 5 minutes. On paper, it seems like a tidy radio. The reality?

• I don't really like pistol radios
• Range was terrible
• Impossible to complete a lap around the 400m velodrome
• At speed, it was ridiculously easy to go out of range, which felt like about 25m
• I don't trust RTR radios or servos
• Nobody needs high latency

No offence - but we don't need a new radio with every new rig. RTR's only make sense for someone who don't already own a collection of sub standard radios.

It's definitely not you - it's the RTR radios. They're awful.

 

[jez1996]

It amazes me that toy grade radios are used in 6S rigs. It's crazy. In fact, it's bloody dangerous.

I ran the fancy radio supplied with the Kagama LE for all of 5 minutes. On paper, it seems like a tidy radio. The reality?

• I don't really like pistol radios
• Range was terrible
• Impossible to complete a lap around the 400m velodrome
• At speed, it was ridiculously easy to go out of range, which felt like about 25m
• I don't trust RTR radios or servos
• Nobody needs high latency

No offence - but we don't need a new radio with every new rig. RTR's only make sense for someone who don't already own a collection of sub standard radios.

It's definitely not you - it's the RTR radios. They're awful.

I hear that because it does feel like something you'd get in a 2s rig in fact I've gotten more range from the ftx evo30 transmitter and I believe it's just a rebrand of dumborc, especially when these shirois do 60 70mph last thing you need is lag in the breaks or steering. On the hunt for a decent tx/rx now

 

[Horatio]

I run a Futaba FASST 3VCS radio that I've owned since 2005. It's like an extension of my body, thus I'm in no rush to get rid of it. Rock solid connection, HRS, lowest latency and the best range.

Modern radios? Not so much.

I use the radio for every single rig I own - from the sand Scorcher, up to the Baja 5B.

For racing, radio glitches are absolutely soul destroying.....not to mention dangerous for Marshalls.

My 2S rigs are hitting close to 50 mph indoors!

But right. Buy once.

Modern replacement for this radio with F4G compatible receivers is £700. But you get what you pay for.

It makes sense if you own multiple rigs. Less sense if you have a one in, one out policy.

Somehow I'm back up to 14 cars and only have 5 radios.

My 3VCS is legendary. The Open TX Taranis SE is decent for aircraft & drones. The other 3 are RTR radios, which are essentially paperweights. Horrible bloody things.

 

[jez1996]

I run a Futaba FASST 3VCS radio that I've owned since 2005. It's like an extension of my body, thus I'm in no rush to get rid of it. Rock solid connection, HRS, lowest latency and the best range.

Modern radios? Not so much.

I use the radio for every single rig I own - from the sand Scorcher, up to the Baja 5B.

For racing, radio glitches are absolutely soul destroying.....not to mention dangerous for Marshalls.

My 2S rigs are hitting close to 50 mph indoors!

But right. Buy once.

Modern replacement for this radio with F4G compatible receivers is £700. But you get what you pay for.

It makes sense if you own multiple rigs. Less sense if you have a one in, one out policy.

Somehow I'm back up to 14 cars and only have 5 radios.

My 3VCS is legendary. The Open TX Taranis SE is decent for aircraft & drones. The other 3 are RTR radios, which are essentially paperweights. Horrible bloody things.

Yeah I been looking at futaba some of the ones £100 range seem alright, I thought I might try the ddf350 10ch it's cheap but aparantly it's pretty good better than the shirois stock one i don't know if i could justify the price of my car on a transmitter if im honest probably 100 max. Yeah for real a glitch during a race is pretty damn sketchy wouldn't want that to happen.
Yeah I've seen a few decent 2s do 50+ that 1/10 ftx evo30 I got with a bigger pinion does 45 and it's wild as.
Definitely going to ask around see what other people are using within my price range

 

[CatEatingTroll]

My recommendation is a Flysky NB4+. They're the best left handed radio under $700.00. You can use them right handed too. Versatility is a good thing.

My RTR radio? I couldn't tell you anything about it. It's never had batteries in it. RTR radios are a price point item which means they are the cheapest thing they could find to complete the kit.

 

[Fireblade]

Another vote for the NB4, I have the standard NB4 not the plus or whatever came out after and it's been fantastic.