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Just want to say how much I appreciate your videos on setting up the Nexus on the TX-16. I was JR user for 20 years when I got the RadioMaster TX16s a few years ago. I knew nothing about OpenTX but after many hours of reading instructions;watching a lot of videos,and a lot of frustration, I have become quite adept at programming the radio. Now I am in the same boat with ELRS and RotorFlight. Your videos have helped a great deal as my initial introduction to ELRS and RotorFlight software.
That's is the next plane i will buy. Question I know you preferred using another gyros for wind rejection. Do you have texted the FMS reflex V3? Is it worthy to buy with this receiver/gyro? Thank's
Thanks for the help. Been out of the hobby for 15 years and saw the TX16s and thought "man that looks nice and capable." Unfortunately the radio's complexity has made me feel a bit less than capable. So much to learn, and you have explained it very well. Thanks!
@@RCVideoReviews I successfully binded my ER5A v2 and have my 5th channel as the second aileron servo. Any idea why only the channel 5 servo is acting like it is on a switch? Move the stick a fraction and it moves the servo all the way. Release stick and it speeds back the opposite way. The channel 1 servo is working properly. I left the input section alone and added servo 5 on channel 5 of mixes using the aileron (output? triangle icon) as source. Didn't change anything else. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks!
RM recently updated this tool. Its now got USB-C instead, and has a power button, so you don't have to fumble around with the boot button while plugging in
I did this took apart my radio put the new gimbals put it back together but now my radio doesn’t connect to my drones and I can’t access the expresslrs it just stays in the loading screen any advice
Please let me congratulate you on showing what is the simplest and best way to update elrs hardware using the UART method . I was lucky enough to have a ch340 (not FTDI) serial to TTL converter from my Arduino Mini pro days. Lookup ch340 they are very cheap and easy to get . They work on Linux and Windows as there is no royalties like FTDI. If you have a Arduino clone there should be one on that also. I solder on the receiver wires and use a screw terminal strip to connect to the programmer (GND 5v Tx Rx)just as the programmer you used.Make sure the programmer is set to 5v also easy with it's jumper. It won't hurt anything if you don.t and should still work. Put receiver into DFU mode by holding the bind button until it is plugged into a usb port then release . Some receivers such as RP1/2 have a small pad you short to GND with a short piece of solder or wire in place of a button.Remmember add your bind phrase. You may need to manual select the device at the bottom of the list using Ubuntu based distros. Ounce done no confusing web pages or wifi you are simply bound . Please use this command in a terminal on Ubuntu based distros after LTS 20.04. sudo apt purge brltty unless you need to use braile. Easy and reliable. All your receivers are bound before you even put them in your quad.TheTX shows up in the list as a Silabs device. It worked so easy . You can progeram using your transmitter but that is more involved. Excellent video I wouldn't have tried ELRS without it.
Awesome job thank you- I’m having trouble setting up a screen to show distance and possibly bearing from home. In case I lose video. Are these values labeled as something else? Appreciate ya!
Thank you! I think I just figured it out. I watched a video on a Louis script for IA and now I have all the data I could ever want! Appreciate your content don’t have discord will check it out sir .
Good news on the refactor for telemetry. I appreciate the devs finding creative solutions but it's also ideal to solve the problem at it's core if you can.
It's not about being in a rush. I plan ahead too, that's why I charge the night before. The idea is to have the ability to charge multiple devices and to see what they're doing.
NOTE: For MCU_LOAD make sure to set the precision to 0.0 to accurately reflect the percentage shown. In the video I showed 1.5% as MCU load. It was actually 15%. Changing the precision to 0.0 corrects the display.
That's pretty cool how handy would that be even when we go camping everybody's looking for somewhere to plug their phone in or device Good find John Take care
@@RCVideoReviews Actually I have BetaFPV ELRS Nano module, tried add power to module and rx. But it won't connect until I plugged the module into radio. Wanted to take the Ranger but if it can be running without radio though.
You're welcome! Glad to hear your Nexus is performing well for you. I've made a few little adjustments to my RAW configuration and am looking forward to flying more this weekend.
Thank you for very good video and sharing your experience. Can i ask, how strong is the actual foam in comparison to horizon or others? I had Votec 322 and the foam felt like polystyrene , very easy to dent or press
Unfortunately I haven't had any luck with crsf_gps_altitude_reuse = HEADSPEED telemetry using EdgeTX 2.10.1 with RF2. I have also tried turning on GPS telemetry, magnetometer and setting a UART, but for some reason the telemetry isn't working. This works perfectly on EdgeTX 2.9 so I will have to revert back until this is resolved.
Almost all high wing planes require at least 10 to 12 percent down elevator to flaps in a half flap configuration and 20 to 22 percent down elevator for full flaps. i learned this from Ryan Ramsey years ago
Don't get too far behind. It's cool to wait for updates to get fleshed out. And if you stay one release behind you'll always have a rock solid firmware, but you don't want to miss out on the improvements they make.
The nexus is too big for my Rotorflight project, so I won't enter your competition. However, I really appreciate your series & Radiomaster getting into Rotorflight.,
Rotorflight is The future. it honstly was not hard to set up between the main wiki page this channel and the discord. It just makes since, sure my first heli took me about 3-4 hours to set up but my second heli only took me about 15-30 min start to finish. I cant wait for this system to start winning the big heli events. then maybe people will actually give it a chance.
With some help from Rob, I figured the telemetry thing out: In the CLI sensors stop sending. That's why they went red in the video. While I entered the telemetry reuse command, I didn't "save" my changes in the CLI, instead I typed "exit". So my telemetry re-use change did not take effect. I can confirm that after entering the command and saving the change in CLI the altitude sensor does show up.
@laurentlapassade4149 suggested Configuration - Set a UART to GPS i.e. UART3 and under Features turn on GPS. I can confirm after doing these two things, Altitude showed up as a sensor with "discover new"
Hello John, so many thanks for this great video very helpfull. I just received a FlyDraggon F722 V2, that I ordered 3 days before RM announced their Nexus ;o( I'm still waiting for a hobbywing RPM sensor. Just a question about elrs packet rates, I saw people telling the best to use with RF is D500. What is your recommandation? At this moment I set to 333Hz full and switch mode 16/2 channels. About your issue to get alt on the telemetry, I had to enable gps in the configuration but also to set a uart to GPS, if not then gps goes automaticly to disable even after saving parameters.
I was originally using 333Hz Full with all my helis, but I realized LoRA 500 (not D500) is better. Lower latency, more stick resolution. Plus, you only really need full resolution on channels 1-4 anyway. Using a wide channel (128-position) works great for throttle on Channel 6.
I used 333hz. I've done a lot of testing with different rates/resolutions and have come to the conclusion I cannot discern a difference in latency/resolution of anything higher. The FC may perform better with higher refresh rates, so no harm in trying.
@@laurentlapassade4159 Can't go wrong with 333Hz Full for any fixed wing or heli application. John is probably right about not being able to feel the latency/resolution improvements of the 500Hz mode.
Will be interested to hear what you learn. Just like a quad and as Mike said, you only need 4 full res channels. So definitely feel free to experiment.
wow. I had the problem with my boxer radio that wouldn't turn on and I tried all the methods and it gave me an error. You have saved my life. You are a crack. Thank you
Hey great Maiden. I really like this to be my first plane as I own a few wings . Would you not recommend just getting the PNP version or get the kit and get the sunny sky motors you speak of ? Thanks. Nick
I had a similar issue with the latest version of EdgeTX Centurion, where the altitude telemetry wasn't being discovered. After reverting to the previous EdgeTX version it worked again. Could this be an issue with EdgeTX?
Where can you find blheli esc with enough power for a helicopter? Only seeing 50-60a like we run in quads. I like the idea of having the governor right in the flight controller.
Great video as always, I know it isn’t pertinent with this video but, I need help about edgetx. I have a mt12 surface radio and what I want to do is when I set for example the steering trim to -60, I would be able to reach +100 and not just +40 when I move the steering wheel the other way around. I tried to set the weight to 200 in the mixes page but this way I would reach the 100% steering with only the 50% of rotation of the steering wheel when the trim is centered. thank you in advance.
The method I use is similar to method 2 . I use the configurator and then save the file to my ELRS folder. Next I power up my receiver using a servo tester and wait the 60 seconds until it goes into WiFi mode. I then get on my computer 🖥️ and click on the expresslrs WiFi signal and then I update the RX using the ELRS folder that has the bind phrase ect. After that it’s ready to go 🎉
