(04-03-2026, 02:16 PM)flyingw Wrote: That's interesting Erhard.haha i am 73 and debating if you should switch to mode 2 from mode 1 (germany) in my old days. i am trying to interest some kids in flying and for them it would only make sense to learn mode2.
It reminds me of what would have been so nice about the infamous proposed XPS transmitter. I reckon it would have directly spoken native XPS protocol to the XPS receivers (without converting from either PPM or XJT-D16 first) and as a consequence would likely have been one of the most efficient and reliable systems out there.
If, knock on wood, my existing Futaba and Taranis transmitters with their respective XPS transmitter modules last for another decade or two (I'm 70), I should be good. But just in case I am learning ELRS and EdgeTx.
Jim Drew wrote in an earlier post here that his new proposed version of the X10+v3 would be able to take CrossFire (CRSF), the standard ELRS protocol, as an input. If that comes to pass, then that would be a real nice way to use inexpensive ELRS receivers with the X10.
I saw in the forums and in the configuration tools that ELRS receivers can output SBUS so I tried using it with the X10. It sort of worked, but I wouldn't trust it to fly. The servos worked, but it turns out that ELRS "robs" a frame each time it needs to send telemetry back to the transmitter. It uses a spot in the SBUS data stream that standard SBUS and the X10 do not expect. As a consequence the X10 led flickers each time it sees this non-standard frame. I was actually ok with that because the servos worked, but it also had the negative effect that it prevented the ability for the X10 to program the failsafe positions while this non-standard stream was in effect.
An X10 that takes CRSF officially should not have this problem. The peril with open source stuff is of course, that the ELRS development team could change the CRSF protocol at any time and XPS would have to accommodate the change.
In the meantime, I want the New Jersey weather to get better so I can go flying without freezing and or fighting the winds.
Paul
what can i say here in the bay area we have no complains about weather at least not from me. i think your NY weather is closer to the german weather.
yes i agree that XPS should be a leader in the RC systems.
it is an amazing job to have spoofed the M-link system so successfully.
so if you are also a electronics guy then i wonder how could we really measure RF output power with the hopping stuff. maybe just a broad band filter and my tiny SA.
i also ordered the ELRS parts for my tx16s - want to explore it too. i am getting used to the edgetx open source. maybe need to learn LUA scripting too
on the side FYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueA7riyLH4M&t=26s