Hey Andrew, Thanks for all your excellent videos over the years. I noticed in this video that you mentioned you were unsure of what info the A2 sensor provided. You are correct, it is analog, but transmits back to the receiver your battery voltage. I have found this useful over time with other A2 capable receivers if all I had was only a flight time timer. If there is a potential of powerless gliding you could comfortable extend your preset flight time by just checking your battery voltage and ending your flight at a comfortable voltage as opposed to a preset flight time.
Thank you so much, Andrew! Your video saved me (and probably many others) a lot of headache. Your channel is gorgeous; keep up the great work & happy landings!
I have been using this receiver for few month in few of my gliders (and know all detail you provided), and find that your video is useful and competent as usual (useful info condensed in one place :)
Thanks for this Andrew. I've got this receiver in my new Phoenix 2000 V2 and it also thinks base elevation is about 30m (~100 ft). Like the slider as volume control idea too! 👍🏼
Thank you so much Andrew. Just managed to bind my G-RX8 to my Jumper T12. Couldn't have done it without your video. Keep up the good work and producing these great videos. Many thanks.
@@AndrewNewton Hi Andrew, you're welcome on the feedback. I went out to fly my Bixler-type glider today (bound to the T12) but it had its elevator reversed so I ploughed it into the ground on take off. Could you tell me please how to reverse the settings for the elevator on the Jumper T12? Many thanks Alan
Thanks Andrew! I setup this receiver for my Volantex ASW28 today and your tutorial helped immensely. I can't wait to take her out for a maiden after I finish the build!
Good review! I am have rx6r on f3d plane, rx4r on flying wing, and two rxsr on quads. It ts very good new series of receivers from Frsky. After your review I am wanna this receiver for my Ranger2000.
That little routine to change CH7 and CH8 stumped me for a while. I had to actually read the manual😀. I use one in my Phoenix 2400 and it needed CH 6 and CH7 for the flaps.
Thanks for the great information. My Radian xl and sky surfer are screaming at me to take them flying, but it is -17C and snowing right now so I won't be going any time soon lol. I envy your flying field it looks so nice and green. Happy Flying
The A2 input is a spare analog input that can be used to display your lipo flight pack voltage. It requires the FRsky A2 interface module which is basically a voltage divider to bring a 3,4,5,6 cell Lipo to 3.3 volts input to the receiver. It a very low cost was to add another sensor.
From 10:36 OMG it is a really good thing. I just bought this RX. I would like to test it on this weekend. I wonder how I can find thermals with this electric parts. I like Your videos, I like Your demonstration its RX. Thank You for sharing!
Thanks very much ,you make it look so easy ,and it is easy to follow now being very cheeky when you’ve got some time spare, could you show us how to add sound to the arm switch. Thanks again John Woodfine
Andrew, Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. I find your videos very helpful. Since this video is from 2019, would you still use the G-RX8 variometer receiver for a glider or has something better come along that you prefer? I was planning to install in 1/6 scale grunau baby.
Hi Andrew. Good video. Have you tried using the telemetry off the Matek wing flight controllers yet? One extra wire between the F/C and the receiver does away with all the Frsky telemetry modules. Works on the XSR receiver as well. Nice and light and compact.
@@conradtaggart9959 am not an expert. I can only speak regarding the Frsky Taranis Plus and the Matek F405 Wing and F411 Wing. I do not have experience with other brands of transmitters/telemetry. If you check out Banggood's web page regarding the Matek F405/F411 and I think the F722?? Mateks new wing F/C, you will see a picture section headed General Wiring. Connect the pin on the F405 TX2 /F411 ST1 to the smartport on your receiver, program your telemetry page on the Taranis and presto. I rather like these flight controllers I find they work well and have lots of expandability. Andrew has videos on Taranis programming or painless360 is also a good source of information. Good luck and let us know what happens please.
Thank you for this video! The G-RX8 is a really nice RX for sail/thermal. The little brother G-RX6 is way neater for smaller airplanes, but it seems to be hard to come by - anyone know why?
Hey Andrew, a very sophisticated little Vario👍👏👏, but i think it's not a compensatet one, that means, it sensors climb, even when You pull on the Elevator, which isnt a real Climb, but it will appears like a gain of height, but it's not a big Deal, once reccognised, Best Wishes and many happy landings for You and Your Planes, Anton from Vienna.
Hi sir. may i know which sound pack is used here? The voice is very nice. and is there any tutorials on how to add that variable beep for glider lift indication?
Thanks for the video. It was really helpful. But I have doubt. I have lost the jumper cables used for switching between pwm mode. Can I use wires to connect the channel 1 and 2 instead of jumper cables or should I do something else? Can you please help me with this?
Thanks Andrew. Very much appreciate your videos. They helped me a lot to get into the hobby. Have you used the FrSky receiver redundancy? I am looking to use the G-RX8 with the tiny R-XSR, but am a bit unsure how to set this up? Thanks.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks for the prompt reply Andrew. There seems to be a certain procedure to bind the two receivers on the same model. Haven't quite figured that out yet. I am exploring and playing with various redundancy options to improve safety. Thanks again for all your useful videos. All the best.
Thank you Andrew, great clip! But when I choose discover telemetry, beside the RSSI and RxBt, I only get SWR and F000, do you know what that is? Thanks
Hi Andrew the help you gave even recently has been very helpful even 4 years later many thanks ,,, but could you help me with a small problem don't know if its my radio setup or the G-rx8 i have the altimeter tell me how high i am on a switch but its backwards when i go up a few meters i use the switch and it says iv'e gone down a few meters please help would be grateful
Hi Andrew I enjoy your videos.. I have used x8r on a quad with pixhawk where I use the xbus with +- connect to the cube and the cube telemetry goes into the opposite end s-port..I am building a plane and using a new RX6R but confused as it is not as clear as the x8r... How do I make the same connections to my pixhawk cube to the Rx6R ? Thanks!
Same connections but all coming from the one socket. White wire is SBUS, yellow wire is SPort. Can probably connect + and - to either but on my INAV boards they connect next to SBUS
@@AndrewNewton Thanks Andrew, on my x8 r I could not get telemetry until I connected the (TX?) to the sbus port, how were you able to get telemetryconnecting to the end pins?.. sorry for my questions if they seem simple..
A2 was from the old D8R=II Rx whereby they had an add on cable that you would select how many cells your battery had and it would monitor it...... usually connected to a flight control board..... or in other words, an old style, clunky Vbat.
Andrew, I bought the RX6R to install on my glider with the Kopilot Lite. I want to connect via SBUS but the drawing that came with the rx is not clear. Do you know which wires I need to use to connect via SBUS? I see there is a 3 wire connector with the + - S label and then there is a SBUS out and SBUS in and A wire separate.
It comes with the S-Port wire (Yellow) in the connector. What you need is the SBus Out wire (White). Swap them over and you're good to go. A is for connecting analog sensors, SBUS In is for connecting a second receiver for more channels or redundancy
1st... Very Interesting & Informative! Hey Andrew, But You Need A Telemetry Capable TX? I Only Have Small None Screened Spektrums 4-6 Channels You Get w/Their RTFs & A Devo-8 Radio Which Is Programmable, Yet It Don't Talk, Butt Maybe It Does Do Beeps??? Thanks
Hello, thank you for the video. Do you maybe know if this receiver could be used with futaba 10j and if the telemetry/vario would work as it should, or it wont work at all?
Great toturial. 1. i did not understand if the reciever read the reciever battery voltage my battery is 14.4v or i need a seperate sensor? 2. Is the reading of the hight and speed that the reciever read are accurate? 3. Can this reciever can be bind to radiomaster tx16s and telemetery can be read by by this radio?
It does show receiver voltage. But that is usually not lipo voltage. Need a lipo sensor for that. Yes accurate within 50cm at a guess. Yes any Open TX radio
Ohh such a nice feature!, sadly i started with Spektrum and all my receivers are DSM2/DSMX and all telemetry is very expensive. (at least for me, hehe)
You can switch to Jumper T16 and still use your Spektrum receivers and Frsky receivers simultaneous at a very cheap rate, approx 175$ for a Horus clone with a Futaba look and feel.
Andrew have you tried this with the Radiomaster TX16s yet by any chance ? Bought one last week as I see there pretty much out of stock now everywhere..Get one before they completely disappear kind of affair.. Hoping it works with my tx16s..
Hi thx for your video. After I updated firmware on this rx after holding bind and applying power it goes to solid green and red even when tx binding mode so it fails to bind. I have tried 3 most recent firmware updates they all do the same thing. Do u have any suggestions? It worked straight out of the box but then I chose to update firmware just for good practice and now it is buggered
Hi Andrew I installed GRX8 as per your video, but I keep getting “telemetry lost... telemetry recovered” message over and over even when the plane is flying by close. Control of the plane is not affected. Just the message is a bit annoying and I have to turn volume down. Do you have any ideas what could cause this? Tx is a Jumper T12. I deleted telemetry sensors but it made no difference. Thanks again for your great videos.
Andrew, I discovered the problem. The receiver was faulty. FrSky have kindly offered to repair it for me for free. I just have to post it back with the case number and the repair request form. Meanwhile I have installed a non faulty GRX8 receiver and the problem is fixed! :-)
what are your thoughts on running the 2x G-rx8 with Powerbox on a big gas plane I wanted to run 2x G-rx6 as slaves with them I wish to have a bulletproof setup on this plane.. Any feedback would be deeply appreciated, I don't care for the altitude stuff just looking for the best signal and having access RX any advice for me ?
Andrew do you know if this variometer is a total energy variometer or a normal vertical speed indicator? I guess does it beep at you when you raise the nose and bleed airspeed during a climb or does it only beep when you have a true thermal?
How do you mount the cam on the glider ? doube sided tape ? velcro ? Tape also on the top for safety ? if it´s a mobius cam, doesn´t the tape on the top affect the heat sink on top of the case of the mobius ?
Hello i have a TX Radiomaster TX16S.G-RX8 I can only connect to the FrSkyx2 D16 status module.But the value of VSpd and ALT remain at zero.Does not move other values running.Firmware is G-RX8_ACCST_2.1.2_FCC.frk.I really don't know what to do anymore. I followed your instructions no change. Thanks for any response
have you tried the G-RX6 or the RX4R/RX6R yet with external SmartPort sensors? I believe they all need an extra wire soldering on, which is kind of a pain. :(
Hi! Andrew. I hope you are OK! Two maths ago I bought the G-RX8 and when biding, I can't get the green and red flashing leads, the red stays fixed. I have flashed the receiver's software into the X9D Plus, the fcc version! Have you sugestion to help me? Regards Vítor Lalanda
Most likely to be mis matched firmware. Receiver and radio can use ACCESS or ACCST D16, FCC or EU (LBT) Or you may need to push harder on the receiver bind button. I have one that need very hard push to get into bind mode.
@@AndrewNewton Ho Yes! You might be wright, becouse my radio was bought around 2019. If this is the case, do I have option to use V1 and V2 on the raido? I also have the external module not instaled. Will it be an option? Regards Vítor Lalanda
Hi. Trying to get the Vario set up with this Rx on my Taranis 9 (not Plus). The Vario tone does not come on while the ALT sounds as 0 "million" or something like that. What may I be doing wrong?
Make sure VSpd and Alt appear when you discover sensors, then Vario source = VSpd, then assign a switch for Vario. Should work if you have the correct Sounds folder for your OpenTX version, and also check in the telemetry page under Alt that m or ft is selected for units
@@AndrewNewton Thanks for the response. Re-bound the RX and then the pressed the Discover new sensors button. The Telemetry screen does not acknowledge any input in Line Item 1 Alt and Line Item 2 Vspd. Even the ID states 0 and 0 for each sensor. The same Rx worked well with a QX7. Perhaps upgrading the Tx hardware to the latest version will help? It is the 2016 edition as purchased. Thanks for your time.
Finally! Upgraded the Tx to Open Pilot 2.2.4 and it worked. When binding, this version offers Ch. 1-8 with or without Telemetry. When bound with the Telemetry option, the vario in the Rx was detected by the Tx. Earlier the same Tx, Version 2.1.7, was working well with an old style telemetry receiver and an external vario. The GR8X worked with the same version but without the vario input.
What a fascinating video (series). Were you flying this FPV via goggles? I'm very surprised I can't seem to find much at all about FPV Sailplanes. It seems that would capture soaring perfectly!
@@AndrewNewton I found them and also found them fascinating. Also lead to other leads. I'm fascinated by the full house rc sailplanes, e.g. OSD for vario etc, GPS for mission planning, return to home etc., AurdoPilot??? etc. I'd like to see a block diagram of the components and their function. Thank, still mucking about with drones (on a sim, lol).
Hello friend, what is the correct configuration to know the full battery voltage since when I try to configure it, it does not give me in my radiomaster TX16S I put a 4s full charge and then
And then another one downloaded and it continues to show the same voltage even if I put one of 3s some help please thank you I update it and the receiver is still in the same
@@AndrewNewtonThat is to say, that telemetry that the director of the voltage offers me does not work that sad since in the description of the product it says that it has the telemetry of the battery voltage
@@AndrewNewton is what I'm trying friend but until now I can't configure correctly, it seems that it doesn't work for me even though I program it but I don't know if I do it the right way
I currently have the frsky l9r in my bix, if I use the gx8r and connect it to my current l9r would that work and would I still get telemetry as the l9r is non telemetry
@@dragon121978 It cant work, simply because the L9R has no downlink telemetry, besides, the telemetry from the GX8R is only short range, like all downlink telemetry...short range.....The L9R is a long range reciever, capable of over 20kms in the right conditions...You can only bind to ONE reciever as each uses different protocol.
I am your fan bro .can you make the full video of rctimer atlas flight controller setup , upgrade , calibration video for us bro.. Because there no video about atlas only a naza
@@AndrewNewton i didnt know if you press the button on the reciver for few seconds you turn of the vario so i accidantly do it and didnt know about it.... tnx so much for your reply
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After watching this video, I was able to set up my Archer GR6 Receiver. Thanks for all your help.
Glad I could help
Hey Andrew, Thanks for all your excellent videos over the years. I noticed in this video that you mentioned you were unsure of what info the A2 sensor provided. You are correct, it is analog, but transmits back to the receiver your battery voltage. I have found this useful over time with other A2 capable receivers if all I had was only a flight time timer. If there is a potential of powerless gliding you could comfortable extend your preset flight time by just checking your battery voltage and ending your flight at a comfortable voltage as opposed to a preset flight time.
Thanks for that info, very helpful
Thank you so much, Andrew! Your video saved me (and probably many others) a lot of headache.
Your channel is gorgeous; keep up the great work & happy landings!
Ha, thanks for that. I enjoy sharing what I learn
I have been using this receiver for few month in few of my gliders (and know all detail you provided), and find that your video is useful and competent as usual (useful info condensed in one place :)
Thanks Piotr
Andrew, couldn't have gotten through it easily without your assistance...thank you.
Thanks for this Andrew. I've got this receiver in my new Phoenix 2000 V2 and it also thinks base elevation is about 30m (~100 ft). Like the slider as volume control idea too! 👍🏼
They all seem to start at 30Mtrs. Easy to make them auto reset to zero. I have sent details to Andrew, maybe he will include it in a future video.
Thank you so much Andrew. Just managed to bind my G-RX8 to my Jumper T12. Couldn't have done it without your video. Keep up the good work and producing these great videos. Many thanks.
Great to hear that, thanks Alan
@@AndrewNewton Hi Andrew, you're welcome on the feedback. I went out to fly my Bixler-type glider today (bound to the T12) but it had its elevator reversed so I ploughed it into the ground on take off. Could you tell me please how to reverse the settings for the elevator on the Jumper T12? Many thanks Alan
Hi Andrew, please disregard above question. I was able to figure it out. It is on the Outputs page. Thanks again
Excellent, so glad you worked it out. Fly on!
Thanks Andrew! I setup this receiver for my Volantex ASW28 today and your tutorial helped immensely. I can't wait to take her out for a maiden after I finish the build!
Yes it will be perfect for the ASW28. Happy gliding
Hi Andrew, thanks from Germany. With your help, finally I managed to setup the vario on the G-RX8 correctly.
Great to hear it. Love the vario
Excellent video! Great help getting my vario set up on my Shadow 2. And I finally know how to set up my telemetry screens. Thanks!
You are welcome!
Love the variometer
Thanks for the helpful review, Andrew. Super helpful - as always. Helped me sort out my vario on my ASW-28. Cheers!
Good to hear, thanks
Good review! I am have rx6r on f3d plane, rx4r on flying wing, and two rxsr on quads. It ts very good new series of receivers from Frsky. After your review I am wanna this receiver for my Ranger2000.
That little routine to change CH7 and CH8 stumped me for a while. I had to actually read the manual😀. I use one in my Phoenix 2400 and it needed CH 6 and CH7 for the flaps.
Same
Andrew thanks for your video. be careful with antennas, it’s very easy to loose it, I damaged both antennas and I lost model.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi a thanks a lot for explain it! I used to fly with the old 2 pieces model receiver and now i definitely I going to buy this one! Thanks again
Good choice. It is an excellent glider receiver
@@AndrewNewton ok great Thankss!
Nicely done!
Thanks for the great information. My Radian xl and sky surfer are screaming at me to take them flying, but it is -17C and snowing right now so I won't be going any time soon lol. I envy your flying field it looks so nice and green. Happy Flying
Turning to brown over summer
Thank you for this video and others !
No problem!
The A2 input is a spare analog input that can be used to display your lipo flight pack voltage. It requires the FRsky A2 interface module which is basically a voltage divider to bring a 3,4,5,6 cell Lipo to 3.3 volts input to the receiver. It a very low cost was to add another sensor.
Excellent, thanks for that information
Excellent stuff Andrew!
Thanks AC
Excellent instructional Video!
Great tutorial. Thank you
thank you so much Andrew a gold mine of information
Excellent, glad you found the gold mine
Great information, I've been considering a vario but it seemed daunting. Thanks for simplifying the process.
Fairly simple really, and it's a thrill to hear those beeps
Life saver cheers made it easy to configure my rx.
My pleasure
Really helpful. Thank you.
Glad to hear it!
From 10:36 OMG it is a really good thing. I just bought this RX. I would like to test it on this weekend. I wonder how I can find thermals with this electric parts. I like Your videos, I like Your demonstration its RX. Thank You for sharing!
Have fun, hope you hear those rising beeps
@@AndrewNewton Yesterday I and my friend have a success in pair the RX and TX. So today I will test the beeps in the air! Have nice flights too!
Great. Thx.
Thanks very much ,you make it look so easy ,and it is easy to follow now being very cheeky when you’ve got some time spare, could you show us how to add sound to the arm switch. Thanks again John Woodfine
Coming up next
Very nice video! I think I need to buy one now!
Oh yes, the most useful glider rx
One thing to watch for when binding - Solid Green light is PWM mode and a Solid Blue is SBUS mode
Excellent info thanks
thinking of ditching my Spektrum for FRsky mainly for the vario, this was very useful thanks.
Yes the sensors and the receivers are much cheaper
Very nice 👍
I set the Vario to the up position of a 3 position switch and altitude to the down position of the same switch with silence on the middle position
Andrew, Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. I find your videos very helpful. Since this video is from 2019, would you still use the G-RX8 variometer receiver for a glider or has something better come along that you prefer? I was planning to install in 1/6 scale grunau baby.
Nothing better than this for gliders. Could use a separate High Precision Vario with any S-Port receiver you already have.
Hi Andrew. Good video. Have you tried using the telemetry off the Matek wing flight controllers yet? One extra wire between the F/C and the receiver does away with all the Frsky telemetry modules. Works on the XSR receiver as well. Nice and light and compact.
Not yet, must investigate
Tell us more gloplg ?
@@conradtaggart9959 am not an expert. I can only speak regarding the Frsky Taranis Plus and the Matek F405 Wing and F411 Wing. I do not have experience with other brands of transmitters/telemetry. If you check out Banggood's web page regarding the Matek F405/F411 and I think the F722?? Mateks new wing F/C, you will see a picture section headed General Wiring. Connect the pin on the F405 TX2 /F411 ST1 to the smartport on your receiver, program your telemetry page on the Taranis and presto. I rather like these flight controllers I find they work well and have lots of expandability.
Andrew has videos on Taranis programming or painless360 is also a good source of information. Good luck and let us know what happens please.
Thank you for this video! The G-RX8 is a really nice RX for sail/thermal. The little brother G-RX6 is way neater for smaller airplanes, but it seems to be hard to come by - anyone know why?
Probably replaced by the G6R, which is ACCESS only unfortunately. G6R Plus (ACCST as well) doesn't seem to be on FrSKYs product list yet
I have two Pheonix 2000s...Im looking for info on this RX...and here it is...Thanks Andrew....So, will it report VBATT too...?
Lipo sensor is what you require bit.ly/2KbEUvx
Hey Andrew, a very sophisticated little Vario👍👏👏, but i think it's not a compensatet one, that means, it sensors climb, even when You pull on the Elevator, which isnt a real Climb, but it will appears like a gain of height, but it's not a big Deal, once reccognised,
Best Wishes and many happy landings for You and Your Planes, Anton from Vienna.
Thanks Anton, I had not heard of compensating vario, but It makes sense.
@@AndrewNewton This is Technology from the Big Planes, >en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_to_fly< hope You enjoy this Article.😉👍Salute from Vienna Anton.
Hi sir. may i know which sound pack is used here? The voice is very nice. and is there any tutorials on how to add that variable beep for glider lift indication?
Amber Sound pack, and the beeps are available on any openTX radio
Can a Spektrum transmitter be bound to this FrSky receiver, or does it have to be used with a Spektrum receiver? Great video by the way.
No, it binds only to a FrSky transmitter
Thanks for the video. It was really helpful. But I have doubt. I have lost the jumper cables used for switching between pwm mode. Can I use wires to connect the channel 1 and 2 instead of jumper cables or should I do something else? Can you please help me with this?
Yes you just need to connect them with a wire
Thanks a lot it was helpful
Thanks Andrew. Very much appreciate your videos. They helped me a lot to get into the hobby. Have you used the FrSky receiver redundancy? I am looking to use the G-RX8 with the tiny R-XSR, but am a bit unsure how to set this up? Thanks.
SBUS-out from one Rx to SBUS-in on the other Rx. I haven't tried it myself but I think the strongest signal is used.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks for the prompt reply Andrew. There seems to be a certain procedure to bind the two receivers on the same model. Haven't quite figured that out yet. I am exploring and playing with various redundancy options to improve safety. Thanks again for all your useful videos. All the best.
Thank you Andrew, great clip! But when I choose discover telemetry, beside the RSSI and RxBt, I only get SWR and F000, do you know what that is? Thanks
Try holding down the failsafe button for 5 seconds until you see 3 blue flashes, then discover sensors again.
I andrew ,thanks for quality of your channel.can you tell me what Lipo sensor voltage i can connect on FRSKY G-RX8 .thanks for answer.eric
Check my sensor review videos. I have covered it a few times.
@@AndrewNewton thanks for answer
Hey Andrew ,
what type of connector is used for the s-port of the GRX8 receiver. Thanks
Um, don't know what it's called. But it is supplied with two in the packet.
The RFsky X-Lite is a half transmit power when using 2.4G (50mw) be careful because RSSI will occur more frequently.
Hi Andrew the help you gave even recently has been very helpful even 4 years later many thanks ,,, but could you help me with a small problem don't know if its my radio setup or the G-rx8 i have the altimeter tell me how high i am on a switch but its backwards when i go up a few meters i use the switch and it says iv'e gone down a few meters please help would be grateful
Sorry I can't explain that. I would reset telemetry before launching, and maybe reflash the receiver firmware if the inverted altitude persists.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks will try that regards chris
Thanks
No problem
I have to take my glider out now - it’s going to be 41degC over here in the west.
Oooh, stay inside or in the pool
Hi Andrew I enjoy your videos.. I have used x8r on a quad with pixhawk where I use the xbus with +- connect to the cube and the cube telemetry goes into the opposite end s-port..I am building a plane and using a new RX6R but confused as it is not as clear as the x8r... How do I make the same connections to my pixhawk cube to the Rx6R ? Thanks!
Same connections but all coming from the one socket. White wire is SBUS, yellow wire is SPort. Can probably connect + and - to either but on my INAV boards they connect next to SBUS
@@AndrewNewton Thanks Andrew, on my x8 r I could not get telemetry until I connected the (TX?) to the sbus port, how were you able to get telemetryconnecting to the end pins?.. sorry for my questions if they seem simple..
A2 was from the old D8R=II Rx whereby they had an add on cable that you would select how many cells your battery had and it would monitor it...... usually connected to a flight control board..... or in other words, an old style, clunky Vbat.
Aha, thanks mate, now I know.
Andrew, I bought the RX6R to install on my glider with the Kopilot Lite. I want to connect via SBUS but the drawing that came with the rx is not clear. Do you know which wires I need to use to connect via SBUS? I see there is a 3 wire connector with the + - S label and then there is a SBUS out and SBUS in and A wire separate.
It comes with the S-Port wire (Yellow) in the connector. What you need is the SBus Out wire (White). Swap them over and you're good to go. A is for connecting analog sensors, SBUS In is for connecting a second receiver for more channels or redundancy
@@AndrewNewton That did it Andrew. Thank you so much. Now for the configurations part.
1st... Very Interesting & Informative! Hey Andrew, But You Need A Telemetry Capable TX? I Only Have Small None Screened Spektrums 4-6 Channels You Get w/Their RTFs & A Devo-8 Radio Which Is Programmable, Yet It Don't Talk, Butt Maybe It Does Do Beeps??? Thanks
This RX is only compatible with FrSKY TXs.
Hello, thank you for the video.
Do you maybe know if this receiver could be used with futaba 10j and if the telemetry/vario would work as it should, or it wont work at all?
No it needs an ACCST protocol radio like FrSKY or Radimaster 4in1. The Futaba uses FHSS protocol I think.
@@AndrewNewton too bad, i have the futaba allready, its easier to buy the futaba sensor seprately, than to change the whole system.
Great videos as usual but did you plug the sevo connector in the wrong way round when in S-Bus mode?
Gah! Well spotted Brian. I'll correct that in the next video, thanks.
Great toturial.
1. i did not understand if the reciever read the reciever battery voltage my battery is 14.4v or i need a seperate sensor?
2. Is the reading of the hight and speed that the reciever read are accurate?
3. Can this reciever can be bind to radiomaster tx16s and telemetery can be read by by this radio?
It does show receiver voltage. But that is usually not lipo voltage. Need a lipo sensor for that. Yes accurate within 50cm at a guess. Yes any Open TX radio
The most important issue is the lipo battery. Other telementry information lite altitude and speed are bonus.
Ohh such a nice feature!, sadly i started with Spektrum and all my receivers are DSM2/DSMX and all telemetry is very expensive.
(at least for me, hehe)
Yup amazingly cheap
You can switch to Jumper T16 and still use your Spektrum receivers and Frsky receivers simultaneous at a very cheap rate, approx 175$ for a Horus clone with a Futaba look and feel.
Andrew have you tried this with the Radiomaster TX16s yet by any chance ? Bought one last week as I see there pretty much out of stock now everywhere..Get one before they completely disappear kind of affair.. Hoping it works with my tx16s..
Yes works well with the TX16S
@@AndrewNewton Awesome ;] Cheers for letting me know..
@@petrokemikal I would like to use it with TX16S too. ✌
Hi thx for your video. After I updated firmware on this rx after holding bind and applying power it goes to solid green and red even when tx binding mode so it fails to bind. I have tried 3 most recent firmware updates they all do the same thing. Do u have any suggestions? It worked straight out of the box but then I chose to update firmware just for good practice and now it is buggered
Wrong firmware I'm guessing, needs to match the transmitter. ACCST V1, ACCST V2 (D16) or ACCESS? My guess is you need to go back to V1
Hi Andrew I installed GRX8 as per your video, but I keep getting “telemetry lost... telemetry recovered” message over and over even when the plane is flying by close. Control of the plane is not affected. Just the message is a bit annoying and I have to turn volume down. Do you have any ideas what could cause this? Tx is a Jumper T12. I deleted telemetry sensors but it made no difference. Thanks again for your great videos.
Dont know Alan. Antenna placement is all I can think of but unlikely
Andrew, I discovered the problem. The receiver was faulty. FrSky have kindly offered to repair it for me for free. I just have to post it back with the case number and the repair request form. Meanwhile I have installed a non faulty GRX8 receiver and the problem is fixed! :-)
what are your thoughts on running the 2x G-rx8 with Powerbox on a big gas plane I wanted to run 2x G-rx6 as slaves with them I wish to have a bulletproof setup on this plane.. Any feedback would be deeply appreciated, I don't care for the altitude stuff just looking for the best signal and having access RX any advice for me ?
Better range on non telemetry receivers like the L9R, but I dont know anything about Gas model requirements or redundancy setups.
Andrew do you know if this variometer is a total energy variometer or a normal vertical speed indicator? I guess does it beep at you when you raise the nose and bleed airspeed during a climb or does it only beep when you have a true thermal?
Just vertical speed sensor
How do you mount the cam on the glider ? doube sided tape ? velcro ? Tape also on the top for safety ? if it´s a mobius cam, doesn´t the tape on the top affect the heat sink on top of the case of the mobius ?
Just tape over the top for a quick flight, doesn't seem to hinder the heatsink
@@AndrewNewton thank you. It worked. th-cam.com/video/gSYtDgfaVtM/w-d-xo.html
Hello i have a TX Radiomaster TX16S.G-RX8 I can only connect to the FrSkyx2 D16 status module.But the value of VSpd and ALT remain at zero.Does not move other values running.Firmware is G-RX8_ACCST_2.1.2_FCC.frk.I really don't know what to do anymore. I followed your instructions no change. Thanks for any response
Have you done 'Discover sensors' from the Telemetry page on Tx16s?
Yes Bruce has a point. Delete All Sensors then Discover Sensors again.
Hi Andrew, can this RX be used with the RadioMaster TX16S internal multiprotocol module?
Yes, as long as it is not flashed with ACCESS firmware.
@@AndrewNewton Many thanks!
have you tried the G-RX6 or the RX4R/RX6R yet with external SmartPort sensors? I believe they all need an extra wire soldering on, which is kind of a pain. :(
Just the G-RX6 needs soldering. Review coming soon
thanks @@AndrewNewton, will keep an eye out for that. :)
Hi! Andrew.
I hope you are OK!
Two maths ago I bought the G-RX8 and when biding, I can't get the green and red flashing leads, the red stays fixed.
I have flashed the receiver's software into the X9D Plus, the fcc version!
Have you sugestion to help me?
Regards
Vítor Lalanda
Most likely to be mis matched firmware. Receiver and radio can use ACCESS or ACCST D16, FCC or EU (LBT) Or you may need to push harder on the receiver bind button. I have one that need very hard push to get into bind mode.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks for the reply! My radio is ACCST and can do D16. I am going to try harder push on the switch. Thanks once more!
There is also D16 V1 and D16 V2. The radio may be on V1 and the receiver on V2
@@AndrewNewton Ho Yes! You might be wright, becouse my radio was bought around 2019.
If this is the case, do I have option to use V1 and V2 on the raido?
I also have the external module not instaled. Will it be an option?
Regards
Vítor Lalanda
This article explains it all inavfixedwinggroup.com/guides/getting-started/frsky-protocols-made-simple/
Hi. Trying to get the Vario set up with this Rx on my Taranis 9 (not Plus). The Vario tone does not come on while the ALT sounds as 0 "million" or something like that. What may I be doing wrong?
Make sure VSpd and Alt appear when you discover sensors, then Vario source = VSpd, then assign a switch for Vario. Should work if you have the correct Sounds folder for your OpenTX version, and also check in the telemetry page under Alt that m or ft is selected for units
@@AndrewNewton Thanks for the response. Re-bound the RX and then the pressed the Discover new sensors button. The Telemetry screen does not acknowledge any input in Line Item 1 Alt and Line Item 2 Vspd. Even the ID states 0 and 0 for each sensor. The same Rx worked well with a QX7. Perhaps upgrading the Tx hardware to the latest version will help? It is the 2016 edition as purchased. Thanks for your time.
Finally! Upgraded the Tx to Open Pilot 2.2.4 and it worked. When binding, this version offers Ch. 1-8 with or without Telemetry. When bound with the Telemetry option, the vario in the Rx was detected by the Tx. Earlier the same Tx, Version 2.1.7, was working well with an old style telemetry receiver and an external vario. The GR8X worked with the same version but without the vario input.
got a bunch of these receivers and found them okay , did you ever find what the issue was with your low RSSI..
Radio getting old probably. I might have swapped antenna to fix it
What a fascinating video (series). Were you flying this FPV via goggles? I'm very surprised I can't seem to find much at all about FPV Sailplanes. It seems that would capture soaring perfectly!
Not with this one but I have tried FPV thermalling and slope soaring. Search my channel and you will find them
@@AndrewNewton I found them and also found them fascinating. Also lead to other leads.
I'm fascinated by the full house rc sailplanes, e.g. OSD for vario etc, GPS for mission planning, return to home etc., AurdoPilot??? etc. I'd like to see a block diagram of the components and their function. Thank, still mucking about with drones (on a sim, lol).
Do you have any information on adding an XM+ receiver for additional diversity?
No sorry
Hello friend, what is the correct configuration to know the full battery voltage since when I try to configure it, it does not give me in my radiomaster TX16S I put a 4s full charge and then
And then another one downloaded and it continues to show the same voltage even if I put one of 3s some help please thank you I update it and the receiver is still in the same
Need a voltage sensor or flight control board
@@AndrewNewtonThat is to say, that telemetry that the director of the voltage offers me does not work that sad since in the description of the product it says that it has the telemetry of the battery voltage
There is an Ain2 pin for analog voltage telemetry but I have never tried that.
@@AndrewNewton is what I'm trying friend but until now I can't configure correctly, it seems that it doesn't work for me even though I program it but I don't know if I do it the right way
Does it work only with frysky transmitters or will it work with other receivers , transmitters ?
Only FrSKY
I currently have the frsky l9r in my bix, if I use the gx8r and connect it to my current l9r would that work and would I still get telemetry as the l9r is non telemetry
You will only get telemetry from the G-RX8 if you bind to it, then you can't bind to the L9R
Andrew Newton it says in the manual they it can be linked to another receiver as backup just wondered if I could leave the one I have and add gx8r
@@dragon121978 It cant work, simply because the L9R has no downlink telemetry, besides, the telemetry from the GX8R is only short range, like all downlink telemetry...short range.....The L9R is a long range reciever, capable of over 20kms in the right conditions...You can only bind to ONE reciever as each uses different protocol.
I am your fan bro
.can you make the full video of rctimer atlas flight controller setup , upgrade , calibration video for us bro.. Because there no video about atlas only a naza
I dont know that FC, maybe in the future.
Can no longer get this receiver
Why is a receiver with pins for five channels, sold as a 6 channel receiver?
If you mean the G-RX6 it has 6 pin sets, one set is on the back
Went to setup my new GRX8 today, discovered that all the data connections were not soldered. Now I have to wait another month.. grrrr
That's odd, do you mean the servo pins or the SBUS / SPort socket, or maybe the cable?
@@AndrewNewton servo.pins at each end.. have a pic if you like. Very disappointed with Banggood. 2 emails, no replys..
How did you set up the volume control??
Volume is one of the selections in Special Functions. Choose ON, Volume, Right slider
@@AndrewNewton I did that, before I asked but forgot the check box, went back and checked the box, and Bingo! it works now.
i should try flashing my G-RX8 it also failsafes at 200 meters
Good idea
G-RX8 can also read speed?
Only vertical speed from air pressure
in telemetry it doesnt find vertical speed??
Did you bind it properly? Matching firmware on receiver and radio?
@@AndrewNewton i didnt know if you press the button on the reciver for few seconds you turn of the vario so i accidantly do it and didnt know about it.... tnx so much for your reply
5:17 servo polarity incorrect
Well spotted.
You must see the size of G-RX6
Yes, perfect for tight spots
jesus im still on 27MHZ
Bet it works perfectly too.
would be interested in why the low RSSI on your standard Taranis plus...did you resolve that?
Well used and abused X9D+ with repaired antenna. I have retired it now.