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Old 05-17-2012 | 01:22 PM
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Default RE: Spectrum receivers

I've tried, tested and used ALL of the Orange RX's.

Here is the rundown... with BOTH Spectrum and JR TX's.

The Orange RX's are DSM2 only ( unless they state DSM ), but not DSMX.

Your DSMX TX will work with them in DSM2 mode however.

The 4 channel Micro Park Flyer RX - Fantastic.... tested to well over 1000' LOS, never a glitch or hiccup

The 4 channel full range RX - Fantastic.... I've flown glow engine planes out to their limits.

The 6 channel full range RX - Lousy - DO NOT BUY........ This RX uses EXACTLY the same circuit board utilized by other "no-name" clone RX's with black/silver shrink wrap labels.

Momentary 2 - 3 second reception losses in spite of more than adecuate power, reproducable on three different units. Adding the Satellite does NOT improve matters.

The "no-name" clones have done exactly the same thing in testing. I think this is an uncorrected firmware issue.

The 7 channel full range RX - Fantastic.... I've used this on a couple gassers w/o problems. The satellite has not proven to be necessary

The 9 channel full range RX - My Favorite... Supports JR/Spectrum advanced features and the logger.