jeffie8696 wrote:Its April,
Brett wrote:Hi Bruce et al,
was a review ever done on the OrangeRX DSM2 lineup from HK? Its been a long time since the 6Ch was released and one of my burning questions was "does the satellite option on the 6Ch actually provide the additional signal coverage as experienced on the original products?"
I had the reason to revisit this question recently and in my own tests I strongly suspected the sat did not assist at all. Finally I stumbled upon this Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-XUkbpUCgE
Looks like a clever way of testing using 2 radios.
Can you confirm this way of testing is as conclusive as it looks? ie. If you have a 6Ch O-RX, you are wasting time adding a satellite.
The tester goes on to say the 9Ch OrangeRX works fine with the satellites using this testing technique. This supports my experience too doing shielded ground tests.
Another interesting fact in my testing regards the binding of two different type OrangeRXs to the one model setting on one TX (a DX8).
The 4 & 6Ch RXs will bind happily together (great for a 360 FPV setup I have where the camera turntable can spin continually controlling the vertical axis with the 4ch. The 6ch controls the panning and vehicle)
Neither the 4 or 6ch will co-exist with the 9ch. They bind up OK but the channels are mixed up and often only work 50% of their range of movement.
Can you explain why this is?
With Failsafe, it appears the 7 & 9Ch O-RX have it on all channels, yet the 6 & 4Ch only have a "default to zero" throttle psuedo failsafe.
Hope to see a review on some of these. I know DSM2 is not a favourite, but a lot of RCers have them. Would be good to get some facts out there.
cheers
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