Did you use the V1 electronics with antenna on-board or external T-shape antenna?
This is the standard version. I have a couple of LR kits, but I need to model the cable channel for the antenna.
The standard version will likely not achieve any meaningful distance for tow or other remote control applications. You can elevate the Rx antenna, but beyond that only LR or V2 will be a stable solution
Is it enough to simply re-solder the LR module for the standard version? And is it even possible to create a remote control where one of the motors can switch to reverse?
With a BLHeli32 ESC, this should be reasonably easy, though I never tried.
From the manual - "Motor direction can be set to fwd, rev, bidirectional 3D, bidirectional 3D rev, bidirectional
soft and bidirectional soft rev. In bidirectional mode, center throttle is zero and above is fwd
rotation and below is reverse rotation. "
At least with BRemote2 this should be pretty easy to implement. You would likely have to adapt the code to output the lowest PWM values only during steering.
No, the normal and LR RF Module have different pinout
Possible but more complicated. Why switch rotation of one motor if you can just shut it down and only let the other work? In most boogies that already creates very strong steering at low speed or stillstand
Is it just the pinout? If I solder the module like this, will it work?
The turning radius on one motor will be quite large; ideally, I’d like the board to turn in place.
You can solder every pin with a wire, yes
But the module must not touch the original pads
Thanks, that’s all I wanted to know. I’ll cover the contact pads with a mask.
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Here to compare the pinouts:
left nomal | right LR
Basically shifted by 1 except power stays and GND moves to the end
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I made a new model for the LR module and slightly extended the trigger guard for ease of use with thick gloves. Testing tomorrow.
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Failure. During installation, the antenna connector caught on a plastic overhang and tore off along with the socket (
Easiest is probably to replace the whole nrf-24 module, those connectors are finiky to solder.
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In a pinch you can solder the antenna cable directly to the board as well.
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Everything works perfectly. The range is about 100 meters. Battery life has been reduced by half – no more paddling ))
After an hour and a half of use, the remote control lost one percent of its charge.
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Do you ride with all 3 remotes at the same time? 3 way independent steering 
I was simply testing whether the stabilizer would break under the weight of the Bremote. It turned out to be quite heavy, but still maintained positive buoyancy. And for its 5 Ah capacity, I’m willing to live with this drawback.