With the size of the (beta*) internals, if the shell was the size of a ‘regular’ esk8 remote you could fit plenty of other gadgets (or a bigger battery…?).
* I’m sure the internals have changed for production units… Not sure if the footprint is larger or smaller though.
Yeah I have multiple boards I switch this receiver/remote between all running PWM. This last build has had terrible connectivity so I guess I need to experiment.
First thing I will try is moving it away from the massive lipo pack.
Does either the remote or receiver happen to be close to your phone? I’ve had it disconnect being too close to my phone before and it was easily solved by moving my phone to another pocket
lol yeah I was also thinking about that. phone in the left pocket feel wrong af to me but I’ll try it.
rolling downhill with no brakes feels pretty wrong af too.
I’ve ridden several different boards with the vx1 and the connection is always sketchy at best. #fuckflipsky
for those with disconnect issues are they in RF dense areas?
i’ve mostly been using the VX1 for several thousand miles and have never had a disconnect issue. Though I did have some other issues.
I may tie this second one to the original problem.
didn’t own a vx1, but my vx2 was fine, but im also moving away from flipsky
The second one sounds similar to the issues I experienced. And no, RF dense areas were not part of the issue
Joey here with the solution 
Only disconnection I had the whole ride is when I was taking my phone out of my right pocket because I put it there accidentally!
I need to set up wireshark and do some sniffing 
Wait was I supposed to be designing a remote?
PS: You cannot go wrong with the Puck. It’s my alternate go-to.
I’m glad it worked for you 
Ironically I discovered this issue when I pulled out my phone with the VX1 in the same hand and noticed it disconnected the moment I loaded up this website…
It probably disconnects mid ride when the phone does some background processes that require a lot of cellular activity
Same thing for me, the one is running a quad split ppm and I still haven’t had any issues after probably 100 miles
interesting artifact… I’m going to try out for science…
I was thinking about this more, I had my phone right next to the VX1 trying to get it to disconnect on WiFi and it seemed to only do it once, but then I realized it might be because I’m probably on the 5 GHz band…
Tomorrow I’ll go into the routers settings and split the 5 and 2.4 GHz bands and test again. I think if my phone is on 2.4 GHz it might effect the remote more.
I think some of the 4G LTE stuff is around 2.4 GHz on the top end if that means anything about this interference. Though I may be completely wrong about all of this cus I’m no enginerd…
Ive actually never had anyone contact me asking about disconnection issues with thier vx1, so this isnt normal
d00d you seem to have all your mHz and Ghz inline… check it out… I;ll do the same… maybe we’re on a fool’s errand… or maybe you have uncovered real science…
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when you guys have a disconnect are you seeing the lights indicating disconnect or could you be fooled by broken wires?
I get both but the phone makes the lights go blinky for sure. I could also have some loose wires lol…
Should tear mine open, oh the USB port is fucko as well.
Who’s got the stash of 1ah cells 
Never really looked at remote. When losing brakes at critical moments, looking at the remote is the last thing on my mind.