Spektrum Binding Trick

[doctormike]

Thanks, Doc

[Pauly]

Yes, both are Spektrum compatible.

That's good to know.

[OV10]

Hello DocMike,
Here's two U.S. distributors that I use for acquiring Lemon Rx's and both provide warranties if needed.

http://www.thehobbymonster.com/Receivers-s/1814.htm

http://www.heli-nation.com/our-brands/lemon-rx

Best regards,

[xviper]

Negative. I do not see any Lemon products at Value. Here is one place you can buy them:
http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?r...y&path=264_278

You can also buy directly from Lemon but the price is the same and it takes longer to ship.

Personally, I suggest staying away from the separated twin diversity antennas. I had one and one of the antenna broke off just from vibration. Here is the one to stay away from :

http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=264_278&product_id=5280

[doctormike]

Are Lemons the same thing that Value Hobby sells? I'm using one and, so far it works well. Doc

[xviper]

Does the Lemon or Orange bind with Specktrum?

Yes, both are Spektrum compatible.

[Pauly]

Does the Lemon or Orange bind with Specktrum?

[boomer108]

Hey Flygirl!

Glad to see you back. Yeah that's about as helpless as it gets in this hobby, no response on the sticks. Ahhh!!

[xviper]

The guy who runs one of my flying fields (private, native reserve) is a bit on the ignorant side and all he sees is what's on the surface. He doesn't keep abreast of the times and doesn't read what's going on in the RC World. He found out that one of my flying buds was using a Lemon and immediately forbade him from using anything but Spektrum. He knows many of us use Lemon but he hasn't got the nerve to tell us the same thing. He's got a hate on for my buddy so he feels he can bully him at every opportunity. He also banned Orange products years ago but nobody listened to him.
WOAH! I just noticed your avatar of the C-188 "Dusty". I've got an orange one one the way.

[Flygirl]

Hey, welcome back. We've missed ya.
To the best of my knowledge, Lemon and Orange are about in the same price range (typically ~$15.00 to $20.00 for a basic 6-ch). Then you get into the stabilized ones and the higher channel ones and they can get up to $25.00 to $30.00. Visually, the Orange is a bigger box. The Lemons are smaller, more compact and some don't even have a case. They just have all their guts hanging out, which really doesn't matter since they're hidden inside the plane. Both are just as reliable (which is very reliable). I've had more "incidents" with my Spektrum RXs. Both Orange and Lemon had a somewhat shaky start, but so did Spektrum back in their early days.
From what I've seen, Lemon has had more publicized beta testing from some very knowledgeable and qualified people. Whereas Orange development and testing has been "behind the scenes". I don't doubt that both derive their components from similar sources. But then, it's also likely that Spektrum components and manufacturing come from the same sources, too.
I prefer Lemon for their compactness, although I like Orange because they are "pretty". (Not very logical at all.)

LOL!! I like pretty! Hehehe! I have one Orange receiver and it works great so far. I haven't looked into the Lemons (kind of a funny choice of names eh? LOL!) so thanks for the info. Have to look more into them.

Thanks for the welcome back my friend! :shy:

[xviper]

Viper, I always wondered, besides the color (LOL!) what's the difference between Lemon and Orange? Is there any?

Hey, welcome back. We've missed ya.
To the best of my knowledge, Lemon and Orange are about in the same price range (typically ~$15.00 to $20.00 for a basic 6-ch). Then you get into the stabilized ones and the higher channel ones and they can get up to $25.00 to $30.00. Visually, the Orange is a bigger box. The Lemons are smaller, more compact and some don't even have a case. They just have all their guts hanging out, which really doesn't matter since they're hidden inside the plane. Both are just as reliable (which is very reliable). I've had more "incidents" with my Spektrum RXs. Both Orange and Lemon had a somewhat shaky start, but so did Spektrum back in their early days.
From what I've seen, Lemon has had more publicized beta testing from some very knowledgeable and qualified people. Whereas Orange development and testing has been "behind the scenes". I don't doubt that both derive their components from similar sources. But then, it's also likely that Spektrum components and manufacturing come from the same sources, too.
I prefer Lemon for their compactness, although I like Orange because they are "pretty". (Not very logical at all.)

[Flygirl]

A lot of guys in our club use Spectrum radio's. I have a Tactic 650 I've used for four years now with only one failure like Farmflyer with a 624 receiver that was damaged from a previous crash. That's how I lost my Sensei last year, last seen flying north.:(

Jeez, that's a bummer..... I can't imagine how much of a helpless feeling that must be... :(

[Flygirl]

This is just my own experience ................... I found the voice was hard to hear even at the max volume (I can't even remember if it can be adjusted). And when I could hear it during quieter times, it started to get annoying so I no longer use it.
Oh, as for the costly Spektrum Rx, I don't buy them anymore unless there's a real good sale on one I need (and that's rare). I've gone completely to Lemon and the occasionally Orange now.

Viper, I always wondered, besides the color (LOL!) what's the difference between Lemon and Orange? Is there any?

[farmflyer]

The volume on the voice alerts can be adjusted and turned on or off. I only use it on the timer. Even on 100% the voice isn't very loud but I can hear it my hearing isn't that great. Like someone stated earlier if your getting bnf usually the pnp is only around $30 cheaper so that makes the reciever not to expensive especially for as3x. You'll spend that or more for most any reciever and gyro. We've had good luck with both tactic and spectrum the only real difference is spectrum equipment is higher priced.

[xviper]

I'm still a newbie. Hippie recommended I get a Tactic for all the reasons stated above. I haven't had any issues with it. I do have 650. I do how ever like the idea of voice alert on Spectrum. I have thought about getting a DX6 only for some BNF planes. And yes it does hold 250 planes, but I don't think it would ever replace my Tactic because of the fact that Spectrum receivers are costly.

This is just my own experience ................... I found the voice was hard to hear even at the max volume (I can't even remember if it can be adjusted). And when I could hear it during quieter times, it started to get annoying so I no longer use it.
Oh, as for the costly Spektrum Rx, I don't buy them anymore unless there's a real good sale on one I need (and that's rare). I've gone completely to Lemon and the occasionally Orange now.

[Pauly]

I'm still a newbie. Hippie recommended I get a Tactic for all the reasons stated above. I haven't had any issues with it. I do have 650. I do how ever like the idea of voice alert on Spectrum. I have thought about getting a DX6 only for some BNF planes. And yes it does hold 250 planes, but I don't think it would ever replace my Tactic because of the fact that Spectrum receivers are costly.

[boomer108]

A lot of guys in our club use Spectrum radio's. I have a Tactic 650 I've used for four years now with only one failure like Farmflyer with a 624 receiver that was damaged from a previous crash. That's how I lost my Sensei last year, last seen flying north.:(

[farmflyer]

The 650 is my mainstay transmitter also with 624 6 channel reciever. Like I said earlier I got the DX6 for the pt17 um and maybe a couple of bnf planes in the future. I have 11 planes on tactic with hundreds of flights with only 1 reciever failure and that one had been involved in a severe crash and reused. The dx6 has 250 model memory hope I don't fill that up too soon. You can slow flap operation speed which I like plus too many other features to list here. It won't replace my tactic stuff but will go along nicely with it. I still rather pay $20 for a reciever than $50 to $80 even if you add a gyro to the tactic they're less than $50. I also like the voice alert flight timer on the dx6 I don't have to look down to check my time how cool is that! The more I use it the more I like it.

[Hippie 64]

I have used the Tactic 650 now for about 3 years and I'm not seeing anything better with the Spektrum . It holds 10 planes my Tactic holds 20 . I have never used a plane with AS3X in it but that's the only advantage I see with it so far ..

Bryan

[farmflyer]

DX6 I like that you can adjust the stick tension from outside. Lots of memory. I've only bound 2 planes on it and have flown one of them 4 flights yesterday but am liking the feel in my hands. It is a little bit bigger in size over all than the dx6i and a little heavier but feels good in your hands. I also like the rubber grip pads they make it feel more secure.