Which receiver to go with

[tintin]

Hello all,
Just a Simple question.Providing that space and money aren't a problem, should I just get the X8R receiver to use on all my planes with a Taranis TX? I just fly gliders, planes and glow helis.

The only thing that might swing it would be if any of the other receivers has more ports available.
I like to provide dual power supplies to my old 35 meg setup. I just put them in a spare Rx port. Can I do the same with some, or all of the frsky recievers.

Many thanks

[MikeB]

The X8R has 8 channel outputs and SPort for telemetry, SBUS for extra channels and an RSSI port. These 3 extra ports all have power and ground on them. If you don't need some of them you could use them for the power input, just connecting power and ground.

Mike.

[Kilrah]

The X8R has more ports you can supply power to, including 2 that you will probably not use for anything else. On the other hand, the D8R-II Plus or D8R-XP have the ability to measure a flight battery voltage with a simple inexpensive sensor. But it doesn't have more ports than the 8 servo plugs to which you can supply power.

[tintin]

Ok
Just keeping this simple. If I wanted to use 8x servos on all 8 channels where would the battery supply go for (1)1x battery ?
(2) 2x battery supplies?

I currently use 2x power supplies on the 50cc plane 1 going into the JR 35 meg receiver where it says battery and the other just goes into an unused port.

The thing that strikes me with the JR receiver is it has a dedicated battery port.

Regards

[Bill]

Use a 'Y' lead

[MikeB]

On the X8R, use SBUS and RSSI, still leaving SPort free unless you want sensors connected.

Mike.