Spektrum Ar6110e

[r/c basher]

Well maybe this ar6110e receiver isnt bad, I just spent a while testing it out and trying different things, if I was 10 feet away the receiver acted fine but if I had the tx right next to it the servos would act up like yesterday, but then if I moved a few feet away it would start acting normal again. I tried to make the ar6110e not work when I was far away but I couldnt. I moved the antenna of the tx right next to the rx antenna and I think I experienced a brown out, the servos stopped working and then a few seconds later the rx would reconnect and the servos start working again and the light on the rx started flashing.




After testing the ar6110e some more, being to close wasnt the problem, I just tried it and the servos jumped several times and I was 15 ft. away. This receivers going back to Horizon.

[19000rpm]

I guess it's possible, but it's rather rare. If your Tx is running your other Rx well then it's the 6110e or some other system glitch.

[akent]

I have had numerous brownouts with both the 6100 and the 6110, but only with long range planes. These have caused three crashes.

At least with mine, there was nothing wrong with the BEC. These receivers just lost signal.

These are called 'Parkflier' receivers for a reason. They are not designed to go 1000's of feet away. That's when you need the second receiver of the AR6200 and above.

All of my brownouts were when the plane was very far away. One crash was in a Great Planes Evader. The others were an early Funjet.

With all of my planes that can fly far, I no longer use these receivers. I do use them with all of my foamy 3d machines. They work great for these.

There are several others at the Austin field who have had exactly the same happen to them. They all said, "I told you so." when I crashed those. I'm a believer now.

Note that I also will not run these in a helicopter that has a carbon frame....
Kent

[Raygun]

Note that I also will not run these in a helicopter that has a carbon frame....
Kent

I suppose that would have to be true for metal framed heli's??? Ray

[r/c basher]

Jan 8, 2011 7:45:07 GMT -6 Raygun said:

Note that I also will not run these in a helicopter that has a carbon frame....
Kent

I suppose that would have to be true for metal framed heli's??? Ray

From what I understand metal frame helis arent as a big a deal as carbon fiber frames because carbon fiber interferes with Spektrums signals causing them to loose signal.

I still have this Spektrum ar6110e receiver I know I said that I was sending it back, but the problem doesnt come up that often. When it does happen its always as soon as I turn it on, and never in mid flight. When it does happen if I turn it off and then turn it back on again it works perfectly fine. So far I have had 3 or 4 flights on it in my Super Cub and its worked fine.

I think I will stick to the clones though in my smaller stuff, its kind of sad that the clones works better then the real thing sometimes. And if not, buy 4 clones for the price of one real one and chances are good that one will work well. I wont trust this ar6110e or clone receivers in my helis or if I get a big plane.

[19000rpm]

The 6100 and 6110's are really made for park sized planes as kent said, but I've had signal loss issues with every spektrum Rx, including the AR500, except the AR7000. Those losses have crashed at least 5 planes.