Winglet
Well-known member
I've owned a Hobbyking Orange transmitter now for about four months and have used it with many fixed wing aircraft. (all electric) I have logged lots of hours with it and have hundreds of flight on it now. I feel like I have given the radio a good trial and thought I would post regarding my experience for those who might be considering this box.
To summarize my experience, it has been great! I've owned lots of radios going way back to 27mhz and this one is probably my favorite. No problems, no issues. I've powered it with dry cells and a lipo pack. I think this unit is going to be really good for the majority of sport flyers out there. I can't speak for Heli or multi copters because I don't fly those. The little book that comes with the radio is decent but a little is lost in the translation. There is a REAL issue with setting up elevon control. You can't simply go to the menu, select elevon and expect it to work. It won't. You have to do a little simple programming through the mix setting but it is not described anywhere in the manual. I was lucky enough to find step by step instructions on how to achieve this on line and it works fine. I believe I posted that information elsewhere in this forum? If you can't find it, PM me and I will copy and send it to you.
My brother also liked my radio and bought two of them for his family. He has had a great experience with his as well. We are both been using the cheapo Orange receivers R-615? And have had perfect performance from those.
If you anticipate using a lot of different mixes and things like that, I would probably move on to a different radio. Not that this radio won't do them all, it is probably more of a question of finding the instructions on how to do it.
To summarize my experience, it has been great! I've owned lots of radios going way back to 27mhz and this one is probably my favorite. No problems, no issues. I've powered it with dry cells and a lipo pack. I think this unit is going to be really good for the majority of sport flyers out there. I can't speak for Heli or multi copters because I don't fly those. The little book that comes with the radio is decent but a little is lost in the translation. There is a REAL issue with setting up elevon control. You can't simply go to the menu, select elevon and expect it to work. It won't. You have to do a little simple programming through the mix setting but it is not described anywhere in the manual. I was lucky enough to find step by step instructions on how to achieve this on line and it works fine. I believe I posted that information elsewhere in this forum? If you can't find it, PM me and I will copy and send it to you.
My brother also liked my radio and bought two of them for his family. He has had a great experience with his as well. We are both been using the cheapo Orange receivers R-615? And have had perfect performance from those.
If you anticipate using a lot of different mixes and things like that, I would probably move on to a different radio. Not that this radio won't do them all, it is probably more of a question of finding the instructions on how to do it.
