DX 18 set up queation

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Hi, That sabertooth will not work properly using the sliders. If you were using it for one of the sticks it would work great. The easiest and most common thing to do is to just use sep. speed controls for the tracks, and then assign each slider for each track. Done....
And then if you want to assign a switch so you can then use a stick to drive/crawl with more control/accuracy then set up your radio like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09fe49ply7o.
That is a great example of what I was talking about on that other thread the other day. Including how to mix the tracks to perform just like your sabertooth would, withouth having a sabertooth. That video is using a dx10 but the programming and system is identical to the dx18. The radios only look different. I have both and they are amazing... Anyway, if you still wanted to use the sabertooth, then I think assigning a switch for another flight mode then using one of the sticks to drive is your only option. & if you did that, then you would not need to perform all of the mixes shown in the video. But like I suggested, 2 sep speed controls for each track and boom! Your set!
I prefer to use the sliders when I drive/crawl any of my excavators. The main reason is because I sometimes operate the swing, boom, arm, and bucket when I am moving to get it in a better position to accommodate my driving. And it looks pretty cool when I do that too.. LOL

Eddie, why exactly won't the saber tooth work? It is my understanding that it can be programmed to run each track motor individually. One servo lead for left track and the other for right track?

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I assumed the Sabertooth was only for this example of usage only: Usually installed on a tracked machine to control the right and left tracks forward, backward, left turn, and right turn movements using one stick on a radio.
That is how I used them for the tracks on my snow groomers and another tracked machine that I sold a while back.
If you are using it another way, I did not know there were other options with the Sabertooth.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by Snowman3725

Eddie, why exactly won't the saber tooth work? It is my understanding that it can be programmed to run each track motor individually. One servo lead for left track and the other for right track?