Wish I saw this a few days ago, just finished building my T1 with same fc as well. Great video, best one out there for sure and an awesome edit. Well done you and thanks !

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

You should have read my mind and waited 😂 Kudos to you though for managing to do the build without a clear guide, it was certainly a challenging one

Thank you so much for a step by step. Some others just show you final results lots of steps thats next to impossible to figure out . Totally awesome work sir.

I love how many people I see doing this. I've never been able to catch the beginning of something this early; I made mine earlier this year.

Always good built video.Thanks

Great Job, and Thank you for the info and flight.

Very detailed teaching, you helped me a lot!

really fantastic again your video.. and with VTOL ! I own an X450...

Very enjoyable and formative video

wonderful job, thank you for sharing :)

awesome video, very helping, thanks for sharing...❤❤❤

Thank you! I thought how I can understand what I should doing with Arfupilot! But you explaine very detail in yilour video! Great!

Great stuff! I’ve been waiting for this! #1 Spring ‘23 outdoor project loading, God willing 😊

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Do it! :D

Great video, Heewing T1 still in wrapped box and thinking of this conversion and following your instructions, as already stated best intuitive video to date start to end, thanks.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Do it. Hopefully with my tutorial it won't be too hard to do, and it's a lot of fun to fly :)

Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

The perfect Build. Thanks for sharing. I am glad to see you working with Ardupilot. I hope you will like it ;)

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

It's been a long time coming. Over last few years I've been toying with the idea of doing a ardupilot build, but kept getting scared off lol. Glad to have finally done one

Well done, you covered a lot of information!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou. I tried to cover literally everything lol

Hermano te amo, gracias!.

Great tutorial, many thanks! Guess what I’m buying myself for Christmas!!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

haha do it!

Great job

Nice build 👏👏👏👏👏

Спасибо большое за проделанную работу.

This is sick

Full thortle bro. Nice video 🙏❤️

This is almost exactly the video I needed to take the plunge into Ardupilote. Are you planning to make a video for setting up an HD transmission of the video?

Excellent job. 💯

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

perfect timing, ive had mine on the bench got so far with the windfpv guide, but was hoping for a guide with the official vtol kit, its here... thanks fella!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Windfpv's guide was definitely a godsend. Didn't cover all the steps, but covered enough to help me get started. Ardupilot is hard when you're new to it lol

@kool-k-kel

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv the only thing i thought was transitioning to stablelized can create issues? the vtol group recommend qloiter/qstabalize to fbwa? your thoughts?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@kool-k-kel I haven't really read much on the VTOL group, but I haven't had any issues myself using stabilized mode. It's worked perfect every time. I do plane to try FBWA mode soon though

@kool-k-kel

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv be careful tho i think fbwa limits angle, might need autotune to tune response. just what i picked up from the vtol group

I've hopped between this video, and Painless360's Ranger VTOL playlist *_Exactly 253.7 times._* Wipes the iron clean for the last time, gathers every single loose part, screw, 11 feet of colored Matek servo pins, and damnit! _forgot to install the aileron pushrods, one sec... where was I?_ Thanks to you, Lee, the night janitor at HeeWing that writes the occasional manual, and the Arudupilot developers onboard since I first used (almost the *exact same* GUI) in 2013, I'm ready. The plane, tricopter thing I've neglected my wife and skipped a day of work for is finally ready to maiden. Let me just fit one of my 4S 1550 quad batteries in here before the sun goes down... Gawds Dang it! ... _because _*_of course_*_ a 1550 is too big. Mother...!_ yeah anyways thanks you've helped so much im happier than ever we pay money for this fuggit guess ill put the stupid stickers on. Stupid 1550. And the stupid dark and all your stupid.... darkness

Nice work, but I do like using RTL option 3. So the plane will automatically pick the transition point, to minimize quad configuration flying distance in a rtl failsafe.

I just completed the last step (170 steps, what a project!). THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING! WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU DID MAKING THIS, SO DETAILED, SO THOROUGH! THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I have one more question please: What were your initial settings for the servo pushrods? Right now I have for the Ailerons, Servo Arm all the way out, Clevis Horn Second hole from top; for the Elevator, Servo Arm all the way out, Clevis Horn all the way out.

Pretty fantastic work, dude! 😃 But it's also a massive work! 😬 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

For sure. This was easily the most complex project and video I've done to date!

Very tidy install as usual....Works good too....🤔😳😏🇬🇧

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Cheers man. Always endeavour to keep my builds clean. Can't be dealing with a rat's nest of wires 😂

Excellent walkthrough, this is my 1st Arduplane build, definitely not as easy as Inav. Now I just need to go out and try it tomorrow, if the rain and wind holds off. Just 1 thing, how do I have a second FPV camera. Which parameter do I change?

Hi love this video man just got my t1 set up with your help but my cf reciver is not working on the Rx and Tx port serial 6 for some reason can you tell me how come please but it is working first time on serial 5 thanks for your help

very nice and detailed tutorial it covered everything. hope you sure the 3d printed parts soon. Thanks

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I'll be doing the 3d print files later today :)

@nicolashectornolascojr8678

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv thank you...i will hold for a while my build ill wait for the ed printed files especially the fc holder. Ill always admire your work its neat and clean.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolashectornolascojr8678 The link to the 3d printed parts is now in the description :)

@nicolashectornolascojr8678

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv thanks a lot👏👏👏

dude, great video. You can share the settings with the FC, I would like to install dji air unit. Thanks for the help.

the esc calibration part, which I didn't understand, was it done only by blheli? I have the litleebee favorite 30A esc and I am not able to calibrate it, could you help ??

why do you use Heatsink in the second version, and not as in the first printed round plate? which cooling method is better?

Are you planning to make a tutorial video on iNav 7.0 and do you still need to put servo backward with 1-2mm clearance on iNav?

Hello, nice work. It's possible to do the same thing with speedybee flight controller?

Thanks!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

No prob :)

ok, thanku for all explanantion, however..this is thumb up...very cool...maybe i'll be save my money for build that vtol for mapping my village.....👌

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Let me know if you do this. Would love to see a video :)

Thank you so much! Are you planning on doing one for the xiake 800 as well?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Nah man. I don't approve of the Xiake, seeing that Jumper stole the design. I won't support a company that does that

Im currently making a 3d printed vtol kit for the cheap large glider wings based off this will be available on thingiverse soon its pretty much a a10 warthog version of this with the tail boom and vtol instead of twin edf im using my old x450 for the donor will be done in a week or so will call it vtol warthog if you want to search it at a later date its about 250 grams

is there any way to buy these three d printed parts thanks steve

Great tutorial, could you post your Matek F405 VTOL Ardupilot param file?

Awesome video, and just in time for my current build. I'm a big fan of your channel, thanks for all your content! For this specific build I am curious why you chose to put the GPS on the 3d printed mount and not in what I think is the designate area (the hole with a plastic cover at the back of the fuselage).

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, hope the video helps 😊 The reason I've located the GPS above the FC, is because the VTX antenna is going through the hole at the back of the fuselage. If I put the GPS in that designinated area, there would be nowhere for the VTX antenna. There is method in my madness lol. I tried a lot of different configurations before settling on this design, but as you can see it works flawlessly 😊 Oh and incase you're wondering the reason why I didn't put the GPS in the compartment above the nose, is because I'm going to be mounting a HD camera there eventually

@JulienStoeffler

Жыл бұрын

​@@gizfpv I see, thanks for answering. Yes, I realize there is method in your art :) And the video is definitely helpful, I hope to maiden mine soon!

Hello! I assembled a VTOL plane using your video, everything works. But it behaves badly in invert, tell me how to set it up?

Bravo

Hello! I am getting an error at plan that say: Prearm: Motors: no SERVOx_FUNCTION set to Motor4 Arm: Pitch (RC2) is not neutral Arm: Yaw (RC4) is not neutral What might be the problem??

nice

Right, this is now my next project, all stuff now ordered!!! 🤣😂

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Good luck! Hope this guide helps :)

@rajbains1525

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Just waiting for a new fuselage as when I first got mine and clipped in the wings one sides bracket/support lug broke! LOL Typical! Love your old old videos, reminds me of me and my mates back in the days!!!

A great job! Congratulations! I'll be your follower :) What is the fly time on 4s LiPo 1300 mAh battery? Are you tried to use LiIon?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Fly time on 4s 1300 is about 15-20 minutes, provided it's calm weather and you do that take off and transition very quickly. In vertical take off mode the battery drains fast!

Hi it’s Steve again I had message you in the past in regards to the 3-D printed parts for the heewing/vtol I saw in one of your drop-down links the download to make these parts yourself unfortunately I don’t have access to that equipment and I was wondering if anybody makes these parts for sale mainly looking for the piece that holds the flight controller with the other electronics in it and the battery tray I would really appreciate any help you could offer on this matter thanks very much Steve and yes I watch all your videos like I said I’m just getting into this FPV it’s pretty cool I mainly fly the big planes and jets thanks again

Thank you for a great video. Finally I understand how Q_TILT_YAW_ANGLE works :-) . I think for tail motor direction is not important if you have right prop. Is 4S safe to use with these motors and ESCs? I afraid front ESCs will be over heated. According to me, CG should should be set for plane mode (motors forward), for quad mode it is not critical. If you had chance to tune, can you share PIDs for quad and plane, please? Thank you.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Yup, 4s seems to work fine. Haven't had any issues with motors or esc's overheating (at least not yet lol). Yeah CG should be set as normal, however it's not so critical to get right. From what I've read, CG is most critical for take offs and landings, but as this plane doesnt take off and land like a normal plane, CG can be a little off without it being a huge issue

Thank you for this video. Very helpful. Why did you decide to put the tail ESC on the boom and not just put it in the fuse?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Long story short, because there wasn't room to put it inside. My goal for this build was for it to be as 'clean' and tidy as possible, which is why I put the VTX under the FC, and the Rx under the GPS. I could have possibly just about fit the ESC at the back behind the VTX, but I was worried it might cause problems with the VTX or RX antenna. So yeah, stuck it on the tail. Does at least have the benefit of good cooling lol

@MrMartinRome

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thanks, I figured as much. I also figured you put the GPS in the back to avoid a long cable and potential interference from putting it in the nose. I am just getting started with the build and if it flies well, will put DJI in. I think a Vista can fit in a number of places.

can it carry Liion Battery 4S 3000 mAh ?

Great thorough build. Picked up on a number of useful tidbits in your assembly and configuration process. This HeeWing VTOL turned out great given this was one of the more complex builds to date. Can't recall if this was your first ArduPilot build/configuration or not. Excellent if it was, as appeared to be very seamless. ♥😎👍👍 Was amazed to see only 3.5-4A in wing'ed cruise flight, and 9.5-11A in VTO/hover. The transition however seemed a bit weird as jumped to almost 30A as transitioned and accelerated to hight speed cruise. Perhaps just default configuration for target transition cruise speed (?) .. more a concern if plan to fly with a li-ion pack. Wondering if the lower satellite count related to the TBS Rx being mounded directly below the GPS? Perhaps a square of metal foil tape applied before the sticking of of GPS/Rx in place would reduce potential RF noise?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Yup, this was my first ever Ardupilot build. It only seemed seamless due to the magic of video editing lol. As for the current draw in flight, I'm not sure what's going on there. The current definitely leaped a lot during transition, which doesnt seem right. The FC is calibrated using the current sensor scale direct from Matek though, so I don't know? The RX being directly beneath the GPS doesn't seem to make any noticable difference. They key thing is that the RX antenna is nowhere near the GPS. Still seem to be able to get a quick sat lock like normal

@AerialWaviator

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Great work (and magic). Pretty sure current spike is related to a Ardupilot transition, or post-transition setting. I'll have to experiment. Love your FC tray with the shelf idea.

Think im gonna try this setup again.. ive been waiting a year for the setup from painless 360 channel. and still nowt for the fc405 vtol. all this flashing bluejay and ardu tunes and dev chats???? jus should stuck with the giz fpv edition. proper channel. no nonsense

Can i use my matek f405wse to do vtol? So i dont have to buy another fc

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

In theory yes, you can use the F405 WSE for this plane. The only major difficulty you'd have would be soldering the ESC power wires. The F405 WSE only has pads for 2 sets of esc wires, but the VTOL has 3 ESC's. Wouldn't be impossible to solder all the wires to the FC, but would be tricky

I have a couple of quick questions about your transmitter & receiver configuration in Steps 113, 114, and 115. First of all, absolutely amazing video. I have my T-1 Ranger VTOL airframe built, am getting ready to start soldering the F405-VTOL board today, and hope to be flying in a day or two. I see that you are using a TBS Tx & Rx. I am using a FlySky FS-i6 transmitter and a FlySky iBus receivery (not sBus on an FrSky, which needs to be inverted). Is anything in your guidance for Serial 6 setup in steps 113, 114, and 115 unique to your TBS setup, or should I enter them as you indicated? I can also use a standard PPM from my receiver to the FC if I need to. Thanks in advance!!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, glad you liked the video :) Unfortunately I've never used a Ibus receiver, so I can't be certain, but having just had a quick look at the F405 VTOL documenation online, it looks like you'd wire up the receiver to the RX2 pin on the FC, and then you'd change the code BRD_ALT_CONFIG = 0 (step 112). Apparently that's all you need to do (as far as I can tell) and you don't need to do steps 113, 114 or 115. However if it doesn't work, I'd try setting SERIAL6_PROTOCOL = 23 (step 115) and see if that works. I hope this helps, sorry I can't be more helpful. Good luck :)

@gregorykress1641

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Excellent. I think that I have the iBus figured out. I will let you know. Thanks for the reply. I am VERY impressed with your video. Quick question: What graphics program did you use to show the F405 VTOL FC wiring (the portion that has the blue graph paper behind it) showing the pinout to all of the peripherals?

w0w, is this analog video? so stable image.

excellent tutorial! question: using everything identical to you, I can only get 2 modes instead of the 3 you show. any suggestions? thanks!

@gizfpv

11 ай бұрын

That's odd. Is everything identical? Including same radio, and the same switch being used for flight modes?

@moosebrain

11 ай бұрын

@@gizfpv Arrg. Just now figured it out. In mixes, in the Tango, I somehow assigned the switch again further down the menu list. All good now! Thank you!

Great video. I have been struggling with this for a week now and I just found your video. I am already pretty close but during the struggle I think I may have changed to many settings in mission planner. This is my first ardupilot build, I have always used INAV. Could you share your param file just so I could compare? That way anything that is different can be easily seen. The compare function in ardupilot works great but you have the only build on youtube using the new Matek vtol board. Thanks..

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, I'm the same, I usually use inav too and this was my first Ardupilot build. Yeah I'll send you over my param file if you give me your email. Be mindful though that certain settings will be different if you're wiring if different

@jayss1966

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv so I have tried twice to give you my email I guess youtube doesn't allow it. my replies are deleted.

@sherwoodp2738

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Do you have your .param file accessible on-line anywhere (exp. GitHub)? I’d be interested to see and compare also.

Just to add what firmware are you using, is it the latest 4.3.1 or lower and does it come under Matek f405 bdshot ? you have planted the bug.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I think it's 4.3.1. And no you want the Matek f405 TE

Do you plan to do any updates on this video (ie.Trying additional flight modes, lessons learned, deviations from this video, Autotuning, etc.) Also, you wouldn’t happen to have your “steps slides” captured in a .doc, .ppt or .pdf format. How did your C.G. workout with the nacelles in the up (vertical” position. Last comment… I’ve been doing this a long time and the level of detail in this video sets the bar so high, I hope others will follow. Any thoughts of doing more VTOL builds?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, so I actually don't have this aircraft anymore, I sold it to fund HD goggles. VTOL is cool, but to me it's only really a gimmick and I found I actually had no use for it. I may do more VTOL builds in the future though, will have to see. As for the CG, on the VTOL T1 CG isn't actually that important, just use the usual CG marker, but if you can't get it spot on it doesnt matter so much. As the aircraft takes off and lands vertically CG isn't such a issue as with a normal plane

it's possible to change the vtx power via OSD menu?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I think so, although I've not tried it myself

1. I don't have matek vtol, can I use Matek H743 wing instead? 2. can you please advice battery for these motors? 3s2p or 4s2p?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

You can absolutely use the Matek H743, however you might struggle to solder all 3 motors/ESC's to the PDB, as it's only designed for 2. You can use either 3 or 4s batteries, both are fine

@maxlapshin

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv well, we are in FPV world, we are already struggling with everything =) One PDB pad for 2 motors, another PDB pad for a motor and companion ARM with wifi. Thanks for the reply!

Hi Giz about a week ago I contacted you and told you I was attempting to do this build with the conversion kit on the heewing. Also mind you I don’t know the first thing about FPV so when you and other people make these videos it definitely helps me out which leads me back to your video which is one of the better ones so you had a picture of all of the items that needed to be purchased to do this build and so actually this is what I went and done I purchased all of that stuff not realizing that some of that stuff was for a analog set up. ( tbs unify pro race2 video transmitter ) you see I’m using the DJI goggles v2 & Radio master zorro with Crosfire & nebula pro vista kit for the camera so my question is going to be this for you I went and did the build on the flight controller which was just soldering on all of those pens once the flight controller is installed here’s the question I guess the leads that come out of the wing which is the alrian and the two other ones will they still plug into the flight controller the same way you have it illustrated in the picture I hope that question makes some sense like I said just digital and analog stuff is really throwing me off but I’m going to just assume that all these are the leads that I have will still plug in the same place On the flight controller that you show in the video would appreciate any advice you have thanks again Steve. I forgot my flight controller is Matek f405 vtol OK thanks a lot Steve

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, if I understand you correctly, you're following my build tutorial but want to use a Nebula Pro camera/vtx rather than the TBS Unify Pro race2 vtx? If so, you would still do all the wiring exactly the same as seen in my tutorial, other than the camera/vtx wiring. The wires from the wings, tail, RX and GPS would still be exactly the same

@stevebilogan6249

Жыл бұрын

First of all I wanted to start off by saying I really appreciate your help and getting back so quick and yes I am following that build these are the components that I’m putting in this plane tbs crossfire nano se / matek f405 vtol flight controller / matek m8Q-5883 GPS and compass / nebula pro vista kit camera / Radiomaster zorro with the Crosfire. On the back Will The Vista camera plug in the same place as the one you used OK once again can’t thank you enough for all the help there’s a way to post a picture on here I’ll post it with my progress thanks Steve

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@stevebilogan6249 Hey man. No the Nebula Pro Vista will be wired differently. I've not used a HD system myself, but as far as I know the camera/VTX will need to be wired up to a UART. For the Matek F405 VTOL FC the best UART to use would be UART 4.

@stevebilogan6249

Жыл бұрын

OK wow such a quick response you don’t know how much I appreciate that you see I’m retired so any free chance I get I’m working on this project so your response means a lot I guess next step would be to see where to hook the camera up on the flight controller and go from there right now I’m just waiting on those 3-D printed parts to set the electronics in I never realize it could be so much to one little plane I did do up my flight controller just like you had in the video with soldering on all of those pins so once you know where they go it’s pretty easy just to plug it into the pins also any other advice that you would have for this project of mine please feel free to let me know with the help of people like you I’m getting this project done OK thanks a lot Steve

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@stevebilogan6249 haha yeah a lot of work goes into this plane, but it's far from a normal plane 😋 Having the pins soldered on for sure makes the rest of the wiring so much easier. Only advice I can think of that you might find useful is too look at the Matek website. If you find the product page for the F405 VTOL and then select the Ardupilot mapping tab - if you scroll down towards the bottom you'll see a section labeled DJI FPV OSD. There you'll find the relevant codes you need to program for the Nebula Pro 😊

Build vtol for speedybee f405 wing mr

18:45 The Servo Outputs shown on the Mission Planner page at 18:45 are labeled Position 1-9. The Matek F405-VTOL Wiring for ArduPlane shown on the Matek website show the actual board outputs S1-S10 and show the motors should be connected to S5, S6, S7 and S8. I am confused about how to connect up the board.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

The wiring schematic on the Matek website is just an example of how wiring 'could' be done and isn't specific to this aircraft. You can wire up the motors/servo's to any output you want, it doesn't matter, so long as you tell Mission Planner. The servo outputs (position 1 - 16) shown on mission planner directly correspond to the actual board outputs (S1 -S10), so position 1=S1, position 2=S2 etc. Hope that clears it up for you :)

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thanks very much for the reply. I am getting overly complicated here, but someone else noted that the motors and servos cannot be mixed in the same timing group, and I think this is indicated on the ArduPilot Mapping tab on the Matek page for the F405-VTOL. Since the board has 4 motor pads and there is only one Group (Group 3) which has 4 servos (S5, S6, S7, S8) I think that is why the Matek wiring diagram shows the use of S5, S6, S7, S8 for the motors, all being in Timing Group 3. The reason why your connection of the motors to S1-4 is also OK might be that you didn't connect anything to S4 thus avoiding having a motor and a servo on the same timing group (S3 and S4 are both in Group 2).

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@joenaylor34 Yup that's absolutely correct, motors and servos cannot be mixed in the same group, and that's exactly why I have my motors wired up to S1-S3 and servos wired to S4-S9. S4 was intentionally left unused because it could only used for a motor but this build doesn't need a 4th motor 🙂

You can change literally anything in "Ardu" thats why it's the Premier FC software! Does it show I'm a fanboy of "Ardu" !

I am at the moment stuck on getting the crossfire radio working. I dont understand why you are recommending changing all the options for Serial 6 when the Matek website shows CRSF receiver should be connected to UART 2, not 6?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

A UART and a Serial port are not the same thing in Ardupilot. Look again at the Matek website, specifically at the Ardupilot mapping page. You'll see that UART 2 is Serial 6. I wired up my Crossfire receiver exactly as specified by Matek

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thanks very much for the reply! I get what you are saying. I also wired exactly as the Matek site says, but I must have something wrong. I at least had the radio working the last time I tried Ardupilot before giving up. Last time I never could find anyone who would take the time to help me.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@joenaylor34 Admittedly getting crossfire to work on ardupilot is a bit tricky, it took me a while to figure out. But if you use the exact settings I used it should work. What radio/crossfire module are you using? And how up to date is the crossfire firmware? I think you need the most recent firmware for it to work?

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Wow, great comment! I am using the large Crossfire transmitter (with the led screen on the back) and a micro receiver. I checked the firmware and it was way out of date. Updated and bingo, it is working ! By the way, the Crossfire module is reporting 3 devices: the transmitter, the micro receiver but also "Arduplane V4.3.3". Not sure what this Arduplane V4.3.3 is?

How about the PID related params?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I've left all the PID's stock, and as you can see, the plane fly's reasonably well. I may at some point look at doing some fine tuning, but for this video wanted to keep it as simple as possible

Finally got my T1 VTOL to try the hover test, but with the battery I have in the plane (4S 1550) the plane just barely gets off the ground at full throttle in Qstabilize mode. What battery were you using in this video please?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Something's not right there. I used 3 different batteries - a 1500 3s, a 2200 3s and a 1500 4s, and had no problems with either. Are your ESC's calibrated? Is the battery really old? Or a very low C rating? A 4s pack should easily get you off the ground

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Using dshot on the esc so no calibration necessary. 100 C rating on the 4S and it shoots my 6 inch quad into the sky like a rocket....but of course those are larger diameter props and less weight than the T1.

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

I am leaving my comment here in case anyone else experiences this issue and has a solution. Stock Hee Wing T-1 VTOL kit, stock props, stock motors, props positioned props out and mounted the correct way, running DSHOT 600, BLHELI SUITE settings OK, Arduplane settings seem OK (throttle PWM set from 1000-2000). I simply can not get enough power from even a 4S 2200 MAH LIPO at full throttle to get the plan into the air in qstab mode .

@kool-k-kel

Жыл бұрын

@@joenaylor34 exactly the same for me ? did you solve?

@joenaylor34

Жыл бұрын

@@kool-k-kel Yes I did solve this after a lot of head scratching. My T1 VTOL kit received from Hee Wing contained 2 large propellers and 1 smaller one. No instructions on where to mount them, so I assumed the smaller one went on the tail and the 2 larger ones on the wings. One day I suddenly realized that you would never build a quad with different size propellers, they all need to be the same size. I put 3 same size props on and problem solved. I think what was happening was, ArduPlane compensated for the lack of thrust from the smaller prop and limited the thrust from the wing motors in order to hold the plane level.

Anywhere I can buy the 3d printed parts?Still don't have a printer!lol

@hendrnk

Жыл бұрын

If you need them printed and live in the US, just let me know what color what you want printed for the price of postage plus a donation for plastic, etc

This is my second attempt on of one your builds.First was the Bixler,and that worked out well.On this one I'm stuck in the compass section.Can't get the orientation to 180,only 90.Followed the orientation pics in the video,with no success.What perhaps is confusing me is whether down and up are nose pointing up and down as any plane or are they inverted ?Under data, up and down are inverted when I move the FC.Thanks again for these great videos!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

In what orientation is your GPS mounted inside the aircraft? It may simply be that your module is orientated in a different direction to how I mounted mine, which would explain why you're seeing a different orientation value. The important question is, does the compass appear to work properly? You can check it on the DATA page in mission planner - just move the aircraft around and see if the compass data on the HUD correctly points north, south etc. If it does then you're all good, don't worry about the orientation value being slightly different :)

@mauricestevens6834

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Gps arrow points to the left of the fc,since it’s the only way to mount it on the 3d part.on the data page nose up on the fc,shows the ground and not the sky

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricestevens6834 Did you do step 111, and set ahrs_oriention=4?

@mauricestevens6834

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv not yet

@mauricestevens6834

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv just did step 111 and now all is normal.Thks

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If use DJI vista and not a vtx anolog what setting

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I don't use DJI so can't confirm this, but according to the Matek website, you need to use these settings for DJI: OSD_TYPE = 3, SERIALx_PROTOCOL = 33, MSP_OPTIONS = 0

Nice. I’m not sure whether you’ve auto tuned it yet, but that might help.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I haven't auto tuned it yet, no. Will definitely do it at some point though. Just one more thing on the list of things to learn to do in Ardupilot lol

@urlawyer

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv It’s actually quite easy. Just set it up as a flight mode, switch into it while at your preferred cruise speed, and spend some time banging the roll stick from one side to the other, then bang the pitch forward and back, then switch out of auto tune mode and you’re done. (This will work best if you get a good mechanical tune first by flying straight and level in a stabilized mode at your preferred cruising speed and then watching its behavior when you switch into manual mode without touching the sticks - if it suddenly pitches or rolls, then you land the plane, adjust the servo throws to compensate for that behavior, and try it again. When it behaves roughly the same when you switch into manual, that means the FC isn’t having to work to compensate for bad mechanicals, and that will let you get the most out of an auto tune). Lee has a good overview of how to auto tune here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6SH0dJwiLSdYJM.html Thanks for your vids; very inspirational.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@urlawyer Oh for sure that doesn't sound to complicated. Probably going to have to wait a while though, don't think it'll be easy to autotune in windy winter weather lol

@urlawyer

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Oh, hey, that’s a great point. In case you’re not aware, temperature can also really affect the functioning of gyros and accelerometers, so your plane will probably behave very differently in cold weather than it does in warm weather anyway. And yeah, auto tuning is best done on a calm day.

@jimmytheriot8978

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv I can't seem to get mine set up right, I try motor 2 , motor 1 and motor 3 in the servo output but I get no response, unless I use RCin3 , I'm running s bus not RX and TX does that have something to do with it

Just finish my T1, then the vtol available in local stores, so frustrated...

So I've gone thru most of the steps and while all the surfaces are moving correctly,not so the tilt motors .In Qloiter the motors don't move at all.I noticed that on the right wing connector,the LED plug is at the bottom,while on the left wing the LED connector is topmost.This is different from your pics,where each type of connector aligns left to right and vice versa.Is this a manufacturing error?Maybe I'm plugging the connectors incorrectly to the FC?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

If neither tilt motor is moving, that's more likely to be a programming issue - if there was a problem with the wiring you'd expect at least one of the motors too still move. I'd suggest go back through all the programming steps and see if you've accidently missed a step?

@mauricestevens6834

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpvChecked the programming,and all is exactly as your video.When I flip the loiter switch,motors don’t move but ailerons do.lol Will Recheck all connections.Thanks for your patience😀

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricestevens6834 Oooh ok, well sounds like you've simply got the aileron servo wires and the tilt servo wires mixed up. Hopefully all you need to do is swap them over to fix the problem lol

@mauricestevens6834

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv In BLheli Suite,after adjusting the ESC's,I got o the motor tab, to check correct spin,and the program disconnects from the FC.Then in Arduplane in motor test I get a message that the FC does not allow my motors to spin,when trying to turn them on.What am I missing?Thks

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricestevens6834 I had problems with blheli and mission planner too, seems the passthrough doesn't work fully. I found I had to do the motor testing in mission planner as it outright wouldn't work in blheli (kept disconnecting like you said). Had to close all programs and power cycle the board after being connected to blheli too. Don't know why 🤷‍♂️

Why You didn't use the S4 signal?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

It's complicated to explain but basically it's due to the way Ardupilot programming works. Long story short, S4 can't be used to control a servo because S3 is being used to control a motor. Ardupilot puts the outputs into groups (S1+S2=group 1, S3+S4=group 2 etc) and you cant mix motor and servo outputs together in a group. So on my case group 1 and 2 are controlling motors, and groups 3, 4 and 5 are controlling servos

@dronesluveco386

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Oh I supposed that. I have other FC the F405 Wing, maybe that doesn't apply to my FC. I'll look the documentation then. Thanks

How I cnnect to DFU mode?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Press and hold the boot button on the FC whilst plugging in the usb

show. how long can it fly?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

How long it'll fly depends on how long you spend hovering it. If you launch and land it like a normal plane you'd probably get 30 minutes flight easy. If you take off and land vertically though you'll likely get 15 - 20 minutes flight

Next you need to do the autotune, but I did first the quad part and then I did the airplane part, and the airplane flight fantastic. Just make a screen shot of you old conf if you do not like it.

@vb748

Жыл бұрын

I saw your videos, like London mission 🙂. But I didn't see PIDs for Ardu.

@maxun1

Жыл бұрын

@@vb748 the video Lonson was inav. Not arduplane.

@maxun1

Жыл бұрын

@@vb748 sorry I got confused. The auto tune was done off camera.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I will be doing the autotune stuff soon. Just didn't get around to it yet

why are you using this video transmitter? what video transmitter should I buy now to fly 10 miles away from myself?

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

I used this video transmitter because it's very good and very reliable. You can fly 10 miles away with any transmitter, it's not the transmitter that matters, it's the antennas

Turn off wethervaning, you don’t need to transition into the wind, in fact I think it transitions better going with the wind

Why is my throttle and elevated and Rud and Ale on same channels

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

They're all on the same channel? All 4?

@Dashone93

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv two on one and two on other

Why was it so expensive I’ve found the plane for 100 and conversion kit for 150

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

You're forgetting electronics, that cost another 200

Great video. Following step by step to build my own. However, in step 101 it is mentioned to connect the board to the PC in DFU mode. I downloaded the INAV configurator, v5.1.0, but I don't see DFU mode. Only COM3, Manual Selection, BLE, TCP, UDP. Is there any settings I need to change? Thanks!

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

Ah no, to enable DFU mode what you need to do is press and hold the boot button on the FC and then plug the USB cable into the computer. On the VTOL FC, the boot button is on the buzzer board. Soon as you plug the USB cable into the pc the FC should show up in inav as DFU

@drorsolomon2990

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thank you, it's not even recognizing the COM3 after doing that. Is it possible to flash it while showing COM3? I was able to connect to the FC and see all the parameters.

@gizfpv

Жыл бұрын

@@drorsolomon2990 what is it you're trying to do? Flash the Ardupilot firmware via inav? If so, you do need to get the FC in DFU mode first, else you won't be able to upload the firmware. If you can't get into DFU mode via the boot button method, you can instead use a piece of software called 'impulserc driver fixer'. It's a simple program that'll force the FC into DFU mode. There's plenty of guides online how to use it

@drorsolomon2990

Жыл бұрын

@@gizfpv Thank you so much!!! that helped. I was able to flash it. I'm trying to do exactly what you did, converting a HeeWing similar drone to a VTOL.