A Quick Hello

[razerdave]

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/230901886690

Cheap enough for you gentlemen ?

[Rapidrory]

THAT was the one I was thinking of! Knew I'd seen it cheaper...

EDIT: Just bought one I want to see what they're like...

EDIT EDIT: Just discovered an advantage of the LemonRx over the OrangeRx; it doesn't die when you get positive and negative back to front! (I said I wasn't very good with receivers )

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

"Gentlemen"??! Lol

[Rapidrory]

Just found this Blade transmitter which is even cheaper http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Blade ... 53ffe24196

EDIT: Aww man, looks like they upped the price after i posted it? It was £9.99

It's from the same seller, the only difference is 'Now Newer DSMX Version, Higher response and still works with older DSM2 Models' written in the blurb of the £12.99 one

[Spaceman]

Great Answers chaps and some usefull info. I saw the cheap Blade. I shall endevour to get one.

Out of intrest, is the 2.4Ghz frequency more or less robust (in terms of transmission reliability) when compared to 40Mhz FM? and how dose paring transmitter and reciver work for the 2.4Ghz system?

[haz]

2.4ghz is so much better than 40 meg. You bind the RX and TX together which removes all frequency clashes and crystals and all that. Never any blips or twitching on 2.4ghz.

[EpicentrE]

The simple answer is yes, 2.4ghz is far more reliable, longer range, and less prone (almost totally immune, in fact) to interference. It's also the most commonly used frequency nowadays across all RC gear, so it's much easier to find components, and it's the one which receives the most development time - including the incredibly micro receivers that some of us use, which I don't think have any equal in other frequencies. I don't think 40mhz has any redeeming qualities.

I've not used the blade myself, but there will be a way (normally a button or a series of actions) on the transmitter that puts it into "bind" mode, and something similar on the receiver. You put the transmitter into bind mode, then power up the receiver into bind mode, and after a few seconds they will find each other, and indicate that they are now bound to one another. The binding shall remain until you unbind/rebind one or the other.

[Rapidrory]

Hopefully my blade transmitter will arrive soon so i can work out and run you through the bind procedure (if someone else doesn't first). The £9.99 transmitter uses the DSM2 protocol, which means you'll need a receiver which uses DSM2 as well. Fortunately both the LemonRx and the OrangeRx are DSM2 so they should be fine. The other £12.99 transmitter uses DSMX, which works with both DSM2 and DSMX protocols, so as far as you're concerned i think the only difference is the price. The shipping on the LemonRx is £2, so one of them plus the cheaper blade transmitter should cost just over £15... Wish I'd known that when i started!

[Spaceman]

Has 2.4 ghz taken over in other weight classes also? Not that I wish to get to ahead of myself but its a bonus if the same gear can be used for other robots in the future.

[Rapidrory]

Yes, it's pretty universal now; i use a LemonRx in my featherweight. It's just a lot cheaper and waay more reliable than anything else now really. Though If you did start on a heavier weight class I would advise upgrading to a slightly more advanced transmitter; they're fine at the ant scale, but i don't know how well they'd do with safely controlling something bigger. Most people use 6 channel Spektrum Dx6i transmitters which are around £60 - £80... My Orange transmitter cost £35, but then had to pay the same again in postage as it's only sold in the US, so it came out about the same price in the end However i can use it on both my featherweight and antweight, plus it has a lot of really useful settings. You get what you pay for really..