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PS.. here's what a moment of inattention can do to bullet connectors:

EC5 are pretty popular and seem to work fine most of the time. I've seen a few people have problems with them due to overheating and 'de-soldering' themselves but usually only very hard flyers. Personally on my 700 size helis i use 5.5mm bullets because they are easier to series connect and more...

I guess we need to agree to differ on that point. Like I said in the last post it's an accepted principle that the responsibility to provide proof sits with the person who comes up with the theory. This is accepted without question in law ('innocent until proven guilty') but for some reason...

Maybe the title should be 'Knock-off manufacturers, helping or hurting the hobby' ? It just seems a bit unfair to single out China specifically and then focus exclusively on the cheap junk that comes out of that country without balancing the argument with all the 'good quality at a affordable...

Phil, With all these binding problems with those DX6 transmitters you made me nervous. As you know I have a 'new in box' DX6 that I'm selling on eBay. It's never been bound to an Rx and after your experience I got a bit worried that maybe it also wouldn't bind. So i pulled out a spare receiver...

The DSX9 has a reputation as a great Tx (I've not used one personally). i'm sure it will work perfectly with the Blade. It will be interesting to find out what the issue was with the two DX6 transmitters.

As for the gear mesh, it shouldnt feel tight at any point. there should be a 'just detectable' clearance at all ppoints of the rotation. i usually find the tightest spot on the rotation, fold a strip of note paper double, feed it between the pinion and main gear, push the motor up tight then...

Nice footage. I've never done FPV, doesnt watching that through FPV goggles make you feel a bit queasy?

For what it's worth I just sold one of the new Microbeast 'Plus' units. It had come out of a Trex 'super combo' kit. It looked pretty good but I didn't need it, plus I have a preference for software based programming rather than the stick wiggling /LED blinking approach. The fact that you cant...

Not so much a history lesson, I was just trying to explain where DSMX came from and why JR transmitters use something different and so dont support DSMX.

Phil, Yes, I know that it's a JR. JR and Spektrum are all brands of the Horizon Hobby company. When JR adopted 2.4GHz they simply used Spektrum's already proven DSM/DSM2 technology, so both JR and Spektrum used the exact same DSM/DSM2 protocol until 2011. In 2011 HH introduced DSMX technology...

The DSX9 is DSM2 only. DSMX was first introduced in 2011. This is the intro video: DSMX - YouTube Fortunately all DSMX receivers are DSM2 backward compatible so your DSX9 will still work with all current receivers. Spektrum transmitters show on the screen what mode they are operating in, also...

Like I've said a few times, yes it has the 6 axis sensor but that in now way at all indicates that it has 'self leveling' or 'rescue' functionality. Potentially the hardware could support it, but as you said yourself, Spartan havent implemented it in their software. The 6 axis bit simply means...

6 axis sensor will only give self leveling and rescue if the software has implemented it. A six axis sensor alone doesnt prove that it has those features. The software to implement self level and rescue is expensive to develop so i guess Spartan haven't gotten to it yet. Their web site makes no...

Yes, that's correct. The AR7210BX that comes with the 270CFX has a special firmware that has 'SAFE' enabled, but other parameters are locked so that it can only be used on the 270CFX. If you want to turn on all the setup parameters AND have SAFE available then you have to pay the same $100...

The Vortex doesnt have self leveling or rescue. Last time I checked the Spirit and iKon2 were much the same price.

Yes, it has a six axis sensor (three axis gyro and three axis accelerometer) as standard but that doesnt automatically mean that it has self leveling or rescue functionality (Spektrum call these features 'SAFE'). That functionality has to be supported not only by the hardware but by the...

But like the Microbeast Plus, you have to pay out quite a hefty fee for the 'Pro' firmware upgrade to enable the self levelling and rescue features. That's the main reason I much prefer the Spirit or ikon2.. at least with them you have all the features available and you don't get stung for hefty...

Sounds like a plan but personally I would get too concerned about the charge state of batteries. As long as the Rx is powering on with the LED flashing and the Tx voltage alarm isn't sounding then it should bind. There is a natural assumption that the Tx will 'work better' with a fully charged...