Sabre with Telemetry

Part of the Dragon Link Advanced UHF control system is that it includes a telemetry capability. I recently configured this and have it working for the first time. I have not flown with it yet, but it seems to work properly while on the work bench. The range for the telemetry isn't as good as the radio signal itself, but time will tell how good it actually is.

It took a few hours to follow the Dragon Link instructions to activate the telemetry and it was relatively straightforward.

Here's how it works:

• In the air:
• The Vector flight controller and Dragon Link micro receiver are wired together with specific inputs and both must be configured properly communicate telemetry
• The Dragon Link micro receiver transmits the Vector data back to the Dragon Link transmitter on the ground
• On the ground:
• The Dragon Link transmitter receivers the telemetry data from the receiver in the airplane
• The Dragon Link transmitter communicates the telemetry via Bluetooth (or USB) to an App called Mission Planner
• Mission Planner (on my laptop) connects to receive the telemetry signal and provide live data for critical flight parameters, (GPS location with live map overlay, speed, altitude, current, RSSI)

Having this data available is an extra safety layer just in case the plane goes down or the FPV system fails in flight. Windows 10 has a built in way to record the screen, so I will use that to record the telemetry for each flight. In theory, it would allow me to have a good idea of where the plane is if it goes down, or at least where it was shortly prior to that.

The new wiring is the black and orange wire on the right,
which runs down to the bottom of the receiver on the left.

Here's a sample of what Mission Planner looks like. When communicating
 to the aircraft, it shows the aircraft's path and position on the map.