Rob Hair
Heliman
Location: Waterford, MI
| The latest version of the Spectrum receivers have "quick re-connect" and they blink the LED if receiver power is lost and regained.
The quick re-connect re-establishes the link between TX and REC much faster than previously if power is lost or dips below what the receiver needs and is then restored. In my tests this took only 75 msec.
The blinking LED is of great help in diagnosing receiver power supply issues, since it will blink if power was lost and re-gained. If you had this feature you could tell if your BEC was inadequate, etc. because the LED would be blinking after one of your incidents. This has nothing to do with the blinking when binding.
From your latest description, it does sound like you lost power to the receiver, since you had no control of the servos.
As mentioned by others, the advantage of the AR6200 and AR7000 is not greater range, but rather a more reliable RF link. This becomes more important with models that have more electrically conductive parts (metal, carbon fiber) and is especially important with a model that could kill or injure someone. It can take the AR6100 5 to 15 seconds to regain its RF link to the TX if the signal (not receiver power) is lost for approx, a second. |
