I just bought a Parkzone Corsair, and currently own a DX6i. I purchased the AR500 to put in the corsair (P n P). After buying the AR500, I read some things about this particular Rx and found out there has been numerous problems with the thing locking out, and going unresponsive mid-flight which leads to a destructive crash. My buddy just bought the same reciever, and his will not even bind, I watched him do it numerous times, correctly with no luck. He bought another AR500 and the sam thing happened. Anyone know if this reciever is shady?? I dont want to wreck my plane, since I totally custom painted it and spent way too much time/money on making it look the way it does. Also...Another quick question...the plane came with the brushless motor and e-flite 30 amp ESC. A small waiver in the package says "for your convenience, the voltage cutoff for the 30 amp Pro SB ESC has been preset to the battery included in the package. No programming change necessary, normal default setting for this ESC is 74% cutoff." The battery they are referring to is the 11.1 volt 1800 mah 3 cell lipo. I am not running that battery, instead a 3 cell 11.1 volt 2200 mah. Will that be a problem with whatever they are talking about...74% cutoff??

I have several AR500s and I LOVE them. Not a lick of trouble.

Frankly, I would look at the transmitter for problems if it will not bind with multiple receivers.

The cutoff is voltage based. 74% of starting voltage. Both the 11.1V 1800mAh pack, and the 11.1V 2200mAh pack have the same voltage, so the cutoff will work the same.

Thanks Matt, I have heard more good things about the AR500, but the few negatives really concerned me, now I feel much better about it. Thanks...

I've been flying an AR500 in my plane for over a year. I've had several "accidents" all my fault and still the Ar500 keeps on going. I love it. Problems with all 2.4 receivers "locking out" are usally do to the voltage dropping below the threshold. If you are flying 3D and activate more servos than the battery supply can handle you can get a voltage drop causing the receiver to drop out.

I have 4 AR500 receivers that I have been using in various models ( converted to electric Avistar, Alpha Corsair, Parkzone Radian, Parkzone T28 Trojan) and they have all been rock solid. No problems wth any of them.

got three of the ar500 rx. one lasted two weeks..and dead. wouldn't bind or even lite up. didn't damage anything, it happened on the groung. sent it back to horizon three weeks ago. no response,so i called them. there sending me a new one, whenever they get them in. for a few dollars more i would buy a 6100 or 6200 they don't seem to cause as much trouble . .........................GEETER

I have had a total of 5 AR500s and 2 of them have been bad, so that is defintiely poor reliability. The first was one I got with my Corsair, it had an intermittent, but very repeatable aileron hardover command right out of the box. The other one is for my F-16 and it would not range test, failed to respond at 10 paces. Horizon replaced the first one, and I just sent the other one back to them for investigation. The replacement for the Cosair has worked flawlessly and I have a T-28 and Apprentice that have also worked flawlessly with the AR500. I put an AR7000 in the F-16 and it works just fine.

My experience is that if it works on the ground and range tests OK, then it also works in flight. If you see anything wrong on the ground tests, do not fly with it. Keep in mind that other things can go wrong and cause loss of control. I had the ESC "smoke" on my Apprentice and it glided to a hard landing in the desert, but that was definitely not a receiver issue.

Also be aware that in these forums, there have been several reports of the AR500 not responding to throttle at power up. This can happen if the throotle is not pulled all the way back when powering up the receiver. It can also happen if the throttle trim is moved forward, the next time the receiver is powered up it sees the throttle above neutral and will not respond. This is becuase it uses the last throttle position seen during binding as the neutral position. That is just something that you need to be aware of and it is well documented in the receiver manual.

Given a choice, it is best to go with a full range receiver with a satellite unit, like the AR7000 or AR6200. The AR6000 and 6110 are not full range receivers so I would not recommend them for the Corsair, because you can get that aircraft pretty far away.

The AR6100 is a parkflyer receiver and costs less than AR500. The AR6200 is Full range and costs a few dollars more than the AR500. I personally would use the AR500 over the AR6100 in either a parkflyer or a larger plane. I think there have been more issues with the AR6100 than the AR500. If I needed 6 channels I would definetly go with the AR6200.

I just received my PZ Corsair and the 3 flight functions work well, but the throttle is a NO GO. Battery voltage is fine as well as batteries in the transmitter. This is my 1st electric and I do not know what to do next.........Is the receiver the problem? It worked once but no more.....

Make sure your throttle amd throttle trim are set as low as possible before you turn on the transmitter. If the esc detects throttle input when powered up it won"t arm. Rebind the receiver with the throttle turned all the way down and the other sticks at neutral. Hope this helps- Oemflyer

Thanks, actually I had left throttle trim up. I thought the trim was down...duh. Electronic trims with out a visual reference can be misleading. Thanks.