I was close to selling my almost new Taranis QX7 having not been able to spend enough time learning the set up procedures and wanting more simplicity. 10 minutes watching this video has changed my mind!
Thanks for the refresher! It's easy to become fast familiar with the things that are done often, but the functions that are done infrequently (like this) are not so automatic...! I'm sure to refer to this video a few more times in the future! :)
Just add a number to the slow up and slow down areas in the setting for that switch. I normally slow the flaps down to about one second and that seems to look ok to me...
Hi Lee, What is the name of the servo checker you got there? with th display showing the PWM micros seconds is a VERY nice feature. i just have a servotest to move the servo but it does not show you any values THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR VIDEOS!!!
Thanks, great video. I have a FrSky X10s, what about a video for the use of companion setting up airplanes, switches, telemetry.I am just starting using Open TX :-)
i see you set the center by adjusting the subtrim, coulldn't you do that by changing the 1500 on the right side of the screen or is that for something else?
Thanks for this video 👍 Does this servo range limit test has to be done when they are connected to the surfaces? Because when I check the servos alone they are traveling all the way between 800 & 2200 without buzzing at the end. Thanks
Great video. At last I'm starting to understand everything thanks to all your open TX videos. One thing I didn't quite see was how the servo checker connected. All in series I see but the only BEC I have is within the Esc that I use for the motor. Did you have a different type of bec connected to the servo checker? That servo checker is a great gadget to have, where did you get that one? Cheers again, mick. New Forest.
Hi Lee. I'm very new to all this. I've seen from one of your other videos that the numbers being entered represent micro seconds. I know this must be the pulse width on the servo input. How is the info transmitted by the radio? Presumably it's part of a packet addressed to a particular servo. A bit like the ethernet protocol? I guess the 'bits' in the packet are sent as carrier on/off. I appreciate detail about radio comms would be highly technical but if you find yourself short of things to do (!) then perhaps a video with your wonderful graphics would be helpful, particularly to students doing this sort of thing as part of a project. Cheers. Bob UK. (Edit for my bad typing).
Don't worry, there will be one I just have to wait for the wind, rain, Sleet and snow to stop here in the UK so I can actually get some flying footage!
Hi Lee. I'm having endless trouble binding my FrSky R9 STAB OTA receiver to my new Radiomaster TX16s.Cannot find any protocole settings that work with in Internal RF. What am I missing?? Thanks. Bruce (In lockdown in NZ)
The fail-safe is stored in the receiver when you bind so if you change any of the channel positions you need in the final setup steps then you need to 'teach' the receiver these new positions.. No need for the double questions marks ;).
It's not complex... get the range values of each servo with the tester, write them down & put them in the controller... done. And unless you have the same exact airplane he has with the same servos... I don't see how that would work..
Sure is! I had no idea they even existed. I'm a total newbie with maybe 40-50 hours of RC flight sim time & was trying to get an idea how to set up a kit model that doesn't come with any electronics (well besides servos, so an ARF kit) & this video pretty much laid out the whole process very clearly!
See my video from December where I talked about great ideas for Christmas presents. This was one of the things that I discussed for exactly this reason. Glad you found the video useful, happy flying!
I don't have a DX6 so unfortunately this wouldn't be possible. Some of the older radios that don't show the pwm values will not support this method. I'll probably do a video that might be helpful with the new orange radio, the set-up would be very similar a Spektrum radio..
Hi Lee..Iknow this is an old vid,But i'v got a problem! I'v bought the Avios spitfire..iv created a model in my QX7 as iv done before with my Bixler and Skysword..I.v added flap and gear inputs and all works spot on..But in the Avios i cant get any servo's to move at all..Iv bound the X8R solid green light,I'm stumped😢 any help would be most appreciated 🤔
@@Painless360 I found out what it was Lee..I hadn’t selected the correct path before the binding churps Ch1-8 telem on 🙄 it’s always something simple you just forget about..!thanks again anyway 👍
Question. I am programming a wing. I want to set up switch controlled expo (0, 20, 35). Is it better to set values on INPUT or MIXER pages or is it just personal preference. I've seen it done both places. The wizard provides 50% D/R on the INPUT page, which I want to use.
You can do it in either, both work fine. It's personal preference. Doing it on the Inputs means that it's done once so you get that effect on all the mixes you use with that control.. Can make it easier.. Happy flying!
god i hate computers! I thought I left this comment can't find it need to have differential endpoints on high and low rates ailerons 40 deg up 35 down deflection on high - 15 up and down low also are DR in Inputs or Mixer seem to see 2 ways in your vids thx Lee I always come back to painless and it never hurts- well maybe a little...
I would use a curve for that and have the output on the mixer setup with the different curves to control the throws for the setups you want.. See my video on curves..
@@Painless360 thank you so much and stay safe it's on a Precision Aerobatics AMR V2 yellow biplane. see that didn't hurt so much I have NO IDEA what curves are in for a real learning experience
Your stuff is top notch. Lost my job so can't do patreon right now, but hope you might be interested in doing more complex real world example? Have HK Walrus. 2xAil (ch 1/6), 2xFlp (ch 7/8), Thr (ch 3), Elv (ch 2), and Rud (ch 4). Have set up to do 3 posit Flaps (Sw A), and 3 posit Crow (Sw B) per your vids. Struggling to figure out how to do elev mix based on flap actual position regardless of whether from SwA or Crow Flap override?
You can do this simply by adding the FLAP channel to the elevator in the mix. Just ass another line under the output for the elevator in the mixer and assign it as CHx where 'x' is the output in the mixer you're using for flaps.. i.e. www.dropbox.com/s/e4pwpj9go1swkn9/adding%20one%20extra%20mix.png?dl=0 Hope that makes sense..
@@Painless360 Darn! Never imagined it would be that easy! That's a neat trick. Have to tuck that away for the future too... Really appreciate it. All the best to you.
@@Painless360 Just tried it, and it works perfectly for the flaps. But the crow doesn't engage the mix. For crow, I'm driving the flaps using SF1 mid and low positions to over-ride channel 7 (and 8) with parameters set to -20 and -40 depending on switch postion. This seems to work outside the other logic?
I was flying fixed wing before helis and multorotors and it's a wonderful, very different flying experience. I've had a few mates who got into the hobby as quad pilots who are flying fixed wing now too and loving it.. It's a very pure, serene experience for lost of fixed wing pilots and I find it very relaxing in a way that multirotors are not..
I was close to selling my almost new Taranis QX7 having not been able to spend enough time learning the set up procedures and wanting more simplicity. 10 minutes watching this video has changed my mind!
Dear Lee. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. So I’ve just became a Patreon. Thanks a lot!
Wonderful news! Welcome to the Inner Circle :-)
Painless360 that was the least I could do actually. :-)
Although I consider myself pretty knowledgeable when setting up a plane you always seem to show me new things. Thank you GJ
A tip: watch movies on flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.
@Jabari Terrence Definitely, I've been watching on flixzone} for months myself :)
Nice info Thanks
Awesome work, man. Thanks a lot! 😊
Great video--- again!!! A big thank you!
This is awesome! Love your vids. Thanks
What plane is that? Really useful info thanks
HobbyKing BF109..
Thanks for the refresher! It's easy to become fast familiar with the things that are done often, but the functions that are done infrequently (like this) are not so automatic...! I'm sure to refer to this video a few more times in the future! :)
Thanks for the help, from your videos!
Very helpful video! Really well presented thank you...
I love your videos. Having trouble though setting up my qx7 to arm my quad. Currently going thru the lessons on open tx U.
Exellent job! Thank you for your effort.
Could you do a video on digital servos? What are they? How to use them? Pros cons.
SURPURB IDEA TY !!!
Brilliant, thanks for the video. I need to get a better servo checker.
Great video! Exactly what I’m trying to do this weekend.. my only question is how do you slow the flaps down as you mentioned?
Just add a number to the slow up and slow down areas in the setting for that switch. I normally slow the flaps down to about one second and that seems to look ok to me...
Painless360 excellent, thankyou!
Hi Lee,
What is the name of the servo checker you got there? with th display showing the PWM micros seconds is a VERY nice feature. i just have a servotest to move the servo but it does not show you any values
THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR VIDEOS!!!
It was something form eBay...
@@Painless360 Thanks. i will have a look!
👍👌
Thanks, great video. I have a FrSky X10s, what about a video for the use of companion setting up airplanes, switches, telemetry.I am just starting using Open TX :-)
All covered in the OpenTX mix school playlist. Best of luck!
Really good stuff - never have thought of this!
i see you set the center by adjusting the subtrim, coulldn't you do that by changing the 1500 on the right side of the screen or is that for something else?
Thank you sir
Thanks for this video 👍 Does this servo range limit test has to be done when they are connected to the surfaces? Because when I check the servos alone they are traveling all the way between 800 & 2200 without buzzing at the end. Thanks
Great video. At last I'm starting to understand everything thanks to all your open TX videos. One thing I didn't quite see was how the servo checker connected. All in series I see but the only BEC I have is within the Esc that I use for the motor. Did you have a different type of bec connected to the servo checker? That servo checker is a great gadget to have, where did you get that one? Cheers again, mick. New Forest.
Use a separate BEC to power the servo checker and servos.. best of luck!
Hi Lee. I'm very new to all this. I've seen from one of your other videos that the numbers being entered represent micro seconds. I know this must be the pulse width on the servo input. How is the info transmitted by the radio? Presumably it's part of a packet addressed to a particular servo. A bit like the ethernet protocol? I guess the 'bits' in the packet are sent as carrier on/off. I appreciate detail about radio comms would be highly technical but if you find yourself short of things to do (!) then perhaps a video with your wonderful graphics would be helpful, particularly to students doing this sort of thing as part of a project. Cheers. Bob UK. (Edit for my bad typing).
See my video on how a radio system works in the introduction to remote control playlist. I cover it all in there..
Can we assign a two way switch for servo movement. ???
Yes you can,
Great video P. Iam still waiting for your maiden with ME... Cheers, Pilot Robert
Don't worry, there will be one I just have to wait for the wind, rain, Sleet and snow to stop here in the UK so I can actually get some flying footage!
OK. I was flying it today with skis. It was great and much better then those small wheels. Oh yeah... Be well and see you soon, Robert
Hi Lee. I'm having endless trouble binding my FrSky R9 STAB OTA receiver to my new Radiomaster TX16s.Cannot find any protocole settings that work with in Internal RF. What am I missing?? Thanks. Bruce (In lockdown in NZ)
I've never seen it work. The MPM module will only support 2.4ghz... ruclips.net/video/PPDZg5V6Jhk/видео.html
Went to do this thu Companion as you suggest but on outputs, the servo positions are shown as % not values from tester - is there a way?
Yep. You can convert from percentage to PWM value using a little maths. % = (PWM - 1500)/5 and PWM = (% x 5) + 1500
@@Painless360 Is there a bug in Companion 2.2 I wonder? I can't enter a % value in the Minimum field of Line 1 (was all excited about this new method)
why do you need to re-bind it after setting up the failsafe??
The fail-safe is stored in the receiver when you bind so if you change any of the channel positions you need in the final setup steps then you need to 'teach' the receiver these new positions.. No need for the double questions marks ;).
Painless360 thanks!
Is it possible to download some of these complex setups and install them in my Taranis?
It's not complex... get the range values of each servo with the tester, write them down & put them in the controller... done. And unless you have the same exact airplane he has with the same servos... I don't see how that would work..
That is a nice servo tester.
Sure is! I had no idea they even existed. I'm a total newbie with maybe 40-50 hours of RC flight sim time & was trying to get an idea how to set up a kit model that doesn't come with any electronics (well besides servos, so an ARF kit) & this video pretty much laid out the whole process very clearly!
See my video from December where I talked about great ideas for Christmas presents. This was one of the things that I discussed for exactly this reason. Glad you found the video useful, happy flying!
don't use a teranis TX i use a spektum dx 6 could you do a plane set up on the dx6 that would be very helpful
I don't have a DX6 so unfortunately this wouldn't be possible. Some of the older radios that don't show the pwm values will not support this method. I'll probably do a video that might be helpful with the new orange radio, the set-up would be very similar a Spektrum radio..
thank you that will be very helpful
Hi Lee..Iknow this is an old vid,But i'v got a problem! I'v bought the Avios spitfire..iv created a model in my QX7 as iv done before with my Bixler and Skysword..I.v added flap and gear inputs and all works spot on..But in the Avios i cant get any servo's to move at all..Iv bound the X8R solid green light,I'm stumped😢 any help would be most appreciated 🤔
It sounds odd that no servos are moving. You have the servos connected the right way into the RX? I've done that before now!
@@Painless360 I found out what it was Lee..I hadn’t selected the correct path before the binding churps Ch1-8 telem on 🙄 it’s always something simple you just forget about..!thanks again anyway 👍
This transmitter can use for big rc airbus ?
(Please reply )
I don't fly things like that here. Lots of pilots use closed source radios (Futaba etc.) for the bigger stuff..
What is the battery eliminator circuit and are these available to buy if yes where from please
EBay. Search for ‘5v 3a BEC’.. see my ‘introduction to remote control’ playlist for lots of the basics covered..
On lua I can't revers aileron servo. The field doesn't populate. Any help please.
What troubleshooting have you already done?
Question. I am programming a wing. I want to set up switch controlled expo (0, 20, 35). Is it better to set values on INPUT or MIXER pages or is it just personal preference. I've seen it done both places. The wizard provides 50% D/R on the INPUT page, which I want to use.
You can do it in either, both work fine. It's personal preference. Doing it on the Inputs means that it's done once so you get that effect on all the mixes you use with that control.. Can make it easier.. Happy flying!
@@Painless360 Got it. Thank you.
god i hate computers!
I thought I left this comment can't find it
need to have differential endpoints on high and low rates
ailerons 40 deg up 35 down deflection on high - 15 up and down low
also are DR in Inputs or Mixer seem to see 2 ways in your vids
thx Lee I always come back to painless and it never hurts- well maybe a little...
I would use a curve for that and have the output on the mixer setup with the different curves to control the throws for the setups you want.. See my video on curves..
@@Painless360 thank you so much and stay safe
it's on a Precision Aerobatics AMR V2 yellow biplane.
see that didn't hurt so much I have NO IDEA what curves are in for a real learning experience
Your stuff is top notch. Lost my job so can't do patreon right now, but hope you might be interested in doing more complex real world example? Have HK Walrus. 2xAil (ch 1/6), 2xFlp (ch 7/8), Thr (ch 3), Elv (ch 2), and Rud (ch 4). Have set up to do 3 posit Flaps (Sw A), and 3 posit Crow (Sw B) per your vids. Struggling to figure out how to do elev mix based on flap actual position regardless of whether from SwA or Crow Flap override?
You can do this simply by adding the FLAP channel to the elevator in the mix. Just ass another line under the output for the elevator in the mixer and assign it as CHx where 'x' is the output in the mixer you're using for flaps.. i.e. www.dropbox.com/s/e4pwpj9go1swkn9/adding%20one%20extra%20mix.png?dl=0 Hope that makes sense..
@@Painless360 Darn! Never imagined it would be that easy! That's a neat trick. Have to tuck that away for the future too... Really appreciate it. All the best to you.
@@Painless360 Just tried it, and it works perfectly for the flaps. But the crow doesn't engage the mix. For crow, I'm driving the flaps using SF1 mid and low positions to over-ride channel 7 (and 8) with parameters set to -20 and -40 depending on switch postion. This seems to work outside the other logic?
Trying to get more ppl into fixed wings I see.. 👍🏻
I was flying fixed wing before helis and multorotors and it's a wonderful, very different flying experience. I've had a few mates who got into the hobby as quad pilots who are flying fixed wing now too and loving it.. It's a very pure, serene experience for lost of fixed wing pilots and I find it very relaxing in a way that multirotors are not..
All this just to setup an plane bummer
Please see my simple plane setup video if this is overwhelming for you. Best of luck