I'd heard the hype about Crossfire giving you that "locked in" feel, but I'm really just a fun flyer, what could it do for me. Let's find out.
This video is a little longer than normal, so I've broken it down just in case you were looking for something specific -
0:06 - Intro, and review criteria
1:26 - Box contents
2:03 - Non-Inverted UARTs
3:26 - Using the TBS Agent to update the TX Module
5:54 - Connecting the RX to a flight controller
7:11 - OpenTX considerations
8:14 - Running LUA script to configure TX Module
8:45 - Binding the RX and updating RX firmware
9:42 - Running LUA script to configure RX
11:07 - Changing model settings to use an external module
11:41 - Getting telemetry from the RX
12:21 - Betaflight setup
13:32 - Flight Testing
20:40 - Conclusions
21:51 - Antenna placement and polarization
24:04 - Issues on QX7 and a word on the X-Lite
QX7 update: I asked Trappy about this as I was confused about why my radio seemed to work fine. He told me that the very first batch of radios were ok, but after that point, every single radio would suffer this problem. A rare case of an early adopter winning out !
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