The RC4WD iPhly iPhone remote for your R/C car or truck.
LSN installs it on a HPI 1/5 scale Baja 5sc
We covered this new product in a post a couple weeks ago. We asked the question. Would you drive your large scale R/C car or truck with your iPhone. Well we had to take this new innovative toy for a spin for ourselves. RC4WD sent us a sample iPhly unit along with their Transmitter and Receiver package found HERE.
For more information on the partner who developed this iPhly unit with RC4WD please go HERE.
We asked TeamChase nicely if we could use one of his HPI Baja 5sc for our test. He didn’t even flinch. The installation of the transmitter and receiver pack was super easy. And so was the installation of the iPhone app which you can download from iTunes for free.
Setup was simple as far as trimming and making simple adjustments on the remote functions. It took a total of a couple minutes from opening the packaging to being ready to test drive. Which was good because it didn’t allow Mr Chase time to change his mind. So we flipped the switches and pulled on the starter rope.
Boy was this strange operating your R/C with your iPhone, especially a $2,000+ large scale. But as you will see in the video it was not all that bad, I think if we had more room and time we could get used to it pretty quickly and do some driving at full speeds. Maybe thats something we will play with down the line.
Overall I was happy with the iPhly, it was all very simple and straight forward and the end result is it works…and works well. Will I be tossing out my Futaba remote any time soon, I dont think so. But what this does prove is the power of the iPhone or any other smart phones out there for that matter. I believe we could see more of this in the near future.
I would like to thank TeamChase for allowing us to use his truck and also RC4WD for continuing to innovate and bring new and exciting items to the world of R/C. Another successful “first” from RC4WD. Great work guys!