General Question on compatible satellite receiver for Futaba T8

[nsidio]

Hi guys. I am very new to RC flying. I have been flying my Honey Bee 2 for a few weeks now and I got the bug big time. I have a Futaba T8 with the R7008SB receiver. After watching the 3GX setup vids it was mentioned i should get a second satellite receiver. For the life of me I cannot figure out from the futaba website which one I should get. I am assuming there should be another 8 ch receiver without all the servo ports, but I dont' see that. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

 

[Dirk]

Hi nsidio,

I am not sure whether there is a satellite receiver available for the Futaba. I think it is mainly Spektrum and JR that makes use of sats.

 

[RandyDSok]

JR and Spectrum uses satellite receivers to provide diversity to help with reception. Futaba uses dual antenna's to provide similar results so they don't require a satellite.

Diversity is a method to provide more than one reception source so if one antenna can't get a signal... the other one can.

 

[murankar]

I have herd of people using a 3 channel sbus rx instead of a full 6 channel rx. I guess the cost is cheaper that way and the end result is still the same.

 

[nsidio]

Thanks guys. I feel a little better now. I will look into the 3ch rx as an option, but sounds like I got a good setup for now.

 

[murankar]

Just make sure you can use sbus. Other than that just research how to use sbus.

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