update on a redundant onboard system

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The gyro will allow you to fly in worse conditions, makes landings a bit safer. Other than that they do clean up some of your maneuvers but only on the axis you are not puting an input into.
If you want very basic power distribution you could go with a smart fly

Futaba s-bus uses the servo to decode and that's why you can run one wire to a hub. I think most of us
prefer more wire than less wire for current. Powerbox bus system uses larger cable and allows any type of servo plugged into a hub that does the decoding