Clarifying basic concept

[P3G]

Hello Navio Community

I’m building My first Copter with a Navio 2 and here is my drone build:

• Q450 frame
• RCTIMER SL2212 920kv Motors
• Navio 2 / Rpi2
• Turnigy 9x with PPM encoder (http://fr.aliexpress.com/item/PPM-Encoder-Decoder-Board-for-PX4-and-Paparazzi-Autopilot-Flight-Control/32283471669.html)
• 5800mAh 25C 3S Lipo

I have several question

• do the PPM encoder work out of the box or do I need to add some tweaks to make it work with Navio ?
• If I want to use Loiter mode / Return to Launch do I need Telemetry support on my RC device ?

[mikhail.avkhimenia (Mikhail)]

Hi and welcome,

PPM encoder should work without any tweaking.
There’s no need for telemetry support in RC, these modes are switched by changing a value of one of the channels.