flying daddy Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Was there problems with the DX6 or was I just unlucky. I started my model up ( ic motor ) Did all the checks ,all fine no issues ..Took the model to the flying strip ticking over fine .Turn to return to the flight box and at that point the model went into full throttle and careered down the field at full throttle I had no control of the model .The model crashed into the safety fence totally destroying it .I noticed the main LED screen on my DX6 was blank but the orange Spektrum light was on .Check the model ,no radio control on any flying controls .Turned the DX6 off turned it back on and everything was working fine again???? Now a lot of people are telling me that a lot of DX6 had trouble with mother boards .GREAT I have since binned the DX6 and re bound every model on the DX6 to my trusted DX8.Any one else had any trouble with the DX6 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Only seen one Gen 1 have the RF board go down , at home. All others have been fine ! Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying daddy Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 2 minutes ago, Colin Carpenter said: Only seen one Gen 1 have the RF board go down , at home. All others have been fine ! Colin Must be unlucky then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 RF board faIled on my old dx6 many years ago - spotted on a range check. @flying daddybest check your failsafe - failed rf board typically results in loss of signal............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgeflyer Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Basically they are now old technology. How long do electronic gadgets generally last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgeflyer Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Battery failure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying daddy Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 After the incident when I turned the DX6 back on checked the fail safe and it was working fine 1 minute ago, Edgeflyer said: Basically they are now old technology. How long do electronic gadgets generally last? I have an old DX6i still working fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgeflyer Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 I had a Fleet radio set that still worked fine. Was I happy to control my 60cc aerobat with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 I have a Fluke digital multimeter (auto range, all bells/whistles etc..) that I had as an apprentice and am now retired so its 42 years old and still works as it first did out of the box. A club instructor flies one of my models (takes me to launch the very under powered high wing loaded model) using a DX8 gen 1 on DSM2 with no problems and he flies really big circuits (has very good eyesight!). One of the factors might be how the TX has been treated in the past, recently someone left his TX out in the rain, scrambled screen and odd things happening with the scroll wheel. Dry it out and use use it, really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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