Orange Receiver - ADDENDUM!!

[Vincent LaPorte]

HowTO – setup Hobby King Orange FAAST receiver
11/05/10

I received a Hobby King Orange FAAST compatible receiver today. I paid
$29 and $3 shipping but now see that current price is $39 –
but if you login it still is $29
– it must be popular.
I completed the binding (easy) with my Futaba 7C transmitter and tested
several servos with results as follows:
Futaba S3003 (analog) – lots of buzzing
Futaba FP-S134 (analog) – lots of buzzing
Hobbico CS-12 (analog) – lots of buzzing
Corona DS-919MG (digital) – very good
Esky 8 gram (digital) – very good
EXI D213f (digital) – very good
I also turned on three other 2.4Ghz systems very close to this setup
and no interference noted.
Conclusion – the cheap (less cheap now) HK Orange FAAST compatible receiver
really works but only with digital servos.

I installed this receiver in my EXI450 heli but now note that the GYRO (channel 4) will not initialize. I tried 3 gyros (Telebee head hold,
Hobby King HK401B, and Logictech LGT-2100T) all with same result. I
have previously noted that Corona Synthesized Dual Conversion
Receiver 6Ch 72Mhz receivers had the same problem – would not
initialize my several gyros. The problem was explained in several
forms as synthesized receivers take a while (seconds) to boot up and
by then the gyro feels that the system is not working properly and
refuses to play nice.

So it looks like my great find (cheap FAST receiver) is not so great.

However – after I posted the above information at the Hobby King forum I got a reply which corrects the analog servo buzz and the gyro
problem. Apparently the Orange receiver has a high speed signal or
low speed signal which you can select. To select power up the
receiver with a 4.8v flight battery and press and hold the bind
button on the receiver for 6 seconds and note that the flashing red
led goes from rapid flashing to slow flashing – now you are in “low
speed signal” and analog servos and gyros work just fine.

Luck,
Vince