Semi dead Nazgul! Reflashed the board, no rec'r | ExpressLRS Community | Page 1

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 12:20 AM

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the Nazgul 73 got reflashed using BF and used the CLI info off of I-flight homepage. Looks like a SPI but...but nothing stating "Blitz F411RX" with ELRS. Weird... Everything seems to work but the Receiver section. KINDA happy I found it and made it this far, any advice?

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 1:06 AM

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The I-Flight Nazgul has ELRS. The lil quad was working great until I lost it yesterday in some grass, in a field...took 2 hours to find. I almost gave up...but I got lucky.

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The box: Receiver: BNF/ELRS 2.4 Ghz SMD antenna

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ESC: IFlight Blitz F411RX

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FC: Blitz F4 !S 5A AIO Whoop V1.0 BMI270

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 4:24 AM

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Can you post a photo of the flight controller please?
which target did you flashed into it?
I'm only learning this now that iFlight has this.. unless it is a uart-based receiver off-board and their CLI doesn't have the ports and receiver settings set correctly for this particular variant

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 5:14 AM

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FC target is: IFLIGHT_BLITZ_411RX

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that is what it looks like, but it not an actual photograph

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i can't figure out how to load ELRS...

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 5:30 AM

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grizzled trout that is what it looks like, but it not an actual photograph

better if we can have an actual photograph of both sides..

ember patrol Jan 14, 2023, 5:42 AM

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grizzled trout i can't figure out how to load ELRS...

Can you go into the CLI tab on BF

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Actually go into receiver tab.. and is it using SPI or serial?

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 5:57 AM

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grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 5:58 AM

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ember patrol Can you go into the CLI tab on BF

Serial and crsf

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:01 AM

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grizzled trout Serial and crsf

try setting it to SPI, and select ExpressLRS as provider

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:01 AM

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ok

ember patrol Jan 14, 2023, 6:02 AM

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@grizzled trout did you reflash this?

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nvm.. I see the original question..

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Dang iflight... @muted nexus time for a new post on facebook?

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🤣

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:04 AM

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ember patrol Dang iflight... <@779307690040098817> time for a new post on facebook?

https://tenor.com/view/here-we-go-again-gta-gif-20483040

Tenor

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:12 AM

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i dont think it should miss the stick inputs

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:12 AM

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grizzled trout i dont think it should miss the stick inputs

4.3.2 is broken for ExpressLRS SPI

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grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:14 AM

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how about 4.3.1

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:14 AM

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read advisory above

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:16 AM

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ok, will flash 4.3.1

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:16 AM

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grizzled trout ok, will flash 4.3.1

I hope the target is correct for this FC that you have..

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most SPI elrs AIO uses the "sx1280" target..

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this doesn't seem to follow that, or it could be the target info is outdated

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:20 AM

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lemme send ya another pic

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seems to be the only info i get, cuz IFLIGHT has info....maybe the wrong sticker on the box.

muted nexus Jan 14, 2023, 6:24 AM

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only iFlight can answer that

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 6:31 AM

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this looks like it should work....but even the newer BetaFpv serial based look similar

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i got a feeling when it landed in the grassy field and it took 2 hours to find it, something shorted on the board.....It did failsafe before it landed. The VTX and OSD works. The gyros and such work. Did not check the motors

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ok, motors work. had BF hooked up and a battery.

ember patrol Jan 14, 2023, 2:31 PM

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What ELRS are you using on your radio?

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Version

grizzled trout Jan 14, 2023, 3:32 PM

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2.5.0

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:02 PM

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Ok, the end results: I looked at Beta FPV Meteor65 Elrs procedure for Non-Spi updating. They put in bootloader mode for updates. All this time I was just trying to upload with the bypass, just plugging it in and not using BF.

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So, I tried to hook directly to the ELRS Configurator, without bootloader. It acted like it wanted to work, but it didn't recognize any ELRS. Then I tried Bootloader, light went out...and it did end rather quickly. Both times, towards the end, the once bright red LED, was very dim.

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You guys helped with my Flywoo issues and it worked. But this one seems dead. The ESC section and VTX work. And BF hooked up nicely.

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I ordered another board yesterday. Can not wait to get. I can finally see what I am missing and back up everything...the CLI, the Target, etc

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:13 PM

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I would not ever buy SPI boards. Go with boards with serial elrs on board.

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Also avoid hardware that we so not support.

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:14 PM

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I got a couple of those SPI boards. But these guys have Serial ELRS

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:14 PM

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I have never heard about this iflight board

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:15 PM

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grizzled trout I got a couple of those SPI boards. But these guys have Serial ELRS

Should be a good option

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Ya, I thought it was weird. This little guy is fast and flew well, lol

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So there a few unsupported companies! Is there a list of the ones you guys support?

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:18 PM

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grizzled trout So there a few unsupported companies! Is there a list of the ones you guys suppo...

Red flag..

No target on configurator

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:18 PM

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Maybe I should of gotten the FRSKY version. LoL

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:19 PM

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https://www.expresslrs.org/3.0/hardware/supported-hardware/

Supported Hardware - ExpressLRS

Here's a partial list of hardware you can use with ExpressLRS.

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:19 PM

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The Configurator has IFlight, but only RX and TX. One each

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How do they get away with it? Pirate style?

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:21 PM

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You mean making hardware without working with us?

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:21 PM

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Yes

ember patrol Jan 15, 2023, 4:21 PM

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I mean we are opensource. They can do what they want.

We just cannot help their users

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We try to warn elrs users on Facebook

grizzled trout Jan 15, 2023, 4:22 PM

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Ohhh, snap

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Thanks again, I will get the new board

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Back every thing up and share with you guys.

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I am gonna check that list in a minute

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Well, I am happy I did buy Beta FPV now. I have both SPI and Serial boards. I really like Newbeedrone stuff and they released a Whoop with ELRS....gonna check it out soon

ember patrol Jan 17, 2023, 9:25 PM

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grizzled trout Well, I am happy I did buy Beta FPV now. I have both SPI and Serial boards. I re...

Yea they got a new whoop with serial rx with diversity.

Pretty solid so far. I am enjoying testing it out.

Once we get a few other devs a board to do some testing then we can add it to our supported hardware.

Currently you have to flash a matek target which uses the same generic rx target.

ember patrol Jan 24, 2023, 3:13 AM

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grizzled trout

this actually looks like this.. which is SPI https://www.racedayquads.com/products/iflight-f4-1s-5a-toothpick-whoop-flight-controller-2-4ghz-elrs-w-ceramic-antenna?currency=USD&variant=39833358368881&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_bieBhDSARIsADU4zLfomHsXqGi2CuCgS_j46kmGCP6Ue2MPnMMwbRaYuX1lFydsEAZLTlMaAiuUEALw_wcB

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@muted nexus

grizzled trout Jan 24, 2023, 3:55 AM

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Yup, I just got that a couple days ago! Sunday was fun cuz after mounting the AIO FC, I had to set up everything in BF again minus PIDS. Come to find out, I had to reverse all the props from stock configuration. It flys ok, but nothing like beforehand. No joke, I left everything like the factory had it, but the props had to be reversed....

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Ohhh, Target is IFlightf411rx1280

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BF recognized the board but there was NO match.

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I never saved the factory defaults either, like the diff or dump. The old board does have access for attaching another receiver.

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If anybody has a bonestock Nazgul that was made around August/September of last year, I would love to have the CLI dump so I can reverse the props.

#Semi dead Nazgul! Reflashed the board, no rec'r