I just got the flysky fs i6 and i got a 7.2 battery by accident. Can i use that size battery with this set-up, can I run it through the escrow to power everything?
G’day mate ,do you have any experience using Ardupilot ? I’m trying to connect my Rc to my Fc Orange cube plus and I can not succeed, any advice or suggestions ?
Hello Does anyone know how to change the I-BUS Channel output? My problem is that when I use the FS-I6X Sender as Trainer I cannot use Channel 1 because the channel output is mixed with I-bus Output
I'm having trouble with my emitter talking to my flight controller. It is a speedybee f405 F4 and i have the flysky fs-i6 and the fs-ia6b. it wont show up in bataflight as working. It is set to rx 2 on the port and soldered to rx2 it is in serial mode with ibus selected. basically i dont get the colored bars and the buttons don't work. I did flash the flight controller and the esc's with bluejay. do you have any idea where i can look to fix this? thanks
Hi there great video, many of your videos are very informative, 👍🏼 i have bought a FS2A 4CH AFHDS 2A Mini receiver and I’m building a 3 inch drone just to learn in for now. I’ve been told I cannot use this receiver at all for a drone build, can you help me with letting me know if this is true? Can I use this receiver for a drone build? Appreciate any help. Thank you
Hi there. Please how many transmitters can I pair with one receiver? E.g.: FS-iA6B? I have more Flysky transmitters (with tje same protocol) and I would like to be able to use one or another tx to fly with the plane. No such info in manual :( Thx for answer.
The manual says it's compatible so it should bind like any others. Jumper the bind pin, add power, hold your bind button on your TX and power on. Looking at a quick photo of one, the bind pins are labelled on Channel 3 on that one.
Ok so my question is on a Flysky FS-i6S will any fly sky receiver work with AFHDS i’m mainly looking for a 5 inch drone or some smaller ones that has xt60 plugs
Hi. I own a FS-i6 transmitter and FS-iA6B for my DF95 racing sailboat. I want to add a FS-IBG01 GPS sensor to the system. Can I do this directly, or do I need a whole new transmitter/receiver system?
Hi there. This is 2nd time trying to use the IA6B receiver and can not get it to work with FS-I6 xmitter. Always used IA6 rec'r. Did you do something special? Joe
Hi, my best compliments about video...so I have a question for you I have necessity to invert the channels in "stick mode". Menu offer "mode 4" but i need to invert the position (CH1 with CH3) and (CH4 with CH2) what I can do it?? can I invert the cable inside or what? I hope to explained well. Thanks for your answer! ;-)
I had that transmitter in my first plane, it kept loosing signal after about a two minute time frame and distance, yanked it out of my plane and bought a used spektrum and haven't had a problem.
All electronics systems can have failures. The failure rate with this protocol and radio has proved to be remarkably low - similar to Spektrum. The normal range possible can be seen by Googling up the test video by iforce2d in New Zealand. Bang for buck the simple little Flysky FS-i6x transmitter makes the over-priced Spektrum gear look laughable. For those who require a far more competent radio most folks who aren't already trapped in the financial clutches of E-flite/Spektrum would chose a Multi Protocol OpenTX/EdgeTX/ELRS radio like the Radiomaster TX16SMk2. With the latest firmware they are equivalent in capabilities to the most expensive Spektrum radios - at an order of magnitude lower cost! Plus they can run about 100 different protocols (including all the Spektrum Gear) on the same radio.
I loved your video! I always wanted to see how to link a 2-hand control in an rc car (is it possible to connect this transmitter and its receiver with any helicopter from amainhobbies, horizon hobby, rc mart? (or any helicopter that is not from aliexpress or banggood) ?) great contribution is a genius😊😊
I wouldn't use PWM. It is being phased out, which makes support less available over time. I highly recommend using more updated components that use IBUS/PPM to be compatible with the fsi6x.
@@TheWayneStevenson Sorry mate, but that is pure BS! The iA6B receiver can output PWM, PPM, i-Bus AND S-bus provided that the transmitter you are using can be set to transmit any or all of them. For instance the stock FS-i6 transmitter CANNOT be set to transmit S-bus but the FS-i6X and FS-i6S both can. Your channel would grow more quickly if you put your time into researching the information better and got rid of the dumb theatrics.
I am looking for some help. I recently purchased a DarwinFPV baby ape pro v2 and along with it a FLI-14+ Reciever. I have successfully binded my Flysky I6 to receiver however, in betaflight there appears to be no transmitter input. Betaflight in configured for Ibus and so is the transmitter. I have tried with the drone plugged into a battery and without. My only other thought was that the firmware on my Tx is old. (2015?) old. Regardless i still cant get betaflight to recognize transmitter input. If you have any idea that would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Alec I just dug up my Larva x drone for a 2nd life and my old FS-i6. I found a FLI-14+ and had no problem binding it in Betaflight but no transmitter stick input. Same as you... any luck yet?
@@sheeplehurder1449 I previously had my signal wire from my receiver soldiered to the sbus pad on my flight controller. I had to move it to the RX 1 pad instead. So the combo that worked was Rx1, ground, 5 v
@@TheWayneStevenson Sorry Wayne, I didn't mean for that to sound so negative. It was just a question. Wasn't sure if you were still checking the videos. I'm not on Reddit. I limit my exposure to social media because of my job. I think you would like the build I'm doing. 2 Independent head-tracking gimbals with 2 cameras on each, via camera switcher. I'm also incorporating a 3rd up-facing cam that each can access when needed. I'd down to setting up, mixing and configuring the 4 servos we need. I'm thinking I'll use a second VTX and receiver for the second headset setup. This is the topic I'd like some advice on if you have any thoughts on how to set that up, or if you have a link that explains the concepts.
The FS-iA6b and the FS-iA10b are identical with the exception that the 6 has 6 PWM channels and the 10 has 10. Which I believe I explained earlier in the video. Possibly not. Everything is the same in terms of powering, configuration, and using PPM connection or iBus. If you're using an older flight controller or a plane / helicopter with servos then you would use PWM channels instead.
Since no one else seems to understand why or what to do.. my FS i6x has the worst servo resolution/frame rate i have every experienced. I get it.. it’s a $60 transmitter, but what can be done? I recently updated to there “version 2022” from their website to update the firmware. But still the same. Massive delay.. and having to use 100% expo on all channels to even fly my EDF’s with some sort of confidence.
It's a bit of a confusing question since servos do not have a resolution or frame rate. They would also have nothing to do with video related issues. If you are having issues with your video, be sure you are using compatible products. It sounds like you may have a VTX that isn't playing well with your Headset. Be sure you are on the right channel and not just very close to the frequency. It's cheaper to buy a new VTX than a new headset.
the only thing good about Flysky is how cheap they are, but really cheap and crappy transmitters are not the way to go in this hobby if you are really into this hobby. just give those crappy remotes away to a newbie
I've never had issue with their quality. One of them I've logged hundreds of sim hours on without a hitch. Their receivers too. Though last year I switched over to the TX16S and while it did feel different can't say I utilized any features that the FS-i6 with the channel mod couldn't do. The FS-i6X doesn't require the firmware mod. This year I switched over to the Jumper T Pro to go ELRS. Very happy with that! Have a transmitter module for my TX16S but likely not going to use it much going forward.
There's always some "expert"/"I've been flying RC for 150 years" know-it-all who is ready to advise any kid that wants to try the hobby that they just have to have a $2000 transmitter and 1/2 scale plane to start with. 🙄 The truth is that there are any number of REAL hobbyists who have long experience in flying all types from 2m gliders to 400mm DIY foam board bashers who never use anything more than these "cheap and crappy transmitters"! A flasher transmitter like the TX16S or Newer Spektrum is nice (if you can afford it and have a use for the extensive extra features) but generally WON'T steer your UAV around the sky any better than these. THAT'S down to the skill of the operator behind the sticks. 😉 The only 2 legitimate cons against these are that they ARE hard on the dry-cell batteries (do a LiPo mod) and they only have 3 mixes available to use in setting up your plane.
Absolutely. There are "better" transmitters out there with more features, but I would argue that they're just bloated and most people have no need for them at all. Granted this video is a couple years old. I re-released it without some excruciatingly load intro music, my argument is still the same. These transmitters are still great!!! I have owned a TX16S for a couple years now and my needs as far as a transmitter go, haven't changed from when I was flying with my Flysky. With the OpenTX that it came with, and EdgeTX that I loaded last season, it's more feature packed than I know what to do with. And I have to be honest that that only reason I purchased it is because I wanted some skin in the game when I came to the defense of the FS-i6. Because as so many people pointed out that I didn't know what I was missing. So I decided to find out. And my view hasn't changed. These still perform, and will handle the needs of most people. I did make the switch to ELRS last season, so I had to move away from Flysky as it isn't supported and modding the FS-i6 with an ELRS transmitter was more effort than I was willing to put in. I also moved to the Jumper T Pro as I found my TX16S to just be unnecessarily large for my needs. But love the EdgeTX firmware on it. It's great. I'm slowly moving all my drones over to ELRS. Usually when they crash and need repairs. I think I only have a couple left that are still on Flysky.
@@TheWayneStevenson 🙂 Sounds the same story as our Old Farts group. Most have a TX16S, a couple on EdgeTX, 1 TX12Mk2 on ELRS, 1 remnant Spektrum, but still using 4 FS radios for the older foamies. They're easier to heft! 😉👍👍
You know what they say about opinions. Here's some facts. I have owned my Flysky fsi6 for 4 years. I have about 1000 hours of use on it. Currently I am flying 15 RC airplanes with it. It's easy to program and I resolved the battery replacement issue by buying four 1.5 volt 3000 mah rechargeable AA batteries for about $20 on Amazon. Best of all their 6 channel receivers are only about $15. For about $50 this is a great radio!
I am in the middle of a rather large build for a Search and Rescue Quad. I would like to reach you for some advice on using the Servos. Do you have an email we can use to contact you directly?
I just got the flysky fs i6 and i got a 7.2 battery by accident. Can i use that size battery with this set-up, can I run it through the escrow to power everything?
Tks 4 ur Time an Concern for Fellow RC'ers. I've a Flysky6i learning it slowly tks for the flysky videos
Thanks bro I really appreciate your videos
I want to use it for my RC car which receiver do you recommend i have the FLYSKY FS-i6X 10CH
G’day mate ,do you have any experience using Ardupilot ? I’m trying to connect my Rc to my Fc Orange cube plus and I can not succeed, any advice or suggestions ?
Wow I haven’t heard of those radios in forever 😮
Is it possible to bind a flysky fsi6 x to a Wltoys receiver? Is the " x" radio the worst of them ?
Hello Does anyone know how to change the I-BUS Channel output? My problem is that when I use the FS-I6X Sender as Trainer I cannot use Channel 1 because the channel output is mixed with I-bus Output
Glad I saw this before buying. New sub from me.
I'm having trouble with my emitter talking to my flight controller. It is a speedybee f405 F4 and i have the flysky fs-i6 and the fs-ia6b. it wont show up in bataflight as working. It is set to rx 2 on the port and soldered to rx2 it is in serial mode with ibus selected. basically i dont get the colored bars and the buttons don't work. I did flash the flight controller and the esc's with bluejay. do you have any idea where i can look to fix this? thanks
Hi there great video, many of your videos are very informative, 👍🏼 i have bought a FS2A 4CH AFHDS 2A Mini receiver and I’m building a 3 inch drone just to learn in for now. I’ve been told I cannot use this receiver at all for a drone build, can you help me with letting me know if this is true? Can I use this receiver for a drone build?
Appreciate any help. Thank you
Please Sir tell me how to increase the PPM signal from 8 to 10 in the FlySky-i6x transmitter?🙏🙏
flash it with opentx
@@8bitchiptune420 okay thank you Sir
Hi there. Please how many transmitters can I pair with one receiver? E.g.: FS-iA6B?
I have more Flysky transmitters (with tje same protocol) and I would like to be able to use one or another tx to fly with the plane.
No such info in manual :(
Thx for answer.
How can I get fs-gr3e to bind to fs-i6x?
I have changed to afhds in the menu but still doesn't work :(
The manual says it's compatible so it should bind like any others. Jumper the bind pin, add power, hold your bind button on your TX and power on.
Looking at a quick photo of one, the bind pins are labelled on Channel 3 on that one.
I'll give it another try thank you
Does the i6s have the option for student/teacher? I see it for the i6...
Ok so my question is on a Flysky FS-i6S will any fly sky receiver work with AFHDS i’m mainly looking for a 5 inch drone or some smaller ones that has xt60 plugs
THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY HELPFUL RECORDING. Regards.
New subscriber!! Hey Can this radio fly FMS and Horizon models? Do i have to change out recievers or something?
Hi. I own a FS-i6 transmitter and FS-iA6B for my DF95 racing sailboat. I want to add a FS-IBG01 GPS sensor to the system. Can I do this directly, or do I need a whole new transmitter/receiver system?
Hi there. This is 2nd time trying to use the IA6B receiver and can not get it to work with FS-I6 xmitter. Always used IA6 rec'r. Did you do something special? Joe
Hi, my best compliments about video...so I have a question for you I have necessity to invert the channels in "stick mode". Menu offer "mode 4" but i need to invert the position (CH1 with CH3) and (CH4 with CH2) what I can do it?? can I invert the cable inside or what? I hope to explained well. Thanks for your answer! ;-)
Are you using PWM?
Does the i6x support the h1-v2 for fly wing 200 GPS and acrobatics
I had that transmitter in my first plane, it kept loosing signal after about a two minute time frame and distance, yanked it out of my plane and bought a used spektrum and haven't had a problem.
All electronics systems can have failures. The failure rate with this protocol and radio has proved to be remarkably low - similar to Spektrum. The normal range possible can be seen by Googling up the test video by iforce2d in New Zealand. Bang for buck the simple little Flysky FS-i6x transmitter makes the over-priced Spektrum gear look laughable. For those who require a far more competent radio most folks who aren't already trapped in the financial clutches of E-flite/Spektrum would chose a Multi Protocol OpenTX/EdgeTX/ELRS radio like the Radiomaster TX16SMk2. With the latest firmware they are equivalent in capabilities to the most expensive Spektrum radios - at an order of magnitude lower cost! Plus they can run about 100 different protocols (including all the Spektrum Gear) on the same radio.
I loved your video! I always wanted to see how to link a 2-hand control in an rc car (is it possible to connect this transmitter and its receiver with any helicopter from amainhobbies, horizon hobby, rc mart? (or any helicopter that is not from aliexpress or banggood) ?) great contribution is a genius😊😊
Thank you I learned a lot
Thanks, very hepfull !
Glad it helped. Happy flying!!!
Imnew to this all i have flysky fsi6x and a kopilot lite how do i hook up to kopilot with pwm. Do i need extra parts?
I wouldn't use PWM. It is being phased out, which makes support less available over time. I highly recommend using more updated components that use IBUS/PPM to be compatible with the fsi6x.
@pepper8048 im going too i just got this and didnt know anything. Im going to use sbus or ibus next
14:00, videos great btw, also ignore the timestamp it's to come back to this point later
Where download driver for SM100 cable cant recognized my PC win 10 pro and FS-i6
Good afternoon, can you teach me how to connect transmitter to a drone , ehang ghost drone 1.0 im from Philippines
What do I set my i6x receiver to. Pwp or ppm and I bus or s bus ?????
PPM and iBus typically.
Does the ia6b support s bus?
No, it only supports PWM and iBus. However, flight controllers should all support iBus as they run on regular UARTS.
@@TheWayneStevenson Sorry mate, but that is pure BS! The iA6B receiver can output PWM, PPM, i-Bus AND S-bus provided that the transmitter you are using can be set to transmit any or all of them. For instance the stock FS-i6 transmitter CANNOT be set to transmit S-bus but the FS-i6X and FS-i6S both can.
Your channel would grow more quickly if you put your time into researching the information better and got rid of the dumb theatrics.
Has anyone worked out how to use the fs-i6 for headtracking?
Different betaflight config screen for current betaflight.
I am looking for some help. I recently purchased a DarwinFPV baby ape pro v2 and along with it a FLI-14+ Reciever. I have successfully binded my Flysky I6 to receiver however, in betaflight there appears to be no transmitter input. Betaflight in configured for Ibus and so is the transmitter. I have tried with the drone plugged into a battery and without. My only other thought was that the firmware on my Tx is old. (2015?) old. Regardless i still cant get betaflight to recognize transmitter input. If you have any idea that would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Alec I just dug up my Larva x drone for a 2nd life and my old FS-i6. I found a FLI-14+ and had no problem binding it in Betaflight but no transmitter stick input. Same as you... any luck yet?
@@sheeplehurder1449 I previously had my signal wire from my receiver soldiered to the sbus pad on my flight controller. I had to move it to the RX 1 pad instead. So the combo that worked was Rx1, ground, 5 v
New sub hope to see more vids
What about the truck semi
Why don’t you reply when someone asks a question? Did you leave the channel? I thought you might be able to help understand a couple of things.
Sorry I missed that. Are you on Reddit? Reach out to me there. WayneStevenson
@@TheWayneStevenson Sorry Wayne, I didn't mean for that to sound so negative. It was just a question. Wasn't sure if you were still checking the videos. I'm not on Reddit. I limit my exposure to social media because of my job. I think you would like the build I'm doing. 2 Independent head-tracking gimbals with 2 cameras on each, via camera switcher. I'm also incorporating a 3rd up-facing cam that each can access when needed. I'd down to setting up, mixing and configuring the 4 servos we need. I'm thinking I'll use a second VTX and receiver for the second headset setup. This is the topic I'd like some advice on if you have any thoughts on how to set that up, or if you have a link that explains the concepts.
@@pepper8048 Fire me an e-mail: wayne.stevenson@brokenaperture.com
Why do you start by yelling at people to watch the Effen video? What do you think we are doing! Pulling wires?
Does the FS-i6 have a stability gyro mode?
Pwm has its uses
You completely lost me at 2o mins with swapping receivers and disjointed info- sorry but up until then all was good.
The FS-iA6b and the FS-iA10b are identical with the exception that the 6 has 6 PWM channels and the 10 has 10. Which I believe I explained earlier in the video. Possibly not. Everything is the same in terms of powering, configuration, and using PPM connection or iBus. If you're using an older flight controller or a plane / helicopter with servos then you would use PWM channels instead.
Wayner!
Kyle!!! 😉
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Since no one else seems to understand why or what to do.. my FS i6x has the worst servo resolution/frame rate i have every experienced. I get it.. it’s a $60 transmitter, but what can be done? I recently updated to there “version 2022” from their website to update the firmware. But still the same. Massive delay.. and having to use 100% expo on all channels to even fly my EDF’s with some sort of confidence.
It's a bit of a confusing question since servos do not have a resolution or frame rate. They would also have nothing to do with video related issues. If you are having issues with your video, be sure you are using compatible products. It sounds like you may have a VTX that isn't playing well with your Headset. Be sure you are on the right channel and not just very close to the frequency. It's cheaper to buy a new VTX than a new headset.
I don’t have 30 min. Cut to it mang.
That's why they put instruction manuals in the box. 😉
the only thing good about Flysky is how cheap they are, but really cheap and crappy transmitters are not the way to go in this hobby if you are really into this hobby. just give those crappy remotes away to a newbie
I've never had issue with their quality. One of them I've logged hundreds of sim hours on without a hitch. Their receivers too. Though last year I switched over to the TX16S and while it did feel different can't say I utilized any features that the FS-i6 with the channel mod couldn't do. The FS-i6X doesn't require the firmware mod. This year I switched over to the Jumper T Pro to go ELRS. Very happy with that! Have a transmitter module for my TX16S but likely not going to use it much going forward.
There's always some "expert"/"I've been flying RC for 150 years" know-it-all who is ready to advise any kid that wants to try the hobby that they just have to have a $2000 transmitter and 1/2 scale plane to start with. 🙄
The truth is that there are any number of REAL hobbyists who have long experience in flying all types from 2m gliders to 400mm DIY foam board bashers who never use anything more than these "cheap and crappy transmitters"!
A flasher transmitter like the TX16S or Newer Spektrum is nice (if you can afford it and have a use for the extensive extra features) but generally WON'T steer your UAV around the sky any better than these. THAT'S down to the skill of the operator behind the sticks. 😉
The only 2 legitimate cons against these are that they ARE hard on the dry-cell batteries (do a LiPo mod) and they only have 3 mixes available to use in setting up your plane.
Absolutely. There are "better" transmitters out there with more features, but I would argue that they're just bloated and most people have no need for them at all. Granted this video is a couple years old. I re-released it without some excruciatingly load intro music, my argument is still the same. These transmitters are still great!!! I have owned a TX16S for a couple years now and my needs as far as a transmitter go, haven't changed from when I was flying with my Flysky. With the OpenTX that it came with, and EdgeTX that I loaded last season, it's more feature packed than I know what to do with.
And I have to be honest that that only reason I purchased it is because I wanted some skin in the game when I came to the defense of the FS-i6. Because as so many people pointed out that I didn't know what I was missing. So I decided to find out. And my view hasn't changed. These still perform, and will handle the needs of most people.
I did make the switch to ELRS last season, so I had to move away from Flysky as it isn't supported and modding the FS-i6 with an ELRS transmitter was more effort than I was willing to put in.
I also moved to the Jumper T Pro as I found my TX16S to just be unnecessarily large for my needs. But love the EdgeTX firmware on it. It's great. I'm slowly moving all my drones over to ELRS. Usually when they crash and need repairs. I think I only have a couple left that are still on Flysky.
@@TheWayneStevenson 🙂 Sounds the same story as our Old Farts group. Most have a TX16S, a couple on EdgeTX, 1 TX12Mk2 on ELRS, 1 remnant Spektrum, but still using 4 FS radios for the older foamies. They're easier to heft! 😉👍👍
You know what they say about opinions. Here's some facts. I have owned my Flysky fsi6 for 4 years. I have about 1000 hours of use on it. Currently I am flying 15 RC airplanes with it. It's easy to program and I resolved the battery replacement issue by buying four 1.5 volt 3000 mah rechargeable AA batteries for about $20 on Amazon. Best of all their 6 channel receivers are only about $15. For about $50 this is a great radio!
Brother, I don't need to watch you pop your fucking collar twice. I'm here to see if the $60 amazon TX is worth the money. Fucking get on with it.
Lol. If you couldn't tell it's worth the money by the amount of TXs hanging around my neck there's not enough collar pops in the world to help you. 🤣
@@TheWayneStevensonye this man doesn’t get your humor is supposed to be serious but also funny
@@Ciuit
No, it is annoying.
@@SpaceDad42 shut up
I am in the middle of a rather large build for a Search and Rescue Quad. I would like to reach you for some advice on using the Servos. Do you have an email we can use to contact you directly?
Can any of these 3 transmitters bind to xk a800 glider?
It will