Will the next RunCam 3 version be the "RunCam 3 Transformer" or the "RunCam Switch"?

Will the next RunCam 3 version be the "RunCam 3 Transformer" or the "RunCam Switch"?
Hints have been popping up at the RunCam shop site:
http://shop.runcam.com/runcam-split/

Maybe it will have a RunCam micro swift embedded in with a RunCam 3 box. So fast fpv video and HD recording also.

I painted my Taranis

So many parts to take apart. They seem to come apart easy. Hopefully they go back together as easily once it dries. I choose Navy Blue. My favorite color. I covered the ports on the back with tape. I meant to cover the charging led light but I forgot it. Maybe I can scrape the paint off it or just survive without it.

And then I washed my cat. I considered using navy blue but decided against it and left her, her natural color.

The controller turned out great. The cat also turned out well. She has been soft and smelling good for a few days now.

OpenTX 2.2.0 problems

On my FrSky Taranis X9D+ OpenTX 2.1.6 the "Welcome to OpenTX" file is on the SD card at SOUNDS\en\SYSTEM\tada.wav. Delete that file and you don't have to hear that anymore when you power it up.

I just upgraded to OpenTX 2.2.0 to get Multi-Protocal support and the "Welcome to OpenTX" came back and there is no tada.wav. So I looked around and found SOUNDS\en\SYSTEM\hello.wav. That is the new one to delete.

Also, I am using the XSR s.port inversion hack for an F4 processor. Now that I am on OpenTX 2.2.0 it warns be ever 5 seconds that "Sensor is lost". For a split second the sensor is lost and it tells me about it every time. So I had to delete SOUNDS\en\SYSTEM\sensorko.wav also. My transmitter still buzzes when a sensor is lost though. So I will need to find another solution.

Most likely I am losing sensor for a split second because when I did the XSR hack I connected the non-inverted pad to the ppm pin. There seem to be ppm data collisions with the s.port data around once a minute. I didn't mind that tiny bit of unnoticeable inaccuracy but OpenTX 2.2.0 is pointing it out in a loud way. I reused the ppm pin so that I could easily move my xsr receivers between F3 flight controllers with inversion possible on all ports to F4 ports where secondary (after sbus) inversion for s.port is not available. So my F4 flight controllers are wired s.port to ppm and my F3 board are s.port to s.port.

I upgraded the OpenTX firmware on my Turnigy 9XR Pro and Taranis X9D+ in preparation for a iRangeX IRX4 2.4G CC2500 NRF24L01 A7105 CTRF6936 4 IN 1 Multiprotocol STM32 TX Module With Case that is coming in the mail. It will allow either transmitter to control my DSMX and FrSky receivers. If I had any toy quadcopters, they could control those also. Sounds pretty cool. We shall see.

When I purchased this on banggood I searched around for a while and tested many discount coupon codes. I finally found 13hot that gave me 13% off this product. Another one I commonly use is affiliate6 which gives 6% off of most items. I think these codes will cancel out my affiliate commission on my links (yes, I post affiliate links) but that is ok. Save some money.

I watched a great youtube video from Albert Kim on how to install OpenTX 2.2.0 at:
https://youtu.be/-pcMbzzMQ1w
He explains and demonstrates things very clearly and doesn't waste time.

RunCam3

I got 1 of the 2 RunCam3's I ordered. It is great. It is much lighter and easier to mount on my quadcopter than I thought it would be. It isn't like a heavy battery that you have to strap in for dear life. It is much lighter. Velcro can easily hold it in place. Here is the way I decided to mount it on my 2 quadcopters.

I crash landed directly on top of the camera 3 times in the first day and it is still ok!

5/27/2017 update: I've been flying and recording with the runcam3 on 2 quads and it is awesome.

WARNING! There are a few problems with the RunCam3 options / firmware they should fix. If you set auto-record, when you plug in any micro usb (power with or without data) to charge it, it turns on and starts recording. I came back an hour later and it was super hot. It was recording the whole time. It probably could have destroyed itself over a few hours from over heating if I hadn't come back.

Also I setup loop recording. The option is 3,5,10 minutes I think. I set 3 minutes. So every 3 minutes it writes out the video file. If it is running out of space it overwrites the oldest files. The problem is that the audio is broken after the first video it creates. So first 3 minutes have audio but the following video segments do not.

These 2 problems were even after I upgraded to the newest 1.1 firmware.

5/31/2017 update: I just received my second RunCam3. This one came with firmware 1.2. The first one came with 1.0 and I upgraded it to 1.1. I just tried to upgrade the first one and no upgrades are available yet. Soon I will test to see if the 2 problems above have been fixed in firmware 1.2.

Taranis 9xd plus M9 hall effect sensor gimbals

I got the M9 hall effect sensor gimbals for my Taranis 9xd plus. They are very smooth. It is taking a little while to get used to the change. At the same time I am trying out dshot 600 for the first time. So it might be hard to tell how things are going. They are going well though. I need to get on a race track to tell for sure. Soon I will get getting the wraith 32 dshot 1200 32 bit escs from myairbot.com to test. Even more smoothness on it's way.

I also decided to remove 6 switches. 4 of them have long arms that get caught on many things in my backpack and I have never used the funky side switches so I removed them too. Now there are "just" 4 3 way switches and 2 pots. That is plenty. I set the remaining 6 up on channels 5-12.

If you want to get some, you can get them from BangGood:
"2 PCS Frsky M9-Gimbal M9 High Sensitivity Hall Sensor Gimbal For Taranis X9D & X9D Plus" for $48.98

"Frsky M9-Gimbal M9 High Sensitivity Hall Sensor Gimbal For Taranis X9D & X9D Plus" for $25.99

or GearBest:

FrSky M9 Hall Gimbal - BLACK 208161601 with Quad Ball Bearing for X9D TARANIS Transmitter $26.78