All about radio controlled aircraft
My journey from Spektrum to Radiomaster/EdgeTX eventually brought me to consider using a drone style flight controller. Here is how it happened. Back in the good ol' days, when Moses and I were boys playing with planes, I had a couple of HiTec radios - one for each of my planes, and I got to …
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This document is intended as a reference document for those who have viewed the associated video on our YouTube channel. Having watched the video, you can use this to remind you of the details as you are doing the mixing in your own radio. Mixing_Basics_with_EdgeTX_and_RadiomasterDownload And here is the video: https://youtu.be/M_RmNeG4ydM And, if you haven't …
I love my Radiomaster TX16s, but while it is fantastic to do everything apart from buttering my toast, every once in a while I come up with a challenge that is frustrating. This week it has been the matter of getting my dive flaps working the way I want on my SBD Dauntless dive bomber. …
Most of our planes are going to just need the simple flight controls and perhaps flaps and/or landing gear. That's pretty easy to do. But recently I repaired my VQ SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and went through the setup routine again. It is complex. Not only does it have dive flaps on the wings and …
This handy little test board is inexpensive and practical. I bought mine from Aliexpress. These instructions include information that they provide online along with my own observations. Note that the printed instructions provided with the unit were in Chinese, and the website that they provide a link to is quite unhelpful. What it is good …
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This article is intended to orient new users of Radiomaster radios to how they function. You may already be familiar with another brand or type of radio, or Radiomaster could be your very first. Either way, this information should get you going! While our focus will be on their flagship product, the TX16s transmitter, you …
It’s likely that you have heard about Express LRS / ELRS. But what you have heard may have scared you away. It can be a bit complicated. We would like to help clear the air from all the smoke and make it reasonably simple for you. Why Express LRS? “Express” – It’s fast. Quick response …
We have begun a series of tests on RC plane receivers. In this set of tests we are using a test area full of obstructions and adjacent to homes which provide a lot of 2.4 GHz clutter. Watch our YouTube video, then if you want to look more closely at the data, those documents are …
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Lemon RX continues to impress us with the development of their excellent receivers. Having a low-cost alternative to Spektrum®, while still being compatible with DSMX® has been great. And Lemon RX have always impressed us with their reliability and excellent stabilization. Over the years they have been working at making their setup and programming easier, …
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