Hello, I have a mobula 6 frsky and I can't seem to get it to bind with my iflight commando 8. I am brand new to the fpv world and any help would be appreciated.

Looking at the iFlight page for the Commando 8, it doesn't say it comes in a D8/D16 variant, only ELRS. Is the Commando 8 you have an ELRS model? If so, it won't bind. FrSky and ELRS are completely different protocols.

(19-Jan-2023, 07:26 PM)Pathfinder075 Wrote: Looking at the iFlight page for the Commando 8, it doesn't say it comes in a D8/D16 variant, only ELRS. Is the Commando 8 you have an ELRS model? If so, it won't bind. FrSky and ELRS are completely different protocols.

Okay so then I should send my radio back and get a new one? Any recommendations on a radio

I do have the elrs version however I thought I was able to change it to frsky. Sorry this is all very new, a bit overwhelming.

No, send the Mobula back and get an ELRS version, if you can. ELRS is far superior to FrSky D8.

But if you can't send the Mobula back. I would send the Commando back and get a Jumper T-Lite 2 or T-Pro 4-in-1. It looks the same as the Commando, should easily perform as well and with the 4-in-1 module you get support for a load of different protocols including D8 and D16.

https://www.jumper-rc.com/products/transmitters/t-pro/
or
https://www.jumper-rc.com/products/transmitters/t-lite/

You need the one with the JP4-in-1 module.

Alternatively Radiomaster do a bunch of different radios in various price ranges. From the T8 Lite that only does D8 and D16 but costs $40 (I actually have one for flying D8 whoops and for sims use), through to ugly coloured TX16s that will set you back almost as much as a set of DJI goggles ($400).

You will eventually probably own two radios. One that does multiprotocol (4-in-1) and one that does ELRS or Crossfire.

When the iFlight Commando 8 transmitter was first publicised, it was spec'd to have two internal modules - a CC2500 multi-protocol module which supports the FrSky protocol, and an ExpressLRS module. However, when the Commando 8 eventually launched it only came with an internal ExpressLRS so it seems that iFlight dropped the idea of it also having a CC2500 internal module. There are still articles out there stating that the Commando 8 supports both ELRS and CC2500 protocols, so maybe that is where the confusion came from and/or why you thought it supported the FrSky protocol.

If you intend to buy more quads down the line, i'd keep it and get a cheap T8 Lite or similar for flying this whoop. ELRS is pretty much the future, where as FrSky D8 is pretty much the past.

Okay thank you so much for all the info. I will contact the vendor I purchased the mobula from and see if I can get the elrs version.