Should You Switch to EdgeTX? HINT: You might regret holding out. 

Thanks Bill. Always good to hear from you. Glad EdgeTX is working out for you too :)

@@RCVideoReviews Heck Yeah Bill and it helps to keep our old Brains from turning to mush and it's Fun and doable thanks to John!

Welcome to the channel.

It's unfortunate how OpenTX development slowed so much. Thankfully the Edge team took the ball and ran with it.

Thanks Dave, appreciate the comment :)

The Zorro is a top shelf radio in its class. I'm glad it's working out for you. Thanks for the note.

Ditto. Glad I changed when I did.

You're doing the right thing though. Look at the roadmap and decide for yourself if you see features/updates that are meaningful enough for you.

I'd like to know what issues EVERYONE has. I've been using 2.7.1 religiously for about 4 months without a single glitch. Absolutes trigger me.

@@RCVideoReviews You are smarter than they are...🤷🏼‍♂

Those are most likely model programming/configuration issues. I HIGHLY doubt any of these issues are with Edge itself.

Thanks for watching. You completely understand the spirit for which this video is given. You look, you evaluate, and you make your choice, but it's an INFORMED choice. This type of dialogue and discussion is often what's missing in today's world. I'm 100% behind you though. If your current firmware does what you want/need, and the features of the alternative aren't compelling reason to you, then you should stick with what you've got. Simply could not agree more with your evaluation.

When I reviewed the changelog for EdgeTX and compared it to OpenTX I wanted to share. So many times I get the question, "what does EdgeTX do besides add touch?" This answers the question.

I've got a lot of video material on EdgeTX and OpenTX. The logic applies across both.

Great! That's why I do these videos.

You can safely upgrade to Edge with that radio.

@@RCVideoReviews thx a lot

I think so. EdgeTX is actively developed. There are more features and upgrades than just touchscreens. Lots and lots of black and white radios are benefiting from Edge.

@@RCVideoReviews ok thanks for the advice. i will try to convert my jumper t12pro, specially want to get rid of the alarm "receiver still connected" thanks again.

Go to the EdgeTX github and create a feature request. The only way the Edge team knows what people are interested in seeing is if they ask.

I've tested the latest version of OpenTX to the latest version of EdgeTX and it converts just fine. Keep in mind, you still lose your widgets, so you will have to set them all up again.

Very true--never really cared for that myself. You should go to the EdgeTX github and make a feature request to respect the theme wallpaper over anything pre-installed if a theme wallpaper exists.

Nope. Mine work perfectly so why bother if they are doing the same job now that they would do after an "update" to Edge?

I'm in the same situation as you with my trusted Taranis X9D. I loaded EdgeTX on my radio to test it out, but of course some of the major features, like touch screen and model organization (categories, tags), don't work on the X9D anyway. So I am staying with OpenTX. My next radio will be a Radio master running EdgeTX, but I'm in no hurry.

You guys should read through the change logs more carefully. Not everything in firmware updates is "user visible", that doesn't mean important changes/updates haven't been made.

You should look into instant trim :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LiwnkhXgp6M.html

Sorry no, I don't use any Spektrum gear.

@@RCVideoReviews Ok, but haven´t you bind any e-flite BNF plane to your TX16S?

Edge doesn't change model settings on conversion that I'm aware of. If you saw this happen, you should report it.

I have no idea as I don't use any Spektrum gear. Hop on my discord and ask there though, I'm sure those guys know how to do it.

Frequency tune only shows on protocols that use it. Set a protocol that uses it like D16.

@@RCVideoReviews just figured it out, I updated the firmware on the module and it popped up. Thanks for the reply!

Me too. I still love OpenTX and everything it did for the hobby, but Edge is definitely where the action is.

This video spelled out the case for why I think Edge directionally is the firmware to use. My advice would be to look over the changelog for EdgeTX from 2.4 to 2.8 and see if there's anything in that log you think you NEED to have.

Not much chance for FrSky to see airtime on my channel. My beliefs and values do not align with theirs.

@@RCVideoReviews I still use a couple of their transmitters , the build quality seems to have stood the test of time.

Developers clone github to their local machines. I really have zero concerns the sourcecode for Edge will be lost. I even have a copy of it on my machine.

Sorry, I don't use Spektrum so I can't provide a first hand/knowledge based reponse.

@@RCVideoReviews no problem thanks for letting me know. Your videos are most excellent thankyou very muchly. All Best

There's no real way IMHO to quantify an answer to the question "which is more stable" and I call BS on anybody who says they can because software is imperfect and it's impossible to find every condition or match of hardware and software that could result in a problem. What I CAN quantify is about 4 months of flying with EdgeTX 2.7.1 and not a single EM or radio failure and I have Edge on very expensive models. 700 class helis and till now my biggest plane which is 78". It's about to take an 85" plane up. The features question is a trap. I suppose there might be some setting, some variable, some special function, that might exist on OpenTX that doesn't exist on EdgeTX. I'm not willing to do the audit to find out OpenTX has a battery voltage range of 3.3 to 3.8 while Edge has a range of 3.4 to 3.8. What I CAN say is that all of my logic setups work, all of the capacity regarding inputs, mixes, outputs, gvars are on Edge. All of the meaningful model settings, radio settings, protocols, and scripts that I USE are available on Edge.

@@tvideo1189 haha I kinda figured it out whilst watching this actual video, my themes colours needed adjusting

I've flashed Edge, including test iterations, release candidates, nightlies, and self-compiles literally hundreds of times. The firmware doesn't cause switch/button failures. If you can boot into Edge and the model screen appears, the firmware works. However; if you want to remove all doubt, this video will show you how to take control of your bootloader and flash whatever you want: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LItyAkJlcdU.html

@@RCVideoReviews I was missing buttons inside the actual software i edited some colours inside the themes, didn't know you could do such thing

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0WnpfE78-KU.html

@@RCVideoReviews Thanks, did the upgrade, all seems to be good just have to fix all the audio callouts and widgets. Wasn't sure that a video from 4 months ago was still accurate. One thing that did change was the SD card content, it is no longer named after a radio system (aka Horus) but rather screen format (c480x272)

I hear this guy does some really top shelf videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0WnpfE78-KU.html

@@RCVideoReviews hah, thanks

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Почему? EdgeTX преобразует модели и настройки для вас. Единственное, что вы теряете при переводе, это виджеты.

Too bad about the issue you had.

For some, the radio is like a toaster. It just works and they don't want to fiddle with it. For those people I would suggest considering what's been done under the hood. If the user interactive bits aren't enough to warrant a change, certainly the underlying code cleanup, subsystem improvements, and big fixes should be. But as I always say, "your money, your hobby."

You know what I say: "Your money, your hobby." Some people just don't want to adapt to new things.