Align Trex 700 Drone Helicopter with ArduPilot - Build and First Flights

This runs through the basic setup/alignment of an Align T-Rex 700E helicopter and the installation and first test flights using Ardupilot/Ardicopter TradHeli.

[@mahavishnus9191]

This video is really great, continue the good work 👏

[@rraymakers]

interesting, keep this series going please

[@projectrc4978]

This is awesome I’m doing a pretty much the exact same thing just with a 250 size heli. Keep it going!

[@goobisoft4873]

How far u have gone any update will like to see a 250 heli doing auto missions

[@sightline4004]

Please keep this series going.

[@bluecavemen]

He should make another video on mission planner doing it all over again with more details stuff on the software I feel like he cut a lot of good info out that can be useful for people over the years. The website is overwhelming with a lot of ??? With no answers. I love helicopters it's a shame there very little video about calibration software in general. Just a lot information being lost. No one's talking about it

[@mark6302]

that thing is freaking scary

[@bittondb]

I'm working toward building my first helicopter. so for one, thanks for the setup video, and two, do you fly it with the controls the same way you would a quadcopter?

[@brodo78]

Hi David. Yep, once Ardupilot is set up the controls are the same as a multicopter. Without Ardupilot though, e.g. people who do the 3D flying, they are very different beasts to fly!

[@bittondb]

@@brodo78 What mode must AP be in in order to manually move the servos like you do when leveling

[@bittondb]

@@brodo78 did you set up RSC? What about throttle curve? Should I be able to lift off w/ everything at default? The ArduPilot throttle curve video is too old and the params no longer math. thanks.

[@huseynilproqramlasma446]

thanks very much) i have a one more question i hope you can answer to me. i dont know how i can setup my helicopter for position holdor loiter mode

[@Cjargne93]

I had a problem in acro during loops. When armed (or in flight) and you hold the pich up stick, the swash plate became crazy.. I have a video on RUclips. Could you please check this problem? I had left the ardupilot system for this problem...

[@abbarnes5]

Which flight controller did you use?

[@davidjacobs8558]

it says matek h743 wing v2

[@huseynilproqramlasma446]

Hello, I have made a traditional helicopter
pixhawk, ardupilot. and I have done all the calibrations but during flight the helicopter shakes in the air giving excessive vibration.
what could be the reason and how can i solve it.thanks

[@goobisoft4873]

Hi the main source of vibration are ur main and tail rotor and also make sure do good blade tracking on the main rotor and also the autopilot is well islolated from the vibration i use rubber dampners to mount the fc on to the frame

[@IRBry]

they’re no toy you can cut grass with those flying upside down no lie