jimibar

Hello Dave, thanks for the reply but I don't get the sentence "set the control outputs with just the Rx and then pass them through the PB unit" ?
what about the sensors ? Only one slot on the 9D, is that correct ?

Dave Wilshere

At this stage I was only talking about the operation of the Evolution. There is a ‘dock’ available to allow ( from memory) 5 sensors

Dave

clavin

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Has anyone setup a cortex pro using serial protocol of some kind into a competition with a core and a 9D? Or do you HAVE to use the LOOM?


Thanks

miksterr

You can set the 9D to output SXRL so in theory should be fine with the 1 wire to the Cortex.

Mike

F1 Rocket

The receivers can be set to output S Bus. The Cortex Pro will learn this and output a stabilized S Bus output that can then be used by the PB Competition.

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

What are the limitations of the 5 and 7 channel Rx? I bought a PBR-7S (and several other Rx) with my CORE but seeing it is a single Rx I don't know if it is limited in what type of aircraft it is safe to use with. I would like to put it in a 2M pattern plane... We all flew for many years with a single Rx back in the 72mHz days. Then with Spectrum it was advisable to use additional satellites with bigger aircraft, one for a park flyer, two for most stuff, 3 or 4 for IMAC planes and jets. But this is different technology.

AngusMc

My Feedback: (1)

I was thinking the same thing the other day, I have a EDF 80mm jet that I’m using as a test bed. I put the 7s in with the single antenna, I placed the antenna in the front with what I think the least amount of possible RF obstruction.

Have not flown it yet, still 2 feet of snow on the ground, but it’s ready to go with telemetry showing the number of frame losses.

I think it will be just fine.

Am

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

Yeah, I bought it thinking foamy EDF but now I want to put it into a pattern plane

Dave Wilshere

I did extensive testing in an EDF Avanti with the 7s. I have the aerial back of the cockpit running up the angled line. The last bit of the aerial is outside the fuselage. I have flown to the limit of my vision, 20’ from the ground in every direction and it’s solid.
The weakest signal is looking down the point of the wire, mounting vertical, slightly angled is the best solution, do that and I would use one in the pattern plane fine.

Dave Wilshere

I would say the nose is not necessarily the best place, if it was a two Rx install I would put one in the nose, but screening is more of an issue with a single aerial. Just the last inch is receiving the data, hence getting it high and vertical is best for the demanding area of a flight pattern when the model is low and far out.

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

Thanks!

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

Kind of crazy the way stuff is selling here in the states. I posted last night here and before going to bed someone was selling a pair of N.I.B. PBR-8E for a song. I snapped them up. To me they are great for simple but valuable or large aircraft, two receivers but not much functionality besides a basic receiver. Which I don't really care about for sport flying. That's so personal though, many sport flyers love telemetry! But I rarely look down at my Tx so an 8 ch will get the Pattern plane and the 7 ch a foamy.
Thanks for the discussion on aerial placement. I'm a bit surprised you are putting the aerial outside of the fuselage though. Does foam, or balsa and Monokote, really interfere with reception? I thought Carbon Fiber was the only real problem.

BarracudaHockey

My Feedback: (11)

Carbon is the only thing other than maybe flight metal that will mess with radio reception as far as covering and that goes.

Dave Wilshere

Only reason outside to to get it as clear/high as possible. Not because of screening. Also flexing in the wind helps with no fixed line on the Rx aerial pickup!

Dave

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

Interesting

clavin

My Feedback: (6)

Thanks Danny!!

Hgimre

Hi
I have this setup.
I use serial input to cortex.
Then i programmed the A port on the receiver to start as channel 7,(1-6 in cortex, including gain)
That gives you the 9 open ports in the receiver, 9 awailible channels.(7-15)
Be aware, that if you are not using a powerbox of some sort, you need to supply battery power to both receiver and gyro, as the bus port on the receiver has a wery limitet current draw awailible...

Hope this was understandable...

Harald

RC_MAN

My Feedback: (11)

Does anyone know of a good video that shows how to make the 9 ch receiver into 10 and hooking up the gyro?

Thanks

David Gladwin

I don't think you can. ( but stand to be corrected)
The i gyro sat. plugs into the fast track port and it is that port which can be configured for channel 10.,

I needed more channels than 9 so simply paralleled an 8 ch receiver to the 9 and used the Fast Track port on the 9 for the gyro and fed a couple of low amperage valves from the 8 channel unit.

I then connected the sensors, pressure guage, Xico ecu and the V speak unit into the p2 bus via a hub.

AngusMc

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no video, but is this for hooking up an Igyro SRS? if so, through the Fast track link you can assign channels 10 -14 by mapping it out on the IGyro SRS and assign Aileron, Elevator and rudder to those channels on the radio

Angus

BarracudaHockey

My Feedback: (11)

You bind the receiver then access the telemetery menu to remap the fast track port to PWM but if you're plugging in a an ISat gyro it goes into that port.

icicles

I'm looking for some advice. I currently own a Futaba 18mz, and it is basically 10 years old, time to move it on, nothing wrong with it. And thinking of a Core

All my large models are set up with Sbus (serial)through a Emcotec DPSI bus hub. I don't use the Powerbox expanders. The DPSI bus hub handles the power requirements just fine. Lighter etc

I do understand if I go to the Core it will involve new RX's.

My question is, can I purchase Powerbox Rx's, output a serial output that my servos (Futaba Sbus2 types)in existing models will recognise. I don't want to install a power expander, and then have to PWM to the servos. I don't want to run all new cabling. I can hopefully just change RX's

Thanks muchly

BarracudaHockey

My Feedback: (11)

I'm by far no expert in Futaba but I can say yes, you will need new receivers.

I "think" the answer is yes, and here's why, because this is in the specs for the 26D and 9D receivers
Do you have a link to the bus you're using so I can maybe confirm?

Auxiliary output can be configured as Channel 10 or as serial interface (S.BUS or SRXL)

icicles

Thanks, this what the DPSI bus hub is
https://www.lindinger.at/en/rc-elect...ributor-module

husafreak

My Feedback: (3)

So I have an old Electra I would like to move over to Powerbox very economically. I am happy with my redundant LiFe power system and iGyro3e already installed. Can I simply connect a PBR-5S or PBR-7S or PBR-9S via the P2-BUS and gain Rx redundancy as well as the additional channels I need? Combining a 7S and 5S this way would be much less expensive and weighty than using a 9S and a PowerExpanderSRS to get the number of channels I need.