How much more grateful could I have been to you for this video, omg tysm

Excellent! as promised cheers👍

Another superb video. Thank you.

Great video! And the contents of the next one will be important to stop anyone falling into the trap that i nearly did. I got my first plane build all up and running, and whilst testing things on the bench in manual mode i noticed the ailerons were reversed. This is where i made a big mistake, to solve the problem i simply reversed the output on my Taranis for the Aileron channel. Whoops! Yes, it all worked fine in manual mode, ailerons were working the correct way around. But, luckily, a bit of further testing on the bench using some other modes - FBWA for instance, revealed my mistake, my method of reversing the aileron channel was all well and good in manual mode, but useless in most of the other modes - the flight controller itself did not know that the aileron servos were reversed! Luckily i spotted my error whilst testing on the bench, otherwise it would have led to a crash the second i switched out of manual mode. Lesson learned - swap servo outputs in Mission Planner, not on the radio. :-)

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this - it's amazing how common that is despite it being in my other iNav and Arduplane series. If it makes you feel any better I've seen iNav builds where the radio setup was wrong from the get-go and they worked very hard to try and get the stabilising correction right and then were surprised when iNav spiralled and crashed the plane into the ground first time out. If you're interested - you can check out the rest of the series right now as all of the videos are in the playlist.. Happy flying!

Thanks for the information, i was very lost with this, some day (after covid) i wish to build and fly a plane with this technology

Bu kadar açklayıcı bir video yaptığınız içn teşekkürler. (Thanks a lot for your explanation :)))

great stuff

I truly want to thank you for all of your videos that you suggested I view. I have a much better understanding of flight controllers, setting them up and believe I have the ability to do so. As advised, I will start by purchasing a basic system and add on additional sensors and item as I become familiar with the basic system. I am thinking a Cube set up. Can you tell me what is the latest generation orangecube/pixhawk, board, ardupilot, mission planner, etc. For some background info... the end game is to remotely and then autonomously operate my full size design of an advanced heavy lift, evtol., tilt rotor UAV. I have the scaled down version of the prototype constructed so all I need is an idea of the best system for my application, purchase it, install it and start learning how to set it up. I really learned a lot from your videos with DSXR so I will be purchasing from them. Again, I really appreciate your videos, very well done.

Appreciated 👍

Hello Paineless great video and explanation. Would like to ask you what are your recomendation for an easy and reliable OSD? Thank you

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Video coming in the intermediate part of this series. I'm using the HolyBro Micro OSD v2 here...

Hi there, i am trying to put this into a 2m glider which has limited space, the GPS module is hella heavy and big. Is there a lighter and perhaps smaller alternative? I just frustratingly bought a pixhawk 4 GPS which seems to not be compatible with the cube from profi cnc

awesome series! If i'm building a quad should I keep the mixer settings the same as you've got here? How about any of the other settings? Thanks in advance :)

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much. See the Pixhawk 2020 series and stay tuned for the brand new Pixhawk 2023 series starting very soon!

Thanks a lot for the video! I saw your recommendation on going with Mission Planner, but I only have a mac. I think I can’t use Mission Planner. Would you go APM Planner or QGroundcontrol?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure, I'm not a MAC user. I've tried QGC here and wasn't a fan of it on Windows.. Best of luck with the build..

@bw162

4 жыл бұрын

I downloaded ArduPilot Mission Planner (APM) on my iMac.

Well done mate... May I ask why did you do the live compass calibration and not the on board calibration?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

It works well and shows exactly how many compasses are being calibrated. This series is aimed at new builders... Happy flying!

Hello, I have watched the 2020 videos and I think that I am missing something. In the radio calibration (setup in MP) everything calibrated successfully (red bars on all of the channels at their extents). The elevator is getting smaller readings when the stick is pressed up (I reversed it on the Taranis as suggested). In servo output (MP), the bars all move except for throttle. So, I watched the videos again. Everything looked right. I then reloaded the firmware to the Durandal and I created a new model on the Taranis. Watched the videos again and followed along. Same issue no throttle in the servo setup. I also noticed that the output is dependent on the flight mode that is selected on my radio. When I have manual selected everything except throttle works as expected. The throttle does not work at all (in servo output). What should I look for? Thanks, Don! UPDATE! Just for fun I went through the rest of the setup. I armed it and then I saw throttle. Now I will install into my plane and see what happens.

Commenting in via your recommending at one of your other videos that I view this series. Of all the pixhawk/cube variations available, which would you recommend as the best budget (under $200 US) option - i.e. the most capabilties balanced against ease of configuation? I'm trying to arrive at a soup-to-nuts budget for the total cost of a PixHawk + cube + GPS + telemetry/OSD. This is for a learner Bixler fixed-wing I've assembled in antiicipation of being hired on my US 107 to operate a turnkey fixed-wing like an eBee, etc. Thanks in advance for either specifics or affiliate links....

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Orange cube is the default option or look at the Durandal. You can also use something like an F405 too.. Happy flying

Very good info, will you be doing a video using the Cube orange on a Quad , I have just got a cube orange to put on a quad, cant find any how to videos on that type build,

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

The colour of the cube makes no difference on how you set everything up. I am planning a quadcopter build using cube in the next series. Stay tuned!

Awesome video 👍. can you connect a power management board to the flight controller. How do you connect it to a quad. How do you connect it to a micro RC receiver.

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

The power module can be part of a power distribution board see the different carriers available for these kinds of pixhawk. Any receiver that talks sbus is just simply plub in and will work. Happy flying!

@collinsnjarara3352

4 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 thanks for replying.

Nice explanation. I have got the feeling that you inversed the left and right side of the FC during accel calibration - or did I misunderstand something? In my PixHawk Orange Cube, the USB plug is on the left side, so I thought that I would need to put the FC on this side for calibrating the left side...

@Painless360

11 ай бұрын

The side is relative to the front of the FC and board. New Cubes have an arrow on to make it easier.. Happy flying!

I want to suggest if it possible for you to make a tutorial about connecting laptop to apm through internet by wiring apm to raspberry pi and using 3g/4g modem there aren't many videos on the internet about it in this way you can control the plane by cellular internet thanks for your useful tutorials

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

I'm still looking for reliable, legal, inexpensive kit that will allow for this. If I find some I'll make a video with PixHawk so stay tuned!

Excellent video, which is better Qgroundcontrol or Mission Planner?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the first video in the series where I cover that.. Happy flying!

Lee, I watched series on Omnibus and Waytek setup. Why did you have to use INav to flash them with ArduPilot instead of just using ArduPilot as you did in this Pixhawk setup? I am trying to learn this whole process for my first setup. I didn’t see anything in ArduPilot Wiki about having to use any special process on those FCs. Your series are a big help to newbies like myself. Thanks.

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

All in the wiki... ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-omnibusf4pro.html it's on that page. Hope that helps...

@bw162

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee. I had not read the individual board requirement in Wiki for each FC. Thought they would all flash the same....still learning. Your support is amazing. I am becoming a Patreon supporter...it is well earned. I would never have attempted this venture were it not for your channel. I started with a Kraft radio system so that will give some idea as to my age “disability”.

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the inner circle. Read the welcome message carefully as it had links to as number of the benefits. Thanks again!

Hello Painless 360 i have been watching your video's great stuff on flight controllers do you have anything on RC helicopters

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Very little, I was into helis 12 or 13 years ago but the multirotor part of the hobby took over that for me... happy flying

Hey Lee, you skip on the ACCEL Calibration the Level Calibration and dont show it in a later stage in the video series. I've watched it several times but dont seem to find it. Ive maidened my plane and it tends to go nose down in FBWA. I think thats caused because of the missing level calibration. Can you show or explain what we need to watch out for on the level calibration ? Thank you ! And your content is astonishing really, I use them videos for each and every build I do !

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

Covered in the maiden video in the series. Also covered in depth in the wiki - ardupilot.org/plane/docs/starting-up-and-calibrating-arduplane.html. Best of luck

@operaswift8623

3 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 looks like I missed out big time.. Huge thanks for your heads up and for your global impact on the hobby!

Very nice tutorial! One Question i have is, is Mission Planner also available for linux (ubuntu) ? i'd like to setup a base station and i have all my sdrs and radio stuff running on linux, so i would want to have mission planner there too

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

Mission Planner download page shows the options: ardupilot.org/planner/index.html and it appears to still only be Windows. Things like QGroundControl do run on other platforms.. Best of luck!

Hi Lee - years ago I built a Hexacopter with APM 2.5 and SimonK esc If I rebuild it with Pixhawk can I use the same esc and is it likely to be more stable in the air? Does more modern hardware actually work better or should I just concentrate on trying to tune up the old?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

I've not upgraded an APM for a long time so it should be ok but I cant speak from recent experience. Best of luck with your build!

I am building a 200 hp power giant drone (quadcopter), I am using a Yamaha Yzf R1 1000CC motor with the CUAV Pixhack V5 autopilot, I would like to keep in touch with you, and keep you informed of the project, I lived my whole life in Madrid Spain, now I live in Medellín Colombia

Can I connect DJI FPV SYSTEM to the pixhawk or matek fc board running ardupilot ? And use DJI FPV System radio transmiter

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

You can for RC control. It not for the OSD.. See my video about the DJI system.... Happy flying

I want to use Here+ RTK GPS for my project. I don't need to use it in the drone. I am only concerned with getting precise location with here+ rover and base station. I have a telemetry module. For the connection on the internet, it always shows that I need pixhawk board. Is it required or I can use here+ rtk gps without the pixhawk board. Thank you.

@Painless360

2 жыл бұрын

I've only seen it used with a Pixhawk. Best of luck

Was waiting for something related to Cube purple on the thumbnail. 🤐

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Keep watching the series... or see my Pixhawk Cube lineup update in my Big boys toys playlist...

Hello. Could You Kindly Do A Video On The Purple Cube For A Boat Other People Who Watch KZread It Will Help Them Too From Chris Treacy.

Is there a lighter flight controller which could run arduplane? I hear that there is a pixracer FC? Would you recomend it for gliders?

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

There are lots of options. I'm guessing you're not a regular viewer. Check out my video series using Ardupilot on an Omnibus and Matek flight controller..

At 10:20 mark the LEDs on the GPS are showing GPS lock status and ARM state (I belive). How to do that? I know it must be some setting in the parameter list, but can't find what it is! I'm running Arducopter 4.0.3 and identical hardware to yours (Pixhawk 2.1 with Here2 GPS). I tried enabling the UAVCAN in NTF_LED_TYPES but all I get is pulsating blue lights when the device boots up, but then nothing on the side leds... The button LED does flash.

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

You're spot on. ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-leds-pixhawk.html cover it. Ideally you want Green LEDs to let you know you are good to go...

I have pixhawk 2.4.8 (no cube). I'm not sure which option to use while flashing firmware, pixhawk 1 or something else. Please help me?

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my older Pixhawk builds on the channel and the Ardupilot wiki is the most up to date place to check for information. Best of luck

Hello i have apm 2.8 i try to upload the old version 3.2.1 but it gave me *problem to open the com* i enter to device manager and it read it and i try to update the driver they told me that i have the latest update for driver but the problem still cannons install the firmware . can you help me please ?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, no idea. I've not touched APM since well before support was retired.. Best of luck!

When I was setting up the gps calibration on my cube with mission planner I did not see the live calibration button show up as in your video , any reason for that , I have MP 1.3.7 I think the latest version

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

The compass is what you are calibrating in that step, not the GPS (but one of the magnetometers is inside the GPS unit). It could be a few things - no power to the GPS, not plugged into the right port, wrong settings in the calibration screen in MP... What troubleshooting have you already done?

@TDF1230

4 жыл бұрын

Painless360 sorry meant compass calibration, there is a calibrate compass button , not a live calibration button and when I click on the calibrate button only 2 where calibrated not 3

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Check in the hardware profile to see what compass you should have. Different cubes have different specs..

I just finished up doing the initial calibrations and wiring hook ups. Problem I have is when the PPM is connected the motors do not work. If I hook the motors up directly to the receiver they work but half work on the right stick and the other half work on the left stick. Don't know what I hooked up wrong but can't get this to work. I've uninstalled the software and reloaded it from Mission Planner. Any help would be appreciated

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

Are you arming it?

@albertherlicka4078

3 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 yes. The light on the Pixhawk flashes white not green and the PPM flashes red. I'm stuck

@Painless360

3 жыл бұрын

All of the steps I use are in the series - if you follow then carefully (along with the Wiki) you should get to the end with it all working.. Best of luck!

@albertherlicka4078

3 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 I will go over the steps you indicated. Thank you. Can you tell me if the light on the PPM is suppose to be red or green? Also does the Pixhawk light need to be green? Mine just flashes white. Thanks again.

is the pitch always opposite to input until reversed?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

You can reverse it in the radio or in Mission Planner...

Can i fly freestyle with latest firmware for my quad ? Which mode can I use, Acro .. Sport ?

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

Freestyle isn't Ardupilots forte.. I'd build a Quad with iNav or Betaflight for that...

@SajaksFavorites

4 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 but do Inav or Betaflight do have trigger capture camera

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

They do have channel forwarding so depends on how your camera is triggered...

@SajaksFavorites

4 жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 thanks ... i check it out

Can I use the same mission planner fixed wing firmware procedure for Sonic AR wing + Pixhawk 2.4.6 ? Is there a separate firmware for flying wing in mission planner?

@Painless360

2 жыл бұрын

Check out my Arduplane wing builds on the channel... best of luck

@ameto91

2 жыл бұрын

Will do. Can you please post the exact model name to Google for this talon. Is this 250g ?

@Painless360

2 жыл бұрын

Zohd Talon

Hi I want pixhawk 4 power management board total connection ok sir conform video

@Painless360

4 жыл бұрын

All available - docs.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/assembly/quick_start_pixhawk4.html happy flying!

Hope no CV...stay safe :-)