INAV Fixed Wing Group: Wing Talk

Here’s the Wing Talk you’ve been waiting for. By now you understand that INAV 3.0 works great. But, are there things you can still do to improve its performance? Where is INAV going next?

This Q&A format allows us to get to topics that the members care about. Best of all, Paweł is a great guest, very lively and personable. It's been over a year since we last sat down together to discuss INAV. A lot of water has gone under the bridge in that period of time. We’ll cover where we came from and perhaps get a glimpse of the future. This is going to be a fun and lively conversation!

INAV 3.0 is a go! So, does INAV 3.0 work? Yes, it works well. Can I trust INAV 3.0? Yes, yes you can. What are the hot tips for getting INAV 3.0 setup well. You're gonna have to tune in for that!

In the first hour it's all about INAV 3.0, and we'll slow down Marc so that a few of the points that are somewhat obscure will be more clear, such as how Auto level works and how to properly use it in your autotune. Oh yeah, there will be clarity. Marc Hoffmann will be your personal Sherpa as we breach the summit of Mt. INAV.

Our special guest will be Warren G's British cousin Rory G. Let's not get him confused with Adam G. No, they aren't related. Only by the INAV bond. Rory will be swinging that, flinging that G thang! If you haven't seen Rory's posts lately. he was playing with an FrSky 12S doing all sorts of crazy things with it, then he maidened a Mini Drak last week with INAV 3.0. So yeah, lots to talk about. For the record it will be three Brits, and a German and American for bookends. We're living up to the goal of having a good time, all the time. Come join in for a good time, we'll be taking questions.

This episode we get well into the topic of radios. What works with INAV? Will your old Futaba work with INAV? How about your Spektrum gear? We'll get into a good overview of everything that's going on with radios. Including OpenTX, TBS Crossfire and the ever so hot topic of FrSky.

But wait, there's more! ExpressLRS will be discussed as well. And we'll go over any last minute changes before INAV 3.0 will be launched as a release candidate. Marc will go over the what you'll need to do differently to get your plane flying as best as possible. This will be the first live episode with just the four of us and no guests in about a year. By now, we're used to each other so this will be a fun and lively chat.

Paweł Spychalski has just laid out what to expect in INAV 3.0. There is more than we previously knew about. One thing that is perfectly clear that you will have to get ready for is that you CANNOT copy and paste over your diff files. There is a reason why it's 3.0. There is a quantum leap on some of the settings, and you'll need a fresh start.

Perhaps you have flight controllers buried in some of your planes and you'll want to know if the extra time required to dig into the plane to get them out and starting over is worth it? The good news is nobody is making you do this. If you're happy with the way your plane flies now, you can stick with pre-3.0 for as long as you like.

But, INAV 3.0 is a dangling carrot. It's a carrot that is getting larger and more appetizing as we get closer to the release candidate. You probably need to start making some decisions and formulating some strategies about how to proceed. We'll break it down for you in this five panellist show.

We also have Henrik as our special guest. He's a member of the group, has been for quite a while. He has a lot of ideas and opinions, and is a very good conversationalist. This is going to be a more of a free flowing show where the panellists are talking.

We'll also talk about Rosetta Stone and how Darren got duped by Steve and ended up writing half the introduction to FrSky protocol manual.

In the first hour we'll have a chat with long time member Christian Moe Fagerhus and moderator Steven Lydon. We'll go over the framework of Project Rosetta Stone. In the second hour it's our group chat. Marc Hoffmann will share some important INAV updates showing up in the next version and we'll have a lively chat to end the week. Please join us.

INAV 2.7 will be a game changer. It will have some of the most exciting updates to INAV in the last couple of years. Instead of getting bits and pieces of the story Marc Hoffman will help break it down. Please include questions/comments in the live stream.

We'll also be going over how to get your ideas for features on the radar of INAV developers, and talk about the pros/cons of sharing PIDS and Diff files. Our special guest Andrew Bolton will give us the scoop about life on the funny farm plus go over some of his interesting builds.

We’re reviewing the top 21 planes as selected by the INAV Fixed Wing Group. Between all the panellists, we’ve owned, flown and crashed most of them. Special guests Josh Gault and Nikolai Bockholt. This will be a panellist show which means no interviews, just topics and fun discussions.

So, Marc Hoffmann has something very killer to share on Wing Talk. He's beyond sworn to secrecy about it. There are German sharpshooters outside his apartment 24/7 ready to shoot should he breath a word about it. The poor guy is chain vaping nonstop. What is it?

Darren Lines has something that he shared with me a few weeks ago. And I took it out and I tried it and didn't care for it. Then he said "Okay" and did some changes. Now I FREAKING LOVE IT! I am going through updating INAV to 2.6 on all my planes and doing a paradigm shift because of it. You're going to want to find out all about it.

I have an idea for a project that would make it easier to help people select future projects. We do have guests so I will mention something about but most of what I will have to share will be in a message after the show.

When it comes to our guests we want people to be able to ask questions. Marc will chatting up people in the live chat as the show is going on so you can message us in YouTube. I had 100 questions to ask Andrew RC Newton, but asked them last year, so please, feel free to throw out questions as we chat. We can find out what happened to the Airloader. For 88% of the worlds' population we're in winter. But Australia is just getting into summer. So, we'll find out what he's going to be flying this season. Adam G will be on winter holiday, so he can stay up late and play with us. He's in the part of the world where it's certainly winter so we'll find out what he's got on the bench.