We are happy to announce the addition of another three radio brands to our Xicoy telemetry products. Now all 7 major brands are covered by our Flight Computer (FC1). It can interface to Jeti, Futaba, Multiplex, HoTT, JRPropo, Spektrum and Weatronic.
The amount of data displayed on the TX is currently limited by the TX software itself. There are huge differences in telemetry capability betweenthe different radio manufacturers . At present time, only Jeti radios can use all the data available from the FC1 in bidirectional mode, displaying and storing the measured data (RPM, EGT, Pump, Throttle, Fuel remain, 3 axis G meter, Barometric altitude, pitot airspeed, GPS position, Gps height, heading and GPS altitude), plus emulating the engine data terminal from the TX. Other brands have more or less limitations. I'm in direct contact direct with the developers of several radio brands in order to expand the information available, some are very collaborative, but others are very slooooow to answer.
Here you have some videos of a typical engine startup, that show the telemetry screens of the different radios during engine operation, including the non engine data (GPS, Gmeter, Airspeed, Altitude) along with the comments of each particular system, so that you can see what telemetry data the particular radio can display and how this data is presented. All manufacturers contacted promise to improve this area, but at today date, the situation is as you can see on the videos. I'm sorry for the quality of the videos, not easy to hold the camera, the radio and operate the engine all at same time!
Jeti: All engine parameters / sensors displayed, alarms in all parameters, multiengine capable, data terminal emulation. Video:
https://youtu.be/XF5vjQvGp9U
Spektrum: All engine parameters / sensors displayed, alarms in some parameters, single engine, no data terminal emulation. Video:
https://youtu.be/gxDlzs4WKc0
Multiplex: All engine parameters displayed, Alarms in some parameters. all sensors except GPS (G load unit is Amperes). Multiengine capable. Video:
https://youtu.be/5a9D3iYvUgs
HoTT (Graupner): Data terminal emulation (slow). Alarms adjustable in some parameters. G load displayed as Ampers, temperature shows divided by 10 (max 250º). Single engine only. video:
https://youtu.be/_nNrGLzmjMA
Futaba T18MZ: All engine parameters and sensors (except GPS) displayed. Alarms on the radio side. Some sensors have incorrect units due at limited flexibility of Futaba. Multiengine operation possible. Video:
http://youtu.be/IgSQDmXPUGQ
Futaba T18SZ: Same as the 18MZ, except that the software of the SZ limits to 4 parameters to be displayed in the telemetry screen. Multiengine is possible, limited to 2 measures for each engine. video:
https://youtu.be/X5E06nsAEzI
Weatronic: Current Wea software only support GPS and LinkVario sensor. Single engine. Unknown if alarms can be set. The GPS sensor on the FC1 is correctly displayed, but the engine data is displayed emulating the LinkVario sensor, developed for an electric motor, so the RPM is displayed in Amperes and fuel used in mAh. Video:
https://youtu.be/dMU0eas5qWQ
JR XG14: Maximum of 6 parameters displayed, remain fuel in mAh. Single engine. Bug in the display of RPM (max displayed 65.000, should be 500.000 as per JR information).: video:
https://youtu.be/XdrV18-v2Ls
Besides the TX, there are two more possibilities for
standalone telemetry, in the case your current radio don't support telemetry or need/prefer that your helper monitors the data on separate handheld terminal.
Full Range: JetiBox Profi. All sensors displayed alarms, data recording, multiengine, bidirectional data, engine parameters can be modified in flight. Video:
https://youtu.be/gE-kaYACaZo
Short range: (to monitor the engine startup and ecu setup):
Bluetooth adapter. Your phone becomes the data terminal.
Future product, expected by end of April. video:
https://youtu.be/SLvKWSqlz-A
On turbine side our FC1 supports now the following turbine manufacturers:
Kingtech: All.
JetsMunt: All.
ATJ: All
Hawk Turbine: All
HYBL turbines: All
Black Mamba: All
Wren: All engines except the PRO series.
Lambert: All using the Xicoy ecu. "Digitech" ecus partially supported, recommended upgrading for improved engine performance.
PST & TJT: All except the ones using "TEMS" ecu.
Jetbeetle: All
JetCat: All from V5
JetCentral: All except the new "SE" series.
Don't hesitate to contact me for any question related to telemetry.
Gaspar
