What does the term RTB mean?

RTB stands for Ready To Bind, is popular for many different RC airplanes these days, but what does the term mean?

Ready To Bind (RTB) is evolved from the Plug-N-Play (PNP) airplanes available, basing on the PNP configuration, a RTB RC airplane is equipped with a 2.4GHz stabilized receiver, which is integrated with 6-axis gyro & stabilizer. You only need a compatible transmitter to bind it and get flying.

What does a RTB contain?

A RTB RC airplane has the motor, ESC, servos, and stabilized receiver installed but is lacking the transmitter, and battery pack (& charger). In other words, the airplane comes pre-assembled just like an RTF one does and usually only requires wing attachment or other basic assembly, then use a compatible transmitter to bind it.

Why do people prefer to choose RTB RC airplane?

- For beginners, it is difficult and dangerous to seek the appropriate stabilizer parameters for the airplane. To solve this problem, we have tested many times to get the best result for the RTB RC airplane, and the appropriate parameters have been set prior to being packaged and shipped. Then you can use the RTB RC airplane directly, free from the trouble of setting.

- A RTB RC airplane has installed a stabilized receiver, which can provide four flight modes: Gyro Off, Normal, Aerobatic, and Auto-Balance, and will bring much more flying experience for the users.

- You can switch to Auto-Balance (Safe) Mode when the aircraft flying unstable or you cannot control it very well, the airplane will recover to the level flight automatically, which it is known as one-click rescue. This mode is suitable for the new beginners or the FPV (First Person View) applications.

Figure 1: a Ready To Bind box contents from the outside

                                           Figure 2: inside DY8971 Primo Trainner RTB, the MSR66A stabilized receiver is supplied

What is the relationship between SRTF and RTB?

Now you have an understanding of the RTB, maybe you are thinking: RTB RC airplanes are an excellent product, if a transmitter is included, that will be much better.

Smart RTF (SRTF) evolved from the Ready To Fly (RTF) airplanes available, the difference is that a SRTF airplane uses a stabilized receiver instead of a normal receiver.

A SRTF RC airplane has the motor, ESC, servos, and stabilized receiver installed and everything that is needed is provided, including the transmitter and battery. Compared with the RTB RC airplane, usually the SRTF RC airplane only requires wing attachment or other basic assembly, the receiver has been bind to the transmitter in the factory.

Information about the programming items of the stabilizer

(1) The default setting for RTB RC airplane

The appropriate parameters have been set for the RTB RC airplanes prior to being packaged and shipped. Then you are free from the trouble of setting. Take the DY8971 Primo Trainner RTB as an example, the default values of the programming items are shown in the table below.

(2) What kind of device should I use to set the programming items?

Users can set the programming items of the stabilizer as required. At the time of writing this page, selectable stabilized receivers for the RTB and SRTF RC airplanes are SR86A and MSR66A. In other words, setting the stabilizer is setting the programming items of SR86A or MSR66A.

- When using the SR86A, you can set its parameters via Detrum series transmitters, such as GAVIN-6C, GAVIN-8C, and GAVIN-X8.

- When using the MSR66A, you can set its parameters via Detrum series transmitters and 3-in-1 programming card.

Figure 3: setting MSR66A’s parameters via GAVIN-8C transmitter

Figure 4: setting MSR66A’s parameters via 3-in-1 programming card

(3) How to set?

The programmable items include: Mode Switch, Yaw Gain, Roll Gain, Pitch Gain, Level Offset on Roll, Level Offset on Pitch, Mounting Direction, and Wing Type. For details about the setting methods, please refer to the instruction manual of SR86A or MSR66A.

RTB can be apply to…?

RTB can be applied to all Dynam series airplanes and airplanes from other manufacturers.

For all this and more, please click below to watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetP2xePJMg