Theuglycamel
Active member
Good Evening to all,
I've got a couple of projects going on I wanted to share. One is this new fangled doohickey I ordered from out east. It's a knock off iRangeX iRX4 made by YTech. The price was great and I had planned on an antenna mod anyway so I decided I'd try to add it to my FS-i6x. I'm actually more curious about the range on this TX than I am the multi-protocol, but I do have several DSMXs this should work with. I've also got a half dozen Walmart drones that would be awesome if they'll bind. Here's what I've learned so far...
Obviously there's not a module bay on the FS-i6x and I've seen a few videos of the module just zip-tied to the transmitter. I've also seen a few 3d printed mod bays and one video of a feller who just epoxied the module to the back of the tx. The profile on the IRX4 is very slim when it's removed from the case, so I'm considering installing it inside the tx. I've already got a rough design going to remove the AAs and mount an external lipo to the bottom (or sides) of the tx. this would give me plenty of room either inside the factory battery box or to simply screw it to the outside of the battery tray. All I should need then is my ppm out from the tx board (pin 3 on i6x), power, ground and an extra 2 position switch. I'm gonna rob one of my old FMs for the switch and see about getting the battery out of the way tonight. I'll shoot a few pics once I've actually made some progress.
Now, if this dirty dog just came with 3 more mixes... lol.
I've got a couple of projects going on I wanted to share. One is this new fangled doohickey I ordered from out east. It's a knock off iRangeX iRX4 made by YTech. The price was great and I had planned on an antenna mod anyway so I decided I'd try to add it to my FS-i6x. I'm actually more curious about the range on this TX than I am the multi-protocol, but I do have several DSMXs this should work with. I've also got a half dozen Walmart drones that would be awesome if they'll bind. Here's what I've learned so far...
Obviously there's not a module bay on the FS-i6x and I've seen a few videos of the module just zip-tied to the transmitter. I've also seen a few 3d printed mod bays and one video of a feller who just epoxied the module to the back of the tx. The profile on the IRX4 is very slim when it's removed from the case, so I'm considering installing it inside the tx. I've already got a rough design going to remove the AAs and mount an external lipo to the bottom (or sides) of the tx. this would give me plenty of room either inside the factory battery box or to simply screw it to the outside of the battery tray. All I should need then is my ppm out from the tx board (pin 3 on i6x), power, ground and an extra 2 position switch. I'm gonna rob one of my old FMs for the switch and see about getting the battery out of the way tonight. I'll shoot a few pics once I've actually made some progress.
Now, if this dirty dog just came with 3 more mixes... lol.
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