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Open Panzer Help & Info => Open Panzer Help => Topic started by: Tom on February 18, 2017, 09:06:58 PM
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I really like some of the 16 channel radios and may get one. Other than limited channels as far as I can see the DXi 6 will work fine with the proper receiver with no changes to it (Dxi)
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Yes Tom, the DXi 6 transmitter will work fine, but as you say it will need a proper receiver. For whatever reason Spektrum as a company seems dedicated to staying far behind the technology curve while over-charging for their products, and strangely this seems to have worked very well for them.
The TCB will only accept receivers capable of sending a PPM, SBus, or iBus signal. Although these are becoming standard across the hobby Spektrum does not offer a receiver with those features, but we can be sure if they did it would cost an arm and a leg. However there are several DSMX-compatible receivers available from other companies, see the Radio Selection Guide (http://openpanzer.org/wiki/doku.php?id=wiki:tcb:tcbinstall:rx:radioguide) in the Wiki for recommendations.
At the present time the best options for Spektrum owners are:
- Lemon Rx DSMX Compatible PPM Receiver (8 channels over PPM) (http://www.lemon-rx.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=72&product_id=138)
- OrangeRx R615X (6 channels over PPM) (https://hobbyking.com/en_us/orangerx-r615x-dsm2-dsmx-compatible-6ch-2-4ghz-receiver-w-cppm.html)
- OrangeRx R620X V2 (up to 12 channels over SBus) (https://hobbyking.com/en_us/orangerx-r620x-v2-6ch-2-4ghz-dsm2-dsmx-comp-full-range-rx-w-sat-div-ant-f-safe-cppm.html)