Did I buy the wrong reciever?? Help Please!

[jamiejap77]

I just bought a plank thats 38" wingspan and there was nobody at my LHS that new D!^k about radios & recievers, I may have screwed!

I have a Spektrum AR6100. all i find is that its for "Parkflyers" but i dont know what defines this as far as operating range??

The same reciever is in my Eflite CX2 helicopter, but i never fly that father than 50' away!

I'm running a DX8 ( the 8 channel is in my larger heli )

Any help in this would be awsome.

Thank you.

[mejmea]

If you are flying this as a park flier (which I assume you would be with a 38 inch wingspan) I think you will be fine. Spektrum lists it for, among other things, "Foamies" and there are certainly foamies in the same size range as yours. See the following links:

http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/D...ProdID=SPM6100

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6555830/tm.htm

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26837

[Mojappa]

As long as you don't fly to the edge of your visual limits then it should work fine.

[jamiejap77]

Well i'll be returning to the LHS to try to upgrade, i don't see myself staying inside 600-700'

Thank you, Thank you, very much for those links. That is some helpfull stuff!!

[mejmea]

Originally Posted by jamiejap77

Well i'll be returning to the LHS to try to upgrade, i don't see myself staying inside 600-700'

Thank you, Thank you, very much for those links. That is some helpfull stuff!!

You are very welcome. I sincerely doubt you would have a problem but it's obviously best for you to have confidence in the receiver. As an alternative you might consider one of the spektrum models that has a satellite receiver so that you have more signal diversity (I believe that's what they call it).

[superjoe83]

ive taken my 3d foamy up so high it was just a little blob of white, no issues using a ar6110, would it hurt to go with a ar6200 with a sat? nope, just more peace of mind

[mejmea]

Just thought about this a bit more. You also might consider an ar500. It doesn't have a satellite receiver but is labeled as "full range" by Spektrum and is used in many of their bigger BNF foamies such as the T-28 and Stinson. These are a bit bigger than your plane (based on wingspan) and so presumably might be capable of being flown even further away.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...500#quickSpecs

[Elios000]

if its a fomie or balsa it should be fine really dont need a sat on some thing that small unless it has a ton of CF in it or a big motor

[jamiejap77]

Thanks guys for all your input, I went to the LHS and they had a AR600 in stock for just $10 more and allowed me to return/trade up the other reciever. I'm much more confident since the 600 is a "Full Range" and it also has a data port for telemetry, ...this plane is Fast!!!

Thanks again guys!!

[Kington99]

i use a parkflyer in a 57" balsa model, fly it as far as i can see no problems