these are the pairs that i have.



rx is a 4 lobe rhcp skew planar and tx is a 3 lobe rhcp cloverleaf. just found some extra info:



so it can be used as either but there are best suited conditions. i have a 4 lobe skew-planar antennas on my other quads(as TX).
so in conclusion, the TX/RX pair type of antenna is not a scam after all. it's just best to use them in that particular pair configuration. myth busted!

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Jun 2 2020, 02:12 PM

this why learning to fly with GPS is dangerous. "commercial" operators are ruining the hobby . as always, i blame DJI and their drone enthusiast community as well.

you know we can't believe that without pics, right? 🤣

would've made an awesome youtube video though.😅

getting that on camera is just awesome!

the best i could hit was an insect(of some kind) during flight. didn't even notice it until i review the flight footage.

a beginner with a tx16s? wow that must be pretty confusing at 1st. opentx is not actually beginner friendly. 😅

i,ve recently upgraded to the same radio as well. after 4 years of fs-i6. i did find it confusing at 1st. at least there's lot of video guide for it.👍

yup, controlling 4ch at the same time is not that easy. just need to keep practicing until it becomes muscle memory. usually your brain will click after some hours in the simulator.

I dont join local groups, when you are part of a group, you get poisoned easily.😅 this hobby is already expensive as it is. i usually fly alone, which can be scary when you're doing fpv.

the usual question is, where are you from?

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Oct 14 2020, 07:36 PM

i started with helicopters. from coax to a honeybeev2. started doing sims after the honeybee, so it's not too difficult by then. still can't fly upside down reliably though . didn't have the funds to go to 6ch heli, so i moved to quadcopters. also, heli flying was dying and spare parts are becoming scarce.

naturally, a quad is easier to fly and maintain by design. so i'm stuck here for now. maybe someday, i can actual get a 6ch heli. good offering these days. back then, it was very expensive and choice were limited.

do you have a quad already? get at least one micro whoops. these things are good for indoor practice and with prop guards, they are resilient to crashes. good for beginners. these things are my go to these days, especially during this PKPB period. just have to keep flying .

keep practicing the hover. hovering is your "stop", so you must be able to hover steadily(and manually) at will, especially in a panic. this will save you from a lot of crashes.

i do both guitars and rc flying, and i would say hovering is your basic strumming. if you start with a quad, even more so if with dji stuff, yup this could work. hovering is not that important to practice too much. since stabilizations helps greatly. but not knowing to hover with a heli means bye-bye within the 1st few seconds akin to you just want to play heavy rock on your guitar. strumming can be skipped since you'll be mostly "chugging it". . so, from my own experience, hover 1st is basic.

also, u can't really do smooth landings if you can't hover precisely. you see this a lot in YT videos. they just disarm when close to the ground. dropping instead of landing.

a note on building yourself, i wouldn't advise to beginners. even with my friends, i'll always point to a ready build ones. PnF, BnF or RtF.

reason being, circuitry doesn't always work the same outside of theory. you might get grounding issues that interfere with your vtx or camera signal, simply because carbon fiber is conductive. you might mess up some soldering that kills your board. all those "good" stuff. if you really want to take the challenge, get a basic multimeter. it's an indispensable troubleshooting tool.

not really, at least not yet. digital google are still a lot more expensive than a decent analog. then there's the VTX and camera. you can get by with cheap camera and vtx with analog, but with digital, those parts alone can be more expensive than your entire machine. imagine if you crash somewhere where you can't retrieve it?

analog is better IMO in terms of choices and price range. digital is mainly DJI. and DJI is notorious for their closed eco system and milking money scheme. yes, i hate DJI, if it's not apparent enough

also there's compatibility issue. analogs are pretty much compatible amongst different manufacturer. digital is still in its infancy. maybe when there are more competitions, it will be more awesome.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Oct 15 2020, 08:21 PM

you have the best flying area. i'm really jealous. i only have a playground and a field to fly around. which gets boring after a while, in terms of scenery.

nowadays, i'm only flying indoors with micros. need more flight time with the 4 and 5 inch.

i think only the big companies have this restriction. the cheaper clone variant usually don't. so, you can try looking into other brands.

building you own GPS enabled drone from a diy kit is also an option. of course, you need to pick the right flight controller to match the DJI feature, like autonomous flight and RTL.

if all else fails, manual flight with stabilization is always available.

too many clones of the mavic around. i've lost track. some are good, some are just toys. best to look up some reviews. of course, you want to look at the features properly.

for dyi, you build the quad. the flight controller you buy premade. building a flight controller is not for mere mortals . again, it depends on the features you want. for something like a mavic, it's a bit tricky. with the hand gestures and tiny gimbal. those a pretty much proprietary tech. the things you can easily do are the GPS hold, RTL and autonomous flight. depends on the flight controller's capabilities. and you have to program everything yourself.

it's people like this that ruins the hobby! flying along power lines is just irresponsible. complete jack a$$ with too much money, this one.

looking at the flight and description, he's seems new to the hobby. it's like an idiot with a gun. for sure if he hits those power lines, it'll make flying more regulated for us all. if you know this guys, please smack the idiocy out of him!

need some help here.

i'm trying to convert my old 35Mhz honey bee2 to 2.4Ghz. been using some spare flysky receivers and it doesn't seem to work. conditions:
- cyclic servos worked fine and smooth
- ch3, throttle works, but it's stuttering. as in, the motor are not spinning smoothly
- ch4, rudder has no input at all
- tried using fs-ia6 and fs-ia6b receivers, same case.
- tried using fs-i6 and tx16s transmitter, same case.

it's a fairly simply affair, i think. just 4ch pwm map, with the same AETR configuration. or does the analog radio receiver sends different values to the 3in1 controller? anyone has an idea? use different receivers? use the older AFHDS protocol? anyone tried converting an old esky lama from XXMhz to 2.4GHz before?

Thanks. But shouldn't CH 4 would have some kind of output when i move the stick? in my case, moving the rudder does nothing to the tail rotor. but when i rotate the heli while there is some throttle, the tail motor would move.

i've seen some tutorial on converting Esky's 35mhz 4ch heli to 2.4Ghz. seems pretty simple and straight forward, albeit none was very clear. i have configured my eachine e160 to my tx16s. i don't think a 4ch heli would be more complicated than that. do share if you have some details how to actually get it configured....please. it's not easy to get a 35Mhz crystal anymore. last i bought it was when rcsmart was still in Amcorp mall .

p/s:
one of the tutorial i've seen: http://kenbuys.com/hobbyking-tr6a-receiver...nkenstein-4in1/



This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Dec 28 2021, 11:41 AM

the 3in1 only takes ch3 & ch4 from the esky receiver. the aux channel for gyro is mainly for CP helis, i think. or the newer FP stuff with 6g mode. that part i understand.

by adjusting the pwm signal, you mean adjusting the range? i've tried messing around with the endpoints. doesn't help in my case. it's like when i use the flysky receiver, the mixer and gyro dont work anymore.

what i haven't tried is channel reverse in ch4. could it be that the mixer killed ch4 as it was in full throttle on start up?( i just thought of this)😅

the 3in1 is not broken for the record. when i switch everything back to 35mhz, it flies like used to. not a single problem.

yup, the honeybee does have it's own onboard mixing in the 3in1 board. in the form of a "proportional" pot. i used it for tuning, so i'm sure i don't need mixing in the TX.

it's old skool

i put it back to the 35Mhz controller and it worked great again(i hate the 8x AA requirement). just itching to fly it . plus, too much micro quad flying is getting boring, especially in this rain season.

i'll try the reverse rudder next time. i'm sure the 4ch ET4 tx is not that fancy to do any complex configs on its own.

yep, it's good except for the fact that:
- it needs 8X AA battery
- the crystals are hard to find these days.
- you don't FPV with a honeybeeFP
- the 35Mhz esky et4 don't really work with anything else.

i would much prefer to get it working with my fs-i6 or TX16s.

6S is too much power for 1st timer, for sure. also 6S batt are heavy and more expensive.

when in acro, you need air mode on. so you can flip and roll with zero throttle. but air mode is meant to be use....when in the air. so put it on a switch and don't try to land or take off with it. don't be Joshua Bardwell and enable air mode all the time. it just creates headache .

i'm pretty much their recurring customer.....along with AllanRC.

i'd say stick with what radio you have, unless you actually have a need to upgrade. like needing the MPM and external module flexibility.

openTX is awesome and powerful, but the learning curve is harder. in the beginning, you'll spent more time configuring the radio than actually flying .

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...dent-at-parade/

there's always some idiots out there trying to make it hard for us all. i'm sure some opportunist politicians will try to pass a new law about registering your drones in the future.

as usual, i blame DJI for making drone flying easily accessible, as long as you can fork the money. no common sense required. "you don't need training, mavic is safe to fly on top of large crowd"

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Sep 1 2022, 02:28 PM