Controller/Receiver issues causing quad choice problem.

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morlanius

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Hi,
I am fairly new to the FPV quadcopter hobby. I have been flying some toy-grade ones around for a while and I have a few Hubsan products (main flier is the X4 Storm).
I am looking to getting another quad and been looking at the Happymodel Mantis85 FPV Racer. The listings all say that there are options for controllers but mine are fairly old and I don't know if mine are going to be compatible and I don't want to fork out for this only to find I can't fly it without spending 3x the price of the drone for (yet) another controller. Buying a compatible receiver for one of my controllers that would also work with the UART interface of the F4 controller is obviously an option but again, I don't know if such a thing exists.

I have a load of them (I have a large selection of Align RC helicopters) but the only ones I think will be any use with the Mantis85 would be my FlySky controller which is a FS-CT6B, and I have a Turnigy TGY-i6.
Can anyone tell me if the Mantis85 would work with either of these controllers?

Also, I am interested in the TransTEC AURORA which comes with everything except the battery and receiver. I do have some receivers but I don't think they can be made to work with this drone as the connector seems to be a 4pin connection on the flight controller and my receivers (FS-R6B and a TGY iA6) have direct servo controls rather than a UART interface.

I don't really know what my options are now, its all become so bloody confusing. Can anyone help please?

~Morl
 
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wafflejock

wafflejock

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Amazon.com: HITSAN Super_S F4 2S Flight Controller Built-in Betaflight OSD + Super_S BS06D 4in1 Blheli_S 6A ESC One Piece : Toys & Games

Amazon.com: HITSAN Super_S F4 2S Flight Controller Built-in Betaflight OSD + Super_S BS06D 4in1 Blheli_S 6A ESC One Piece : Toys & Games
www.amazon.com

See last image there says it has places for sbus or ibus or dsm signal wires and various 3.3V GND and 5V pads. All you need is a receiver that is compatible with one of those protocols for communicating with the flight controller and works for your transmitter and can just replace the stock receiver. I pretty much always just get the auto binding spektrum receivers cause I started with a dx6i and using jumper T16 now with a 4 in one module so can talk to a bazillion (technical term) receivers. Auto bind mode means if it doesn't find a bound transmitter turned on it just falls into binding mode no need to push some button or mess with a jumper wire or anything nice and compact too.
 
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morlanius

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Ahh, nice.
Thank you. I did get a TGY-iA6C receiver and it binds, has the SBus that I need but ... too big for the quadcopter lol Getting a micro one I don't think its autobind but its so tiny and I didn't see any buttons so it might be autobind or using a jumper cable. Next purchase I'll definitely get an autobind next.

thanks

~Morl
 
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