Fs-R6b Receiver Manual Fixed
Vinnie Weinbach
There's not much to say about the receiver (image 09) - it's fairly small, doesn't appear to have BEC (battery eliminator circuitry) so would probably fry if connected to an older Tamiya ESC, and there's no bind button (hence the binding plug). I wasn't sure what was going on with the antenna as half of its length was hidden by heatshrink tubing, so sliced it open to have a look ... I'm not clear what the point of the soldered on brass tube is (shielding of some sort, no doubt) as I haven't seen such a thing on a 2.4ghz receiver before (image 10).
This is the process by which the receiver learns which transmitter it's supposed to take instructions from (and ignore all other signals) - usually it involves some sort of unique Vulcan nerve grippery, so it's good to see this is actually explained in some depth in the manual (or it would be, if the manual was provided).
Just what components should plug in which channel has never been particularly intuitive on radio gear, or indeed a strong point in their product manuals - but the more channels there are, the more problematic it becomes. Initially, the receiver didn't appear to have any markings indicating the correct orientation of plugs going it to it (though it's obvious in photos - see image 09, above, for example ), but luckily the rule of thumb that the negative pin is on the outside of the case, signal pin on the inside held true here.
The CD didn't auto run, and as neither of the two files mentioned in the manual were present, I ran the only two exe files that were: t6config.exe found in the root directory and CP210xCPCInstaller.exe found in the Windows_2K_XP_S2k3_Vista directory (non Windows OSs are not supported) - then rebooted.
The manual says the first thing you should do is select the "Type" (of transmitter setup) you want under "System Setting" - note that this is not the same as "mode" - mine seemed to be set to "ACRO", and as the other options (" HELI-120", "HELI-90" and "HELI-140") seemed even less appropriate, I clicked on "CANSEL" (sic).
"DR" allows adjustment of dual rates for channels 1, 2 & 4, according to the manual... No, I wasn't any the wiser after that either, dual rates aren't something one tends to come across with basic 2-channel radio sets ... this ( =skU51E5ilG0) was the first hit that came up when I Googled it, I'll watch it at some point. Note: this made more sense after investigating the switch settings later - I'm not entirely stupid, after all.
The mount points for each self centring mechanism (a tiny spring and plastic lever) are the same across both axes on both sticks so you have a couple of options: one is buying another identical combo, which will give you enough parts to modify a further 3 transmitters (as well as give you a bunch of spares - including a receiver) at not too much cost.
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