Team Black Sheep Crossfire RC System - Manual

certain trigger events have happened. See the operation flow diagram attached on the following page.

Direction finder

Using the transmitter antenna together with a DIY parabolic reflector, you can estimate the heading of the

receiver by looking at the signal strength indicator. Use this option only if the GPS position is inaccurate or

you don’t have a GPS connected.

How does Find mode work?

Please see the flowchart to see when the receiver decides to shut down or enter Find mode. In short, the

receiver shuts down if the transmitter and receiver are close to each other or the receiver never got a

signal from the TX, In any other case, it enters the Find mode if there is a power-down event. If the main

battery is still powering the system after a crash the receiver will not enter the Find mode and keeps

running in the selected operation mode.

Once the receiver enters the Find mode also a power-saving mode will be activated. This power-saving

mode will decrease the beacon signal interval over time. It stays for 10 beacon signals on the same interval

level and remains on the slowest once reached. The interval levels are 1s, 5s, 10s, 15s, 30s, and 60s. This

means it can take up to 60s for your transmitter to pick up a beacon signal. This is required to make the

receiver run as long as possible. Once the transmitter receives a beacon signal and sends an

acknowledgment the receiver will switch back to the fastest interval until the link is lost again.

Once a connection is established the receiver will share the GPS information with the transmitter if a GPS

source is connected or RSSI values to find the receiver with signal strength and the DIY reflector.

Testing Find mode

It is highly recommended to go through a crash scenario first so that you are fully aware of all the neat

things we have packed into the Find mode or Beacon Mode of the TBS CROSSFIRE system.