When was the last time you calibrated? Be honest, now! Ready to get more flight time & save battery life? What was your biggest takeaway from this video? Fly fearlessly!👍😀
Nobody has so far described how to accurately set the current sensor Scale and Offset parameters correctly. It can be done, but it requires something like a ToolkitRC M6D, some math, and maybe a 100nF capacitor. That does not mean your method is without value though, but it isn't accurate.
Hi mate, i changed the logic so only when switch is in armed state for voltage. In sound i have haptic on as with i nav lua widget i have so many alarms haha. So yes logic is (statement if a(batt is less than 21v AND arm switch is on then haptic feedback, otherwise the amount of haptic was on when programming) Hope this seems correct to you? Thanks so much
finally my drone little bee isn't hopping like a frog on the ground and is acting like a little bee to bad 300mah isn't long flight time thank you for the help TMac and the time to make the video's and i learned how to calibrate the battery yay!!
I've been flying for a few years now and I've just recently decided to dive deeper into more advanced setups of both my transmitter and betaflight. You're a big help. You've earned my subscription. And a like. Clear skies.
You're quite welcome RC and I appreciate your support. Doin' my best to pass on stuff I know as I'm able. Like to help folks experience the thrill of FPV flight. Keep thinking back to when I first started and what I wish I had known then. Thanks against n for watching and making the time to comment 👍
This is my first time seeing one of your videos idk why it's taken RUclips so long to cross our paths but thank goodness cause this is exactly the info I needed right now lol
Great! Now I got something to fiddle about my quads while waiting for this lockdown to end. Keep'em coming, TMac! And, more importantly, stay safe! This thing is far from over yet. Thanks again.
Good information! Definitely want to fly it back home and don't want to ruin the battery by draining it. Very cool having the voltage linked to the transmitter! 👍🏻
Thanks for the video. To keep my VTX from overheating I have "VTX pit mode" enabled on a switch on my T16. There's also a "low power disarm" in the VTX tab in betaflight. I haven't used it but the "on until first arm" option looks promising. Keep the videos coming!
You're quite welcome 1UP FPV and thanks for the tips! "Core temp" of FC gets too high when I'm working either on BF or workbench in addition to VTX (you can see core temp warning on OSD). Fan helps prevent this also
Thanks for the video! as basic as it is to calibrate voltage and current I have never done it... but thanks to your video I have some tinkering to do this weekend... I also really appreciate the (bonus for audio alerts) I had been wondering how to accomplish that, I have a feeling this will increase my flight times by quite a bit as I rarely run my batteries down to even storage voltage. Stay safe.
Thanks for the video. I'm running a tiny whoop with a 200mAh 1S lipo, it was showing my draw between 11-13amps. I fully charged my lipo, to 4.2V adjusted the battery Voltage scale in Betaflight until it read the same. Amps at that time said I was using 5A+ draw with nothing connected, but the lipo. After charging my battery I flew lazily around my home for 1 minute. Upon disarming my OSD reported that I had used 530mAh. How the heck is that? As I mentioned, my lipo is a 1S 200mAh. Adjusting scale now.
I'd like this 10x over if I could. Thank you for such an informative video! I'm surprised I haven't seen videos about this before seeing as this is such necessary info.
Nice video, very helpful. However... I have followed the steps and I get the following: When I plug my fully charged 4S battery into my quad the voltage used to show 15.6. I've gone into betaflight and in the power & battery tab change the scale up all the way to 152 and now it ready the battery correctly at 16.8v (while the battery checker is plugged in). But I've taken one of my other batteries that are in storage mode 14.8v... and checked again... Voltage still shows at 16.8 even though the plugged-in battery checker displays 14.8... Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong here?
Hi ... congratulations ... I'm Italian ... it's all clear ... just one thing. if I use different batteries, on my quad ... who will be my reference, for example if I have a 0.450mah 4s 16.8v Lipo battery and another 0.450mah 4s 17.4v LiHv battery ... to use both on my microdrone, on the betaflight page ... who do I use as a reference? that LiHv?
Hi, i got a problem i calibrated my battery on betaflight with 1st battery 24.9v. Then when i put my 2nd battery that is 22.5v on my multi meter but the reading on betaflight is 24.67v. Also on OSD the readings are incorrect. Before that, i got bridge between the two resistoe then removed it then voltage reading is back at betaflight but not accurate.
Is this the reason that my battery just says 0 the moment I put it on my quad? All of a sudden my goggles are not showing how much battery I have left while flying. That of course is not safe and I need to get it fixed.
one of my 6s builds with the speedybee v3 stack over 22 volts the motors oscillate like over voltage right at 22 volts motors run perfect ????????? any ideas i ran out of adjustment in pid ,, faulty gyro or voltage regulator
Thank you for this! Does this need to be done for each type of battery a quad will use? I have one that can use both 2s and 3s. If if I did this with the 2s battery attached would it only be valid for the 2s and not the 3s?
I would think it would be the same Nathan however I have not tested it myself. My recommendation is to calibrate using the process with a 2S or 3S. then fly the other cell battery 3S or 2S and do the process again to see if it changes much. It will probably change a little (it does that even for the same # of cells batteries). Then you'll know for sure
In this video, starting at time mark 6:08 (which is in the hyperlinked table if contents in this videos description), I explain how to set it up in OSD. Mine is analog also
Its a custom sound link I made using the process I describe in this video (which works for any transmitter using OpenTX operating system firmware): ruclips.net/video/RSxD9Th1VDo/видео.html The sound track itself I have made available for you here (but used "TMac" in it so you'd most likely want to make your own--see custom sound video link provided earlier in this comment): drive.google.com/file/d/1Kx1NTGGHtZ_7V94r13PbTKt8HtbInne2/view?usp=sharing You can also use the stock sounds sigcrt or siglow in the sounds folder. You don't have to "overwrite" any sound file to make a custom sound. You can make and save a brand new custom sound without overwriting any of the other ones in the folder
how do you calibrate RXBT telemetry data in Jumper T16? I deleted all sensors and rediscovered them and I'm still getting the incorrect battery voltage reading on my Jumper T16 under RxBT in telemetry screen. I followed steps in this video to calibrate betaflight and I get correct reading in video OSD but not on my transmitter. I tried using "offset" but the reading just froze to the value I adjusted to and wouldn't change.
So you've got battery voltage on OSD by toggling on what exactly in your OSD? You're expecting to see "battery voltage" in your transmitter with the Rxbt value? What receiver are you using?
@@TMacFPV yes i can see the voltage in goggles which i setup through OSD tab in betaflight (current voltage). I'm using R-XSR flashed to latest ACCST F-port firmware. I have smartport pin connected to SBUS designated UART on my Tyro119 FC.
FPort setup video here may help ruclips.net/video/hwJtnkVq274/видео.html Also, if I'm not mistaken, battery voltage on RXSR is VFAS values in transmitter, not RxBt. With Crossfire, it's RxBt
@@TMacFPV Well I'm an idiot. RxBt (receiver Battery) is the voltage the receiver is getting >4.9V in my case. LOL. Thank you for sending me that other link that helped me realize my main issue is my flight controller is not sending telemetry to my R-XSR. I tried all combinations of serialrx_inverted and serialrx_halfduplex on and off and it doesn't seem to work. I have telemetry enabled in betaflight config tab as well. And I'm running Betflight 4.2.0. I have smartport pin connected to my F4 Flight controllers designated (inverted) SBUS pad. Is this wrong?
Nathan watch the video on FPort through the link I sent you starting at the 2:15 time mark. Pay attention to the requirements for FPort on and F4 flight controller. It needs to be an inverted bi-directional port. Although inverted, I do not believe your SBUS port satisfies the bi-directional requirement. Bottom line is this: trying to get FPort to work on an F4 flight controller requires a "special port" which very few have. Its a better idea to go back to SPort and SBus (just one more wire) with an F4 flight controller.
There is absolutely no need to take your props off if you are only connecting your quad to your computer via USB. Motors will only ever spin if there is a lipo connected, and I can bet my life on this.
Correct Steddie FPV. Encouraging folks to practice good habits so they keep all their fingers. It's very easy to "start" working on quad without LiPo (with props on) thinking you won't need it. Then, you transition to needing/wanting to power quad with LiPo and its a nuisance to take props off. "It's only for a few minutes. "It won't happen to me." Before you know it . . . However, yes, you are indeed correct.
voltage checker alarms dont read acuratly ive had 10 over the years they all read way off i use a quality dmm meter old school meters from the 90s or 2000s are good crafts man chinese ones you buy at harbor frieght dont bother get high end ones pay more than 20 dollars a good one will cost you 200 dont use the cheap battery checkers they say one thing then you plug in the batt to a good checker and youll see what i mean
When was the last time you calibrated? Be honest, now! Ready to get more flight time & save battery life? What was your biggest takeaway from this video? Fly fearlessly!👍😀
You helped me a lot thanks
@@mister-t6890 Sure thing Mister-t!
Nobody has so far described how to accurately set the current sensor Scale and Offset parameters correctly. It can be done, but it requires something like a ToolkitRC M6D, some math, and maybe a 100nF capacitor. That does not mean your method is without value though, but it isn't accurate.
Again, beautifully spoken, described. Wish i had a teacher like you groing up, i had to learn mine from early internet, no teachers, books.
Thankyou
Merry Christmas 🎄RC ADDICT!
And Merry Christmas to all, electronic circuits keep idle minds busy! "And in this age, thats a very cool thing, im so proud to be A NERD
Hi mate, i changed the logic so only when switch is in armed state for voltage.
In sound i have haptic on as with i nav lua widget i have so many alarms haha.
So yes logic is (statement if a(batt is less than 21v AND arm switch is on then haptic feedback, otherwise the amount of haptic was on when programming)
Hope this seems correct to you?
Thanks so much
Man you made this so much easier then other channels trying to over complicate this procedure.
Thanks Jesse! Simple but effective stuff!👍😀
finally my drone little bee isn't hopping like a frog on the ground and is acting like a little bee to bad 300mah isn't long flight time thank you for the help TMac and the time to make the video's and i learned how to calibrate the battery yay!!
This dudes delightful.
Most excellent tutorial!
Thank you!
I've been flying for a few years now and I've just recently decided to dive deeper into more advanced setups of both my transmitter and betaflight. You're a big help. You've earned my subscription. And a like. Clear skies.
Thank you Berg. I very much appreciate your kind words! Happy to help👍😁
Thanks for this! You deserve more subs bud. You always seem to come up with stuff the other (biggger channel) guys don't. And for that I am grateful!
You're quite welcome RC and I appreciate your support. Doin' my best to pass on stuff I know as I'm able. Like to help folks experience the thrill of FPV flight. Keep thinking back to when I first started and what I wish I had known then. Thanks against n for watching and making the time to comment 👍
This is my first time seeing one of your videos idk why it's taken RUclips so long to cross our paths but thank goodness cause this is exactly the info I needed right now lol
Perfect Boogey FPV👌 Better late than never, right?! Happy it's helped. Welcome aboard & stay in touch!👍😁
Great! Now I got something to fiddle about my quads while waiting for this lockdown to end. Keep'em coming, TMac! And, more importantly, stay safe! This thing is far from over yet. Thanks again.
Just tryin' to keep you busy Adriano!😀I'd love to see you calibrate your "Beasts!" You stay safe as well my friend!👍
The 6 people that disliked this video, why? This guy was awesome, straight to the point, great help
Thanks a lot! I really enjoy your videos and will put them into practice soon.
I am following u because you are giving very clear and important information. Thanks for videos 😄
Thank you Fatih, appreciate your support🙏Happy to help
Perfect, now I have the correct voltage reading in my OSD, cheers.
very useful and great information. users do not teach battery settings.
Another great video. As long as neccesary, short as possible an in a very well educational way of teaching.
Very warm greetings from Germany
Thank you S F! I'm happy you found it useful. Greetings to you my friend from the USA👍
Thanks TMac!!
Sure thing
Justdentures!👍Fly fearlessly my friend!🤩
Thanks, TMac
Good information! Definitely want to fly it back home and don't want to ruin the battery by draining it. Very cool having the voltage linked to the transmitter! 👍🏻
Thanks Jason!
Thanks for the video. To keep my VTX from overheating I have "VTX pit mode" enabled on a switch on my T16. There's also a "low power disarm" in the VTX tab in betaflight. I haven't used it but the "on until first arm" option looks promising. Keep the videos coming!
You're quite welcome 1UP FPV and thanks for the tips! "Core temp" of FC gets too high when I'm working either on BF or workbench in addition to VTX (you can see core temp warning on OSD). Fan helps prevent this also
There's also image processing board that can get really hot (ie: DJI FPV system, RunCam Split, Tarsier, etc).. so your fan is your best friend. :)
I gave the thumbs up, just to your intro dude.... made me smile.
Glad you got something out of it!😀
Thank you again
Brilliant!
Thank you so much for this video... It was really helpful
Happy you found it useful Carlos! Fly fearlessly my friend!💪👍
Excellent:) thank you
Yes sir im watching it again I need to know all and refresh my mind thank u again Tmac.
Helpful and clear guide thanks for your video!
Happy to help Joel!😁Let me know how it works for you, ok?
I learned something today! That was very interesting and will be used on my Rattler build. Parts should start arriving soon! Great video thank you.
Outstanding!👍 You're very welcome and I'm looking forward to seeing your Rattler in action!🤩
Thanks for the video! as basic as it is to calibrate voltage and current I have never done it... but thanks to your video I have some tinkering to do this weekend... I also really appreciate the (bonus for audio alerts) I had been wondering how to accomplish that, I have a feeling this will increase my flight times by quite a bit as I rarely run my batteries down to even storage voltage. Stay safe.
Happy to help Keith! Simple and effective steps we all overlook at times. Might as well get the most flight time we can, right?🤩👍
Yoooo this video was excellent. I've tried other ways and they didn't work. I'm going to give this a shot. Thanks!
Thanks Trent! Should work great for you, let me know how it goes!👌
That intro love the punch class....😆😆🤣🤣🤣
Thanks serval FPV, gotta have a little fun!😁
Thanks!
You're quite welcome Kevin!
Very informative and helpful video. Thanks 👍🤓
You're quite welcome John and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!🙏
Amazing video. Very helpful and a need to know. Thank you!
Thanks Darrell. A little "tip" i thought could help some folks - everyone wants to fly longer and save $$$, right?👍
Thanks for the video. I'm running a tiny whoop with a 200mAh 1S lipo, it was showing my draw between 11-13amps. I fully charged my lipo, to 4.2V adjusted the battery Voltage scale in Betaflight until it read the same. Amps at that time said I was using 5A+ draw with nothing connected, but the lipo. After charging my battery I flew lazily around my home for 1 minute. Upon disarming my OSD reported that I had used 530mAh. How the heck is that? As I mentioned, my lipo is a 1S 200mAh. Adjusting scale now.
That was useful! Thank you very much!
You're very welcome nikotttin and thank you for your kind words!😀
I'd like this 10x over if I could. Thank you for such an informative video! I'm surprised I haven't seen videos about this before seeing as this is such necessary info.
You're very welcome Julian and thank you for your kind words. I'm happy you found it useful my friend!👍😀
I think you have to use the basic charge program when observing recharged mAh because balancing puts in extra cycles
Nice video, very helpful. However... I have followed the steps and I get the following:
When I plug my fully charged 4S battery into my quad the voltage used to show 15.6.
I've gone into betaflight and in the power & battery tab change the scale up all the way to 152 and now it ready the battery correctly at 16.8v (while the battery checker is plugged in).
But I've taken one of my other batteries that are in storage mode 14.8v... and checked again... Voltage still shows at 16.8 even though the plugged-in battery checker displays 14.8...
Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong here?
Good information thank you for sharing; I just Subscribed!
I am just wondering how you setup the Black Sabbath's Ironman in your quad? Very interesting and helpful video. Thanks TMac 👍
Hey Luis! pretty cool, right? For that and other tune choices, see Rox Wolf's channel here: ruclips.net/channel/UCXSNkOZTJRTYxLasw243LFw
Yo that's some great detail info
Can you do current meter with Dji goggles?
Good infor Tmac
Hey Fishbonez! Great to hear from you! Where ya' been friend? Gotta go check out your site now!👍
Hi ... congratulations ... I'm Italian ... it's all clear ... just one thing. if I use different batteries, on my quad ... who will be my reference, for example if I have a 0.450mah 4s 16.8v Lipo battery and another 0.450mah 4s 17.4v LiHv battery ... to use both on my microdrone, on the betaflight page ... who do I use as a reference? that LiHv?
Hi, i got a problem i calibrated my battery on betaflight with 1st battery 24.9v. Then when i put my 2nd battery that is 22.5v on my multi meter but the reading on betaflight is 24.67v. Also on OSD the readings are incorrect.
Before that, i got bridge between the two resistoe then removed it then voltage reading is back at betaflight but not accurate.
good video, love your emoji's
Thanks Erik! Have a great weekend 🌞
Is this the reason that my battery just says 0 the moment I put it on my quad? All of a sudden my goggles are not showing how much battery I have left while flying. That of course is not safe and I need to get it fixed.
one of my 6s builds with the speedybee v3 stack over 22 volts the motors oscillate like over voltage right at 22 volts motors run perfect ????????? any ideas i ran out of adjustment in pid ,, faulty gyro or voltage regulator
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Thank you for this! Does this need to be done for each type of battery a quad will use? I have one that can use both 2s and 3s. If if I did this with the 2s battery attached would it only be valid for the 2s and not the 3s?
I would think it would be the same Nathan however I have not tested it myself. My recommendation is to calibrate using the process with a 2S or 3S. then fly the other cell battery 3S or 2S and do the process again to see if it changes much. It will probably change a little (it does that even for the same # of cells batteries). Then you'll know for sure
@@TMacFPV got it. So it’s not necessary to calibrate for every battery then.
How did you configure the current tô be shown? Mine is analog version
In this video, starting at time mark 6:08 (which is in the hyperlinked table if contents in this videos description), I explain how to set it up in OSD. Mine is analog also
What play track are you over wrighting for low lq?
Its a custom sound link I made using the process I describe in this video (which works for any transmitter using OpenTX operating system firmware): ruclips.net/video/RSxD9Th1VDo/видео.html The sound track itself I have made available for you here (but used "TMac" in it so you'd most likely want to make your own--see custom sound video link provided earlier in this comment): drive.google.com/file/d/1Kx1NTGGHtZ_7V94r13PbTKt8HtbInne2/view?usp=sharing You can also use the stock sounds sigcrt or siglow in the sounds folder. You don't have to "overwrite" any sound file to make a custom sound. You can make and save a brand new custom sound without overwriting any of the other ones in the folder
how do you calibrate RXBT telemetry data in Jumper T16? I deleted all sensors and rediscovered them and I'm still getting the incorrect battery voltage reading on my Jumper T16 under RxBT in telemetry screen. I followed steps in this video to calibrate betaflight and I get correct reading in video OSD but not on my transmitter. I tried using "offset" but the reading just froze to the value I adjusted to and wouldn't change.
So you've got battery voltage on OSD by toggling on what exactly in your OSD? You're expecting to see "battery voltage" in your transmitter with the Rxbt value? What receiver are you using?
@@TMacFPV yes i can see the voltage in goggles which i setup through OSD tab in betaflight (current voltage). I'm using R-XSR flashed to latest ACCST F-port firmware. I have smartport pin connected to SBUS designated UART on my Tyro119 FC.
FPort setup video here may help ruclips.net/video/hwJtnkVq274/видео.html Also, if I'm not mistaken, battery voltage on RXSR is VFAS values in transmitter, not RxBt. With Crossfire, it's RxBt
@@TMacFPV Well I'm an idiot. RxBt (receiver Battery) is the voltage the receiver is getting >4.9V in my case. LOL. Thank you for sending me that other link that helped me realize my main issue is my flight controller is not sending telemetry to my R-XSR. I tried all combinations of serialrx_inverted and serialrx_halfduplex on and off and it doesn't seem to work. I have telemetry enabled in betaflight config tab as well. And I'm running Betflight 4.2.0.
I have smartport pin connected to my F4 Flight controllers designated (inverted) SBUS pad. Is this wrong?
Nathan watch the video on FPort through the link I sent you starting at the 2:15 time mark. Pay attention to the requirements for FPort on and F4 flight controller. It needs to be an inverted bi-directional port. Although inverted, I do not believe your SBUS port satisfies the bi-directional requirement. Bottom line is this: trying to get FPort to work on an F4 flight controller requires a "special port" which very few have. Its a better idea to go back to SPort and SBus (just one more wire) with an F4 flight controller.
There is absolutely no need to take your props off if you are only connecting your quad to your computer via USB. Motors will only ever spin if there is a lipo connected, and I can bet my life on this.
Correct Steddie FPV. Encouraging folks to practice good habits so they keep all their fingers. It's very easy to "start" working on quad without LiPo (with props on) thinking you won't need it. Then, you transition to needing/wanting to power quad with LiPo and its a nuisance to take props off. "It's only for a few minutes. "It won't happen to me." Before you know it . . . However, yes, you are indeed correct.
voltage checker alarms dont read acuratly ive had 10 over the years they all read way off i use a quality dmm meter old school meters from the 90s or 2000s are good crafts man chinese ones you buy at harbor frieght dont bother get high end ones pay more than 20 dollars a good one will cost you 200 dont use the cheap battery checkers they say one thing then you plug in the batt to a good checker and youll see what i mean
a few min😂