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PARTS IS PARTS
HobbyKing R610 and R410
2. 4 GHz Receivers
● by Mike Jeffries
Ifound out recently that there are very few DSM2 receivers
with programmable failsafes
available when I decided to
replace the Spektrum BR6000
receivers I had been using with
a DSM2. This change lead to
a search for a receiver that
would failsafe correctly with my
DX6i transmitter and a wide
range of motor controllers,
including the IFI Thor 883, the
Holmes Hobby BR-XL,
and the Finger Tech
Robotics Tiny-esc. At
the time, I selected the
cheapest Spektrum
branded receiver that
was listed as failsafing
correctly — the
AR6115.
In testing, this
proved not to be the
case as the
manufacturer had
changed the failsafing
properties when the
model number
switched from 6110 to 6115. I
next tried the AR600 after
returning the AR6115. The
failsafe behavior was still not
correct.
HobbyKing R410 and R610
next to Motor City Massacre
— a 1 lb robot that currently
uses an R410 receiver.
