To share, or to not share is the question.

[Gee]

Recently I've been thinking about why do I need three Monsters combos installed on three separate rcs? Couldn't with a little effort I just take one and move it to the other and put the right pinion on it? Yeah, but that can be a PIA. How about the receivers, they not a pia to move and rebind for the most part? They even make more sense to share between rcs. Why do I need 10 different receivers at 100 buck a pop? One controller, one RC, one hand (well two but you know what I mean), one RC at a time. Excluding the backup TX, and its backup TX, and the guest TX. We really only need one transmitter and one receiver. Starting out in the hobby it really didn't seem to be an issue or even a question. More of a gimmie, each RC needed to be complete each having it own motor/esc/rx even if they were the same RC.

Now the fleet has grown and I am wondering what the rest of the world is doing.

Are you the type that has the discipline to buy just one esc/motor setup for example and share it between all your rcs it will work with?
or

Do you have an esc and motor installed in every RC even when it could be shared with another RC?


Do you share receivers between rcs or have one for each RC?


If you want to share why you have your setups the way you do and what is shared between which of your rcs. I like to read about it. Maybe how you justified all those MMM setups to the better half. There's the question of the day.

Don't want to leave anyone out. So if you just getting started and only have the one rcs right now. Please feel free to participate in the poll. Just add the astrik (*) in the appropriate place.

No RCs? Maybe just in the wrong place, wrong time?. We've all been there once or twice. Please add two astiks (**) if you take the poll before leaving.

[bigboi146]

Back in the days of AM and brushed motors having multiple radios and escs for different vehicles was all good, but now that I'm paying double for most of these things I just stick to one of everything and a backup mmm. With that I feel like I can never go wrong.

[snellemin]

I share RX's between cars. 3 nomadio and 2 airtronics is more then enough to spend on. Esc's and motors I share all the time. I can only drive one car at a time. I get bored with one setup after a while, so I always change my esc and motor combo.

[brushlessboy16]

Myself and all my buddies run spektrum. so All i do is swap receivers, swapping motors and escs are a pain

[BrianG]

Simply for convenience, I have seperate systems for each vehicle. The only thing I share is the transmitter. Most of my setups use different combos, so made specifically for a certain ESC/motor (wire length, mounting, etc), so swapping things out would be more of a PITA.

The advantage of only owning one RC, I don't have to worry about this.

[jayjay283]

I have 1 TX, 4 RX, 4 mmm and 4 castle or neus, I have some 1/10th trucks with traxxas AMs and vxls or sc10 with losi 2.4 but 1 for 1 system otherwise sell it and fund a new fully functional ride

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

The advantage of only owning one RC, I don't have to worry about this.

And much cheaper!

I like to have different vehicles for different things. What I don't understand is people who have 3 of the same vehicle. Makes no sense unless they are racing and want a spare handy in case one breaks and there is no time to fix it.

[jayjay283]

Id like to have 2 muggys. 1 im not so attached to and mine so I can race someone with a similar vehicle when im playing around.

[wallot]

Each vehicle has it's own receiver when is its season. Out of season it serves as spare.

I got only two AMB transponders and 4 race cars. 2 for winter two for summer so they share them, however since I plan to race F1 also during summer i will probably get another AMB as i am just too lazy moving it.

Spare servos are shared

Rest of the electronics stays in the vehicle.

I even have tools that stay home all the time and tools that stay in the race bag. Same with chargers.

I am just too lazy and also if I remove something from my race bag I will most likely forget it to put it back.

Switching models on my DX3R is ok :)

[skellyo]

Rx, Motor and ESC all stay with each vehicle. Even some of the batteries I have stay with a specific vehicle.

[JThiessen]

Is it bad when you actually have a couple spare brushless systems in the tool box, just in case one of your MMM systems goes T.U.????

Explaining it to the "better" half....ummmm....maybe she set the tone with "dont ask, dont tell".....been working so far!!!

[lincpimp]

Well, I have 2 m11 radios. One is setup for 75mhz fm and the other is spectrum. I have about 10 specturm rx and maybe 20 fm rx. I also have the am module so I can run am rx if I so desire.

As far as swapping escs or motors, well that is a PITA. So I have alot of motors and escs.

However, if you happen to have a selection of similar vehciles, swapping stuff would not be too bad. Or maybe have a backup roller in case you break alot at once, quicker to swap the elctronics and fix the broken one at a later date?

[rchippie]

Each of my vechiles have there own reciver, motor & esc .

[magman]

All of my vehicles have their own set up except 1 which only shares a motor for now