Nearly seven years ago Rickp started the thread User-Built Models for PhoenixRC https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-for-PhoenixRC ] - since that time many people have subscribed to the thread and have pitched in to work on what was essentially a dead product. The outstanding contributions by many users to the thread have resulted in this product continuing on as a viable simulator, with new models arriving every few days. The latest count of models available is around 400. It has been amazing to me the out-of-the-box thinking that has gone into making models do things the original publisher never thought of doing.

I am pitching in to document a list of dongles that work with Phoenix version 5.5.L along with other associated information if available (most PCs running Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 will work). Version 6 is NOT in the context of what is listed here.

For those of you running Linux, there is a solution; it involves setting up Windows to Go on a USB stick and booting from that. As it stands now the way Linux works with USB doesn't allow Phoenix to detect the transmitter or dongle. I successfully setup a 128 GB USB stick (Samsung FIT Plus USB 3.1 128 GB Flash Drive) with Windows 10 running on a Dell Latitude 7280. It boots quickly and PhoenixRC runs smooth with good-quality graphics, so I'm figuring anything within the last 5 or 6 years with USB 3.1 capability should be OK (just don't skimp on the USB stick, pay the $25 for the Samsung one). Getting this working...Continue Reading