Frsky - Taranis

Mike - I am not trying to rack up negative comments but purely because when you outlay hard earned cash you just hope you have made the right purchase.

I like that fact that the Taranis is "open source software" and what it is capable of doing. I may purchase one yet. When making a choice that involves relatively large money everyone should read all the facts and small print first. What I have previously written is no more or no less than I would say at the field or in the pub.

Fair enough, Phil. I just thought that 4 posts from you in this thread and all of them with some degree of negativity was a bit excessive considering you have never seen any FrSky in the flesh.

Having advised of a Taranis for sale on the BMFA website I was somewhat surprised that it created so much comment.
To balance things off : I have been using a FrSky module in my Futaba FF9 Super with 8 channel FrSky receivers
for about 2 years without any problems. Models ranging from aerobatic, vintage and gliders almost out of sight at 1,200ft.
Including the one recently advertised for sale I am aware of two others, one guy preferred the European type tx ( tray type )
and the other guy could not get to grips with the programming.
It will be interesting to hear Mike's talk this Friday evening - could be a lively Q & A session.

Regards

Colin.A

Unfortunately I can't make it to the meeting tonight but hopefully someone will post up some of the main points.

Another issue I have is the transfer of 14 models(at present) from DSX9 to either Taranis or JR 11X. After a fair bit of surfing it appears it may have to done manually.. :whistle:

Hi Phil,
Think you'll find you need to do it manually between 9x and 11x too.... I did

DaveBright wrote: Hi Phil,
Think you'll find you need to do it manually between 9x and 11x too.... I did

That'll be job-n-half I think. What a bummer!

So, no quick way around it either way Oh well, at least I now know the situation, whatever TX I decide to choose.

Thanks to Mike for his most interesting presentation last night.
What came over very strongly was how the manufacturer had listened to and taken onboard
suggestions form active model fliers.
It was confirmed that the mechanical parts, switches, gimbals etc were of high quality and the software
being modeller lead could cater for the most demanding end user.
Comments from an existing Taranis user were very positive and programming the transmitter was not
too daunting a task if approached correctly.
In conclusion - a first class piece of kit at a very competitive price.

Regards
Colin.A