Another late night video waking me up. I really need to change the settings on my phone. I admire your work ethic, I'm very glad your channel lives on and I love the videos.
Would an FrSky sensor like this work on a non FrSky radio? I’ve got a Radiolink AT10ii but Radiolink don’t make sensors. So just trying to figure out if it’s even compatible. I’m new to RC so it might seem like a stupid question.
Bruce, I'm setting up my FrSky vario with D4R-II receiver and Jumper T16 with OpenTX 2.3.4 and all I can get is the absolute altitude which is no use to me as it indicates -40m! I can't get relative altitude. I tried editing the alt sensor to no avail. I guess you've done this in your T16? I'm new to OpenTX , having come from Aurora 9 but so far I'm enjoying it! What could I be missing?
So you didn't update the firmware because there is no "need" to. and then you make a video how to set up telemetry on your old firmware when telemetry has been completely changed.
Bruce, believe this or not: I bumped into a guy at my local flying field some weeks ago who has the same variometer (he has a DLG). Anyway he was being chided unmercifully about his radio announcing the 400 ft. AGL limit. Next weekend he came back and when he hit the virtual ceiling, that sexy voice said "420 feet and F*** the FAA". Actually, it turns out he had a few other choice announcements as well. Seems there is a alternative tarannis voice pack (for gliders I guess) going around. If I can find it, I'll send you a link.
Have done so. It's good for a chuckle, all right. I also had one, that when I switched on it said, "Hi Moron, which model would you like to crash today?" I got sick of that as well (it was like Nostradamus...spookily prescient. lol).
+Sean Coyne My favourite is using the g-sensor or the Naze32 and configuring a CS that plays the soundfile "bugger" when the G forces exceed anything likely to be encountered in normal flight (ie: a crash has happened) :-)
Personally I'd just leave CS1 switch to playtrack a voice warning saying you're over the limit. Because if you're in announce ALT switch setting you're going to hear two ALT announcements. Alternatively you could create a logic switch that if you're in an announce ALT setting to not announce the ALT and instead announce the warning with ALT reading.
Instead of playing the value again I think you can use the override channel to for the switch to be changed and then will be like you physically changed the switch yourself.
Brilliant! Here is a question - will the altitude reset itself to zero when the system is turned on or must one not to forget to reset the altitude limit (A>X; x being 400ft + local elevation) when operating from a flying field with a different elevation than previously set, in order to always achieve a 400 AGL limit from take-off? *_EDIT_** - Disregard. After watching the follow-up video, I saw that the altitude may be zeroed before take-off. Cheers!*
My Vario begins at 0metres and increases every call BEFORE I TAKE OFF ... Multi rotor chained through Smart Port with Voltage sensor. I don't trust the height call either ... suggestions Good video though.
I have a new problem, I was searching the net for it and found someone else describing it on GitHub... I installed a vario on my bix, have everything working but when I turn SG to the up pos it should give me alt in ft... instead it giving mah? not feet! on the telemetry screen ... sensor=alt it says ft. I tried changing it to different thing and when I set it to % it "says " ft when I flip SG on.... any idea whats going on... now, i'm using the simulator and i'm not connected to the x8r, shouldn't matter? what do you think is wrong? opentx 2.1.8, amber sound pack for 2.1... here is a link to a good description: thanks for the help!github.com/opentx/opentx/issues/2617
Thanks for the tutorial. I've just purchased this very one vario for use in an fpv glider. It sounds like it will be perfect for the task.. keep up the good work with all your videos including xjet. Most enjoyable and appreciated from myself in the UK :)
My Taranis Plus does not want to flash back to OpenTX 1,0. How can i get the variometer to work now? I'm lost! Perhaps you can Review: "latest version of OpenTx" soon, and tell us how you like it. Reason enough to update it.
Bruce, have you ever heard of RTK GPS? Apparently it is a GPS setup with centimeter level accuracy, incredible. I've been thinking about creating my own RTK GPS for my giant 650 quad (mostly for filming). It would allow me to 'park' the quad and keep it precisely in one specific position without drifting at all.
I like the subtle switch (Other type switch) from annunciating the altitude in the officially approved model flying sliver of air, to sternly announciating it when the operator allows his tree-killing baby molesting drone to venture near the forbidden zone, as heard at 5:45. That alone is what can keep the planet in its correct orbit and avert global warming from colliding with climate change. Are UAV operators who wear foil equipped fluoro orange hard hats and safety international rescue orange socks allowed to set 119M as a playpen fence marker? (Assuming they have removed their shoes prior to entering the airfield of course.)
*i should have watched the other video first lol So a example 1 you are at the bottom of a mountain and fly to the top that is 800m above you although you will not be 122m above the ground below the model at any one time but many meters above where you are standing. example 2 you are at the top of the 800m mountain and fly horizontal out say there is a 1m out to 1m fall of the slope so at 122m out horizontal you are 122m above the ground but are still 0m altitued from where you are standing. The vario mesure its distance from where you launch from so in example 1 it read 800m + hight above it you are although you are not 122m above ground. In example 2 it will mesure 0m but even though you might be 122m above ground level under the model. Where did some one brake the rules in these situations or at what point? In either example you are not told the exact hight above the ground your model is at any point unless the ground is fairly flat. When did you break the rules at 122m above ground under the model or when the vario reads above 122m from the lauch location.
Really enjoying this stuff Bruce, really informative and interesting. I presume you have checked out the FrSky Facebook page, they love you ! They said they respect you and you have done a lot for the hobby. They even posted the video about the dud Taranis saying they will do all they can to stop that happening again.
Bruce, according to the FrSky documentation you can connect the Vario to the older telemetry receivers (e.g. the D4 or D8 series) without the use of the hub. It remains unclear if you can daisy chain using the older receivers, or if you're limited to a single telemetry device.
Thanks Bruce. I have a Normal Precision Vario, but not yet used in anger. I also have a few older sensors. Until now I never realised that I could interface them with the Vario. Thanks again.
I remember your Vario Video from 2013. This is just as good. Want to see the Vario in action. Can't for the life of me understand why 3 people don't like this informative video :/
I've been experimenting with the vario, one such use is to set the altitude to 120 metres and have the software cut the motor to 1/4 throttle when 120 metres is reached, works great, and as soon as the aircraft drops below 120 metres the throttle goes back to normal operation.
Wonderful. I can't tell you how much this video has helped me. The info from FrSky is so minimal that although their equipment is the most advanced out there they are selling themselves short.
Thanks Bruce, as always very informative. Thank you for spending the time to explain the Vario setup. It makes life on our side so much easier. Always looking forward to the next video. Markus
I am about to buy one of these, but what I need to know is how to connect the thing to a receiver, and I though it would be part of this video. But it isn't.
Excellent how-to Bruce! Mixes can be confusing, so with my Turnigy 9x (er9x FW) I always try to image Custom Switches as "Condition" switches. If this "condition" is met, then...etc. Cheers!
i've found that the firmware update for the taranis let me plug the radio via usb into my mac and use it as an external controller.Before i was not able to do that. Awesome to be able to use the radio with all the emulators
