BE-880 GPS

Upgraded my Iflight Titan running betaflight 4.4.3, previously with the BN180 gps. Swapped out with this M10 and WOW....what a difference. Quick sat locks and 16 says on average. On my longer flights of 10+ minutes I'm getting 27 sats. No need for the GPS saver dedicated power supply to warm up the GPS prior to plugging in so I removed it.

Be careful to get the one that supports the bad rate you need for communication. I ended up needing to buy two before I got it right, but that isn’t the fault of the module and they work great (I could also likely reprogram the rate if I dug in).

My old Gen 8 GPS took about 10 minutes to get 4-5 satellites. This got 8 in about a minute. Generous amount of cables included. Not sure why some BE-180 have a backup battery but this one doesn't.

I got this try and use with an APRS tracker because I liked the compact size and integrated antenna. I like that it came with cables for most every use case, but I am disappointed in the capabilities. Sitting in my window it takes 10 minutes to over an hour to acquire satellites on a cold start. My phone on my desk will get a lock on 10+ satellites in 15 seconds or so. In the window right next to this it gets 16+ satellites while this is still trying to get a lock. Once it does get a lock it seems to do OK, but the cold start times makes it useless for what I wanted it for.

Gets fix super fast. Better than matek m10q by a lot.

I used this in a inav fixed wing build. It locks fairly quick and is tough enough to withstand a hard landing or 2.