Simon has read the manual front to back 23 times by now. Your video puts it wonderfully in a graphic ways some dumb assess like me can understand it. Where were you in March 1st 2010 when I needed ya Rob. I was relegated to the "manual". It literally could have been in Mandarin Chinese! b
Yes it is very basic info but that is the most important type. Nice video. I have been flying for 19 years now and switched to spectrum 2 years ago. I know about the flashing light meaning loss of signal. However I never knew it kept a count. Excellent information. I am happy for the luck you have had, yet to say its a great system is far from correct. Spectrum Tech fails alot! I lost a $1500 jet due to a brown out at less than 400 feet away w/ 2 sat. at 120mph. Funny thing is that I switched...
I can honestly say that was the most well thought out binding description i have yet to see. Thank you so much for sharing this. The Spekteum manual is crap for explaining things in a common sense way.
hi, i got a dx5e, did the same bind process but failsafe brings only the throttle to idle/zero position. All other channels only retain their position when the signal was lost. Can u help me?
@Trainboy64 Trainboy64 If you do not mind when you say the aerials you are speaking of the short and long antenna correct? Sorry I have never heard them called that, see still learning. Now by doing this it doesnt cut down on the range? I have been told of so many materials that do. This is a great idea if it changes nothing. A side note to that, its common knowledge that you are supposed to have one antenna always at 90 degrees from other. Is this still possibile after heat shrinking?
@Trainboy64 Well I just did two of my AR6210 and their sat. Then I ran out of my small blue heat shrink. Tested one using my medal pot and tin, and I did get the same average results. That woud be an excilent tip video to make. I know these inside and out but never knew I could cover the antenna. The cool trick I have learned is to remove the case and heat shrink the rx in thin clear and it will increase paces by about 10 to 15+. Ok 6 more AR6210's and 4 more AR7610's not doing 500's and 600's
Hi, I have a Spectrum Transmitter and this Orange Receiver. I need help with adding 2nd or 3rd model using the same Orange receiver. I know how to add model on Spectrum TX, no issue there, and also understand that model memory (or profile stay) in the transmitter. I BIND my RX with TX the first time. Added the 1st model as “F-22” and everything went well. Now, when I added 2nd model as “Dragon” and I took out the same receiver from F-22 and put it in 2nd Model, turned it ON, the receiver does nothing. No flashing lights on it or anything. I did the BIND process again while selecting “Dragon” model on TX. It went well and Dragon worked fine, but if I put this receiver back into F-22, nothing happens unless I redo the BIND process one more time to make F-22 work, but then Dragon goes away. I am sure there is better way, can you please help, if you know the solution? Thanks,
@Trainboy64 Thats sounds like something I will be trying I have cracked the outer sleeve on one side of one of my AR6210's and I do not want that happening again. Thanks for the tip.
Thank You for this video. Now I now why my heli during lost connection put the engine to hight and braking the main gear blade. There was wrong setting of engine fail safe... during binding process.
I have two Spektrum radios (5E & 6i) and you have helped me tremendously with your down to earth explanations, THANK YOU!!!!!!! My question is, when is a satellite receiver necessary or recommended?
Great video on binding. One viewer asked about using this Tx/Rx setup on a quad. I am using this on a quadcopter using an APM flight controller and one key point that may help others has to do wit the failsafe binding and the APM failsafe modes. The APM failsafe looks for a throttle signal that is below the normal idle position, which my cheap radios do by default (not programmable), where this Rx goes to the programmed levels and idle will NOT trigger the APM to detect a lost radio signal failsafe. If you lose signal it just puts the throttle to the Rx failsafe position, which is throttle idle, and the quad falls from the sky. A workaround is to trim the radio throttle all the way down before binding the Rx and when you bind the programmed failsafe is then low enough to differentiate in the APM (or whatever flight controller you use on your quad) from idle to lost signal and you can trigger return to launch or land (vs fall from the sky throttle idle) in the APM settings.
cont. switched to HK orange rx with sat. and have never lost signal since. I'm not pushing any brand but a $5 rx was built better than the $100=+ ones I was buying from spectrum. Horizon is very very shady, they release things that have problems they know about and I guess just hope it doesnt happen to everyone. The new X systems make me rethink their tech. They have a very fast boot which was just copied from Futabas basic 2.4 tech. I hope you never have a fail, but dont be suprised if you do.
Good video, thanks for sharing it. I just bought a second hand RC heli from an online shop. The retailer told me that the heli is RTF and was tested before shipping. Although, when I turn on the DX8 first and then the AR 6210, they do not seem are bound. In the AR 6210 there's no leds lit. Need to re-bind? Do you have any suggestions? Thank-you in advance. Regards. Luigi
Yes, the model selected in the DX8 is the correct one. I'll try to rebind, and see what happens. However, once rebound, if the AR 6210 works correctly when it is coupled to the DX8, the LEDs must be on, both on the primary receiver and on the satellite receiver, right? Thank-you.
Ok Trainboy64, good things happen here! For some strange reason while turning on the TX the first time, I think I have inadvertently pressed the bind button!!!! I redid binding, then leds stay solid both on main receiver and on the satellite. The model works fine now! Thank-you for the suggestions. Bye.
