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Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:53 pm
by Rob Thomson
So... the good news?
Yes. They fit.
Yes. They work well
I have successfully upgraded an old 9x/sky9x with Taranis Gimbals. They work very well
1There are a few complexities when installing.
1. They fit one way, and only one way. If you dont do it right - the back case wont close! Just a case of inverting the gimbals till you find the right way.
2. You need a modified firmware to sort the directions of the inputs out. They are 'inverted' relative to the 9x, and swapping the left/right cables will not work as there is an op amp in the gimbal.
The good news?
1. Getting the direction right is easy.
2. Getting the software update will be done with Companion (at some point)
Rob
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:12 pm
by jhsa
Great..
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:07 am
by kaos
Does it really has better resolution/accuracy when installed in a 9X? and where do you get them?
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:51 am
by Rob Thomson
kaos wrote:Does it really has better resolution/accuracy when installed in a 9X? and where do you get them?
Note. I have them on a sky9x board. No idea if they work on stock!
Resolution - well difficult to say. I just like how smooth they are.
Getting them... most taranis dealers should be able to sources them. I got mine by knowing the right people at frsky, and the uk dealer.
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Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:30 am
by jhsa
Showing off now
shame on you Rob
I go away for a couple of weeks and people start to misbehave
João
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:49 am
by Rob Thomson
Lol.. not really. I consider myself lucky to have got a set.
Looking at the T9 sales page, you would think they will be on the open market sometime soon.
What I can say is - the 9X never felt so good with taranis sticks. Silly really. FlySky could have made a good 'upgrade' version just by changing the CPU, and the Sticks.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:22 am
by jhsa
will see if they work well with the stock board as well.. I hope so
João
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:08 am
by Animal60
Rob Thomson wrote:So... the good news?
Yes. They fit.
Yes. They work well
I have successfully upgraded an old 9x/sky9x with Taranis Gimbals. They work very well
1There are a few complexities when installing.
1. They fit one way, and only one way. If you dont do it right - the back case wont close! Just a case of inverting the gimbals till you find the right way.
2. You need a modified firmware to sort the directions of the inputs out. They are 'inverted' relative to the 9x, and swapping the left/right cables will not work as there is an op amp in the gimbal.
The good news?
1. Getting the direction right is easy.
2. Getting the software update will be done with Companeryion (at some point)
Rob
Hi Rob,
seeing the tranis transmitter is very difficult for us down under people
were would you go to get taranis gimbals...
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:42 am
by Rob Thomson
Why is it difficult?
Last I heard australia just got approval.
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Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:51 pm
by kaos
Rob Thomson wrote:
Note. I have them on a sky9x board. No idea if they work on stock!
Resolution - well difficult to say. I just like how smooth they are.
Getting them... most taranis dealers should be able to sources them. I got mine by knowing the right people at frsky, and the uk dealer.
yes, if I were to 'upgrade' the gimbal, it would be on my sky9x Tx too. I have not found anything Taranis can out perform my DJT and DHT equipped sky9x. (I have no use for the side sliders) the only thing I am looking forward to is the L series rx with XJT which has longer range as promised.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:53 pm
by feket663
The Taranis gimbal assembly arrived to the T9hobbysport. price is near 11 GBP.
http://www.t9hobbysport.com/taranis-tx- ... ment-parts
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:18 pm
by ShowMaster
Great news! Parts are now a real thing.
More reasons to own a Taranis.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:32 pm
by feket663
Anyone don't try modding the original 9X? if the Taranis gimbal have built in opamp, the resolution reduced when I'd like change the original gimbal with these?
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:44 pm
by Kilrah
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:20 pm
by feket663
I'm sorry for my bad english, I wanted to write, "anyone changed gimbals in the STOCK t9x?"
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:08 am
by volumax
I just tried taranis gimbals on stock t9x with er9x and the only the led lights up, the radio will not turn on.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:11 am
by MikeB
The Taranis gimbals have amplifiers mounted on the pots. This means the wiring to them HAS to be the correct way round. The 5V MUST go to the correct end. If you wire them the wrong way round, the protection diodes of the amplifiers will short out the 5V supply.
Mike.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:05 am
by volumax
Thanks mike, I switched the two outside cables, I had them brown to black orange to white red to red, I switched brown to red and vice verse and its on, now like Rob said, aileron is reversed.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:27 am
by volumax
I only changed my right gimbal, so should I expect my rudder to be reversed too when I switch my left gimbal? I do Mode 2.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:09 am
by MikeB
Might be rudder, or might be throttle!
In the short term, you could use -100% as the weight on the mix input to reverse the stick movement. If more people are now likely to do this mod, I'll need to address reversing the stick input for er9x/ersky9x. Which firmware are you using?
Mike.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:10 pm
by volumax
im using er9x-r782 V1.6754
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:30 pm
by volumax
Mike maybe you can add the option to reverse it, I dont know how difficult it can be to make this possible. On another note, would you recommend me getting the aurora gimbals instead?
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:14 pm
by MikeB
The code to reverse the sense is very easy, deciding how to provide a menu item to allow the user to configure it takes a little longer.
Mike.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:53 pm
by ReSt
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Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:55 pm
by ReSt
Couldn't the throttle reverse be used similar to the center beep in model setup? (I only have the 9x so dont really know if it is also on Taranis):
one row with RETA123...
where you can activate any input(s), that are shown reverse (dark) when active?
Reinhard
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:27 pm
by MikeB
I've put something in, but I just combined a few ideas so I'll change what I've done. On the RADIO SETUP we have the stick MODE setup. On the line above are 4 images of the sticks. I'll see if I can reverse video any stick that is reversed.
Mike.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:48 am
by volumax
Being able to reverse the stick on those 4 images would be cool, maybe being able to select an image and if you click on it it does dark like ReSt says and its reversed.
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:59 am
by Scott Page
Rob Thomson wrote:So... the good news?
Yes. They fit.
Yes. They work well
I have successfully upgraded an old 9x/sky9x with Taranis Gimbals. They work very well
1There are a few complexities when installing.
1. They fit one way, and only one way. If you dont do it right - the back case wont close! Just a case of inverting the gimbals till you find the right way.
2. You need a modified firmware to sort the directions of the inputs out. They are 'inverted' relative to the 9x, and swapping the left/right cables will not work as there is an op amp in the gimbal.
The good news?
1. Getting the direction right is easy.
2. Getting the software update will be done with Companion (at some point)
Rob
Do you have a photo of the "right way" so I can do it with an economy of swear words?
Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:03 am
by jhsa
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Re: Taranis Gimals in a 9X
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:50 am
by volumax
In my case, I put my gimbal just how the old one used to be, I replaced the RIGHT gimbad which had aileron pot on the top and elevator facing the edge of the case and it worked out fine