RadioLink Crossflight: A Cheaper option for Ardupilot builds?

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome, Lee! Looks like a pretty good option indeed! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@OneTwo-wt8qv]

Just got mine ... setup with a Jumper T-Lite for ELRS .. Cheap and Cheerful ... Yes SIr .. cheers !!!

[@pfeerick]

I have to say, after getting the RadioLink Mini Pix, and finding out it was only supported by it's own mission planner, and *sort of* supported by ArduPilot, but not (can only use one or maybe two specific ArduX types), I can't recommend RadioLink at all until they make something that works with the standard Mission Planner. Once bit, twice shy. I really hope they do better with this one.

[@JustFavorites123321]

Be careful with this one, it's not officially supported by ardupilot. "The RadioLink CrossFlight is not supported by ArduPilot. As far as the ArduPilot Development Team is aware, RadioLink are in violation of ArduPilot’s GPLv3 license in that they refuse to release the source code for their modifications to ArduPilot. The Development Team recommend you do not purchase this product, and instead select from one of our many other supported boards."

[@birdmantelly007]

My Cross Flight is coming via a friend who has had more success with the Ali Express log in than I have had. Cue Song: That is what friends are for !

[@semadragun]

This is great news 😊 I'm running Ardupilot for an rc car and it's brilliant. Does this FC have Audio Out by any chance? 🙏 Love Radiolink products 🥰

[@dkemxr2386]

You should have reported that Radiolink has not been abiding by the GPLv3 license for years and continue to do so with this Flight Controller. So it will not be supported by Ardupilot.

[@seanyfpv]

what would you choose between this and the new speedybee f405 wing? nice video!

[@sakarrc5001]

Speedybee is a very RF quiet board.

[@Painless360]

Depends on how many UARTS and serial ports you need. The SpeedyBee has more of them for telemetry, things like Airspeed and other sensors..

[@seanyfpv]

@@Painless360 hmm then i think i like the speedybee better, i like how it has bluetooth/ wifi too!

[@vincentclerot1929]

Hi Painless360, I have a radiolink AT-10ii transmitter and I'm thinking of acquiring the crossflight to be able to benefit from telemetry and a gyro for my new glider but I'm a complete beginner and I don't know if I should connect the lipo to the power module and the brushless motor ESC to the Main out pins as with the other servos. I had made a clear sketch to better explain my problem but I can't upload it in the comments. thank you for listening .

[@Painless360]

I've never used Ardupilot with that radio system, so I'm unsure what capabilities you'd get I use an EdgeTX powered radio from vendors like RadioMaster here, check out my Ardupilot builds on the channel... best of luck

[@vincentclerot1929]

Thank you

[@stefanpynappels7959]

I assume the two telem UARTs are in addition to the GPS UART, right? So you could put a CRSF receiver on one UART and attach the other to a Walksnail VTX? Essentially, most of my models only use 3 UARTs anyway for RX, WS VTX and GPS so looks like this may be worth a try.

[@Painless360]

For modern systems, three hardware UARTs are needed. Wiring diagrams for this are available. I've fed back that they need to add the CRSF connections to it..

[@vedaantsarda7968]

Hi,Painless 360 what is use of RTS /CTS used in the mavlink protocol. And are the useful in the communication let me know the basics of it. As a beginner should we buy this or not . And is possible to use a wifi telemetry with it

[@Painless360]

This FC is cheap but not without issues. See the other comments about not having Ardupilots full support...

[@birdmantelly007]

With your CrossFlight, are you running the Radiolink Mission Planner on another Computer ?

[@Painless360]

TBH, I'm not using mine here. I'd love RadioLink to be an official partner of Ardupilot and not planning any more videos on their hardware until they are.

[@prajyot-q8k]

Which is better one Apm 2.8 or radiolink cross flight controller?

[@Painless360]

Don't use APM any more. Use a modern 32bit 'Pixhawk' style flight controller or a hobby grade FC that'll run Ardupilot... Best of luck

[@frankyflowers]

is it like an apm 3.1 those are good.

[@jayss1966]

I purchased the crossflight got everything connected but no power coming from the osd connector. It has the usual vin, vout, 2 grd pins, 5 volt for camera, but the vtk has 5 volt pin. Problem is I do not get any voltage from the 5 volt pins. Am I missing something? Or is this controller bad? Thanks.

[@Painless360]

Some of the pins may only be powered when the Crossflight is powered from the battery as well.. Best of luck

[@aiziwu5069]

The OSD does not output 5V. You need to power your camera with an external power supply. OSD ports will take 5V from camera and give 5V to power image transmission. Besides OSD, other connectors are powered by crossflight.

[@typxxilps]

their website is horrible cause a video is starting without asking and you have to find that far down to stop that, but : they really do offer quite a lot of spare parts for this FC - never seen that before in such a broad variety.

[@Radiolink_official]

Sorry for the inconvenience. I've already given the feedback to our team, and we are going to update our website setting. You will not be bothered anymore, thanks for your feedback!

[@hoangxuan2240]

Sorry to bother I watched your video about the Pixhawk 6c I wonder if Pixhawk 6c has Pimavlink support so I can get data from available sensors because I need them for my project. Thanks

[@Painless360]

Please leave you comments and questions on a relevant video - that way other people (who have the same issue) can see the answer..

[@pradumnsingh1938]

I had the radiolink minipix running arducopter after about 6 months the power module decided to send bat voltage instead of 5V and fried everything ...

[@umbrela_Corp]

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[@adz933]

could this be used in a fixed wing aircraft just for flight telemetry back to the transmitter ?

[@Painless360]

You could, but adding a flight controller can do so much more. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2KVpXSOo6yjqrs

[@jamesray9009]

I wonder if this would work on my Rc Mowbot .. I have it on my channel I want to make it where it can do sections .. cause its a 108 outside right now and the heat index is nuts ..

[@Radiolink_official]

Yes, crossflight can work on your Rc Mowbot. Crossflight can be compatible with Airplane/3-8 Copters/Helicopter/Car/Boat/Submarine/Radartracker/Mowbot, and the working temperature is -40~176℉（-40~80℃).

[@BillStArnaud]

Will Crossflight support GPS-RTk?

[@Painless360]

I'm not sure. If you find out the answer, please let me know... Best of luck

[@mvs7779]

I tried to find info on this particular product and I did not find anyone who built something from it I built a quad I don't know if I did something wrong but I could not find any problems nor could I find any one to help me troubleshoot it I could not get enough thrust for it to take off maybe it was the ESC I was using got frustrated and sent it back

[@Painless360]

Setup is Ardupilot standard stuff. Esc calibration is vital as there is no Dshot...

[@maybayson4203]

No crossfire,elrs ?

[@Painless360]

Yes, see note in description.

[@Kavinukalanitha]

Where can i buy this for lower prices

[@Painless360]

Google seaches are best for this. A lot of the Chinese warehouses like Banggood and Aliexpress stock lots of stuff but you have to wait and don't get any customer service. You can use cheap hobby style flight contrlllers for Ardupilot now too...

[@angelosalamat6824]

Can that FC work on FBL helicopter?

[@Painless360]

Possibly... Best of luck

[@zoltanlorincz1955]

Hello! Can it work with CRSF/ELRS?

[@Painless360]

I've not tried but ExpressLRS now supports SBUS so you can use that... Happy flying

[@Rex227c1]

Does this work with an analog fpv system, I don't see anything on it

[@Painless360]

Yes. See www.radiolink.com/crossflight_manual

[@Rex227c1]

@@Painless360 awesome, thank you for being quick to respond ,I'm grateful for your help

[@Rex227c1]

Also what is the best place to buy them,you mentioned Ali express ,is it good to buy from there?

[@Painless360]

Lots of other, better supported options for Ardupilot as well... best of luck

[@FATSNAIL-FPV]

Sbus? No crsf input?

[@bomberaustychunksbruv4119]

Seems to have PPM, Sbus. No Crossfire. According to the website.

[@FATSNAIL-FPV]

@@bomberaustychunksbruv4119 dang it. Seems like my wing will get a matek then.

[@Radiolink_official]

@@bomberaustychunksbruv4119 Hi, the TELEM 1&2 ports of crossflight support Mavlink and CRSF. The RCIN ports support PPM/SBUS. Crossflight can be compatible with Crossfire and ELRS.

[@Radiolink_official]

Hi, the TELEM 1&2 ports of crossflight support Mavlink and CRSF. The RCIN ports support PPM/SBUS. Crossflight can be compatible with Crossfire and ELRS.

[@FATSNAIL-FPV]

@@Radiolink_official hell yeah! Thanks for pointing that out!

[@aryanshah3426]

How to install radiolink mission planner

[@Painless360]

Their is a link on their website. Best of luck

[@MrOlmir]

Can I use it with elrs?

[@Painless360]

Nothing is in the manuals - www.radiolink.com/crossflight_manual There are limitations in terms of support with this cheaper Ardupiliot HW option... Happy flying

[@aiziwu5069]

yes you can

[@aviphysics]

Why no DShot?

[@Radiolink_official]

We are working on making crossflight support Dshot and oneshot. It will be updated soon. Once we make it, we will update the news on Radiolink offical social media.

[@birdmantelly007]

Post script My Radio link Pixhawk was great. I did not see your link for the Radio link M/P I have lost mine. Getting frailer by the day !!!

[@powerram00]

Oh, it has 2MB Flash Memory, so basically it should be possible to use Lua Scripts?

[@Radiolink_official]

Yes, crossflight supports Lua Scripts.