Rumors: RX8R Pro, R9 Pilot, R9S & R9 Slim

FrSky announced some information about their upcomming receivers for their long range R9M transmitter – RX8R Pro, R9 Pilot, R9S & R9 Slim.  Some key points: RX8R Pro has increased performance in a strong interference environment, such as noise from glow plug ingnition system. R9 Pilot has port for connecting GPS, F7 FC and has Return to home (RTH) functions. R9S has gyro and features auto stabilisation mode for fixed wings. R9 Slim is the smallest and lightest long range receiver with the weight of 2.2g only. All of them support Redundancy feature, have S.Port and UART inputs, SBUS and PWM outputs.

Here are the specifications for these receivers:

RX8R Pro – Overview

• Support redundancy function (via SBUS In Port)
• Low latency and higher precision PWM outputs (8 channels)
• SBUS Out port and support inverted signal via software
• Smart Port (S.Port)
• Increase the performance in a strong interference environment
• Extra UART port
• Support analog RSSI

R9 Pilot – Overview

• Support redundancy function (via SBUS In Port)
• Long range
• SBUS Out port
• Smart Port (S.Port)
• 10 PWM outputs
• OSD port
• Built-in F7 FC with 6-axis sensor module
• Extendable 6-axis sensor module
• Support Return-to- Home (RTH) function (via GPS Port)
• Buzzer port
• LED strip ports
• USB interface
• SPI interface
• 2 extra UART ports
• Built-in BEC with intelligent power management

R9S – Overview

• Support stabilization, automatic level, hover and Knife-edge flight modes
• Support redundancy function (via SBUS In Port)
• Long range (Up to 10 km or above)
• SBUS Out port
• Smart Port (S.Port)
• Standard 8 PWM outputs
• RSSI port
• UART port

R9 Slim – Overview

Specifications
Dimension: 30*13.5*5mm (L × W × H)
Weight: 3.2g
Number of Channels: 6 in PWM, up to 16 in SBUS
Operating Voltage Range: DC 3.5V~10V
Operating Current: 100mA@5V
Operating Range: up to 10km or above
Firmware Upgradable
Compatibility: R9M

Features
* 900MHZ(Non-EU Version)/ 868MHZ(EU Version) working mode
* Smaller and lighter than R9
* Low latency and high precision
* Support redundancy function (via SBUS In Port)
* Smart Port enabled and support telemetry data transmission
* Battery voltage detection
* RSSI port
* UART port

Receivers comparison table

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Last update: 2017-12-12