What's the Deal with Matek ELRS Receivers???

Man what a bummer, Matek used to make the more reliable stuff, too... Only the one bad ELRS receiver basically and they act against the open source community that basically gave them the complete software/firmware for free, which probably saved them development cost in the ten thousands or even more... thanks John for putting the word out, I definitly won't support their behaviour by buying their stuff any more.

Great summary! You're right that Matek was one of the early ExpressLRS adopters and like you said, they were quick to produce unique new hardware which was fantastic considering how difficult it was to get PWM hardware rolling. It was disappointing that the crystal hardware issue started things down a path where the relationship deteriorated. I believe this can be resolved though by following the same guidelines that all other manufacturers agree to, and hopefully Matek will return to their position as a brand users can rely on for ExpressLRS hardware.

I have alrady made the switch from Matek to Speedybee and all my TX and RX are Radiomaster. Doesnt make sense to stick with a company who doesnt care about their consumers.

I have a new build that I initially put a Matek FC and Matek ELRS Rx in it. I had so many problems with it during setup that I scrapped the Matek stuff and replaced it with a Speedybee FC and Happy Model ELRS Rx. Everything just worked after that. Now I know why. Thanks for making this video, John! Cheers!

That's crazy.. I primarely have Matek ELRS stuff. An honestly. I did have problems. Lost 1 new plane after 17 seconds and twice almost lost another I thought it was me or the firmware. Comming from another A-brand it shook my trust in the equipment to the ground... I did use it again the other day on a test plane and temps were low. All is fine. I bought a new ER6 radiomatster RX. I flashed one for a friend and liked it so much that I also bought one. It will drive my new F3A trainer that's almost finished... I guess I will stay from matek ELRS PWM rx's from now on.. Dang... I knew something was wrong...

I noticed some time ago that Matek wasn’t what it used to be and switched to SpeedyBee and BetaFPV.

Thanks for the whistle, that will have us direct our Chinese hardware manufacturers of the top ranges of rotorflight heli flight controllers to the right direction when considering RX hardware to integrate as a full piece, and prevent issues down the pipeline.

You are the reason I was looking at using and learning more about Matek devices. I’m glad I haven’t gone down that road yet. Thanks so much for the great info as always. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

So glad Youtube recommended your video to me. I just purchased my first ELRS pwm receiver (Matek R24-P6V) and was about to put it in my new glider next weekend. Will defenitely not go in my plane now and wont get any other receivers from matek anymore.

Thanks for heads up👍🏻 I was about to try some of the receivers since l ran out of R168 no longer sold. I did had some issues with fc in past too, but l thought that it's just me. Switched to Speedebee and it just works flawlessly. So Speedebee for fc and Radiomaster receivers for me now... Good to have options 👍🏻

Wow. This is a very beneficial PSA. I am considering ELRS in some planes as a bit of a project and stuff like this is good to know.

Thank you for your open and honest assessment. I too have been a big supporter of Matek product over the years as their quality has generally been good. Very disappointing to see their response. Will be avoiding their products going forward until they make changes in their approach. Thanks again for all the great content!

I've been using RM modules lately. They seem well built. I have a few matek that I was proud of having until I heard about the temp issue. It's real scary to think matek won't even work with elrs on this stuff

Thanks for the heads up, much appreciated. 👍

Question: I am using Er8GV from radiomaster on my Benny boxcar. This receiver has a UART that can be use for a GPS. According to RadioMaster, GPS must speak CRSF protocol. Do u know any GPS that can talk CRSF protocol?

Wow. I bought two of the 6 channel Rx's a while back and just figured they were too new to have specific firmware yet. I flashed them with the generic firmware mentioned at the time (they did NOT mention using the Happy Model target on their website when I bought mine). These are for small foamies, so I'll use them anyway, but I guess I'm done with Matek. Thanks for this vid!

Damn just purchased two maytek R24-P6 rxs after watching your video where you have 2 of them rigged as a single larger rx. Was going to put them into my DC3 bit not so sure now.....

John being John Malkovich. Love it and stand behind your work! MATEK

Maybe I’ve missed it but are you and someone else developing a rx with gyro of your own? Can we see a bit more of it please? And if you are doing this, I wonder if you could release the files and we can send them to PCB Way and order them? Is something like this the plan? Thanks Simon

It's not just their receivers. I bought a Matek G474 Rotorflight unit. Worked great for about a dozen or two flights, then one day I plugged it in and all the magic smoke came out. WTF! EDIT: I see you mentioned the G474 right at the end of the video. WTF still applies!