So I Bought A Horus

Ok, so FrOS in doing some of the work for us is also hiding additional functionality. Thanks for that Mike.

If you need a demo then let me know and I will post one up. You have to set up the values in Telemetry . I think Painless360 has a demo of the main telemetry screen set up so the widget can read it.

Cheers Phil, Those Painless360 vids are very good, I've just looked at his implementation of controling an excavator bucket using global variables - helps to give some insight into the tools available. I also started looking at some glider wing programming on rc-soar - and backed away very quickly I still hate OpenTX but it does seem very powerful.

AlanF wrote: I still hate OpenTX but it does seem very powerful.

I was a bit dubious at first myself but after some playing around and got the general idea. I thought it is just like software programming but using UI (user interface). So flexible I love it now and and have a love/hate relationship with JR. :lol: Hoping the "gas engine" suite module comes down in price in the future. Hopefully we can get up the field in a few weeks and then we can go through the Horus options properly.

I think the acid test will be how much swearing is required when it comes to modifying a plane setup at the field. I prefer the Futaba/FrOS approach but that's what I'm used to. Despite my moaning, I'm actually enjoying learning OpenTX, especially given the current situation, and promise to present a positive attitude from now on
It'll be interesting to see if I'm prepared to switch back to FrOS once FrSky fix the bugs - I'm not holding my breath for that.

Making adjustments is fairly easy but you won't have very many people who can help you if something more complex is needed. So dual rates, expo and so on are simple. But if someone flies your model and says you need a throttle to elevator mix then you'll be on your own.

Regarding the glider templates you saw on RC-SOAR...don't dismiss them too quickly...if you have a Zagi or similar it would be worth taking a look at the 'Wingy' template. There isn't much to it and if you get your head around this one it opens up a lot of possibilities for other things. For example, the way he has used logical switches and in flight adjustments makes setting up so much easier. I used this template as a starting point for my F-105 EDF and being able to adjust the differential in flight meant that I had axial rolls dialled in on the first flight.

If you are coming from Futaba then OTX should be easy. Getting help at the field for a Futaba is next to nearly zero....:lol: :evil:

Would you like one of my edf models set up file to play with? OTX 2.3 Companion needed. Right click save link as.....

I'll have a play with that Phil, thanks. I'm going through setting the S6R at the moment; Painless360 to the rescue once again. The rc-soar site looks to be a good resource for the future. Onwards and upwards I now have blue widgets - how did that happen?

That file I posted will be ideal. It is for an edf with retracts and you may find the set-ups a for S8R and Telemetry for battery monitoring very useful.
Attached the dummies guide set up fro S6R, S8R

Thanks for that Phil, I'm just going to have a look through it now. I made the classic mistake of fitting the RX the correct way up to a plane that was inverted on the bench. After I'd finished I thougjht "I'm not sure that's right" so I put the plane up the right way, ran the config LUA script and sure enough it was all wrong. Can't blame OpenTX for that!