Look ma, no wires! How to buddy box with absolutely no cables using ExpressLRS
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Do you have an FPV drone? Do you have a buddy? Well then you might need a buddy box to keep control of the quad while you teach them to fly it! Up until now we have had to use cables to connect two radios together for doing this with, but that is just gross. ExpressLRS has a new feature in the works that will let you do it with no wires at all if you are willing to do a little radio surgery.
DISCLAIMER: As of the release date on this video, the feature set used in the video is only available in experimental releases of ELRS firmware. Use this method at your own risk.
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My daily driver 5" build:
Quadmula Siren F5 Split
iFlight Xing 2208 1800KV Motors
SpeedyBee F7 V3 Flight Controller
SpeedyBee 50A BLheli32 ESC
DJI O3 Air Unit and camera
CNHL Speedy Pizza 6S 1200mah
RCHackers 6S 1300mah
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My daily driver 3" build:
Quadmula Siren F3 Split
Emax Eco II 2004 3000kv Motors
Skystars F722 HD Pro flight controller
Skystars KM55A 55 amp BLheli32 ESC
DJI O3 Air Unit and camera
GNB 550mah 6S
HQ 3.1x3x4 props
My other gear:
Radiomaster TX16S
Radiomaster AG01 Gimbals
Thumb Grippies Pinch Sticks
DJI Goggles V2
iFlight Crystal DJI patch antenna
TrueRC Singularity omni antennas
Happymodel 2.4G ELRS Pro Module - Zábava
I use dog shocking collars on my kids with 6s Lipo’s attached to their hip. Best trained kids to retrieve downed kwadz 😂
lololol, I bet the make great dove season companions too :p
Looks like you got this covered before Bardwell even did. Very nice
I think Bardwell tends to wait until it is in a full feature release before he does too much with things. I can only imagine with a viewer base that large how many people would write him angry emails for using things in a beta state, lol. One of the up sides to being a much smaller channel I suppose :)
Definitely watching this later cuz this might be what gets me, sir.
I did it so that my son doesn't get me with a quad in the face, lol. It is nice having the arm switch back in my control without having to hover my hands over his while he flies or be tethered to his radio with a cable!
Thanks for a great video!
As a quick side note for those that have 4 in 1s you can actually do this without adding an ELRS RX and just use your 4 in 1 to do the same thing.
Also if you have a TX16s MK2 it already has a hole and buttons available from the factory to make a switch for this mod!
That is pretty awesome about the MKII being even more ready for this kind of mod! I thought about doing this with my 4-in-1 as well, but I really did want to go all ELRS on this one, although you are absolutely correct that it can be done if you happen to have a multi protocol inside the radio already.
The TBS Mambo also has a space to solder a tracer/crossfire rx on the board.
However no documentation on what that does or how to use it.
that....sounds about right, lol. I also don't know that freedomTX supports a serial based trainer setup either, and I am sure that the documentation on it would be less than ideal since it isn't a main line feature for them.
Oh, sweet! 😃
Thanks a bunch for the tutorial, dude!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Staying a little safer now that I dont have a 5 year old will full arming control of a quad flying next to me! lol
Great video is really cool that we can teach some one with this system thank you.
Thank you for checking it out buddy :)
Maybe a printed housing for the receiver and switch could be attached to the back of the tx16?
I thought about that too as some kind of add on to the bottom or wrapping around the back to keep it outside the chassis. I may have to draw some things up and see what that would look like!
use a magnetic reed switch. they even make a locking reed switch that you can toggle with a magnet.
That is a great idea!! Super stealthy, and I could make a little target zone sticker or something for where the magnet needs to be pressed for it. I love it!
You could procure a fiber optic strand (from those xmas displays/spencers thing) and maybe hot glue that to the LED on the interior RX...lots of BS to do to be able to see the status light, but an idea. 🤷♂
I thought about that too!! I was thinking some kind of light pipe but the fiber would be easier for sure, lol. I have access to quite a bit of it too.....I may have to give it a shot and see what happens
@@BaconNinjaFPV Just had to look up light pipe...YEAH! Same principle, with enough time in cad, or the hot glue shop I think either could work for sure.
This is awesome. I knew you could do wireless with multi module acting as RX. I didn't know you could do it with ELRS.
Do you have any link to what you are referring?
@@ze3312 czcams.com/video/4swT8kkFA-8/video.html
for sure! You could totally do this with a FrSky receiver internally even. Would just be a bit harder with having to press the bind button occasionally :(
Great channel I have a question sir can I get your advice on the easiest way to add ELRS to my Ground radio because I want to have much more range when using my RC car I have a radio Link radio to where are the Xpress LRS can connect to. I just need to get some advice on how to do this. ?
Sorry it took me a while to get back with you on it. I just commented you back on the other video where you asked about it :) Those matek receivers are pretty awesome!
this looks like a compelling reason to invest in a boxer and keep my TX12 as a backup/trainer
I like the LED in your mic. did you do that yourself, or is that a production option?
The only downside is that the Boxer doesn't have a UART readily available :( It looks like most of RM's newer stuff excludes that feature actually, which makes me kinda sad. The mic is actually a stock HyperX QuadCast S and the lighting goes on/off with the mute button. Makes for a really convenient way to know if it is hot or not....so I don't miss any of the stupid things I say, lol.
@@BaconNinjaFPV dude, you sound like my wife telling me logical reasons to stop buying FPV related stuff. Geeze, what did she pay you to say that... lol
@@Mupshot you don't wanna know, but let's just say I think I can finally move me while fleet over to the O3 air unit now....even the micros :p
What version of edgetx are you using?
main controller/sub-controller. there. no need to use the master/slave terminology
I like that!
vhs. ah the good old days.
I think you mean, the grainy old days, lol :p