I started flying at a club last year and quickly had 2 instances of the transmitter/receiver loosing connection mid flight. My DX6 is set to US mode for transmitter strength. Never had a problem as long as I was the only one flying. I also own an ORX T-Six transmitter but was transitioning to my new DX6. I have a DX6 and was using the ORX 615X receivers. Then everyone can asses if it is wise to fly, if I had done this, I would never have flown with the Orange 615 RX. I simply recommend to make a test range of every receiver before flying, it is very simple to do. The day before a vertical take off and landing Canadair (with moving wings) crashed, the very experienced pilot lost control (plane not responding at all), after my crash I asked my friend the brand of the receiver, believe it or not, Orange (Futaba compatible). I have been flying a basic Futaba 4YF SkySport (FHSS 2,4GHz), and my DX7 with UMX Radian, and F16 MKII without ever loosing control of a plane on the flying field.Īt the first flight with the Orange Rx 615 X I lost my plane, that is why I tested my equipment to try to understand what happened and avoid if possible a repeat. I don't say Orange Rx 615 X don't work, I say that the two units I bought have less than half the range of genuine receivers with my DX7, and don't meet the minimum requirements as specified in the DX7 manual, so your mileage may vary. I tested two Spektrum receivers AR400 and AR8000 and two Orange 615 X receivers (they were new). In both test the conditions were the same for Orange and Spektrum receivers, no fancy test conditions (driving away in a car as I have seen on Youtube), I just walked away in the street. I had my radio in the normal position I use when piloting. This test was done with Rx, Esc, Battery removed from the plane, no servo connected, just throttle to motor. Quote:Do you have your antenna on your Radio horizontal and at a 90 degrees from your Radio and the main antenna horizontal on your plane also for best transmition. If the manufacturers of Orange are testing on US gear and submitting these figures they won`t be correct for EU radio`s.ĭo you have your antenna on your Radio horizontal and at a 90 degrees from your Radio and the main antenna horizontal on your plane also for best transmition. If I were flying expensive models I would definitely buy genuine Spektrum receivers for the DX7.Ī thought has just occurred to me, US transmitters have more power than EU versions. I will let you know how I get on with the new gear. I have it on good authourity the FlySky radio is very dependable. I have bought a new FlySky module and 3 receivers for £27.00 and will fit them to my new Turnigy 9xr. One of them is having to bind every time I go out to fly and the other is loosing too many planes because of loosing radio connectivity and poor range. I have had loads of problems with my Orange module and orange receivers in my Turnigy 9xR. Quote:After crashing my Mesa Bf2 due to loss of connection between Spektrum radio Dx7 and plane, I tested the range of my two brand new Orange receivers. Lesson learned, always test range a new receiver before flying with it (a few minutes, easy to do), and thanks, no Oranges for me. May be my two units are faulty, but as they are, they have a much shorter range than the original product. Plane flew normally for 2 minutes when not too far, after the crash I checked, the receiver didn't loose the bind. I know this goes against many tests I have seen on Youtube.
Tested with just motor connected, no servos to discard variables, receiver standing on a post one meter high. In the same conditions, same Esc, same battery fully charged, the same day, same location, a few minutes later, an Spektrum AR 400 didn't loose connection at 50m. None passed the built in range test of the DX7 (reduced power), 20 m against the 30m minimum specification, both failed at the same distance. After crashing my Mesa Bf2 due to loss of connection between Spektrum radio Dx7 and plane, I tested the range of my two brand new Orange receivers.
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