Thank you so much. You have done a teriffic job with this serie. Everything just starts to work if you take the time and listen :) High five.

Thank you so much for this video series, my apm based f450 is finally flying...

I've finally got it working, I've just been hovering it in the garden I need to test it at the field where's there's more room, I can't say how I resolved it as I don't know lol but I'm getting there. I'll up load a video and post, many thanks for your videos they have been a great help

PS thanks for the videos they are a great help to a newbie !

Great video! Thanks

I really like ur video series. One of the best series available on Ytube for beginners :) Could you possibly do a video that goes over all the flight modes in detail? (Ur last video had some quick explanations, but still vague) I think that a lot of beginners are confused at knowing what flight mode is the "noob mode" and which one is the "you better know what you're doing-mode". Cheers Stew

Great videos partner. I got everything working -LOITER, RTL, STABLIZED MODE.......BUT! Manual RTL works great, but when I turn off the radio things get a little scary, lol. In testing today it gets wobbly in the air, then it landed about 25ft southeast of where it took off. the landing was totally scary, it got about 2ft then starting drifting to its right finally skidding about 5ft to a stop. As it lay there tilited to the side the motors continued to run for another 8 seconds then they shut down. The scariest thing is I turned the radio back on to try to get control of it, when I noticed it was not going to land where it was supposed to, and it didn't respond to any input. Even after the motors stopped I noticed that I was connected with the OrangeRx R620X V2 with Sat and couldn't arm or disarm the craft. the APM wouldn't respond to anything. After disconnecting and reconnecting the battery everything went back to normal. Is this the way all of this is supposed to work or am I doing something wrong?

Painless - Thanks for all your hard work, excellent job on the videos! My Flyski fs-i6 transmitter has a strange behavior, when in Mission Planner and I power on my transmitter my laptop com port conflicts and drops out causing Mission Planner to disconnect from the APM. Every once in while it doesn't do it but more times than not it does. If I have have the main lypo battery powering the APM it doesn't drop out and is fine. Weak batteries in the transmitter maybe? Anbody else experience this?

Hi! First of all I would like to thank you for all these videos you made for the APM community users. I have been in trouble with APM setups since I got my first board (APM 2.5) a few years ago. Now have sorted all the setup issues out thanks to your videos highly informative and well presented, but I am still facing a new challenge with motors arm. Just to let you know I am flying fixed wing (twin motors) so I am running v3.4.0 firmware and managing Mission Planner parameters through 915MHz telemetry. Now the issue...I am able to arm the motors whenever I am connected via telemetry and speed the motors by throttle normally but without telemetry connection, even plugging the batteries in, the motors start running in low rotation by themselves and I am unable to disarm. In both cases I am unable to disarm the board. What can I do to this? What am I doing wrong? Could you please help me? Thanks in advance.

Thanks, I appreciate these vids. They have been a big help setting up my new APM. BTW, I did end up buying latest APM; the "2.8" from Banggood (same as Hobbyking 2.7). Felt a bit risky at $48, but no smoke yet. It's configed and programed in MP fine so far & I hope to maiden in a few days. How about a vid on how to config switching more than 3 flight modes from Tx. I've been thinking about this for my Taranis?

Another great vid! With your approach of having the RX failsafe set flight mode switch *outside of the normal range* you not only triggered RTL but also disarmed the APM. However, it's much easier to just have the RX set to failsafe to the RTL flight mode switch--although this won't disarm the APM. I suppose on the latter if it lost control while you're in stabilize and then entered normal range again stabilize would kick in because it is armed the whole time, but is this really bad behavior? Probably you would already have set to manually RTL on the switch anyway. EDIT: Figured it out. Having the failsafe setup as you describe is the proper way because it not only allows the APM to work properly when the RX completely dies, but allows different behavior such as the graphics you have a few minutes into the vid.

Awesome videos. Iam testing RTL indoors without props and 7 satellites on GPS. It engages in RTL when I kill power to the radio, but the motors continue to spin for a very long time. Is it suppose to disarm when it returns to launch? Thanks.

great walk through guide man. im in the process of tuning my apm board at the moment and this vid helped a lot. quick question though, will it still land and dis-arm without a gps module?

Awesome job on the videos. I just installed a new compass, when I calibrate it should I make sure that I have a good sat. link before I do the calibration ?

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If you have a receiver like Frsky and you shut off the transmitter and the signal stays the same you have to set the failsafe on the receiver. After binding you switch on the receiver without the transmitter and push the button on the receiver for a second. The next time you power up the system you will see the throttle PWM fall to around 900 when you shut off the transmitter. Be safe try this without props of coarse.

Thank you very much for making these videos. I've watched several of the while trouble shooting the problems I have faced while building a quadcopter in my engineering class, and these videos are a saving grace. I want to build one for my own personal use and the biggest problem is, I don't know what motors to buy. The frame of the quadcopter in this video is the same one that I will be using for mine. So if you don't mind me asking, what motors and speed controllers are you using for your quadcopter?

Hello! Great videos. Could you explain the necessity of lowering the minimum value, rebinding and raising the minimum value? Wont the value always drop below 990 once the transmitter is switch off? thanks!

Thanks for all of your videos! I am fairly new to this and you have helped me out emmensly. I set up my throttle failsafe in Mission Planner as per your instructions. When I turn off my transmiter I get the same disarmed warning that you got. My question is that shouldn't the Mission Planner display show RTL? It kinda scares me to think that my quad may just disarm midflight if signal is lost. I saw on another video, using a much earlier version of MP, that the display went to RTL. Thanks again! Oh, I am using a Turnigy 9X TX and Rx

Hi Painless360, Many thanks for your Videos, they are very helpfull for all. I have a question, how can i setup my DX6i? when i give a 10% throttle, the motors those run at 50% ? Many thanks

hi thanks for the videos, they're a really big help for my first build. when you say re-bind, is that rebinding the transmitter and receiver? and is this done whilst connected to mission planner. Also what did you disconnect when you disconnected everything? (Sorry I'm a complete novice) it doesn't seem to work for me so maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'm using a 9ch Radiolink. thanks

Hi first thanks a lote for those professional videos you post on how to with the APM tgey have been very helpful !! I have a quick question My throttle on the apm is at 1091 when my TX is ON .. but when i put off my TX i hits 1197... and my failsafe is seted up at 975 how can i fix that please help ..

Painless - quick question, after setting up failsafe as in the video and then your go to the flight modes setup page when powering off the transmitter should you see RTL trigger?

Hi Painless, great suite of videos thank you. I have followed this video to set up the failsafe however at the end I cannot arm my copter as I get the "check FSTR value" response when I connect to APM. I am running APM on a MacBook Pro, I have a Taranis Plus TX and RX and APM 2.8 controller. I have calibrated the radio at 100 Low (998) 100 High (2000+), bound the tx/Rx and then set the end points to low (1026 and high 1974). I have set the PWM number at 1018 (20 above the 998 value). Within the TX menus I have set the Failsafe to "Receiver". Having done all this in the steps as per the video I cannot get the system to arm to check the failsafe. Have I missed something? Should I reset the APM 2.8 and go through the whole installation and set up process again? Regards Andy

Quick question - what happens after its already in FS due to signal loss (distance, not fault related) and in RTL and it reacquires the signal from radio ? Will it still continue with RTL or revert to normal control ? Great videos. I recently scored an APM2.8 and now fiddling with it on the desk.

Hi, thanks for these videos, they are going to be a big help to me over the coming weeks - i am about to fit an APM 2.8 for the first time (converting my old QR X350 pro). The only thing that confuses me during this video is when you switched off the TX to check the failsafe worked and it disarmed instantly. I am assuming it done that because you were connected via mission planner and not actually in flight? I am guessing that if the quad was actually flying it would RTL rather than disarm? No doubt a stupid question, but it's the sort of thing that would worry me when i got to that part of the set up. Especially because the lipo batteries i use in my TX have a built in over discharge auto cut out feature. They have caught me out a couple of times when i have accidentally let them run a bit too low and they have shut off.

thanks for the video. Just a question since I'm new to all this (i'm more into nitro rc cars) is it normal for the quad that after a few seconds that I arm it, if I don't do anything it will disarm automatically? Thanks

Thank you for all the efforts, on APM 2.6 setting FS_THR_VALUE set to option 2 drone will RTL when Radio signal loss, I use pc to set way point and switch radio to Auto mode, NO telementry. ANY IDEAS to make it continue with mission? thank you

hi painless. will the failsafe on the rx not put the apm into rtl when you kill the tx signal. Ie if I've set the failsafe on my lemon rx to put my lights on and rtl when I turn off my tx? thanks again as always

Hello Painless I follow calibrate AGAIN the ESC one by one and set in Mission Planner in STANDARD PARAMS i set the SKIP GPS for a while and it Works Now !the four motor ARMED and SPIN after 5 secs arming in Lower right stick and all the 4 motors behave in normal throttle max and min applied I monitored in FAILSAFE all the Motor /servos out seen in the Mission Planner,,I appreciated your helps...I will proceed to maiden this after make some tuning in flight mode in MP plus in my Radio for toggling switch for Flight mode...have a nice day !!!

Thanks! This will help... Do you have experience with NEO 6M GPS module? I have got a Chinese one that is called Happymodel. Hopefully will not cause trouble. :)

Hey so I've got the orangerx receiver and followed your video. Works perfectly! Except when I turn off the tx, it disarms.. Failsafe kicks in then disarms.. Any idea what I can do to fix this? And I have it set to rtl but it goes into land instead.. Thanks!!

What's the best Android app to use to connect like mavlink

Sir, I realized there's not any videos about how raspberry pi can communicate with pixhawk/APM. Would you please show us how to use raspberry pi to sometimes override and give new commands to the rotors when the raspberry pi senses an obstacle through image processing, ultrasonic sensors or anything of the sort?

Great videos, have a problem, in Mission Planner in Failsafe, I have my flight modes set at Stabilize, loiter and RTL. When I arm in Failsafe and have my flight mode on RTL and disarm it, it goes to LAND instead of RTL. soetimes it will show RTL and sometimes not. I won't know when I am flying it if it will LAND or RTL. Any ideas on what I need to set. RTL pwm is set to 990, Min Trottle is 975 power off, 1026 power on.

This gave me problems that I'm still trying to resolve. I'm using Spektrum dx6i, and something happened with my arming process to where the new stick values are making my left+down position on the throttle to where it refuses to arm. Not sure my model transmitter works the same as yours, but if I can solve my issue will edit the solution here for anyone else having the issue.

is it possible for you to do a video for connection of the apm to a spektrum dx9 please lee? this would be great if you could

cheers :-)

I do have a couple of questions. I do have a Futaba 8j and watched a video how to set up failsafe with this radio so I did it . Now, in mission planner my lowest throttle value is 1110, when I turn my radio off the throttle value is 1591. What should I do?

Helo Painless.i need some suggestions ,,,Im using 2.6 APM(Clone) Arducopter ,30A RC timer ESC .1045 Prop..i finished all the calibration in mission planner ..Accelerometer,compass ,GPS, radiocalibration, Failsafe ,,but when i tried to ARMED the prop..there is no response from the Prop,,what ive did is test one by one ESC using manual testing ..ESC and Transmitter programming No issues on that the prop ..spin...i ve tried to use the APM wiki procedure using the ARMING the prop ..right side down in Throttle 5 secs the prop .spin ned for a couple secs...and wheh you give throttle its spin in min and max rotation but it stops ..the APM mission planner react in DISPLAY -ARMED when spin,,and DISARMED when the motor stops..maybe someone have issues like this...The prop doesnt react when i applied throtlle..im tired on exploring some KZfaq solutions..need any advice..Im more on RC plane and RC EDF Jet flying..this gave me headache using APM 2.6(clone),,I appreciate if you have any suggestions to check..

Hello Painless, with the help from your excellent video series I'm only days away from my first flight ever :) At this moment I'm stuck with the failsafe thing: I have the Walkera Devo 10 Tx, found how to set the lowest throttle to 975, done as shown in this video (Rx re-bind) but the original value appears and when I turn off the Tx the failsafe will not work. All values show up as before. I'm sure that I'm missing something, but what??? (two days trying in a row v_v ). My problem starts at 8:50 in the vid. Do you have an additional tip, please ?

I don't suppose you have a video on how you mounted the APM shown in this video?

Hi! I have some problems with setting up failsafe. I use APM 2.5 with walkera devo F7 and rx703A. I have set up in Tx failsafe for throttle -125. When I turn off my tx the MP shows that throttle drops/goes up to half throttle and board stays armed and the flight data window doesn't show failsafe. Have you any idea what I have done wrong?

Hi, I am Sohel from India and I am new to this hobby. I was watching your 'introduction to APM' series on KZfaq, it really helps me alot. Thank you for that series. I have a doubt! Can we add something like if in case any motor/esc fails mid-flight causing the whole quad/hex to fall down from a height, so to save that quad/hex is there any possibility to add a parachute landing system in case such scenario arrived? It will be very helpful Thank you

Hey bud, I keep getting the PreArm: Check FS_THR_VALUE warning on arm, my throttle minimum end point is only 990, I then set my FS_PWM to 1015, and upped my minimal throttle to 1035, Any idea why the warning will still be coming up?

Hi, thanks for the video, I'm using the taranis. My normal low throttle setting is already 992, I can't drop it any further through the servo trim menu. How do I get this to work using this method if I can't go lower?

You shut off tx but the state didn't change to RTL, also i didn't see the throttle go to a value that would sustain flight. What were you looking at that tells you a RTL would have taken place...Just curious. When I create a failsafe senario mission planner and apm 2 both switch from whatever mode they were in to a RTL indication.

When I start mine up the left front and rear motor run real slow and the right front and rear run fast but !!! if I close the throttle so all stop then nothing happens when I open the throttle back up ? I have to power down and back up again and the same just happens ! Any advice would be appreciated

Is this procedure recommended or necessary even if I have a reciever failsafe? Or can I just rely on the reciever failsafe function? I'm using the frsky d8r-xp. Thanks in advance. James.

Old video I know...but what did the rebinding do? It set a different low point? So you are saying that each time a radio is bound to a receiver that the radio also tells the receiver what the high and low points are? Even without moving the sticks? That part wasn't clear to me. Thanks...

After setting the throttle value to 960 below the failsafe value (990).Disconnect the apm n bind the receiver n unplug the bind plug n set the throttle to the original value. I arm the apm n discount the transmitter battery the throttle value return to the initial value that is 999 and not 960.

Hello painless just a quick question.when I upgraded my APM 2.6 to 3.1 I have an issue throttle it seems its ony in 1/4 power I tried in MP in FULL PARAMETER LIST -THR_MAX, ive modified to 100 200 but the throttle still in 1/4 power...appreciate any advice from you..

Hello, i bought a power module for my APM, i wanted to check if my PM is working in mission planner. At the same time, i don't want to risk frying the board by connecting USB and battery at the same time. Do you have any suggestion on this matter? Thanks

i have the Frsky RX and i set the failsafe on the RX with the RTH switch in the on position is that ok ?is that a good way of doing also ? i have not tested it as yet but when i put the radio off RTH on the mission planner comes on

very nice video! but pls help how setup failsafe to naze32 on spectrum radio

hi i wont to make a question,simple in your scren it shows gps 3d fix,in my apm it shows gps no fix ????? can you help.

do we need to configure the failsafe for all channels or just only 1 channel? thanks

sir could you also show how to setup battery failsafeI need it for my school projectthanks

I'm stuck, I can't find the answer to this question, will two 11.1v 6 -10c batteries in parallel equal one 11.1v 12 - 20c. or you could tell me the formula. Thank you very much.

hi lee. is this the same way of setting up failsafe for the pixhawk ?

Help if you set the failsafe via the receiver is it still necessary to set the PWM to 20 PWM less?

Hey Painless trying to setup arduplane on my plane is the FlySky FS-iA6 receiver have failsafe?

Hi! I've learned what you said and it's cool :) , but when my hexa loses the touch with my aurora 9x transmitter it gets into land mode but turns off the motors. I've noticed that when copter is landed and connected to MP it's obvious it knows that it's on the ground so it turns the motors off. But when I get it up about 1 meter high the problem is the same. Why is that ?

William Booth I have a Futaba 6j Radio I have the same PreArm Check FS_THR_Value warning on arm, I set my FS PWN in point to 990 .Low batt to 10.5 ,normal throttle is low 1027 to 1976 high. is the Futaba T6J the wrong radio set this Tri copter .

Wait how do you "rebind the model" so it shows the value you want when connection is lost?

Is it possible to regain control of the model after fail safe has been triggered?

Does the turningy 9x have a failsafe with the stock receiver

How do i lower endpoint past physical on Taranis Plus ? Subtrim is 0 and min/max is -100/100. Physical lower limit for throttle is 988... How do i lower that ? Youre using different radio so got a bit confused.

Mate i have done exactly what you have said but still it says disarmed instead of rtl,why would this be?

sir is the flysky FS-t6 receiver having failsafe???? pls let me know sir..... thank you🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

can you help me determine which switch on my controller operates what function? I have a pre built drone and the controller has about 9 switches on it. I need to know or reset to a known value the mode and camera control switches. I have an apm copter controller.

hi Should i get the APM 2.8 or 2.6? the 2.6 seems to be more expensive on banggood

I follow the instruction but after i close my radio the throtle goes to 1519 and nothing is happening. i use frsky D8R-II and 9xr radio. Can you help me please ?

hy Mr. painless360 if the radio was shut down , throttle disarmed and drop below 990 , then how can it be to return to launch if conditions quadcopter disarmed ? how to configure or " how much throttle " if I want to turn the radio off and failsafe in case of return to launch ( arm) ? I strongly plead with you to explain in detail so as failsafe I mean it was really a return to launch in a state of throttle arm , instead of landing in any place please answer my question thanks a lot

i am using dx6i spektrum radio with APM 2.8 board .. Gear switch for stabilize and A/Hold when i use al/hold mode stabilize off .. and ch 6 is not working how i use ch6 for RTL ?

I am using Flysky fs=i10 transmitter, there is a failsafe setting , can I used that for setting failsafe?Thanks

I can't get this to work on the Taranis. I tried adjusting in the "Servos" menu but it won't let me go past -100, and at -100 it is 982 in Mission Planner. Any ideas? I'm totally confused by what this is, why it's needed, and why it can't be simpler.

Hello Painless ,,another query;I have an issue on Throttle setup ,,eventhough i throttled to 50% to 100% it seems the Throttle is min and cannot LIFT the TRUST .i set in the ADVANCE PARAMS (MP) to 450 versus 1000 the TRHOTTLE_MAX and write the Params...but still the throtlle in minimum interaction..Im using 1045 Prop my Lipos 3S 2200 mAH.can you give some hint where should i calibrate ...

Hi , I have followed your Video from start to finish but i still cant get the Ch3 PWM to go below 1000 when i switch my RC off, I have the flysky fs-i6 and i`m using the fs-ia6b receiver ,all the fail safe on the RX are off , Thanks

Hi, In my MP I can see GPS: No Fix and also I can see PreArm: Need 3D fix Please help me.

sirrrr please show us ho to rebind? i used flysky... and it have update button arghsh

This setup does not work with the FS-i6s transmitter. After setting the end point values, then trying it out, you cannot arm the APM 2.6, it just displays "PreArm: Check FS_THR_VALUE"

should i by a fpv goggle? can't i see the camera footage right in my smartphone?

cant turn off failsafe it stopping me from arming my machine always is wrong value help!

IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHNGE THE WAY WE ARM THE DRONE???//

Help..... I got an apm 2.8 done the set up all went fine did the calibrations but when I arm the quad to fly the props spin up but I can't throttle up anyone know why....?

When I push throttle up all motor spin but quadcopter didn't lift up, why it's so

need held i did everthing right but my proplem is whrn i arm the motors hit full trottle an i get only half an my throttle is set at 150 %

Does the frsky taranis x8r have a failsafe?

What's the process to get this setup on a taranis?

Note: for OpenTx this will not work. You need to use no-pulse.

why the quadcopter using 2 GPS receiver?

i cant able to arm my quadcopter ..could u please hep me ?

Has anyone found out how to do this with the Flysky FS-I6 and IA6B?

Hi, I have a crius aio V2 filght controller board and uploaded the megapirateNG V3.0.1 and I have a Flysky FS-T6 transmitter, but it doen't have failsafe. I saw this: www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__20618__Turnigy_Micro_Failsafe_with_Brake_function.html Could this fix my problem?

Hello, I am not able set my Failsafe or even if I am doing it correctly, I am not able to arm my vehicle. I am arming through safety switch and then applying Right Yaw but in spite of all this, Mission planner keeps showing DISARMED. It even asks "Precheck - Throttle Failsafe value". Please check the issue here, for more information - discuss.ardupilot.org/t/errors-disarmed-failsafe-no-rc-receiver-and-motors-do-not-stop-after-operation-or-not-disarming/31317 I request you to solve my query as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your help.

Hi my friend I have two problem with my quad and autopilot . My quad not stable in the fly . always move to right or left . ESC CALIB IS OK RADIO CALIB IS OK COMPAS IS OK MOTORS IS OK GPS OK ARME OK NOT failsafe And i have tihs problem kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNipncSX2NG7mXU.html (( plugin usb and battry )) But my MP not failsafe , i can not fly yet !! pleas help me . Thank you so much HEXA X6 , RADIO FUTABA T6EX , APM 2.6