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PIMPING MY TX BY TIM CALVERT

 

Upgrades to my Taranis (FrSky) QX7 TX, was £70 when I  bought it, plenty for less than £100 today. 16/32 channel, 4  X 3 pos  switches, 2 pots, 2 x 2 way switches, full voice, haptic (vibration)  warnings all completely programmable to your needs.  Built in FRSky  protocol, supplied with Open TX firmware.

Had this over a year now, some useful upgrades

Orange Soft Non slip silicon cover from Banggood about £11.00, protects the TX from those knocks in the field and keeps out the moisture from the damp grass.

Alloy TX Stand, keeps the TX upright £5.00 from Banggood

Pimp 1

Silicon switch covers, colour code your switches. From Banggood

Alloy CNC sticks, replace the std plastic items. From Ebay

Hall effect gimbals. T9hobbysport U.K., around £36 the pair .

Multi protocol module, I have used the Irangex and Jumper 4 in 1 modules  without issue, around 50 different protocols supported, I use DSMS2,  DSMX, SPECTRUM Bind and fly , Corona DHSS V2,  all without problems.

Updated firmware from OpenTx to ErSky9x a forked version of OpenTx with full support for Multiprotocol.

Dr Hewson’s rubberband throttle safety.

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Just to avoid confusion, the Taranis QX7 TX is made by FRSKy,  the  operating system firmware is OpenTx as supplied, ErSky9x (now called  ErskyTx in the latest release) is a forked version of OpenTx, it was  developed by Mike Blandford in Poole, originally for Hobbyking for  their Turnigy TX, it Is basically a better menued version of the  original OpenTx, I use it as I had it on my original Turnigy TX, better  the devil you know!

One edit you can add are other multi protocols I am using, Wltoys V911 and V912 helicopters, E10 and Husban x4 quads, one TX for all my needs.

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