speed meter gps

[tha nemesis]

i run a speedmeter gps app on my droid s3 mini .. looking for a better meter or just simply buy a speed meter .. the app i use simply seems off .. in rwd only it says im doing 44 mph ... but seems like im going way faster ... about to try to run it in 4wd ... since i keep breaking shafts

 

[Phill]

i run a speedmeter gps app on my droid s3 mini .. looking for a better meter or just simply buy a speed meter .. the app i use simply seems off .. in rwd only it says im doing 44 mph ... but seems like im going way faster ... about to try to run it in 4wd ... since i keep breaking shafts

I use the GPS outta my car.

Just secure it to the car with a few rubber bands and it records the top speed

 

[tha nemesis]

i do have tomtom if that will work .. the smaller older one ... i didnt know it recorded top speed .. i use velcro straps to hold my phone to my truck .. like the ones i use to hold my batteries in my mt .. thank you phill for that info ..

 

[Phill]

Never used a Tomtom but a Garmin has a bit in settings where it stores the top speed.

Just reset it and strap her on.

 

[tha nemesis]

will do phill

 

[tha nemesis]

my tomtom one doesn't have a top speed that i seen .. unless i am wrong..lol

 

[Phill]

Garmins have a "second screen" that you can go to from your map screen.

I have no idea with Tomtom sorry.

 

[tha nemesis]

its ok phill .. i might get a garmin .. i seen tower hobbies has a gps speed meter for 80 that i might get .. any idea on how to post videos to here

 

[Phill]

Just upload your vids to youtube and post the link

 

[tha nemesis]

awesome .. ill take a video tomorrow

 

[Ice_2k]

Why aren't you just using your phone? There are a lot of apps for both iOS and Android that have the top speed functionality.

 

[tha nemesis]

i have one installed .. but i think its off or not being tracked by satellite at times .. also hard to get it going fast where i live .. ill post a video tomorrow

 

[Ice_2k]

depends also on the gps module of the phone. I tried using an old iPhone 4 to minimise the risk of damaging my current phone and it was really laggy, took forever to read the speed and it wasn't very accurate. Once I tried it with the iPhone 6, it was perfect. Same app, just different gps module.

 

[Phill]

I was in the LHS today and they had a radar gun for $298

I don't need a speedo that bad.

I find most phone apps pretty unreliable esp the decibelometer.

 

[Ice_2k]

For $120 you can just get the Flysky FS-IT4 radio that comes with telemetry and bang, speedo+rpm+temp

 

[Phill]

For $120 you can just get the Flysky FS-IT4 radio that comes with telemetry and bang, speedo+rpm+temp

I really don't see a need for it but would consider it if I ever need a new radio.

I find Futaba make the best radios for me.

Been using em for over 30 yrs.

 

[Ice_2k]

No question about Futaba quality, but in order to get the same functionality in a Futaba, we're talking a price point well over what the entire car costs

 

[tha nemesis]

im looking at a futaba 4pls .. or a spektrum radio

 

[Ice_2k]

That's gonna be really expensive when you add the sensors, I'm pretty sure it's not worth the 4-5 times price compared to the FS-IT4

 

[tha nemesis]

i hear that ice .. its just hard for the castle creations xl2 to bind to flysky's recievers .. but it will the futaba .. maybe the traxxas tqi qualifier radio with telemetry will be good as well