Hobyking spectrum compatible RX's

terminaldamage · Post by **terminaldamage** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:30 pm

Dirt cheap indeed

I was about to order one on impulse but I've restrained myself until I've had a look round the net for reviews. Peter, would you mind posting a short review once you've received and used yours? Another first-hand account, along with Jim's, would be a welcome aid

I'm assuming it has trims? Looking at one of the eBay pics, there appear to be sets of buttons along the axes which could be the trims but I can't be 100% sure. Any info welcomed as these are an excellent price especially if being used with the cheap DSM2 HobbyKing receivers. Plus, being used to standard transmitter handsets, the gaming style of this one looks awesome 8)

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:45 pm

Yep,4AA's. Yes it has trims,in the shape of plastic buttons,these also control servo reversing,by powering on with buttons pressed.I have a full manual,so I have some info at least. I have had this for two years,and ran Bruce on it when I first rebuilt him. It is a plasticy TX,but I have never had any problems. To bind,you just press the left stick in while powering on,there are also dual rates too.

shakesc · Post by **shakesc** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:26 pm

just bought one. At that price it would be rude not to

terminaldamage · Post by **terminaldamage** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:51 pm

Thanks for the info Jim. I may just well order one being that cheap.
Costs roughly the same to buy the orange compatible receivers on eBay to go with the unit, but saves me having to order/receive stuff from ChinaKing

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:46 am

Cool. Remember,there is no mixing on these,so you will need a V-tail mixing unit in your robot (I got one for ?3 from ebay yesterday.) They are very small pcb's and only weigh a couple of grams.
I was thinking of shortening the RHS stick on mine and making it into a game pad style D-pad.

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:18 pm

jim, i have one of your v tail mixers i'm not using if you want it back.

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:13 pm

Jonny wrote:jim, i have one of your v tail mixers i'm not using if you want it back.

Cheers Jonny,but I am fine.
The one I bought on ebay arrived thismorning.
Thanks for the offer though.

peterwaller · Post by **peterwaller** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:06 am

I have received my E-flite transmitter and I must say for ?10 I am impressed. OK the sticks are plastic but they are smooth and seem to centre nicely. They are definitley marked up DSM2 compatible which is not too suprising when you see some of the mouldings and the approval label are marked up Horizon Hobbey Inc who are the people who make Spektrum. Inside virtually every thing is mounted on the main pcb including the sticks and only the RF board to the arial is seperate. It all looks nicely made and the trims are by means of eight pushbuttons. The case has a blanked off MODE 1 / 2 switch which is in fact included on the board but I havent had a look at that or if it is possible change the springing on the sticks. There is no ratchet on the throttle stick so it is easier to move than normal but it does seem to stay where you put it.
Here is what it looks like with the back off:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/ ... MG1241.jpg
Here is the board removed:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/ ... MG1240.jpg
Ok there is no mixing but one of these and the HK receivers can give you the basic radio for under ?20.

terminaldamage · Post by **terminaldamage** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:04 pm

Thanks for that Pete, very helpful and informative as usual. When I actually sat back and thought about this, it properly struck me just what you can get for your money radio-wise nowadays, especially with 2.4GHz. Without wanting to make myself sound too old, when I started out (circa 2002/2003), the 2-channel Futaba Attack system was ?40-?50, the Skysport 4 was ?100 and the Skysport 6 ?120. I took the plunge with a Skysport 6, which was a lot of money for me back then (can't even remember how I saved up that much!) and I could only dream of getting a 4ch radio system for ?20 all in.

Admittedly with 2.4GHz you get what you pay for, and so far I've bought:

Radio Link tx/rx: ?30
Replacement rx: ?10 (plus another one now needed)
Corona DIY module: ?20
Replacement receiver: ?10

So that's ?70 on 2.4GHz stuff and I don't even have a working set right now (broke my Corona co-ax connection) and for that price I could've had a DX5e that would most likely still be going. But with sets at this price, it's hard to resist, especially with the now mandatory 2.4GHz ruling for FWs. Okay so it doesn't have mixing, but neither did my super-duper fancy-pants Skysport 6 at the time.

I think I've lost track of the moral of the story so I'll just shoosh and go get myself a ?20 tx/rx combo

Team Orr · Post by **Team Orr** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:51 am

I just bought one of those for ?11 with free p&p so im happy

can anybody recamend a cheap compatible rx? also i assume the transmitter is 3 channel? it didnt say anything in the description)

even if it isnt il find a use for it, thanks for the find jim