Coming January 2017 – AXi Cyclone Motors

Esprit Tech is introducing brand new line of lightweight inrunner/outrunner brushless motors that come with pre-installed cooling fans and triple ball-bearing support. The new AXi’s Cyclone electric motors are particularly suited for use in electric powered gliders due to low installation profile.

Pricing is as follows:

AXi Cyclone 15/1095 $85.00

AXi Cyclone 25/840 & 1035 $99.00

AXi Cyclone 40/860 & 990 $115.00

AXi Cyclone 46/760 & 920 $129.00

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Jeti Transmitter Firmware 4.20 Featuring LUA Scripting Now Available!

Enjoy the new V4.20 Transmitter Firmware update with LUA Programing Enabled for the DS/DC-16 transmitters.

What is LUA? Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. LUA combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. LUA is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.

How do you use it? Basic setup is easy. You write an application (script) and put that to SD-card. After that the application is run in your selected model. This means you can have different scripts running on different models.

For example you can have constantly updating telemetry-data, make and use graphics and images, use telemetry and voice in a new fashion, you can access SD-card with LUA and so on. This ability has opened up a whole new world to making your transmitter and its functions really “Your Own”.

Warning: After updating your radio to version 4.20 it is no longer possible to downgrade to an older firmware. Downgrade to 3.02 version is however still possible!!!

Features of the LUA Package include:

  • Pre-flight checklist app
  • Battery voltage widget for multiple voltages
  • Real-Time telemetry chart
  • Automatic teacher/student switching

Other features include:

  • Dual Rates/Exponential Smooth Transition
  • New option for smooth curves
  • New digital trim functionality
  • Rotary functionality

Read more about what V4.20 has to offer below.

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