Mart (Ham)

Hi guys,
I'm thinking of getting one of these units for my project and was wondering how many of you chaps are using them and how are they performing? They look a great piece of kit, does the sequencer work well?

Martin

schroedm

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Hi Martin,

I have 4 in my jets - love it. Standard PB quality!

Great not to have 28 patch leads, nice to be free to assign the channel numbers, great to monitor frame loss etc.

To be honest, I haven't used the sequencer in a model (played with it on the bench tho and it is very powerful) as I've had a draw full of sequencers/valves to get through!

Rgds,
Mark

Dave Wilshere

Martin

Although we have only sold around a dozen, so far they have been fine (there was an early update that needed on the first units)

regards

Dave

ChrisPetersen

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I probably have one of the earlier ones. What does the update consist of? I was just about to put it in an F4 and I don't want trouble.

Colin Gontier

I've got a couple of them and just about to buy 2 more. Brilliant, work perfect, soooo easy to use and install. Love 'em !

Gary Arthur

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I have one in my comp Arf Hawk. Works very well...

Dave Wilshere

The Gear door sequencer sequenced the gear each time you switched on...if it doesn't do that it's been updated. Earlier this year it was found

We have sold loads of Competition SRS's and they are perfect (same no seq)

Dw

madmodelman

Glad you said that Dave, I just aquired a s/h Comp SRS without instructions and have assumed they are the same as the Cockpit sans sequencer.
Nice to have it confirmed and probably why there are none to download from PB website!
Gary.

Dave Wilshere

Gary

Yes. Did it come via SB?

regards

Dave

madmodelman

No Dave, via Tony Cooper, belonged to a guy called Martin I believe.

Dave Wilshere

Ok.

Andrew Bird

Been flying the non Spectrum one with an RX plugged in and it's been brilliant

Dave Wilshere

They don't do a Spekky Cockpit!?

schroedm

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Birdy, that's not an SRS either

Dave Wilshere

Oh yes!

Andrew Bird

Ok - but it's a cockpit, as to where it receives it's signal from makes little difference (unless you want to have another long, boring, futile RCU argument). The cockpit works well for me.

I'm also confused here - http://www.powerbox-systems.com/e/po...-srs/start.php states:

'Spektrum with four satellites, Futaba with two S-Bus receivers, Multiplex with two M-Link receivers, Jeti with two satellites' - so that means Spektrum built in doesn't it? I may well be wrong but it's implied here.

Dave Wilshere

Sorry! I guess its not one sold by Horizon, so not strictly Spektrum, but yes it is effectively the same...sorta

D

Mart (Ham)

Thank for all the feedback guys, I'm going to go ahead and get 2 units I will test out the sequencer operation and report back.

Martin

Pete737

Guys excuse my ignorance but what exactly does this system do in the areas of adding additional channels? I have an 11x with a 1221 rx. I need about 3 more channels and was thinking of matchboxes.

I read about some of the other Benny's with this unit and I like it. Can it increase channels in such a way that the channel retains its full functionality?

Pete

madmodelman

Pete, there are 4 channels which you can pair up and program the 2nd output, this means that you can say take the second rudder socket and use it for steering thus saving a channel. The end points and direction can be programmed via the Powerbox rather like a matchbox.

Pete737

Thanks,

So you mean 4 Channels in addition to 12? 16 total? So this system operates as a receiver?? It takes the place of an RX? It comes/works with JR satelittes? I see a pic up top with this unit and the RX. Is this necessary?

Thanks, Pete

schroedm

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Pete,

No. It has 12 channels. As was mentioned, whereas you might currently have channel A for rudder and channel B for nose steering, you can use one of the 4 Dual Output ports (say channel 4) and plug the rudder in port 1 and nose steer in port 2. That's 2 servos in one channel port. You can then program end points/direction etc of the nose steer to work with your rudder thus "saving" 1 channel.

You could use 1 Dual port for both elevators and another for ailerons and the last for flaps - that way you can effectively save 4 channels if you normally have each servo going to an RX port.

You need RXs to attach to the SRS. Either the Futaba SBus, Spekky, Jeti or MPX.

There are no patch leads like on non SRS units. Just 1 lead to the unit from each RX

Futaba uses 2 RX, the others I think can use up to 4.

Rgds,
Mark

Pete737

Cool, Thanks Mark.

Nhalyn

Lost !

Only spectrum can use up to 4 Rx (sattelites), all other brands are 2 Rx maximum. That mean 4 antennas to be placed correctly and in different places... Enough.

schroedm

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OK, well I did say I 'think'

In case you miss in the manual - Futaba RXs must plug in RX ports 1 and 4 only....