Fsky Taranis X9D Plus

Following this thread as an outsider having never played with a Teranis (I have flown with Stuart's but never tried programming it) it does sound like a huge amount of faff to set up a fairly basic programme. Is it, or is Phil just making it sound like it is?

Yes done all that previously. Battery was virtually charged when I got it. checked it with my meter and then adjusted TX to meter to match.

Took some video and a couple of photos, jumped through a load of hoops and clicked Submit. We will see what happens. I have backed up my eepe file.

Jon, I've been able to program several models, and even added little functions because I could, not because they added anything to the flying aspect of things, so it can't be that hard to grasp, I'm not the brightest person in the world. Oh and I did have Mike on speed dial!

I guess it's a bit like going from an automatic to a manual car, there's extra stuff you've got to do, but it soon just seems natural.

I went into this knowing it would be steep learning curve. Like any computer it has to have correct commands that don't conflict, etc or it just ignores you. As I have found out when you don't tick the right boxes. ie; saying aileron ch1 should be sourced from rudder ch4. :blush: The advantage of the Companion is you can view the results before uploading. And of course loads of backups. Then there is so many custom commands and so on. All this just to fly a plane? Maybe!

I'll stick with it but if you see me with JR14 you will know I have given up :lol:

Hi Guys : My contribution to the discussion.
I've been using Futaba radio since buying an "M" Series on 27 meg, my current radio is a Field Force 9 with a FrSy 2.5 plug in module.
This gives me the ease of Futaba programming with economic FrSky rx's.- never let me down in 6 years.
This can cope with all my programming needs including Full Crow on gliders.
I did consider Taranus but it ment buying a load of new receivers since my older FrSky receivers were not compatible with the
latest European standard transmitters, decided to stick with what I had.
Colin
Futaba Man

As of January 2015 the "European Union" declared that a new protocol had to used in Europe. So all transmitters for the European market had to be EU LBT. LBT meaning Listen Before Transmission. I believe they also stopped the use of the LR versions. LR = long range. Hence earlier RX are not backward compatible. At least Horizon kept the DSM standard and upgraded it with X for telemetry.

Anyway, HK have accepted my "Claim" for an exchange.

Now what do we do? If using a "pre-LBT" transmitter, will the BMFA insurance be invalid?
Nice to know that HK came up with a replacement.

Brian. Ignore Phil's post. It is full of misinformation because he has not fully checked before quoting his "facts".

MikeSeale wrote: Brian. Ignore Phil's post. It is full of misinformation because he has not fully checked before quoting his "facts".

It was a general overview in my estimation on the basis of which receivers to buy and which protocol for my benefit as I was now leaving the safety net of pre-programmed gear.

Anyway I am going to go quiet now.. This thread now has at least 60 posts! I was hoping it would be OpenTX involved but it seems to have evolved.

That's a fair point, Phil. And if you want a thread on OpenTX then we can start one, but don't call it Taranis X9D and then introduce talk about receiver protocols which has nothing to do with the operating system of OpenTX.
And for the record, my understanding is that long range receivers can still be used with the EU-LBT firmware. All existing receivers can still be used with the EU-LBT firmware with the exception of the very first V-series. And Spektrum are not backward compatible anymore...the loophole was closed and their latest offerings can only transmit DSMX and not DSM2. And for Brian's peace of mind, insurance is still valid if you are using old radio gear.