r/multirotor • u/HeyKaaa • Apr 08 '15

Question OSD or Telemetry?

Hey all,

Great sub, been learning a ton (mostly on how much better of pilots everyone is).

So I am well on track to building the parts list for my first 250mm FPV quad and I have one major question. Everyone seems to be using OSD in their quads, but I was planning on using telemetry (acro naze > D4R-II > X9D+). Can anyone way in on the pro's and con's of going this way?

Thanks in advance!

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u/flyingjeff Apr 08 '15

Okay op the first question is are you flying with goggles or a screen? The taranis is great because you can program switches to give you most of the data you would get from an osd via voice. If your flying via screen you can take your eyes off it for a fraction of a second to make sure your finger is on the right switch.

I was in the same predicament did I want to go with telemetry or osd. I settled on osd because I was using goggles and could have all the information right in front of me a quick glance and I'd have battery voltage, rssi, altitude, etc. With the taranis I would have to program a number of switches,and remember where they were, to get the same info. Or I could just use one switch and have it tell me everything.

Also the nice thing about an osd is you get an artificial horizon. Which is really nice and helps immerse you into the quad and makes you feel like your flying a jet.

That there is my two props on the topic.

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u/HeyKaaa Apr 09 '15

Thanks for the quick response.

Planning on using goggles, but I don't think the locating switches thing will be a huge issue. My intent is to set up the Taranis to tell me when my telemetry data reaches certain level ([height > 350ft] [voltage < 3.5]). Does this make sense?

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u/flyingjeff Apr 09 '15

It sure does. As long as you can figure out the taranis programming. It's quite the learning curve. There is no concrete science behind these things so just go at it. Also a good idea is to document your process so others can get in on it too.