Thanks! Muchi appreciated
A 1G3 to 5G8 video signal repeater for use with my Skyzone goggles.
Had to build this ‘cos the new Matek 1G3 VRX goggle module either does not like my Tarot TX’s (likely) or it’s a duff module (unlikely)
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Not technically a flying drone, but the misses brought home some rc cars from her pre school to fix. This one had a broken pinion. Hope this 3d printed one lasts a few days!
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Good fix mate, hope it holds for a while at least
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Upgraded the receiver in my Nazgul5 V2 from XM+ to the Crossfire Nano running the Immortal T antenna all mounted in a nice TPU mount that @notveryprettyboy printed me. Legend 
That’s my Nazgul5 V2 and my Tinyhawk Freestyle 2 both running crossfire now 
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Maybe I’ve been a little too generous with my pain meds but these forward swept wings remind me of the face of Anubis but with droopy ears.
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Love it. We all need more Egyptian gods in our lives
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With thanks to @Steviegeek for a subtle unintended hint, I’ve managed to fix my gps module.
I put on the connector the wrong way round and blew the 3.3v regulator (pic below).
I used flux, solder, hotgun, desolder braid and a mustool g600 digital microscope plugged into my pc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Wt8PgXFeY&feature=youtu.be
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Mate that is some impressive intricate electrical work there.
Did you fix your XT60 Connector at the same time? 
Balls! I forgot about that. I’ll wait till it breaks again 
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I’ll keep my TS100 on standby
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Great work Karl
Glad you got it fixed 
Much satisfaction earned 
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Today I decided to make a start on the Tyro129 7inch quad.
It was not a good start 
Eachine/Banggood have obviously not heard the term “Measure twice, cut once”
The wires on the motors were not long enough to reach the 4in1 ESC board.
So I cut 50% off the original wires and then extended them.
I’m taking my time. I’ve seen a few YT reviewers clam it only took them anywhere between 40mins to 2hours to do the complete build. And they do look like rush builds.
Nidge.
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That’s rough mate. Maybe stick some racewire leds on em?
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I’m not bothering with LED’s as I won’t see them from under the goggles.
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Exactly why I’ve never bothered with leds.
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or the Racewire extension boards, no LED’s but will solve the short wire problem.
Seemed a shame to start cutting the frame, but I guess that’s what the wing guys normally do. I’m going all in with Inav on this one with gps and fpv.
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The build of the Tyro129 is more or less complete. Just need to add a receiver (Ghost) and tidy up some of the wiring. Battery wise I’m going to try it on a pair of 4s 1400mAh in parallel and a single 4s 3300mAh and see which provide the best flight times and handling.
Is it value for money? At its current price of under £100 I’d say a definite yes.
Would I recommend this as a first time build. No!
I’ve already mentioned that the motor wires were too short and needed lengthening. On top of that the camera supplied was a Foxeer Razer Micro and not the Caddix camera as advertised, but the cable supplied was for the Caddix so I had to make my own cable to mate the camera with the flight controller. Also, both the FC and VTX support SmartAudio but the lead supplied didn’t have the wiring for this, so again I had to make my own. These issues are not a problem for experienced builders with a supply of suitable parts but the Tyro129 is advertised as a suitable build and fly kit for a beginner.
Anywho, it didn’t burst into flames when I connected the battery and Betaflight was happy with what it saw so I’ll call this a success.
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