Kim Taylor

Has the mpm firmware been updated at all? I've heard of issues binding to newer Spektrum rx's on older mpm firmware. For binding to my Lemon rx, I find that I have to select the correct sub protocol (DX2 iirc), using 'Auto' doesn't seem to work I'm using (iirc) version 1.3.3.20 - newer versions allow forward programming, so I'll have to update at some point, I suppose. Kim Eta newest version is 1.3.4.0

Nothing special, 2016 Kia Soul 1.6 diesel. I think that my age was the prime mover, I turned 70 in '23. As you say, no point trying to fathom it out. Just do the comparison and make your choices based on what's important to you Kim

I've obviously been subsidising you then!😀 My premiums went up by nearly 100% over two years (queried it 1st year and they reduced it to an acceptable figure, but they wanted it all back and more the 2nd year). Gave up and compared the market, got insured for much less ( can't remember exact numbers)

Direct Line being absorbed by Aviva reported this very week, with thousands of jobs in peril over both companies. DL have been losing money for years and trying to compensate by ramping up premiums. Shopping around each year is tedious, but it seems to be the only way to keep your premiums down. Brand loyalty doesn't pay anymore (or has it ever??) Kim

I've suffered with tinnitus for many years, caused I think by exposure to the noise of AA Fuel dragsters, compounded by being trackside while my son was kart racing. I was always able to switch it off, so to speak, until I got a bad head cold just after the covid lockdowns, which caused me to go completely deaf, due to a build up of earwax. Unfortunately, since then I have not been able to ignore it as I did before, even using (very expensive) hearing aids in both ears has been ineffective. Hey ho!!🙄 I hope that over time you are able to switch it off, as I was once capable of doing. Kim

I think that Frank was suggesting that IF the DX5e module is bricked, another low cost option would be the Lemon DIY module, which as he says, is compatible with DSMX and DSM2. Available on Ebay, among other sources Kim

One man's underpowered is another man's adequately scale. My own opinion is that we over power our sport / scale models by sticking to rigid watts/lb figures, or insisting on getting a warbird to prop hang. YMMV Kim

Wouldn't a lipo fire melt sheet aluminium? Not trying to criticise, I don't know the answer, just a gut feeling Kim

As my previous post, please accept my unreserved apology. I wish you well in your efforts. Kim

Saw this thread yesterday and thought that it looked like and quacked like a duck. Apologies if I'm mistaken. Kim

Don't know what the DSM refers to, but I've got mine bound to my Radiomaster TX16S Mk11 4 in 1 module using the V761 protocol (iirc). Works fine. Kim

Chris I believe that the commands are broadcast simultaneously on 2.4GHz and 900MHz, at least that's what the blurb on the T9 site says, in particular referancing the FrSky X18 Kim

Getting back to the original question, let me relate a recent experience: I was flying my Kyosho Calmato Sport (so a fairly weighty balsa plane) when I suddenly felt that the model was doing 'odd' stuff, just not responding to the controls as I was expecting. Suspecting some kind of radio issue, I landed immediately, and only then noticed a filthy black cloud (like something out of a Harry Potter film) churning it's way across the field, closely followed by really strong, squally winds. Checked out on the ground, the model was flown later with no problems. So, is it possible that wind shear could cause the simultaneous events? Kim

Not sure, I don't think so. I'm going to get one of the FrSky X series tx's which run 2.4GHz/900MHz rf modules simultaneously. Jeti do something similar, as do other, mainly higher end, manufacturers. Can't afford them, though 😐 Kim

Maybe where Konrad operates, which seems to be in the USA, most of his peers are moving towards dual band equipment. I know that my (in southern UK) next tx purchase will be dual band, unless ELRS becomes predominant in the next 12 months. Kim