Flybarless controllers

Spartan Vortex Nano VX1n Flybarless System

Designed for 3D Pro pilots and beginner alike the Vortex VX1 and VX1n will amaze you with their performance, features and intuitive installation.

Tail - Based on Spartan's market leading gyro technology the Vortex is capable of delivering exceptional tail hold and consistent yaw rates even at eye-blurring speeds of over three full turns per second.

Rotor - The cyclic and collective controls are smooth and precise with a very solid feel and impressive response time. Factory calibrated sensors and Spartan's proprietary piro compensation technology enable your helicopter to remain locked in through piro moves.

Governor - The built in governor provides Nitro and Electric* modes and support for both magnetic and phase sensors. Cross mixing and look-ahead algorithms ensure that power is delivered in time and not as a result of RPM decay.

Receiver - The Vortex supports SBUS & PPM single wire receiver connections, 1 or 2 Satellites and individual channel connections to traditional receivers. Additional channels provided by SBUS, PPM & Satellite receivers can be routed to the three AUX outputs.


Key features:

• Designed for all helicopters; from the smallest electric to the largest nitro
• Market leading tail hold and pirouetting consistency
• Small and lightweight
• Suitable for normal, DFC, rigid and multi-bladed rotor heads
• Compatible with all digital tail servos (760us, 960us and 1520us)
• Compatible with digital and analog swash servos
• Compatible with standard pulse, PPM, SBUS and 1 or 2 satellite receivers
• Built in governor with Nitro and Electric* modes
• Superior balanced ring MEMS sensor technology
• Easy configuration and field adjustments via the Spartan DataPod. You can deploy a new system in minutes
• Firmware upgradable
• Four configuration memories that can be selected in-flight for different flying styles. They can be mapped to Normal, Idle1, Idle2 & Hold or as the user requires
  

Key features:

• Dimensions control unit: 34 x 23.8 x 11mm (1.34 x 0.94 x 0.43 inch)
• Dimensions sensor: 20.6 x 20.6 x 9.6mm (0.81 x 0.81 x 0.36 inch)
• Weight: 14 grams (combined control unit & sensor)
• Sensor lead: 16cm long (6.3 inch)
• Sensor Type: Balanced ring MEMS with digital interface
• Governor: Selectable Nitro or Electric*
• Control system: Proprietary PID with adaptive tuning
• Supported tail servos: Digital 760us, 960us and 1520us centre pulse
• Supported swash servos: Digital or analog 1520us centre pulse
• Supported receivers: Standard pulse, PPM, SBUS, 1/2 Satellites
• Standard setup: DataPod
• Computer connectivity: DataPod Bridge Mode
• Operating voltage: 3.8V to 8.4V
• Current draw: <100mA

Box contents:

Spartan VX1 control unit
Spartan VX1 sensor
VX1 welcome card
Receiver cable set
Adhesive foam pads

replaced by new item- click here to go to the replacing item  BX76404

VBar NEO Alu-case, green, VLink 6.x Express

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver, with 6.x Express Software
Our new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline.
It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.
The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline.
If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.
The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together.
The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.
VBar NEO will come with the Express configuration.
It has much more features as the current Express version, i.e. it contains the electirc governor already.
So it fits the basic needs to be used with VBar Control.
Pro configuration contains extended parameter access.
With VBar Control, Pro also provides access to Macrocells. Macrocells are a new type of programming complex functionality specially for bigger and more complex models.
Pro implicitely includes the VPlane firmware license for fixed wing models, which can be used with VBar Control exclusively.
The top configuration is Pro Rescue, which adds the Rescue feature to the Pro version.
To use all the new features, an update of the VBar Control is required.
It is now available.
The update is fully backwards compatible, so all current devices can be used without change.
Even Express contains a updated 6.x control loop, that contains a special anti ballooning facility to provide a better stability at high speed, as well as much improoved performace at flying with very low rpm.
The violent ballonig effect on the edge at high speed is almost gone!
You find detailed instructions how to proceed with VBar NEO.
New Apps are described in the VBar Control User Manual.
All updates will be performed with the VBar Control Manager.
The Changelog shows all changes in detail.

Specifications:

• Dimensions 45,5 x 25,6 x 16 mm / 1,79 x 1,01 x 0,63 in
• Weight 25,3g / 0,85oz
• Supply Voltage 3,5 - 8,4 V (2S Lipo)

Content:

• USB cable
• Mini USB cable
• Patch cable
• Boot Plug, Patch cable
• mounting pad
• Gyro pad 10 x 50 x 1,2 mm
• Gyrosensor
• Internal multi-axis sensor array, additional 3 axis sensor can be connected (not included)
• Manual
• Printed manual (Quick-Start-Guide, full manual available online on www.vstabi.info)
• Software
• Current 6.x Express Software with Electric Governor and Bank Switching

Miscellaneous:

• Hardware Requirements
• VBar Control Radio
• Availbale software upgrades

PRO Software, PRO Software with Rescue function (purchase via App Store on www.vstabi.info). With these updates, you also get the VPlane and VCopter firmware which you can use with VBar Control.

 

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver, with 6.x Express Software

Our new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline. It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.
The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline. If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.
The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together. The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.
VBar NEO will come with the Express configuration. It has much more features as the current Express version, i.e. it contains the electirc governor already. So it fits the basic needs to be used with VBar Control.
Pro configuration contains extended parameter access.
With VBar Control, Pro also provides access to Macrocells. Macrocells are a new type of programming complex functionality specially for bigger and more complex models.
Pro implicitely includes the VPlane firmware license for fixed wing models, which can be used with VBar Control exclusively.
The top configuration is Pro Rescue, which adds the Rescue feature to the Pro version.
To use all the new features, an update of the VBar Control is required. It is now available. The update is fully backwards compatible, so all current devices can be used without change.
Even Express contains a updated 6.x control loop, that contains a special anti ballooning facility to provide a better stability at high speed, as well as much improoved performace at flying with very low rpm. The violent ballonig effect on the edge at high speed is almost gone!
You find detailed instructions how to proceed with VBar NEO. New Apps are described in the VBar Control User Manual. All updates will be performed with the VBar Control Manager. The Changelog shows all changes in detail.

Specifications:

• Dimensions  45,5 x 25,6 x 16 mm / 1,79 x 1,01 x 0,63 in
• Weight  25,3g / 0,85oz
• Supply Voltage  3,5 - 8,4 V (2S Lipo)
• Content  USB cable
• Mini USB cable  Patch cable
• Boot Plug, Patch cable
• mounting pad  Gyro pad 10 x 50 x 1,2 mm
• Gyrosensor  Internal multi-axis sensor array, additional 3 axis sensor can be connected (not included)
• Manual  Printed manual (Quick-Start-Guide, full manual available online on www.vstabi.info)
• Software  Current 6.x Express Software with Electric Governor and Bank Switching

Miscellaneous:

• Hardware Requirements   VBar Control Radio
• Availbale software upgrades  PRO Software, PRO Software with Rescue function (purchase via App Store on www.vstabi.info).
• With these updates, you also get the VPlane and VCopter firmware which you can use with VBar Control.

VBar NEO Alu-case, silver, VLink 6.x Express

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver, with 6.x Express Software
Our new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline.
It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.
The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline.
If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.
The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together.
The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.
VBar NEO will come with the Express configuration.
It has much more features as the current Express version, i.e. it contains the electirc governor already.
So it fits the basic needs to be used with VBar Control.
Pro configuration contains extended parameter access.
With VBar Control, Pro also provides access to Macrocells. Macrocells are a new type of programming complex functionality specially for bigger and more complex models.
Pro implicitely includes the VPlane firmware license for fixed wing models, which can be used with VBar Control exclusively.
The top configuration is Pro Rescue, which adds the Rescue feature to the Pro version.
To use all the new features, an update of the VBar Control is required.
It is now available.
The update is fully backwards compatible, so all current devices can be used without change.
Even Express contains a updated 6.x control loop, that contains a special anti ballooning facility to provide a better stability at high speed, as well as much improoved performace at flying with very low rpm.
The violent ballonig effect on the edge at high speed is almost gone!
You find detailed instructions how to proceed with VBar NEO.
New Apps are described in the VBar Control User Manual.
All updates will be performed with the VBar Control Manager.
The Changelog shows all changes in detail.

Specifications:

• Dimensions 45,5 x 25,6 x 16 mm / 1,79 x 1,01 x 0,63 in
• Weight 25,3g / 0,85oz
• Supply Voltage 3,5 - 8,4 V (2S Lipo)

Content:

• USB cable
• Mini USB cable
• Patch cable
• Boot Plug, Patch cable
• mounting pad
• Gyro pad 10 x 50 x 1,2 mm
• Gyrosensor
• Internal multi-axis sensor array, additional 3 axis sensor can be connected (not included)
• Manual
• Printed manual (Quick-Start-Guide)
  
• Software
• Current 6.x Express Software with Electric Governor and Bank Switching

Miscellaneous:

• Hardware Requirements
• VBar Control Radio
• Availbale software upgrades

PRO Software, PRO Software with Rescue function (purchase via App Store on www.vstabi.info). With these updates, you also get the VPlane and VCopter firmware which you can use with VBar Control.

 

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver - 6.1 Express Software

The new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline. It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.

The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline. If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.

The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together. The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.

Specifications

• Dimensions     45,5 x 25,6 x 16 mm / 1,79 x 1,01 x 0,63 in
• Weight     25,3g / 0,85oz
• Supply Voltage     3,5 - 8,4 V (2S Lipo)

Content

• USB cable     Mini USB cable
• Patch cable     Boot Plug, Patch cable
• mounting pad     Gyro pad 10 x 50 x 1,2 mm
• Gyrosensor     Internal multi-axis sensor array, additional 3 axis sensor can be connected (not included)

 

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver, with 6.x Express Software

Our new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline. It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.
The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline. If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.
The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together. The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.
VBar NEO will come with the Express configuration. It has much more features as the current Express version, i.e. it contains the electirc governor already. So it fits the basic needs to be used with VBar Control.
Pro configuration contains extended parameter access.
With VBar Control, Pro also provides access to Macrocells. Macrocells are a new type of programming complex functionality specially for bigger and more complex models.
Pro implicitely includes the VPlane firmware license for fixed wing models, which can be used with VBar Control exclusively.
The top configuration is Pro Rescue, which adds the Rescue feature to the Pro version.
To use all the new features, an update of the VBar Control is required. It is now available. The update is fully backwards compatible, so all current devices can be used without change.
Even Express contains a updated 6.x control loop, that contains a special anti ballooning facility to provide a better stability at high speed, as well as much improoved performace at flying with very low rpm. The violent ballonig effect on the edge at high speed is almost gone!
You find detailed instructions how to proceed with VBar NEO. New Apps are described in the VBar Control User Manual. All updates will be performed with the VBar Control Manager. The Changelog shows all changes in detail.

Specifications:

• Dimensions  45,5 x 25,6 x 16 mm / 1,79 x 1,01 x 0,63 in
• Weight  25,3g / 0,85oz
• Supply Voltage  3,5 - 8,4 V (2S Lipo)
• Content  USB cable
• Mini USB cable  Patch cable
• Boot Plug, Patch cable
• mounting pad  Gyro pad 10 x 50 x 1,2 mm
• Gyrosensor  Internal multi-axis sensor array, additional 3 axis sensor can be connected (not included)
• Manual  Printed manual (Quick-Start-Guide, full manual available online on www.vstabi.info)
• Software  Current 6.x Express Software with Electric Governor and Bank Switching

Miscellaneous:

• Hardware Requirements   VBar Control Radio
• Availbale software upgrades  PRO Software, PRO Software with Rescue function (purchase via App Store on www.vstabi.info). With these updates, you also get the VPlane and VCopter firmware which you can use with VBar Control.

 

VBar NEO with built-in VLink receiver, with 6.x Express Software

The new VBar platform is called NEO and is the sucessor of both VBar Mini and VBar Silverline. It contains latest sensor technology and top processing power.

The size of the VBar NEO is slightly bigger than the VBar Mini, but it provides the connectivity of a Silverline. If features 9 fully usable servo outputs, a rpm sensor input, a connector for an external sensor, two telemetry ports, and an integrated USB port.

The main advantage is the sensor array that contains two different multi axis sensors, which provide best performance even on high vibration loads by working together. The power supply has been hardened against spikes from servos that have insufficient internal filtering of their own glitches.

VBar NEO will come with the Express configuration. It has much more features as the current Express version, i.e. it contains the electirc governor already. So it fits the basic needs to be used with VBar Control.

Pro configuration contains extended parameter access.
With VBar Control, Pro also provides access to Macrocells. Macrocells are a new type of programming complex functionality specially for bigger and more complex models.
Pro implicitely includes the VPlane firmware license for fixed wing models, which can be used with VBar Control exclusively.

The top configuration is Pro Rescue, which adds the Rescue feature to the Pro version.

To use all the new features, an update of the VBar Control is required. It is now available. The update is fully backwards compatible, so all current devices can be used without change.

Even Express contains a updated 6.x control loop, that contains a special anti ballooning facility to provide a better stability at high speed, as well as much improoved performace at flying with very low rpm. The violent ballonig effect on the edge at high speed is almost gone!

Required to connect the brushless RPM sensor to use the speed controller function* in MICROBEAST PLUS and MICROBEAST PLUS HD

Suitable for brushless RPM sensor, universal ( BXA76013 )

Included:

1 x adapter cable

* Microbeast Plus HD not included!

* A paid firmware update is required for operation.

BEASTX Receiver Adapter Cable 8cm-BX76002

Set of long receiver wiring leads for the MICROBEAST flybarless system.

Length of 15cm and intended to be used to connect the MICROBEAST to your receiver.

Package includes:

• 3 multi conductor receiver leads, each 15cm in length.

This is a Do-it-yourself sensor kit to replace any needed Magnetic sensor.
the kit comes with clear instruction how to solder the wires, and place it best way, you may also print your 3D mount if needed, or use any PCB isolating material to make it yourself.

Kit including wire connector 30cm, sensor and heatshrink set.

MICROBEAST Special adhesive foam tape, 4 pcs in pack

MICROBEAST Tail Gyro Adapter Cable

Mikado Current/Voltage/Capacitysensor for VBar Control

Hardware Features of the Current/Voltage/Capacity Sensor for flight packs:

• Individually precision calibrated
• Optocoupler
• Reverse battery protection
• No influence from motor or current carrying wires

Software Features:

• Direct displaying from voltage and capacity
• Max. current and min. voltage storage
• Logfile data from the flight
• Battery Logbook with names
• Adjustable capacity, residual capacity and voltage for each battery
• Residual capacity is shown as bar in the radio display
• Overdischarge Warning
• Warning at use of not fully charged batteries
• Loud speaker announcement for reducing battery capacity

Notes:
Requires a VBar with Spektrum Satellite connectors (telemetry bus for VBar Control)
Not suitable for measuring receiver packs only (e.g. on a nitro heli)
extracted capacities are not added up, measurement only on a per-flight basis

Specifications:

• Current Consumption     2.5 mA
• Working Temperature Range     -5 to 50 °C, 23 to 122 °F
• Dimensions     approx. 20 x 20 x 10 mm
• Power Rating     120 A continuous, 330 A peak
• Effective Range (current)     0.1 A to 300 A
• Effective Range (voltage)     5 V to 100 V (2s to 16s LiPo)
• Resolution     0.01 A / 0.01 V

Contents:
Device   Voltage/Current Sensor with connecting wires to battery and ESC
Connecting Wire     Sensor wire 500 mm

Accessories:

• Connecting Wire 250 mm     04898
• Connecting Wire 500 mm     04899
• Battery ID Reader     04907
• Battery ID Tags (10 pc.) 04908
• Miscellaneous

Mikado Protection Case for NEO Aluminum case, black color #05270

For devices of the 2nd Generation (V2) only.

Mikado Protection Case for NEO Aluminum case, Silver color #05549

For devices of the 2nd Generation (V2) only.

Case for VBar NEO  For the 2nd hardware generation
04945/46 VBar NEO 6.1 Express (with antenna connectors on the main board)
04949/50 VBar NEO 6.1 Express NEO VLink (with antenna wires plugged in directly to the single pc board)
05054 VBar NEO VBasic

This is a replacement antenna for Mikado Vbar Antenna for VBar NEO, 180mm #05063

SPARTAN Gyro Metal plate
Gyros are sensitive to high frequency vibrations. The metal plate helps isolate these vibrations and not allow these vibrations to be transmitted to the Gyro. If your gyro was working fine and then suddenly started to drift try to find the source of this possible vibration.

We recommend to use the metal plate between the gyro pads.

1 metal plate in a set

SPARTAN Vortex VX1 Wire Set

This pack includes a complete set of wires for connecting the Vortex to a standard receiver.
The heavy gauge male-male wire can also be used for PPM or SBUS connections.
This is the same set of wires supplied with the Vortex VX1 flybarless system.
Servo-Servo wire length 90mm.
Servo-Sat wire length 100mm.

Suitable for: Vortex VX1, Vortex VX1n

SPARTAN Vortex VX1n Wire Set

This pack includes a complete set of wires for connecting the Vortex to a standard receiver.
The heavy gauge male-male wire can also be used for PPM or SBUS connections.
This is the same set of wires supplied with the Vortex VX1n flybarless system.
Servo-Servo wire length 145mm.
Servo-Sat wire length 210mm.

Suitable for: Vortex VX1, Vortex VX1n