Thanks for the video. I am very excited to see that RF v2 is out and am looking forward to more videos on it. I also just preordered a Nexus and ant ELRS Rx. I fly an FrSky XE, what ELRS module would you recommend?
@@jamieboehm3076 they work well with both of those radios. In fact.. Just this week somebody provided the code to support sbus2 with telemetry. I personally favour the frsky radios. But all about choice!
@@RTRCTVHi just to confirm, this works with Spektrum transmitter and Spektrum sats? Also does it support SRXL2 telemetry using a Hobbywing 80A or largers esc?
Not for beginners...its cheap ok but it is very difficult to setup and if the unit happens to be faulty dont try getting it replaced from radiomaster China...they do not abide by warranty terms. always buy from your local country and this way you have some hope in getting warranty. Takes hours to setup compared to any other FBL unit.
Dont mean to to point this out... Define a beginner. I started flying helis maybe 1.5 years ago. First one was a basic fbl. 3 months on I was on RF. Never looked back. Point being.. this setup is very similar to how anybody who works with drones/quads/betaflight/inav works. Its easy once you know. So yes.. not as easy as a less capable controller. but hard.. not that hard. I think even the 'hours' is not right. its hours for your first learning curve. I can setup a new heli in about 30 minutes. Because I have done the learning curve.
@@RTRCTV well most fbl units have rock solid tail control when you are referring to beginners and their needs...this unit is for expets who may notice for example going into a piroette from high speeds that the tail might flutter, it seems from the filtering these units can be filtered out for these types of issues, but no advantage to beginners except price.
Given the package value I picked up one unit when I got the chance I have a few TRex Nitro 600NSPs as well as a Align Trex 600E. How does this handle Nitro? I can't find any specific info about it and I don't want to be a ginnea pig with my cherished nitro bids which have used Helicommand and msbrain in the past. Were any of the beta testers nitro guys? How vibration resistant is it? When it came to open source heli flight control I had pinned a lot of my hopes on Ardupilot and Cube. How does Rotoflight 2.0 and Nexxus compare?
I still prefer Mo's design because he used a BMI270 instead of an ICM42688. That said Radiomaster have made sure to use a dedicated 1.8V LDO with noise filtering to supply power to the gyro, the ICM42688 is very intolerant of noisy power which is why it gained a bad reputation on drone FCs early on, they were just dropping it into MPU6000 based designs and that doesn't work very well.
I'm on Rotorflight discord, I have an FW405 I've yet to try, in fact I've not tried Rotorflight at all yet, just not found the time to get it installed and setup, but I will! If I like it the Nexus will be my next fbl
I would suggest Flywing's own rotorflight unit for FW405. since Flywing rotorflight FC has battery voltage input which accepts the same connector of FW405 heli.
Thanks for the video. Is the tail lock better than the VBAR? I have a ALZRC Devil 380 that a VBAR just cannot hold the tail well (wags). The rescue would be nice to have, as well.
I used to have a x380 and struggled with the tail too - sold it it a friend. They disassembled it and cleaned up everything with surgical spirits. Magically tail sorted itself! But that being said.. I like rf. Is it better. It flies as well as. If you want to to fly better.. Then yes. With work it can fly better and give you more toys to play with :)
@@RTRCTV Thanks for the reply. Interestingly, the head/shaft does feel a bit stiff, when rotated by hand, however I've failed to find what is causing it. Might have to dig deeper. Thanks again. I've ordered a Nexus anyway, just to have a play with it.
@RTRCTV I swapped the VBAR for a Brain 2, and the 380's tail is perfect. I had a Goblin 420 with an ikon, and it flies perfect, so I was hopeful the Brain would fix the 380's tail.
So all up for Joe average not allot. I guess first and foremost - lower latency. But chances are only pro pilots will notice that. Then... In the context of rotorflight.. Telemetry with ability go configure the fbl from the radio. This is also possible with an ethos radio.
@@jamieboehm3076 drop past rotorflight.org You will need to download the configurator. Lots of info available on the wiki on the site on how to setup the system.
Inav & betaflight experience. Looking at putting my toe in the water by converting a tiny K110S to rotorflight. Looking at these rotorflight specific controllers (too big for my project) they seem very similar to Inav boards. A betaflight board designed with header pins & bec in mind. Or am I missing something?
So essentially all you need is a mini quad board... Think 20x20 stack. The k110 is a touch one to start on. It's stupid small.. Needs a 1s compatible board.. And also a brushed motor driver. Possible some older whoop style boards may work - but not sure will have the current draw you need.
@@RTRCTV Darwin FPV AIO & conversion to brushless tail. 1/2 done & stopped 12 months ago as another hobby took over. I also paused as targets at that time didn't support the internal ELRS receiver. I will put an external one on as time has taught me the internal ones just make firmware flashing difficult. Now winters coming I'll get back to it.
@@rchelifreek4713 I use an x20 pro. These days would say best value frsky bang for buck is the x20rs. Pretty much any frsky genuine rx with fport will work. Currently I use the twmx receivers - but have had plenty success with the archer receiver range too. Likewise the tandem rx work well.
@@jamieboehm3076 growing number atm. Kyle Stacey had been playing... Jonus from omp... Diego arce... Charlie Keeble..... List is growing. But hey.. Depends I guess if you feel your purchase needs validation or not. Drop onto discord and you will find many 'pro' guys starting to take notice.
Cheers Rob, thanks for all you help with the Nexus!
How exciting is Rotorflight, I reckon it's changed the whole heli game
So excited for this .. great vid.
Thanks for the video. I am very excited to see that RF v2 is out and am looking forward to more videos on it. I also just preordered a Nexus and ant ELRS Rx. I fly an FrSky XE, what ELRS module would you recommend?
Super exciting stuff! I've preordered one from RM directly. Planing to put it in a trex 470L. What esc do you recommend?
Thanks im thinking of changing to this system
Im flying futaba and spectrum fbl
@@jamieboehm3076 they work well with both of those radios.
In fact.. Just this week somebody provided the code to support sbus2 with telemetry.
I personally favour the frsky radios. But all about choice!
@@RTRCTVHi just to confirm, this works with Spektrum transmitter and Spektrum sats? Also does it support SRXL2 telemetry using a Hobbywing 80A or largers esc?
Not for beginners...its cheap ok but it is very difficult to setup and if the unit happens to be faulty dont try getting it replaced from radiomaster China...they do not abide by warranty terms. always buy from your local country and this way you have some hope in getting warranty. Takes hours to setup compared to any other FBL unit.
Dont mean to to point this out...
Define a beginner.
I started flying helis maybe 1.5 years ago.
First one was a basic fbl. 3 months on I was on RF. Never looked back.
Point being.. this setup is very similar to how anybody who works with drones/quads/betaflight/inav works.
Its easy once you know.
So yes.. not as easy as a less capable controller. but hard.. not that hard.
I think even the 'hours' is not right. its hours for your first learning curve.
I can setup a new heli in about 30 minutes. Because I have done the learning curve.
@@RTRCTV well most fbl units have rock solid tail control when you are referring to beginners and their needs...this unit is for expets who may notice for example going into a piroette from high speeds that the tail might flutter, it seems from the filtering these units can be filtered out for these types of issues, but no advantage to beginners except price.
Given the package value I picked up one unit when I got the chance I have a few TRex Nitro 600NSPs as well as a Align Trex 600E. How does this handle Nitro? I can't find any specific info about it and I don't want to be a ginnea pig with my cherished nitro bids which have used Helicommand and msbrain in the past. Were any of the beta testers nitro guys? How vibration resistant is it? When it came to open source heli flight control I had pinned a lot of my hopes on Ardupilot and Cube. How does Rotoflight 2.0 and Nexxus compare?
There are a few guys flying nitro who are having allot of success.
I still prefer Mo's design because he used a BMI270 instead of an ICM42688. That said Radiomaster have made sure to use a dedicated 1.8V LDO with noise filtering to supply power to the gyro, the ICM42688 is very intolerant of noisy power which is why it gained a bad reputation on drone FCs early on, they were just dropping it into MPU6000 based designs and that doesn't work very well.
I'm on Rotorflight discord, I have an FW405 I've yet to try, in fact I've not tried Rotorflight at all yet, just not found the time to get it installed and setup, but I will! If I like it the Nexus will be my next fbl
I would suggest Flywing's own rotorflight unit for FW405.
since Flywing rotorflight FC has battery voltage input which accepts the same connector of FW405 heli.
@@davidjacobs8558 yeah that's what I have
Any idea how I can get the governor to work with a nitro engine?
6:20 Who are these people? I'd like to know.
Please do a setup video I did order mine on backorder
How does this compare to Brain2 and Goosky GTS to anyone out there with that experience?
Thanks for the video. Is the tail lock better than the VBAR? I have a ALZRC Devil 380 that a VBAR just cannot hold the tail well (wags). The rescue would be nice to have, as well.
I used to have a x380 and struggled with the tail too - sold it it a friend. They disassembled it and cleaned up everything with surgical spirits.
Magically tail sorted itself!
But that being said.. I like rf. Is it better. It flies as well as. If you want to to fly better.. Then yes. With work it can fly better and give you more toys to play with :)
@@RTRCTV Thanks for the reply. Interestingly, the head/shaft does feel a bit stiff, when rotated by hand, however I've failed to find what is causing it. Might have to dig deeper. Thanks again. I've ordered a Nexus anyway, just to have a play with it.
@RTRCTV I swapped the VBAR for a Brain 2, and the 380's tail is perfect. I had a Goblin 420 with an ikon, and it flies perfect, so I was hopeful the Brain would fix the 380's tail.
Maybe a GPS add on ...in few weeks.?
As a long time heli only pilot, what are the benifits of ELRS over other protocols? Thanks!
So all up for Joe average not allot.
I guess first and foremost - lower latency. But chances are only pro pilots will notice that.
Then... In the context of rotorflight..
Telemetry with ability go configure the fbl from the radio. This is also possible with an ethos radio.
Well ELRS receivers are inexpensive so there is that.
@@RTRCTV Thanks! I have an Ethos radio, amongst others 🙂
@@Graham_Shaw use either. Both are great.
@@RTRCTV 👍
Could i use this on one of my old nitro flybarred helicopters? Raptor 30
Yes. Quite OK to do that
Also just one more question
Is it just a download from rotor flight to the computer so i could do the adjustments i need for the nexus FBL .
@@jamieboehm3076 drop past rotorflight.org
You will need to download the configurator.
Lots of info available on the wiki on the site on how to setup the system.
Inav & betaflight experience. Looking at putting my toe in the water by converting a tiny K110S to rotorflight. Looking at these rotorflight specific controllers (too big for my project) they seem very similar to Inav boards. A betaflight board designed with header pins & bec in mind. Or am I missing something?
So essentially all you need is a mini quad board... Think 20x20 stack.
The k110 is a touch one to start on. It's stupid small.. Needs a 1s compatible board.. And also a brushed motor driver.
Possible some older whoop style boards may work - but not sure will have the current draw you need.
@@RTRCTV Darwin FPV AIO & conversion to brushless tail. 1/2 done & stopped 12 months ago as another hobby took over. I also paused as targets at that time didn't support the internal ELRS receiver. I will put an external one on as time has taught me the internal ones just make firmware flashing difficult. Now winters coming I'll get back to it.
So what's the best combo for the nexus and frsky? Like what transmitter and receiver, is best to work with the nexus
@@rchelifreek4713 I use an x20 pro. These days would say best value frsky bang for buck is the x20rs.
Pretty much any frsky genuine rx with fport will work. Currently I use the twmx receivers - but have had plenty success with the archer receiver range too. Likewise the tandem rx work well.
What transmitter is recommended to get full potential out of this?
@@LichaelMewis 100% frsky + my lua scripts github.com/robthomson/RF2ETHOS
X20RS or X18 and you are golden
Ok what top end pilots have used this unit?
@@jamieboehm3076 growing number atm.
Kyle Stacey had been playing... Jonus from omp... Diego arce... Charlie Keeble..... List is growing.
But hey.. Depends I guess if you feel your purchase needs validation or not.
Drop onto discord and you will find many 'pro' guys starting to take notice.