FBL Systems & Remote Receivers

[scallybert]

A number of FBL systems allow connection of remote receivers, removing the need for a separate receiver.

Eg a Skookum SK720 can have upto 2 Spektrum remote receivers connected to it. Other FBL systems allow similar arrangements.

Does anyone know if this use of the remote receivers is something that is supported by the radio manufacturer, or is it something that the FBL vendors have reverse-engineered or such ?

[J-S-Q]

A number of FBL systems allow connection of remote receivers, removing the need for a separate receiver.

Eg a Skookum SK720 can have upto 2 Spektrum remote receivers connected to it. Other FBL systems allow similar arrangements.

Does anyone know if this use of the remote receivers is something that is supported by the radio manufacturer, or is it something that the FBL vendors have reverse-engineered or such ?

I THINK I've read that running satellites with VBar is not officially supported by Spektrum but perhaps someone will be able to confirm this 100%.

[scallybert]

I THINK I've read that running satellites with VBar is not officially supported by Spektrum but perhaps someone will be able to confirm this 100%.

I've got the same impression with Skookum & Spektrum.

Anyone that has landed and seen the orange LEDs flashing on a Spektrum RX (eg AR6200 main receiver) will know that they can tolerate re-booting in-flight without too much drama - maybe a noticeable glitch or spasm, but generally nothing worse.

OTOH, a FBL controller re-booting in flight could be rather more interesting...

Quite possibly less well-defined, too.

Also, we don't know what can cause a re-boot. A brown-out will; static can. What about unexpected data from a remote RX/TX/interference ? ie Firmware gets an exception it can't handle (confused) and crashes.

[Aidi]

I cant ever remember ever hearing anyone on V-bar or Beastx suffereing from a RX brown out, but you would like to think that the clever people who designed these things would have the knowledge to combine the two functions or an RX and FBL Controller in the same box, but be able to keep the functionality seperate to the degree that if a brown out occured, it would not interact with the FBL side of life.

Possible? Maybe... Reality... ????

[Swashbuckler]

I was suprised to see my logo 500 had flashing rx lights after one of its many flights. I noticed nothing strange during the flight and have not experienced it since. Vbar obviously. So perhaps they have made sure an interuption does not make the vbar reboot.