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How's 2022 been? From RCT point-of-view both quiet and busy. Quiet on content but busy on maintenance and under-the-hood updates. Site is still being actively maintained and everything from OS…

My server-provider will be doing maintenance and this will shut down my server so predicted offline time will be: From 28th February 22.00 (CET) to 1st. March 06.00 (CET) I…

RC-Thoughts TTS uses VoiceRSS API to convert your text to audiofiles. VoiceRSS had an issue with their website and I made a working workaround so TTS is up and running…

Andrej sent me two of his latest creation, Wild Boar RC Stick Switches. There's been some fuzz about these on forums for a while and due how I keep my…

Ever since the RC-Thoughts Text-To-Speech service opened at the end of 2015 it's been hugely popular. You have made over 140 000 soundfiles so far! New features Some new languages…

Quite popular Jeti AmpSensor got an overhaul! Fixes An error in stored capacity is now fixed, works now up to max. 32767mAh Added functionality When capacity is stored LED is…

The hugely popular RCT GPS is updated to version 2.1! Fixes In some conditions altitude was messed up when using US-units, this is now fixed Changes and improvements Satellites and…

I got a lot of question during this winter about RCT-GPS with BN-220. Apparently people had some issues with it. So I got myself a few of those little rascals.…

Well. We can all agree that 2020 was in a league of it's own. Not all of it was good, unfortunately. I usually go to all Finnish heli-meet's and at…

The good old Phoenix Sim is back online! A few days ago I got an email that the server is suddenly back online, had no idea by who or how.…

I thought it would be cool to see how and where the small things I've shared during the years are used. So: Send me a picture! Are you using a…

No longer beta! The highly popular RCT-GPS available here is now updated to full 2.0 release version, go and grab it! Added function If you are using a previously used…

After I got a report of a bit strange behavior of GPS-sensor I thought I could maybe have a look on the actual programming of it. After all it has…

I have posted about Harry''s video's earlier, if you have not seem them check his Youtube channel here. Bernie Jones at Jeti UK in collaboration with Jetimodel have now seen…

RCT server have recovered from a unplanned downtime of approximately two hours. Root Cause Reason for downtime was a failed reboot after kernel-update due miss-configuration of automatic network-mount (backup-folder on…

If you are a new Jeti-user you might be overwhelmed on the different possibilities to do things you want the Jeti ecosystem to do. But no fear, there's quite a…

Unfortunately some script-kiddies think it's fun to use a small(ish) botnet to knock on every available port and try to get in to server. Famous last words They will fail…

I have always wanted to keep RCT fully ad-free, I hate ads. But reality is coming closer and something has to be done. Sky-rocketed use of RCT Ever since I…

I had a catastrophic loss of emails on my mailserver some days ago and after some investigation they're not retrievable. It looks like I have not been delivered all emails…

Times are serious globally at the moment and I wish all of you RCT-readers are safe. Sometimes it is time to prioritize things and at this very moment the hobby…

The highly popular Phoenix Simulators download-page here has some updates: All original planes as files All original helicopter's as files All 640+ publicly available user-made models as files The user-made models…

RC-Thoughts.com has a new home! New Server Hardware Since Hetzner came out with their new AX-line with reasonable price (well, debatable...) I thought what a heck, let's go for it.…

Another "clone war" have started on RC Heliscene, this time it's Synergy and Matt Botos having comments on new addition to market, Tron Helicopters. The core of the issue seems…

Did you guys notice one thing? Jetimodel have updated the free part of Telemetry Protocol? And all I can say is wohoo! Finally! No news? Well, Jetimodel is not known…

I would like to take the opportunity to wish all of RCT readers a Very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Photo by Pexels from Pixabay. Let's have…

So. Jetimodel have just rolled out firmware 5.02 to transmitters. Let's look at some things, shall we? I'm not going through everything, but some points might be good to know.…

Just updated my DC-24 to version 6.66! Beast mode! And it's loads of fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPn9FI4860& Just don't lend your transmitter to your kids, you might not get it back...

On this exact date five years ago first post's were made to what would become RC-Thoughts. Little did I know where those actions would take me later! The Beginning The…

One heliflyer named Robert Sixt contacted me with some wishes for LiPo Watcher. So some changes were made. New Features Added possibility to use RX voltage Added color to battery-bar…

Last week Jetimodel sent me a small FedEx letter and while I knew the content it still was really exiting this time. Among other small things there was a pre-production…

Sort of wrong to call DS-12 to "baby", it is a full-fledged transmitter as we'll see. Just couldn't help myself. Let's start with a nice picture shall we, RCT is…

Thanks to excellent collaboration of Jetimodel and especially Ville at Propellerhead.fi I got a pleasant surprise in the mail today! DS-12 is Here! Well, "finally" is the first word that…

That's the boy-scouts motto, and it really is relevant to almost everything. Just have a look on this pic Daniel sent: Excellent proof of "anything can happen" on things we…

There was a user who wanted a wav-file to be played once a second. This was not fully possible since files were too long. After looking at the file more…

Due software-versions I was forced to rework the post-notification service from scratch up. For already subscribers no action is needed, all active email-addresses have been transferred to new setup. Want…

I just made a major upgrade on the server-platform for RCT. If you get any strange behavior please drop me a line here or if it does not work please…

Box for Jeti Test Sensor Alastair didn't have a suitable box in hand for the Jeti Test Sensor so he draw one in Fusion 360 and printed one. And it…

Here's another setup guide from a forum request, user had it working but not the way he was using it in OpenTX: "For my DLGs currently I have 5 flight…

A friend has a Jet with lights controlled by a device working with one channel. Different lights on and blinking statuses are controlled by the value of channel input to…

You wrote a big app with a lot of local variables. You try to run it only to find that it stops to an error saying too many local variables.…

What's new in Jeti's upcoming firmware 5.0? I got a sneak-peek and there's quite a lot new stuff, and a few surprises! This is most likely the longest firmware-release post…

Ever since I put Phoenix Sim files available HERE I've been pretty much swamped with questions on how to install and update it. So HERE is a step-by-step instructions for…

Did you know you can still fly online with Phoenix Sim? Flugsimulatoren.ch Head on to Martin's page HERE, set up and fly with 70+ online pilots! No cost, minimal hazzle,…

Biggest files for Phoenix Sim HERE are moved to another server. Reason is that since they are quite large and surprisingly popular they ate my server's bandwidth. So for the…

Now with Nano! There is a new hex-file available for Arduino Nano of Nano is your preferred board. Connect the sensor's VCC to Nano 3V3 pin and other to same…

Downloads for the abandoned Phoenix Sim is now available from RCT. Phoenix Simulator Most likely the most used simulator through the years especially for us Heli-guys. Yes, there's more recent…

It certainly have been a while since last update but hey, they "just work" :) Jeti VarioMeter Changes The support for LPS331AP sensormodule is no longer experimental. It's been verified…

Ever since the TTS-service was deployed I was not totally happy about the sound-level of files. It was sort of enough so I did nothing about it. But after the…

The popular Text-To-Speech service is fixed! Problem Issue was wrong sampling rate applied from VoiceRSS when requesting a certain sampling rate. This made the file unplayable in Jeti with error-message…

Unfortunately issues with Text-To-Speech service continues. Sample Rate There is an issue with sample rate on the audio file produced at the moment. For example selecting 44kHz should generate a…

During the last 12 or so hours I've had quite many reports on TTS making files ok but when transferring them to Jeti TX there's an sample rate error. Unfortunately…

RC-Thoughts Text-To-Speech service is broken at the moment. Investigation is ongoing and service should be up shortly. Update: The core-service Voicerss is down at the moment so there is nothing…

Two Henseleit TDS heli's have been stolen apparently from DHL in Germany very recently. Serial numbers Stolen TDS serial numbers are 005 and 007, and this is where whole thing…

My warmest wishes for happy holiday season to all RCT readers! Have a very Merry X-Mas and a Great New Year! Photo by Toni Cuenca on Unsplash.

The DIY-guys nifty RCT Firmware Uploader is updated I got some report's from users that with slower USB-adapters and/or computers the RCT Firmware Uploader did not wait long enough for…

I have done a fairly big update on the RCT-site. There's been updates both on the web- and server-side. Issues? Please let me know if you find any issues, contact-page…

The free RC-Thoughts TextToSpeech service have been very popular among RC-people regardless of the brand. If a transmitter can speak a wav-file it's been used! TextToSpeech got a lot better!…

The DIY Jeti FuelSensor has a bug-fix applied. Ludovic from France noticed an error in my code (no surprise there :)) and the accuracy is now what it should be.…

Version 1.2 of JetiAmpSensor is out Changes are small but does have some positive impact: Capacity is now calculated correctly even on small (<~2A) current Overall capacity-accuracy is improved Jeti…

In 2016 I thought it would be fun to visit a Helimeet in Finland's neighbour-country Sweden. And it was a total success, had a blast there in 2016! So, I…

Since the RC-Thoughts.com readers come from different countries with different language-skills I thought to try and help people out a bit. RC-Thoughts is now translated! In the main menu to…

A small but important update! New features on Battery Percentage and OneCapacity Since the beginning we RC-users have been measuring used capacity in mAh since it's more usable in our…

Jetimodel just released firmware 4.28 for all transmitters. Let's have a look! Firmware 4.28 New features Redesigned telemetry selection screen for choosing displayed data on the main screen, voice outputs…

SensorFail Nifty little app monitoring your sensors during use from Aziz, have a look! By Aziz Al-Khater - v.1.0 - License: MIT - Download: SensorFail_v1.0.zip Check out also all other apps…

Finnish "JETI-Team" was visiting Gecitkale Cup in Cyprus at the beginning of april and guys did not shabby at all! Well, they're not officially a "JETI-Team" since there's no Jetimodel-affiliation…

Got a request for an app with so silly idea it made me laugh a bit! User wanted an simple lua-app to play a random audio file when model is…

JR Americas have posted news regarding JR Propo as brand on their Facebook-page. JR Americas Facebook post The complete post from JR Propo: (From their post here) Notice of Discontinuation…

Ever wondered why your plane goes so fast to one direction but not the other? No need to guess anymore! Here's a small request-app to calculate if model is experiencing…

Another update! REX-receivers firmware 1.10 is out! New features: Telemetry support by DITEX Servos has been implemented. In the receiver configuration (either via JETIBOX or the Device Explorer menu at…

Another update on same day, Jetimodel is on fire today! DC/DS-14/16/24 Firmware 4.27 Released New features: Added the latest device definitions for REX Assist receivers, standard REX receivers and other…

One of the biggest updates to JETI Studio is here! Version 1.1.0 new features and fixes Backup and restoring of the transmitter configuration. Backups management: browse and delete the backups…

Due reasons to be announced a bit later I had to rename some filenames for five apps. Affected Lua-apps Affected are all apps that have different version for 14/16 and…

Version 1.1 of Jeti AmpSensor is out! Changes from previous version Current measuring is now more stable - Requires one added resistor Added voltage calibration (A request) Corrected error in…

Well, it was bound to happen, Fake News have hit the RC-world :) Just too funny not to post! Jet-Power 1 - 2018 Looks like FrSky is jumping on the…

Jeti Fuel Sensor (here) is updated to version 1.6. What is changed? Calibration screen have always shown the pulse-count from the flow-sensor. This was a bit confusing to users since…

The very popular RCT FW Uploader is updated for even more compatibility! Thomas, the author of XSensor contacted me and made wish for a small addition to RCT FW Uploader.…

I thought I'd post some links to manuals, for a reason :) Jeti Transmitter manuals download pages DC/DS-14/16: Manuals available here. DC/DS-24: Manuals available here. Note that firmware-updates may have…

The RFID-Sensor here is one of the most popular gadgets RC-Thoughts have ever made. It definately created some buzz when it came out around a year ago. Update! There is…

Sometimes small things matter. Like today :) Lua Labeler released From a forum-note where a user was expressing a need for getting names of gyro banks to main screen, one…

Installation made easy! And I mean really easy! Jeti App Manager This is a simple-to-use application for mac and windows made by a German Jetiforum-user Nightflyer88. The idea is great…

Wow, this was fun! Looks like the Empty Battery-app was the third lua-app I made, at least it's one of the first ones. And it shows in the code :)…

I cannot believe I have not seen this earlier, this is done with a clear "user-first" principle it's nothing short of fantastic, have a look! For Support? Since so many…

In a nutshell, record-year for RC-Thoughts! RC-Thoughts as a website Ever since RCT was founded traffic direction have been up. Sometimes a bit slower, sometimes a bit faster. The format…

Small but handy app, born from a forum-request in one hour, and definitely last app for 2017! RCT Flight Counter Simple, counts flights based on the switch you define! Best…

There's some bad news in RC-scene, the 1976 founded Japan Remote Control Co. Ltd known as JR have been declared in bankruptcy with debts of 4 billion yen, (~$3.6 million…

It took well over two months for my current-sensor modules to arrive! And that was after the first shipment never arrived, but finally, a "less than $10 current measurement for…

I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The year 2017 have been a very busy year for both RC-Thoughts.com website…

Ever since lua was introduced to Jeti transmitters there was one thing that kept banging in the back of my head. "Would it be possible to re-design the look and…

User contacted me after accidentally resetting the Jeti Fuel Sensor and of course loosing the calibration value. He knew the calibration value and did not want to take sensor out…

A small but sometimes irritating issue with RCT Firmware Uploader is now fixed. Slow USB-adapters There's been a few cases where users USB-adapter have been a bit slow to respond.…

Jetimodel have added some new info to their website, let's have a quick look. DS-24 Product Page Is now available here. Info on tech-specs, all color's presented and manuals for…

Jeti Studio 1.0.6 is out, open your Jeti Studio and check for updates, download and update. Easy as 1-2-3 :) After updating you are asked to download new definitions, so…

Yes, Jetimodel makes Lua-apps too! Artificial Horizon App for Assist Now how cool is this on your main screen: Settings are easy: And the best of it, source code is…

If you have made RFID-Sensors you have been fiddling with the amount of wires needed. Malte Schröder has help for you! Middle PCB Malte designed a simple PCB to be…

After some reports from users with Ebay-bought BME280 not working and after some investigation I found out that some units have different I2C-addresses. Changing the address would require fiddling with…

I'm beginning to see more and more Lua-apps and Sensor-firmware's released on the forums based on my work. Let's start by saying that all of this is great! The fact…

Jetimodel just released firmware 1.09 for Central Box 400. Now with 3 satellites Main purpose is to keep the traditional 2 satellites and add a possibility to use RSat 90o…

Hacker-Motor have today posted info on Assist-receivers: so EU-users have oppoptunity to test the long-awaited "All-In-One" receivers. New Device Bin's You also need new device-files ot put in your transmitters…

Finally, at last I got my needed components for WarmTX, the savior of hands in the colder weathers! WarmTX History WarmTX is designed by a Finnish guy called Xen some…

...well, actually two things. Number One Website's CDN is broken so it's disabled, Amazon broke something.... Should not impact too much, backbone is in good shape. I'll look into it…

I made a quick video to guide users on how to program the DIY-sensors you guys are making. Video is also available on the DIY-Sensor FAQ-page here. Programming RC-Thoughts DIY-Sensors…

As title says, the nifty little app here is now compatible with 14/16-transmitters as well. So if you need this small function-addy head it's now available to all transmitters. Tested…

After some great ideas from community RCT-LiPoWatcher is now in version 1.2. Changes Function principle is now max-voltage per measurement period - Adds accuracy Average-calculation is changed optimized heavily for…

After releasing LiPo Watcher I got several questions to make it support LiFe and/or Li-Ion too. Code is ready! Already wrote the code for this, and it works: But there's…

I don't know what you guys have been reading but there's been several request's all of the sudden for this kind of app in the past few days. So it…

After a user sent me a great idea for possibility to use receiver voltages as sensors for Telemetry Value To Percentage I quickly discovered that there's some more work to…

Small but annoying bug in FuelDisplay is now fixed. The symptom When model was selected (or transmitter started) the app announced a warning of fuel remaining being under set alarm-value.…

Problem? UPDATED! Unfortunately Paypal has some nameserver-issues that makes donations impossible at the moment. Some info on the issue can be found here. Thanks to Mathieu for the tip! I…

New version is out, version is now 1.0.5. What's new or changed? No release notes available but here's something I found out from the interwebs: Log-files can be sorted by…

After a reader's request a small but nifty all-in-one Lua-app is born, RCT FuelDisplay for the users of RCT Jeti FuelSensor. RCT FuelDisplay Is Out Featured Functions Well, very simple!…

VarioMeter got an update again. I'll promise not to touch it for a while :) Changes in version 1.4 Experimental support for MS5611 and LPS311 sensor-modules Automatic detection of sensor-module…

Some days ago VarioMeter got an updated Vario-filter with great improvement in performance. I wanted to give users a possibility to tweak the Vario behavior so I added settings via…

After one report of a bigger firmware not being uploaded with RCT Firmware Uploader I adjusted timeouts a littel bit. Version 1.0.5 is now tested with the firmware reported. Download…

One of the most popular DIY-sensors is the RCT Jeti VarioMeter, and it just got even better! Jeti VarioMeter v1.2 changes This is one of the biggest function-changes I have…

It's been a few weeks since I asked all of you builders of DIY-sensors to ask a few questions about them. I got a really nice amount of answers too!…

After a request from France there's a new Lua-app out for the big boys with two turbines in same plane. Reader who contacted wanted an easy way to monitor the…

Smallest Lua-app for Jeti! RCT-TimeSpeaker A user on a forum needed a function where transmitter would speak current time. Since Jeti transmitter does not do that I made a tiny…

...to clean it up! You know when... ...you just "keep on working" and first there's just some small wires left on the table. Then there's PCB's. Then there's packing material,…

I just added a nice feature to Jeti FuelSensor, you can now store consumed fuel (ml) and remaining tank-value (%) to memory between flights. How it works You connect a…

This is well known, useful alarm for Jeti, found on various forum’s in the world wide wait. There might be times when the original way does not work, for example…

Looks like REX Assist receivers are out too soon. At least their manual is :) REX Assist features Not too bad when browsing through the list: Up to 16 stabilized…

Ever since Jeti Fuel Sensor was released here I have had my email going pretty hot. mainly there was two things readers wanted, first was bigger compatibility with flow-modules needing…

I'm sure this will be very interesting! As we know Weatronic was acquired by Powerbox some time ago. At first it was thought Powerbox would re-brand the transmitter but after…

It was time to consider the application ready for official release! RC-Thoughts Firmware Uploader Is a simple software to upload DIY-sensors firmware-files to Arduino with minimal extra hazzle with libraries,…

I would be happy if people would test RC-Thoughts Firmware Uploader in various computers. Application is updated with correct dll-files and is now tested by me in Windows 10 64-bit…

Well. I'm here to serve the community and a user wanted one small app. Not that I really see the need but hey. who am I to ask :) And…

I really would like to know a bit what DIY-sensors have been built and little bit of the amounts. Also very interested if you have had any issues with building…

I thought no-one is using Jeti AltMeter after i released Jeti VarioMeter. Oh, so wrong I was! All the TU2-module users who does not use Jeti transmitter but looks sensor'values…

I would be happy if people would test RC-Thoughts Firmware Uploader in various computers. Features 32-bit software, runs in 32/64-bit Windows Uses avrdude for the actual upload Minimal hazzle with…

Every now and then I'm getting questions on DIY-sensors. I collected the most frequent ones to a FAQ-page here, have a look if you have questions :)

If you ever have wanted a affordable way to measure temps beyond MT125, MT300 or RCT Jeti FourTemp, here's the solution. Turbine-temperatures is not a problem, this little baby does…

Well, basically this started as a egoistic desire to get some T-shirts and hoodies. But to get custom and good quality print was not that easy so I begun reading…

Users really are useful! Bug in Jeti Fuel Sensor Honestly, I'm embarrassed, this really should not have gone through testing. When using fuel from tank the "Fuel Remaining" percentage-value was…

Jetimodel just announced following: Important notice for DC-24 owners We strongly recommend to owners of the DC-24 transmitters to update their transmitters with the latest version 4.24. Latest tests have shown,…

Ever wanted to know how much fuel you have left? Wanna do some DIY? Here we go! Jeti Fuel Sensor Features: Fuel consumption in ml Fuel flow speed in ml/m…

The Jeti G-Force Sensor here is updated to v.1.3. Changes Removed pitch/Roll angles. Does not work in real life, may come back to this at some point. Added possibility of…

RC-Jets been flying all week their practicing flights for the competition, and now the time for practice is over. Today was the official opening day with a flight-show with all…

Took a quick visit to Jämijärvi today, also trying to get familiar with the loaner-camera, not easy job... Anyway, no extra text, five pics :)

Jet World Masters are this year held in Jämijärvi, Finland. Called "Jämi", Jämijärvi is just ~80km from Tampere where I live so I'm lucky to have the possibility to visit…

A small update to Jeti VarioMeter: Modifications Altitude redefined Separate values for absolute altitude and relative altitude Naming of altitudes makes Jeti now announce right sensor-type when using telemetry announcement…

Firmware version 1.4 is out for Jeti GPS-Sensor. Added functions Variometer (Experimental!) Modifications Altitude redefined Separate values for absolute altitude and relative altitude Naming of altitudes makes Jeti now announce…

Since the Jeti AltMeter done here uses air pressure to get altitude the way to vario sensor was relatively short. Turned out filtering and smoothing the vario value did take…

After an idea from a reader (Thanks Kim!) I decided to make life a bit easier regarding Jeti GPS-Sensor. Automatic restart implemented The way Jeti works with sensors is that…

Yeah, I'm a telemetry-freak, I know :) I "accidentally" got me a quite nice Yak 54 with gas-engine and did not have the stuff to get propeller rpm. So I…

While this could be called a "patch-release" there is some new stuff anyway: Added features Latest device definitions for MRPM HALL, CORTEXpro, AXON and other devices. Modifications While editing the…

I've been in contact with Radek who is the author of the Jeti-library in most of my DIY-sensors. (His Github is here). We've had some talks about datatypes and so…

The need? A user wanted a quite special function yesterday that really got me baffling for while for a solution. Here's the wished functions: 2-position trainer switch Momentary rescue-switch Trainer…

Get yours while they last! Last RFID-sensors are now on sale for 29,90€ per piece, so head on to shop and get yours! Update: SOLD OUT!

The service taking care of the actual text to speech conversion had their website's certificate expired yesterday and that meant TTS on RC-Thoughts did not work anymore. Issue is now…

Bling noun UK: /blɪŋ/ US: /blɪŋ/  "Jewellery or decoration that attracts attention because it is very noticeable and looks expensive: She wore a fake-fur coat, big sunglasses and lots of bling." (Taken…

While visiting Habo Helimeet this year I saw something interesting in one of the Miniature Aircraft's Whiplashes. There was actually a charger for the RX-battery on it, not new by…

Definitely one of the heli-highlights of the year, Habo Helimeet! I was visiting Habo for the first time last year and made a promise I'll be back this year too,…

It's time for heli-camps! Gotta love the spring and beginning of summer. Four heli-camps in five weeks! Black dot is my hometown Tampere and blue dots are locations of the…

AlastairC's nice little app is updated to 1.1, check it out here! RPM to Headspeed Really simple, converts RPM from motor to headspeed with by user given gear ratio (gear…

User approached with request on how to achieve his engine's glow to be operational in two cases using three position switch and throttle-stick: Glow should be ON when switch is…

It's been on rumors and promises a while, now its here! Cortex Pro has Jeti integration Taken from Jeti USA Facebook: This is included in firmware update 1.2 available on Bavarian…

Some time ago I was asked about a affordable way to have a warning before going into stall with a scale-plane. Since true airspeed is one of the most reliable…

According rumors one of the high-end radio-systems, Weatronic is now history. Powerbox Systems Weatronic was acquired by Powerbox Systems in april 2016 and as (now old) information then stated they were…

Ever wanted to know the stress on wings? Or forces when doing a sharp, long turn? Need to launch wingtip-smoke automatically with your scale-jet in sharp turns? Wanna see what…

Well. Simply put, this is fun :) Should not be too hard to guess what's coming!

Well. This was embarrassing :) My Jeti GPS-Sensor has a HDOP-value shown in extended mode. I thought i had everything sorted out correctly but as Martin Harris found out I…

Some time ago one DIY-builder contacted me about not getting one of the DIY-sensor to work with Arduino Nano. It took a while to realize the root-cause, the difference is…

The RFID-Battery application just got an small update. What's fixed? There was a possibility for user to crash the app if user tried to use announcement-switch when there was no…

It's out, now go and get some parts and enjoy some good old DIY! Features amd operating modes I wanted some extra functionality and possibility for user to choose the…

Since nice postal-lady finally gave me the El Cheapo GPS-module I had to play with it for a day :) RC-Thoughts GPS-Sensor is soon here! Here's some screenshots:      …

Some may have seen the video or news on RFID-Programmed I made to make my life easier. I just finished the How-To, check it out here. Soldering is fun! We…

Unfortunately Brain2 articles are delayed due waiting for a promised Brain2-fitting loaner-ESC to complete all testing. Sorry for the delay but I'd rather try to make complete articles. Photo by…

I'm lazy. And tag-programming via Jetibox always needs powering up the transmitter, receiver and whatnot. So I needed RFID Tag-programmer. Parts used Quite simple actually, RFID-board, 0.96" 128x32 OLED-screen, Arduino…

Newspaper Keskisuomalainen in Finland published news today of a record attempt in Tikkakoski, Finland. Attempt was to use hot air balloon and go to 10 000 meters (~32 800 ft) and…

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Optipowers Ultraguard. Brilliant little device keeping power to RX and servos for a while in case of ESC/BEC/Main battery failure, really…

As we know Scorpions new Tribunus ESC's do not have gear-ratio to RPM-telemetry. And we also know that especially in heli-use the motor's rpm is really not telling us anything,…

You all know the versatile Ditex-servos from Hacker right? (Picture from Ditex-servo) News The one thing we all were wondering was why Jeti USB-adapter cannot be used to program the servos. We…

I decided to put some RFID-Sensors to discount for all of you having more than one model! (I made a new batch!) Get 3 and the 3rd is 50% off!…

RC-Thoughts website suffered from 502 Bad Gateway errors for some hours today. The fault was on my server where hhvm-engine was stopped due some error and did not recover. And…

I contacted MSHeli some time ago about wanting to do some in-deep articles about new Brain2 and it's new functions. MSHeli responded very well and sent me one Brain2 for…

It was about time! After some fighting with RFID-component supplier for some products that never arrived I switched supplier and have a new batch of RFID-Sensors available. Tags included! For…

Are you writing Lua-apps? Or need a easy way to test your alarm-functions of telemetry-values with ease? Then this might be for you! RC-Thoughts Jeti Test Sensor is released! Make…

After a request from a Jetibox user the 5-bucks Jeti Hall RPM-Sensor received a little update Version 1.2 New feature It is now possible to monitor RPM-values of both main…

I've been looking at great photo's on a facebook group "RC Photos" every now and then. Since one of the things RC-Thoughts website is missing is pictures of the "hobby in…

OneCapacity got a fully automatic update. It is now possible to select voltage-sensor and take care of cumulative capacity to be reset automatically when new battery is connected. New functions…

As usual, things evolve, so this time. Request from user A user was very found of AltAnnouncer but wanted a minimum altitude setting. This is now implemented, great if you…

AltAnnouncer is something that have generated a lot of emails and contacts after it's release. It was meant to be a simple and short thing for a specific purpose but…

Norbert Kolb was kind to translate some of Lua-apps to German. So now there is a German translations available for: OneCapacity AltAnnouncer RFID-Battery, both 14/16 and 24 versions! So head…

Can't stop progress. Jetimodel have been improving Lua-possibilities in recent firmware-releases, first in 4.20 and then again in 4.22. Changes One of the most important things added was the io.readall(…

You have a current sensor that does not store value between usage. You use the same battery for several rounds of usage, this is especially often done with RX-battery. How…

How do you make throttle-channel active for the whole flight only if throttle-stick is in it's lowest position when throttle-cut switch is activated? This is interesting brain-exercise, I saw this on…

While browsing German Jetiforum.de I read an interesting thread about Graupner HoTT telemetry-sensors being used in Jeti-systems. As it often is this too was born on necessity, a user had…

A user approached me and needed a small function to Jeti Altmeter, a reset. Added altitude reset The way sensor works is that after powered it set's altitude to zero.…

The Jeti FourTemp was planned, built, tested and released yesterday. I thought a bit more on the behaviour and did a lot of changes to version 1.1 New features and…

There's a feeling of "déjà vu" here. i was bored so I made a Jeti sensor, I think it have happened before... I had some Dallas DS18B20 temperature-sensors lying around…

I really like the fact that there's always many ways to accomplish some task with Jeti transmitters. Like this modelname announcing when model is started. I wrote a small and…

Some user-requested updates to altitude-stuff is just out: Altitude Announcer (Lua) It is now possible to choose between long and short voice announcement. The long is the "Altitude fifty meters"…

Since I've had quite lot of contact from users building Jeti Altmeter with BMP280 sensor and some users had issues using the BMP280 instead of the BMP180 I used in…

A user approached with a (to me) quite special request. He's towing gliders up and needed a function from a commercial altitude-sensor where altitude would be announced with 50 meters…

The small but practical Comfortable app is updated! Bug? No, not the flying kind. There was some bugs even in 1.1 version that were fixed. By the way, how many…

I thought I'd do a little summary for you on what's cooking under the surface at the moment here in Finland while we are waiting for the flying season to…

I finally got a lot of details updated in various articles about Lua. Reason is very simple, Lua is accessible in all Jeti 14/16/24 transmitters from firmware 4.22 up and…

Sometimes you just need to see the exact value of a channel. Not the input stick/switch but the actual value of a channel transmitter is sending out to receiver. Unfortunately…

How long does it take from flipping a switch in transmitter before that action is coming out of receiver? This is something I have wanted to measure for a long…

Some like, some don't. One issue is that there really is so many of them, which to choose? Well, let's have look on four different screen protectors and see the…

Since Jetimodel released firmware 4.22 enabling all Lua for all transmitters in the DC/DS-range the logical conclusion is that possibilities and user-field for Lua is wider now than ever. However…

The "5$ Hall-Sensor"-project here have been overhauled totally today! Features Measures revolutions per minute between 0 and 65535 rpm in steps of 60 rpm Installs as a normal sensor to…

The "5€ AltMeter" got new firmware today. New features are Temperature sensor Jetibox-availability The best part is that only an update is needed, no hardware-mods necessary! So, head on to…

German hobby-magazine FlugModell have chosen Jeti DC-24 as winner for the award "Model of the year 2017" inte category "Innovation of the year". RC-Thoughts would like to congratulate Jetimodel for…

Yesterday we took a glimpse on Assist-receivers, new DC-16 and of course DS-24. Today we'll take a look what else Jetimodel have had on display. New ESC's Mezon-series is getting…

We've been reading forums, we have some pictures. Let's try to dig deeper, right? What do we know is coming? Let's have a look on pictures posted on forums, these…

I have updated shop, now RFID-Sensor is back in stock after the unfortunate software-bug is fixed. I'm still waiting for a new shipment on RFID-boards so there is only few…

If you have a ready-built or DIY-version of RFID-Sensor and use batteries with more than 8192mAh capacity you need to update your sensor. This is due unfortunate bug found in…

How would you like to measure rpm of something with Jeti? To a cost of around 5€? Jeti Hall RPM-Sensor is out! A very simple and affordable solution for the…

I have today pulled the ready-made RFID-Sensor from shop due bug in software. Reason There is a bug in software that is in my opinion big enough to prevent me…

Why this post? After I started making my own stuff (LogicSwitch, RFID-Sensor, WarmTX) for sale I have occasionally gotten emails saying they are expensive. This week i got one surprisingly…

After I did the voice announcement to RFID-Battery I got requests to make it for the Battery Percentage app too. Update does just what it says, get an announcement like…

When DC-24 came out I was one of those who jumped from DS-transmitter to DC-variant. This of course took some getting used to but at the moment I could not…

Lua-app for RFID-Sensor, the RFID-Battery got a new feature: Voice announcement You can now define a switch for announcing the current battery-percentage. Simple and very easy!   RFID-Sensor also available…

Roman have been testing the Snapper extensively in past days and been emailing me about his findings. After noticing from videos he sent how he uses the app I saw…

I have put a (small) batch of complete RFID-Sensor to shop here for those who do not want to build their own. Features All the features of the DIY-version (Read more…

Getting some RFID Sensors to shop is getting closer. Last parts are scheduled for arrival on upcoming week so hopefully by the end of week they will be in shop…

Just got an email from Martin Harris, he have made himself the RC-Thoughts Jeti Altmeter. Not only have he tested it in true flight-conditions but he also had MVario2 sensor…

I have made some changes to all RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools apps and all sensor-projects to make everything easier and more efficient to you. Lua apps All Lua apps have now…

Lua-apps are scripts that can be edited in text-editors and when ran on transmitter they are compiled to be executable. We know that this takes some memory especially when starting…

RC-Thoughts website have been "in action" now for two years and it's time to look back a bit. 2016 in numbers Traffic have been going up the whole time during…

Michal Hutnik was kind and delivered Czech and Slovak translations to Lua-app Battery Percentage, part of RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools. Both - 16 and -24 versions of this app now has 7…

Fabrizio have been busy! Several more Lua-Apps are now translated to Italian, so grazie mille Fabrizio! As always, check the current versions here! Happy New Year! This is also the…

After being asked same question quite many times I realized there was one thing that I need to change in order to make the sensor more usable to user. Well,…

Just have to post this picture from last summer. It doesn't have to be that serious all the time :) "Spoolup" Picture courtesy of ToehCam

Yesterday's update on RFID-Sensor firmware included a little surprise, it was not possible to program new tags.... All fixed now! Github is updated, so if you downloaded update yesterday please…

The firmware for RC-Thoughts RFID-Sensor (here) got an update today to v.1.5. Changes It is now possible to change tags "on-the-fly" without power cycling receiver and sensor. THis is not…

NOTE: This is fixed a long time ago - Please note the post date! (Note added march 2018) Recent reports concerning Lua in DC/DS-16 makes me to believe that we…

This is a request-app from the land of the eagle, US. They use some strange formats like pounds in weight, oz in volume and some strange things called "feet" and…

Ever since I posted the RFID-Sensor how-to here and the Lua-app RFID-Battery here I have got emails asking for a sensor. So I thought that why not make a few,…

I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This year has been a very busy one for RC-Thoughts with the release…

One of the most requested Jeti Tools apps for 16-series is without a doubt the Battery Percentage app. Battery Percentage for DC/DS-16 App had to be slimmed down quite a…

I have updated and modified some Lua-apps in Jeti Tools for DC/DS-16. Up to date information on compatibility is available in RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools page here. RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools 16-apps…

Users found an error in Gyro-settings on 4.20 released yesterday. We reported it to  Jetimodel this morning and fixed firmware 4.20.1 is out. So make sure you are using 4.20.1,…

Test your gyro-function if you are using 4.20 firmware in DC/DS-14/16 A RCG-forum user reported issue where gyro-channel only works with 0% or 100%. I just confirmed this myself on…

I do have to say that shrinking a DC/DS-24 Lua-app from ~90kB while running to allowed 30kB in DC/DS-16 was a true fight and nightmare. But now it's out!  …

So head on to Jetimodel here and grab yours! New functions are many, here's a more comprehensive list. There's a few versions to download so heads up. The standard version…

If you have recently used Jeti Studio you have gotten the notification, Jeti Studio is now at version 1.0.3. If you are not yet using it, download yours from Jetimodel…

Thanks to upcoming 4.20 firmware to Jeti it's now possible not only to read some system-settings but also possible to change them. This of course opens up once more a…

In my opinion one of the best updates for long time, that's for sure. Let's do a quick run-down on what to expect. New functions Ability to smooth curves. This…

As RC-Thoughts.com is about two years old about now it's time to look back a little and see where we are with the site. Contents As we know site started…

Yes, very possible! Works in all transmitters (DC/DS-14/16/24), works with R-series and REX-series receivers and should fit in about everything: Accuracy is one meter and reading based on tests is…

If you need some LUA-apps in Spanish it's now possible thanks to César Casado! César have translated two LUA-apps from RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools to Spanish, so now you can use Event…

The Jeti-users swiss army-knife, Jeti Studio is updated to 1.0.2 version on all platforms. (Linux, Mac, Windows)JETI Studio Changelog New functions Added French and Italian languages. New version of DC-24…

Just put up some new information on Revo Bump compatibility. Also the software is now available so head on to Sensor-page here and RFID-Battery applications page here. Have fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYZeNmLHpUI

Revo Bump is a smart way to operate with battery-charging. Gives you automatization in charging, adds safety (never over-charge for example) and elevates battery management. Now you can use Revo…

Sorry folks! Looks like after transition to new platform the function of contact-page was not that great. I finally found the root-cause and it is now both fixed and tested.…

There's been a nice buzz in teh interwebs on this subject so it was time to do the write-up on how to make yourself a Jeti R- and REX-receiver and…

It took two weeks all free-time but it's done and it was worth it! Pretty much one week to LUA-code and another week to make the actual sensor hardware and…

Version 1.03 is out, it's dated to september but just got recently out. Or I have once again missed something... Release Notes Well, they're are short this time: Solved an issue regarding…

Well, it took one week's all free time and big parts of some nights too. Hardware arrived after some ebay-shopping on last friday and was assembled and tested in about…

We all know the Jeti-integrated FBL-unit Spirit, right? If not, have look at the Spirit-site here, really great little peace of engineering. What I just love in it is that…

I can honestly say that "it's done". Finally.  RC-Thoughts.com is now so optimized it can be with my limited knowledge and I have to be both very pleased and somewhat…

Finally it's done! RC-Thoughts.com has a totally new home. I was struggling to keep the old server up and running with all the bells and whistles I liked. This was…

I was approached by a competition sailplane-flyer who is using UltraGuard as  backup-power. He said they are having some issues due difficult placement of the UG unit, it's hard to…

We've all been there, well almost all. It's chilly, fingers are getting numb, looking at the heli or plane in the air we can notice movements are not that smooth…

After launching RC-Thoughts Text-To-Speech service around christmas last year it's been slow and steady gaining more popularity. There's now over 10 000 files made! One milestone is passed, 10 000…

After Jeti Studio got released there's been postings on forums and confusion on what devices can be updated. So, I took my quest to find out. Jeti Studio is released…

The swiss army-knife for Jeti-users is updated to 1.0.1 Changelog There's some interesting changes: New functions Added German language. Added color profiles for charts (white, grey and black are available).…

How to use Jeti Studio to update devices? Really easy, and really handy! The way it works it looks for Jetimodels site for most recent firmware, downloads it and even…

Good news! Jeti Studio is confirmed to be coming also as linux-version ("Already done") and for OS X ("Propably in the works"). Correction 09.10.2016: Linux version is already out! Source…

I got an email about this thing. Dude, those Norwegians are crazy. But hey, someone want's something, we'll fix it! (Despite color-pictures this works on 14/16/24 transmitters.) Flight Mode on…

I've been using this magnificent application almost for two months as beta-version and now it's officially released. Jeti Studio It's a PC-application that gathers a lot of functions in "One…

What's going on? During this week you may have noticed a few times the site RC-Thoughts.com either being down or behaving strangely. Reason is that I've been working on site…

Now that DC-24 is shipping also in US I've got quite a lot of questions on how one can move from handheld DS-series to DC-series, tray-transmitters. So let's try to…

After a request there's now a new feature in the LUA application "Percentage Display". It is now possible to choose the sensor- and alarmvalues with up to three decimals. Amount…

Emails should work. Server should be a bit faster than before. At least I hope so, I'll be off to work-trip for a while. The big server overhaul is still…

RC-Thoughts mailing-list is currently broken. It will be fixed within a week, I'll be on work-trip for the rest of the week and on a heli-camp on weekend. Be patient…

Just as a quick note: Server will be down in near future I'm transitioning to a new server in a few days, site will be either up or down or…

"Don't do like I do, do like I say" did some wise guy from past say. It applies to many things and this is one. I've been writing Lua-apps from…

What in a ducks name is a "Snapper"? I asked that myself too. But apparently plank-flyers use it to enable flight-modes in some situations. Anyway, there was a request so…

Battery Percentage with Options New features added: More intuitive settings - General settings now on different page Telemetry screen with realtime updating battery-symbol Possibility to choose between new and ole…

The application "Battery Percentage with Options" is updated! Operation and new functions As before you can select up to 3 different battery-sizes, choice of used battery-size is done with a…

I know you. You once almost went out to fly with half-empty batteries, right? There is ways to prevent this, one of them being the a little cumbersome way with…

Critical bug I found out today that when all apps in RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools are used together they generated an error in random application. After examining the pattern the error…

Event Counter (Included in RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools, available here) is now updated to new format. New features Features added: Localization in separate file Easy for user to implement their own…

One milestone was achieved in august! For the first time in RC-Thoughts history I got over 10000 pageviews in a month (august)! It's been in the making several months coming…

Hallo Deutsch lesern! I have started to convert all applications in RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools to multilingual. Battery Percentage is now translated to German and rest of the apps will be…

Truly universal! You might remember the universal sim-adapter I presented earlier (Schematic here). I made a few boxes to a friend and he did find some usage to it even after…

I made earlier an app "Telemetry to percentage" (here) and while it works just right I thought of making one for pure electric use. One of the most popular how-to's…

The Event Counter is updated After a request there is now configurable alarm-function in Event Counter-apps counter 1 and 2. Event Counter is part of RC-Thoughts Jeti Tools found here.…

Well, I thought everything would be fixed but apparently not. If you have entered msn.com, live.com, hotmail.com or any other micro$oft-owned email you are not getting subscribed emails. Apparently my…

I found out I had an small issue with my servers email-configuration. Some of you have been without notifications and/or some of you may have gotten more than one notification…

I've got a few questions how to get LUA applications installed to transmitter so it is time to answer that with a step by step guide. This guide is a…

While it is relatively easy, there is a few things we need to take into consideration when writing LUA applications for Jeti -24 transmitters. It has to be said right…

Have you ever wondered how many times some event or function is used in a model? Do you have a maintenance interval of 50 events on for example retracts? Well,…

This is a collection of applications with different functions. This application started as one application but when amount of functions grew the limitations in Lua per application came apparent so it…

I was trying the voice command functions in DC-24 today and noticed that while it works as it should the voice-commanded switches are momentary. And since I was after a ON-OFF…

LUA is here, we all heard that. The question on everyone's lips is "what can you do with it?" Well, pretty much what you want. So I wanted to do…

I was visiting Jämi airfield here in Finland today for some scale-airplane eye-candy. One of the pilots there asked if I knew a way to make a servo temperature controlled,…

Since DC/DS-24 now have possibility to use two completely different radio-bands the main display have also been refined. This was asked in the German Jetiforum so I thought to put…

How have the added bells and whistles affected battery-life in newly released DC-24 when compared to 16-models? Easy to test, so let's get on it. Differences between units Looking at…

Purpose of this article is to examine how the newly introduced 900MHz backup-link could be used in model helicopters equipped with gyros using UDI-signal (Universal Digital Input). The way Jeti…

This started from a simple range test. It became a lesson in signal tech for me so I thought I'd share the thoughts and perhaps some of you have some…

Jeti have introduced us to 900MHz radio link as backup to 2.4GHz, let's find out what it is about. The idea Is simple, to provide a backup radio-link to existing…

It's kinda like baby-steps, small and shaky... :) Hello world? I've always hated to write anything containing "Hello World" so I wanted to make something at least some way useful…

Really, it is! Thanks I have to take the opportunity and thank mr. Jakub Mitura from Jetimodel S.R.O, without you I would not have this piece of marvelous engineering here!…

It took a while but Jeti have started shipping DC-24 to distributors as can be seen in their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jetimodel/posts/1069164826464690 My DC-24 is also on it's way, according Fedex it…

The fourth helicamp in four weeks! History In 2014 a few guys from Seinäjoki, ostrobotnia decided to organize a small flight-day. If my memory does not fail me we were…

Lappland What a beautiful scenery for yet another HeliCamp! If you have never visited lappland in scandinavia you really should do that some day. There's nothing like it in the…

The background Since I also speak swedish I've been a vivid Helisweden.se forum-reader ever since I started with helis just a few years back. They seemed to have a good…

The Story In finnish rc-heliscene the springcamp is a living legend. It's the kick-off of summer and a perfect place to meet the whole gang of people slowly crawling out…

Best sign of summer coming, heli-camps are starting! It's busy times ahead! First off is the traditional spring-camp in Turku, starting tomorrow. This time it is going to be a…

It really have been a few weeks of busy times tinkering with all kind of stuff before season starts. Here is some progress-info on the speed measurement-system Sleipnir I'm bulding.…

...when, we do not know. We also do not know anything definite since a) only Jeti knows and b) dates have a tendency to drift... Where is development on DS-24…

You know when you have a sensor, let's say fuel-sensor of some sort and you assign a announcement to a switch and Jeti tells you "340 ml" or "56%" and…

As you might know I have two projects ongoing at the moment. One of them is the "G380 on steroids", a Goblin 380 with only one goal, getting it to…

And more importantly, how fast should it be? Note: This article is what the site is, "RC-Thoughts", they are my thoughts about an issue that is widely talked about, "speed…

It was winter 2012/2013... I had just moved to a new city and wanted to start a hobby, I'd just sit around the house and do nothing. So, I found…

... to just calm down every now and then. Sometimes it just is quite a lot I have a lot going on at the moment, there's some vibrators to be…

Why? More functions, some bugs and user-confusing things corrected. New functions Added: Now has 10 different patterns from -100% Motor constantly on to +100% rapid pulse Arduino's red led functions…

Too little vibration? I planned the Jeti Vibrator a few days ago and I've been trying several different vibration-motors to it ever since. Transmitter's so heavy that some more power…

Admit it. You have always wanted to know "how fast does it fly" no matter what it is you are flying with :) How to measure speed of flying model?…

I just made the proof-of-concept how-to for Jeti Vibrator a few days ago, and as usual there's room for improvement. More versatility! As it often happens a user on Helifreak-forum suggested…

What's going on? I'm not that fond of vibrating transmitter's, I'm perfectly fine without it. Of course that does not apply to all and since I like to fiddle my…

I did a how-to for a forum-user for fuzzy logic with a function of "activate when BOTH rudder and elevator is over 90%, deactivate when BOTH rudder and elevator is…

Sometimes a user on forums, this time on RC-Groups, is asking for something that makes my brain tickle. This was one of those occasions. Hi All, looking for some inspiration…

Define fun? This falls definitely under the category "Define Fun"! G380 is slow? No. Well yes, it is. In speed competitions in US the fastest G380 did 159kph. I thought…

Newsflash? As some of you know I'm without a transmitter. I'll be getting a DC-24 as soon as Jeti get's one for me and since I need a radio to…

Woot! Since I'm always hunting for more stories to write about.... Something new is coming, first small delivery came today. I'm convinced you all know what the next delivery is…

Since winters are pretty long and dark here in Finland there's plenty of time to do some more or less useful things. This time it got to be useful :)…

Time for some updates again! Go and grab your FW 3.25 for RSat2 and R3L from Jeti here. Update allows you to use them for 24-channel setup when used with…

Spartan Vortex is now controllable from Jeti What you need is to update your Vortex to v4.50 from Spartan' s website and also download the "Vortex Heli.bin" from same page…

Bored to those ugly, plain blue EC-connectors? Not wanna feel like you're living by the ocean? Ever wondered why You just cannot find any other color, like the stylish black? Black EC-connectors…

There's been a lot of discussions and guessing regarding the features between -16 and -24 series of Jeti transmitters recently on different forums. And to be honest, all of them…

Newsflash! As known on the forums for a while now the Spartan gyro is getting support for Jeti EX-bus very soon. For the first time (what I've seen) there's a…

I finally had some time to do some technical housekeeping on RC-Thoughts.com, it really was time for it. Features worked on New DNS-provider Complete IPv6 support Re-configuration of sending email Better…

Some time ago there was surfacing rumors that Jeti would implement Lua-scripting to transmitters. I immediately thought that this is something really cool and useful since Jeti transmitters are already…

There's been a buzz about DS-24 for a long time now and there's always been the question "what will be changed" in everyone's lips. Well, now we know at least…

Happy Birthday RC-Thoughts! It's been pretty active first year in the life of what started as a blog-like creation and evolved to a mish-mash of all sorts of things. During…

Why? Well, a forum-member asked for it. I'm a heli-dude so I'm a total novice to mixes since I have no need for them at all, so this is my…

Foreword Well, this was a hard nut to crack, that's for sure. Not only was I forced to read some protocol-specs but also this article required quite extensive background-work and…

What's the issue? Difficulty in pairing Kontronik's Bluetooth-module and iOS to understand each other. Kontronik's manual is a bit vague on the subject, I'd like to go so far and…

It took a while but finally! I have published a new service for all Jeti (and why not other) radio-freaks out there. Available in the menu above, look for TTS…

What's it about? Kontronik's Kosmik and JivePRO share the same BEC design. As proved in many places and by Kontronik themselves there is a small design flaw in it, it…

What happened? In the REX receiver update 1.01 released on friday 04.12.2015 was something that caused receiver to take long time bind after power-up. One user reported up to 7…

Jetimodel is active! I have to say Jetimodel is active regarding updates. What I really like they are actually listening what happens out on the fields with their equipment and…

Shortly, yes. I still advice you to read on a bit, it is not that simple. What is it about? It's about the inconsistency of UDI-signal from REX-series receivers to…

Plenty... Jeti 4.00 FW First of all, it is now confirmed that the 4.00 firmware for Jeti DC/DS-16 is right on the doorstep. A lot of new features, new display…

I added an battery-calculator to WarmTX product-page. Now you can calculate the time your warmer will work with the batteries you have. (Do remember, times are only an estimate!) Battery…

Even the most stubborn... In these days of social media even the most stubborn web-admins have to admit that we need to put ourselves to Facebook! (Yeah, RC-Thought's been on…

Do not freeze your fingers numb anymore! Go to shop and get yours! Now in stock!

Well. Rumors are getting thicker.... Firmware 4.00 is just around the corner. Also the fact that Jetimodel is jumping to new major version in numbering let's us suggest there's a…

Why? If you live in Scandinavia, North America or any other place where temperature goes below freezing you know that good, warm gloves and stick-flying with radio is not a…

Well. The DS-16 (non-carbon) is pretty plain what comes to looks of it. Instead of getting a carbon-model that everyone has one can do wonders doing things differently. That's where…

I recently contacted JETI model about a opportunity to do an interview with them. They were friendly enough to give a blogger a chance and they kindly agreed. So here…

What? Well, simply put, a smoke-cartridge launcher activated via LogicSwitch. Simple as that. Why not just buy one? Now, what would the fun be in that? :) Well, honestly there…

Finally in stock! It took a a while for the postman but they're here, get your JLog 2.6 GW now! Read more here.

Dealership announcement RC-Thoughts is proud to announce the selling of JLog 2.6 GW from R2 Prototyping. For start we will be selling the gateway-version and gateway-upgrade to full version. RC-Thoughts…

Finally I got it done. It was time to renew the shop-part of site. This is mainly done because there will be some shop-related news coming during next week. Some…

What? Word got out, there's officially a new firmware out for UltraGuard from Optipower. What's new? Changelog from 2.0 is  as follows: Lower maximum charge-current Better balancing The reason for…

The story As usual, last of the seasons helicamp's it was time for Helicamp Oulu in northern finland, only a week after autumn camp so the end of summer is…

The Story Every year there’s the traditional autumn camp in Selänpää airport (EFSE) near Kouvola. Traditionally it’s in the beginning of September and this year it was 4-6.9.2015. The blue dot in…

What is this? On the side of DC/DS-16 there's sliders that can be used as channel-controllers. I know at least some who use for example breaks on airplanes with these.…

Since the free AT&T Text-To-Speech service is now down the "own sound or speech in jeti how-to"-guide is now updated to use Ivona. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Is this an issue? While it directly is not a problem it might be good (and satisfying) to get most out of your shiny Jeti DS/DC transmitter. The way transmitter…

Finally! Something I've been thinking to do for a long time, finally got myself to do it. Small, but whats important, user-friendly thing :) Now you can find links to…

The problem As I wrote earlier Kontronik released a new firmware which broke RPM to JLog. I began to investigate and did a lot of testing and then contacted JLog…

Can't go and do some flying (waiting for parts to finish a belt-conversion), are on holiday, have nothing to do. In that case, dig into server-settings and into wonderful world…

On monday Kontronik released firmware 4.6 to Kosmik 160 and 200. Also be sure to download the 4.6 manual and the new KConfig 1.2.0 if you are using PC + ProgUNIT. (If…

  If you have for some miraculous way missed that Micro$oft just released their newest and shiniest OS, Windows 10, so, yes, they have. So, does this affect us Jeti-users? Nope, not…

At least according to forum-rumours :) Late this or early next week Jeti will release new update for DC/DS-16 Tx/Rx. Update will add extra 8 channels to the 16 channel…

What are we talking about? For a long time VBar helicopter-gyro from Mikado have been considered as "top of the line" and have by many been the gyro to compare…

Why I thought I'd write a few lines what is about to come in few weeks. I've been a little bit too busy with my day-job lately so not too…

Time to update receivers! Jeti released today new firmware for EX receivers. But there's a twist, or more like there's a choice. This update is for RSat2, R3, R4, R5,…

The Story Last year guys from Seinäjoki arranged a small meet called TEP Camp (TEP = Team Etelä-Pohjanmaa, translated Team South Ostrobothnia"). It was a small, cozy happening with a…

The story Two heliguys "far away up north" decided to put up a heli-camp this summer. And really glad they did, it was a great fun. Well, almost... PajalaKolari Woodshipmeet…

The story Every year there's the traditional springcamp in Paattinen RC-field next to Turku. Traditionally it's in the end of may so this year it was the weekend of 22-24.5.2015.…

First thank you to all LogicSwitch users! I really hope you find it as useful and fun to use as I do :) But: There's a small glitch in how…

It's been some work to make this happen but finally the shop is open! You'll find the discussed LogicSwitch from there with worldwide shipping. More info about the product itself…

What? A small note on how to wire and connect LogicSwitch to Optipower Ultra Guard backup-device. Why? Because I'm sure there are people who appreciate the possibility to turn off…

Point of view As I'm flying only helicopters at the moment I have no need for receivers with great amount of output channels. I have one heli with conventional outputs…

After the idea to make Optipower's Ultra Guard possible to power down from transmitter here I thought that maybe someone else would like to have these also. Here are some…

A reader requested a simple action where he could get flight-pack voltage every time he connected a fresh battery to his plane. He tried to adapt my flight-pack warning -post…

Ok, I'll admit the headline is google-translated :) Fabrizio asked a while back if it would be okay if he translated some of my how-to's to italian and of course…

What? Sometimes you want more safety. For example activate a switch only after pressing a momentary switch for example two seconds. Any shorter than this switch will not activate. How?…

Every now and then there seems to be a forum-post somewhere where a user has issues with logs on sd-cards when using Kontronik's Kosmik speed controllers. Here's a few tips…

What? This is follow-up to "Used mAh-warning with different size flight-packs", I added more security since it might be dangerous  to fli with smaller packs and have a bigger warning…

What? A really simple way to enjoy the flight to the max, always fly as long as possible without worrying about perfect battery-safety and condition. Use always the (for example)…

What and why? Optipower makes a great safety-product for us heliflyers, the Ultra Guard 430. The operation is very straight forward: Connected to receiver or gyro Senses when heli is…

 My charger-case sounds like jet-plane on take-off. That's due the DELL 700418 power-supplies with 2.8kW of power. It's not bothering at all on the field but when doing something with…

Optipower makes a great safety-product for us heliflyers, the Ultra Guard 430. The operation is very straight forward: Connected to receiver or gyro Senses when heli is powered up Starts…

When doing a test-flight during Model Expo 2015 i broke the landing-skids on my 800 so I had to get some spare parts. I'm reading Helifreak quite much and of…

The finnish RC-heli society RC-kopterit ry was participating in Model Expo 2015 fair in Helsinki last weekend. Sadly we were one of the few societies that really put effort in…

I'll be attending Model Expo 2015 in Messukeskus Helsinki between friday and sunday 10-12.04.2015. Me and TheSalkku3.0 and Logo 800 Xxtreme can be found on RC Kopterit ry's booth 7n29. More…

I was somewhat unhappy with previous theme so I changed it to something more readable. It's really good on mobile platforms also. I'm happy with this one (for now...) so…

Made a dedicated page for a description of software for iCharger Touch. Available in menu or read it here.

Why? Since most of us are already using capacity-sensors to make sure we do't over-discharge our batteries the timer in the traditional fashion is losing it's meaning. So let's make…

(I wrote this in finnish to kopterit.net-forum and was pointed out that it could be added here also.) This is well known, useful alarm for Jeti, found on various forum's…

You knew You can use Your Jeti TX as music player, right? It's quite simple actually and the sound-quality ain't that bad considering it's small mono-speaker. Boombox in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqYrzXicjI&…

Basics Most convenient way to get all the info Kosmik  can tell to Jeti is without a doubt JLog. Connection is simple. Connect the blue cable from Kosmik option port…

Added a new page for my charger-project, check it out here. Also added a page with all post's in case someone needs it, can be seen here.

Sim-box when using multiple dongles and don't want to unplug the receiver all the time? After I posted the schematic (here) to wireless simulator adapter I got approached in IRC…

How to make Your own sound files to Jeti? In basic it's easy. Drop a file to Jeti and select it. In practice there's a few pointers on should take…

How to define "FUN"? Hmm, I think everyone define's "FUN" on their own way, at least I had way too much fun today. My "beater-heli" is the good old Align…

As I have stated sometime before I hate wires. The USB-dongle from Real Flight is equipped with monster-length cable out-of-box. And since I'm using Real Flight wireless there's no need…

Finally. New server, new performance, new winds are blowing. As usual, if You notice anything odd feel free to tell me, for example from contact-page. There's a cache implemented which…

Server hazzle I've experienced too much server-troubles lately mostly due me being cheap when I took this server-plan. It was first thought  to be only my IRC-gateway but after creating…

Unfortunately there was a bit too much hotlinking of images so I made some configuration to prevent that. I would be grateful if You would report if there's any problems.

Universal wireless adapter for simulators with Jeti After writing the post "Real Flight 7.5 + Jeti DS-16 + Rsat2 = True" there came a question in IRC regarding connection to…

Balancing, why? It's actually pretty simple. The whole heli "hangs" from main blades via main rotor shaft. If the weight under the blades is not in balance the physics of the movement…

What's the fuzz about PPM and UDI? Disclaimer: I'm just a hobbyist. I'm no expert in radio- or signaling-theory. These are self-noticed issues and what I've read on different forums.…

Got a domain for the blog. No particular reason but  a true 'www.something.com' is a lot nicer than 'something.somewhere.com' :) Old place has an automatic re-direct here and blog-title is…

This belongs to category "why haven't I done this before". I'm fanatic what comes to setting up the mechanics (especially head and swash)  in heli's. (I also hates visible wires…

I hate wires. I hate visible wires. I hate to be connected with wires. So, Real Flight needs to be wireless. For universal adapter look here. Rsat2 First we need…

This is so typical. You do something that "just isn't quite there" and it bothers You. You just have to look at it from another angle. Just a moment ago…

There was a question in Helifreak where one guy had a switch assigned to announce all telemetry values and needed an function where he would get just one value announced.…

Cool gimmick or safety feature? Anyway, as seen on numerous boards around web it is possible to make the radio announce the model-name when starting the radio or selecting another…

Sometimes it's just not right to have for example blue EC5's, You wan't for example black instead. After getting a small bag of Nitor-dye (or iDye, Rit Dye or Dylon, method…

Merry Christmas to everyone! Picture is from 23.12.2013, not much snow that day :)  

I find it pretty useless to see the information about what telemetry unit some info does come from, in my opinion that is pretty meaningless especially when the name of…

I wanted to make the timer more automatic. It annoyed me when I had to stop the timer after flights and also wanted to leave the flight-time visible until i…

Start of telemetry-logging upon powering the heli and stopping the logging when unpowering the heli. Result is one log-file per flight, easier to manage files. Requirement - Telemetry for flight-pack.…