Spitfire76
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Since the Aura 5 lite is meant to work with a really dumb TX as it handles the rates, expo etc. I am trying to setup a configuration that will work with the very basic Radiomaster T8 lite and figured that I would document my findings in this thread.
Of course first things first the TX needs to have
It came with a user's manual which is different from the one on the RM support website.
https://www.radiomasterrc.com/pages/user-manuals
The paper manual had some overlaid instructions on how to calibrate the sticks and change layouts (mode1/mode2) which the online manual is missing.
The binding procedure in the paper manual only gives an example of a D8 receiver (RM81) but the online manual has both D8 and D16 binding procedures. At the moment I am using a FrSky X8R but will also try with and RM161 which I believe both are D16.
So now to the Aura. One thing that was common to both T8 manuals was the channel assignment of AETR which appears to be fixed. I originally thought that the Aura's expected default channels were TAER and that I would have to change it in the Aura config tool but after switching on live data and checking the transmitter verification screen under the setup tab they seemed to be correct without any changes. The only thing was the throttle and elevator were reversed and since I can't change this on the T8 I reversed those 2 servo ports in the Aura config.
Another issue is the T8 has ch5/gear assigned to a 2 position switch and since this is used by default to change flight modes I needed to use ch6/Aux1 instead as its a 3 position switch.
Well that's all so far, if anyone else has experience with the T8 and the Aura please add to this thread in the meantime I plan on continuing to work on this as I believe it will make a really economical radio first setup for a beginner.
Of course first things first the TX needs to have
- been charged
- the sticks calibrated
- mode 2 layout (at least for me as its what I am using)
- bound to a RX
It came with a user's manual which is different from the one on the RM support website.
https://www.radiomasterrc.com/pages/user-manuals
The paper manual had some overlaid instructions on how to calibrate the sticks and change layouts (mode1/mode2) which the online manual is missing.
The binding procedure in the paper manual only gives an example of a D8 receiver (RM81) but the online manual has both D8 and D16 binding procedures. At the moment I am using a FrSky X8R but will also try with and RM161 which I believe both are D16.
So now to the Aura. One thing that was common to both T8 manuals was the channel assignment of AETR which appears to be fixed. I originally thought that the Aura's expected default channels were TAER and that I would have to change it in the Aura config tool but after switching on live data and checking the transmitter verification screen under the setup tab they seemed to be correct without any changes. The only thing was the throttle and elevator were reversed and since I can't change this on the T8 I reversed those 2 servo ports in the Aura config.
Another issue is the T8 has ch5/gear assigned to a 2 position switch and since this is used by default to change flight modes I needed to use ch6/Aux1 instead as its a 3 position switch.
Well that's all so far, if anyone else has experience with the T8 and the Aura please add to this thread in the meantime I plan on continuing to work on this as I believe it will make a really economical radio first setup for a beginner.