Wow.. I totally missed that point in the reply. Fry servos and receiver? Not only is it highly unlikely, but darn near non existent. If that was the case, I'm sure the very first thing in the owners manual (not that anyone reads the darned things) would be DO NOT TURN ON THE RECEIVER BEFORE TURNING ON THE TRANSMITTER OR DAMAGE WILL RESULT.

The lawyers would have a grand time with that.

What IS necessary, for the new technology, the 2.4GHz systems that require a "binding connection" between the transmitter and the receiver, given the fact that the transmitter sends a signal that the receiver accepts and then binds to it, is that the transmitter is turned on first. In some circumstances, turning the receiver on first can cause a loss of bind that may require a re-binding process as you would do when you first set the system up. In that case, remember that the transmitter is the master controller.. has all the necessary information for the receiver.

The receiver remembers only the binding process not the data.. end points, expo, mixing.. all that is in the transmitter and, before it is processed by the receiver, there must be a binding process. If you turn the RX off, that is lost and you have to re-bind or "reset" the connection.

So, if the RX is turned on first, the binding process may not occur. If this is the case, just turn everything off and start over again by turning on the transmitter THEN the receiver. A short time later, the servos will probably go to the point that the transmitter has directed them to go and you're ready to go.

No, the process is more likely to prevent over extending servos to the point where the control surface physical limits will be exceeded thus breaking something like tearing or breaking a hinge, or bending linkage or somethingl like that. The receiver? What frys receivers is overvoltage.. like using an 11.1 LiPo battery pack, without regulation, on a receiver that is designed for 4 to 8 volts DC.. meaning 4 or 5 cell NiMh or NiCd's or 3 cell LiFe packs.. or, as said, LiPo packs with a regulator.

Thanks, Ken, for setting everyone straight.

CGr.