I have tried a few flight controllers and some are still in the drawer. This is because they get to complicated and I am not computer savvy. I then bought the kopilot and after a few videos managed to set it up, I was doubtful it would be up to what I expected. I have been using it for the past few months and I could not be more impressed. It is consistently reliable and given me such peace of mind and I enjoy flying so much more. This will now be standard in most of my planes. Your video is well explained. Thanks

Painless, I want to thank you for all your tutorials, reviews, and flight videos first. I have to say thank you now with the tutorials on the Kopilot system. I was able to follow your instructions and I did the maiden flight of my FPV Glider and it was an amazing experience. I was able to do the flight and tested stabilization, RTH, and even failsafe RTH successfully. I do have some trim & battery positioning to work on to get the best balance/performance but it was a fantastic experience. Thanks again for all you work.

After 2 years of no flying i got my little Dart 250 from the back of the shed and was clueless again on the Kopilot settings, have the manual somewhere, but your excellent video's are a trusted life and timesaver as always. Thanks again Lee!

Great update again Lee, thanks for reminding others about setting the throws back to 100% before attempting the autolevel calibration. This caused me a lot of frustration last time but I know you have a separate video for this now. Thanks Lee.

I am currently building a drfft and been having bulk issues watching this helped me out perfectly thanks

Thank you for this video, having someone showing how the things look when done right is really helpful. I just finished the setup of my Zohd Drift with Kopilot.

I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you've produced. :)

I bought the Drift with the koPilot Etc a couple of months ago and just getting round to setting it up, found your videos very helpful, thank you!

I got one for free with my Zohd Talon GT. I installed a Matek board with INav but your video has encouraged me to put it in my old Durafly Sidewinder fpv race wing.

Many thanks for your videos about the zohd that made my life much easier! I have flown the bigaole before the zohd and must say that the zohd has some very nice features. Besides the easy setup I really like the automatic storage of the home position. I planned to build in a zohd in all of my (next) airplanes. Please keep up the good work! Greetings from The Netherlands. Jan

Thanks for doing this video, I’ve got the Dart 250g and while it flies beautifully in stabilised mode, it was an absolute pig in manual mode. Now I have a better understanding of where I went wrong.

Really enjoy your videos, Ive learned a ton.. Appreciate all your hard work.. I finally figured out the Kopilot for my Dart 250 after watching your video a dozen times. One thing that I couldn't figure out and probably missed in the video.. The Manual mode was working ok, but when I went to adjust Stabilize mode with rotating the pots, everything started to get reversed.. I swapped the servo leads and everything is right as rain... The next one will be a breeze to setup..

Thanks Lee. Very informative and useful even a year later. Just as JC from "Project Blue Falcon" was, May he Rest in Peace.

Thank you very much we'll definitely start over and go back through everything to see if I missed anything

sorry to go crazy on the comments. I put this setup in my yellow EF 300extra. modes are, stabilization, off, RTH. everything worked great. I even threw the plane in the air to test the auto take off and it worked great!!!! thanks again for this video. The only thing i dont like about it, is you have very limited control when the model is in stabile mode. I wish it was more of just a gyro, but I am still learning all the functions of this item!! thx again

Thanks for this. When I did my maiden on the Dart 250g it immediately death rolled to the right and broke the nose off (ouch, but you can't see where I glued it back together so all is well.) I did manage to figure out the Kopilot problem and get it flying nicely, but I wish I had seen this then, 'thank you' to your patreon for inspiring it. I had to move (during a pandemic? Eeesh!) and haven't flown it in too long. I originally tried a little 200mw aio cam like you have in this video and I could never get any range. So I bought an RDQ vtx and a good cam but still haven't set it up. Now that I have the DJI goggles on order I'll probably just stick a Caddx Nebula in it! And someday I'll fly it again ha ha :)

Thanks for taking the time to explain how and why, awesome!..

Thanks a lot, Lee! That's really useful!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

This video was just what I needed. The instructions are ok, but a bit confusing when first trying out the system. Your video really helped clear things up for the me though, so thank you so much!

Really good tutorial! Well explained and very graphical!! Perfect for beginners...

SUPER IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE USING ELRS!!! Channel 5 is binary so you will need to move one of the leads in your receiver to channel 6 and set up using channel 6 as your mode switch.

Yes, thanks for this vid as about to employ this on a sailplane as a failsafe backup kind of thing since i had one lying around but never used it.

Yes this would have helped me on that Dart 250!

Great follow up video!

💯Thank you very much, i am very new to the new world of electronics and flying drones, FPV planes, i am looking at getting a ZOHD vtail plane. I like the way you zoom in and show a close up of everything and thank you very much for the pro tips,💯 nicely done! 🇺🇸🐾🐾🐾🖖 I will definitely use ur coupons next time i get something from BangGood/ BangBad. Getting ready to pull the trigger 🔫, 💸 on ✈️ ZOHD products! Semper Fi!

Once again Mr Painless helps me out. I have just installed one of these which I bought for thirty six pounds from banggood. in my Bixler 3. Followed your clear and simple set up instructions. It works a treat . I think I really put it through its paces. In manual I put it into a full stall switched into stabilize and it corrected itself immediately . To be fair the bixler does tend to correct itself but not as quickly. I performed a half loop in manual switched to stabilize whilst inverted once again the Kopilot sorted it out beautifully. The return to home is great the only very slight downside is that the home point is set above the point where the board powers up which means when it returns to home it orbits over the pit area. Easily fixed by powering up on the far side of the strip. The scary part of my test was actually switching off the transmitter. No problem there back to the home point like a well trained pigeon but when I switched on after the test I had no throttle control so ended up landing dead stick off strip. ( nice day for a walk ) . It was pilot error as I have to set all my switches to the up position before the radio will power on of course this set my throttle in safe mode and I forgot this. Auto launch is a bit scary you really need to give it a good shove to keep it on track as the throttle opens. I think I found a nice little hack or trick. If I apply full left or right rubber in stabilized mode the plane makes nice flat turns. I am thinking of mixing one of my pots to the rudder. This could be really useful in a thermal. Thank you Mr Painless you made my install really easy. FDO

Brilliant video, thank you

Hi Mate, great video ! I recently bought kopilot lite but having issues with Throttle/ESC calibration. How do you calibrate the throttle /ESC once connected to the FC ? I have used omnibus & matek FC with Inav & ardupilot and they all need throttle calibration via FC to get full range of the throttle . With Kopilot I'm not getting full throttle range via FC?

Thanks for the great video! Does the KoPilit have auto leveling when you let go of the sticks or just stabilization?

hi, thanks for your videos, they are very good. I have two fixed wings of 800 and 1000mm approx with kopilot with the same problem, they fly perfectly in stabilized mode but when I use the semi-autonomous take-off with the RTH or when in flight I put the RTH it goes like sudden jumps entering a loop that if I don't change to stabilized or manual sure it would end very badly. I have changed gains going down to the maximum elevon, but I do not correct it, I repeat it happens only in RTH mode. What do you think could happen? Thank you

After watching this video I had to have this for my new trainer w/FPV! My only hiccup was the double sided foam pad raises the Kopilot enough that the GPS holder doesn't clear. Wish they would have included the screws to mount the Kopilot. Im looking forward to the maiden flight thou..

Many Thanks. Will let you know how I go.

Thanks for one more great video. Does the kopilot manage the throttle in RTH? In Failsafe, do I need to set throttle position or just RTH? I apologize if this question has been asked before, I have no idea how to search in the comments.

Lee, awesome upload and very helpful. Im attempting to set this up with a DX6i (no 3way switch for modes). is it still possible to use this TX with the ZoHD? thanks

Hi I purchased the ZOHD Kopilot for my first AR Wing, but I had problems with the controls but I think now I know what I did wrong but now I have a Maytek F411wse in it. Now I know what I did I need to order a new gps module and a new plane . Thanks for the video and information.

hello, I have the zohd lite and I would like to know about fail safe. do I have to configure it on the radio or is it already configured? My radio is the spektrum dx7s

Hi mate, I'm having difficulty on finding the right LEDs for orientation lights that I can use for a octocopter with the Pixhawk 4. Could you do a video or just explain how to set up LED orientation lights for each arm of a drone? This would be a massive help have been searching the PX4 docs for a good hour at this point with no avail. Thanks!

Timely - just finished putting one into a Dart 250g, nice to have the workflow confirmed. Any tips on kopilot gains and manual throws for the Dart 250? I assume it's a good idea to limit throws only in manual mode and have 100% for stabilised.

Thanks fantastic video

Thank you so much for detailed Installation guide! 👍 I bought a Kopilot Llite together with a Zohd Drift. Unfortunately, I‘m having big problems getting a connection to the Kopilot. I‘m using a Crossfire Nano + Taranis QX7S + Crossfire module. The Connection between Crossfire Nano and Crossfire Module seems to be fine (solid green light). I‘ve created a simple 4 Channel model in my Taranis and added a 3 way switch as channel 5. For the transmitter output, I‘ve selected external and Crossfire. With this setup, no input reaches the Kopilot. The Kopilot is permanently in balanced mode (flashing green light). I can select different plane types using the set button of the settings board in this mode, but this does not solve the issue. Surprisingly, this setup worked before I played around with small settings board. It seems that - by accident - I‘ve messed something up within the Kopilot. Is there factory reset for the Kopilot available. Can you provide some hints for troubleshooting this issue? 🧐

I have recently bought the fpv version of Drift. I wanted to use my Graupner mz12 Pro transmitter to control it together with a pwm receiver from Graupner. When I was setting up de kopilot, my inputs from the receiver don't work. I plugged my pwm receiver correctly to the kopilot with the special cable. Do you know the cause of this?

Great series of videos, I have a couple of these on the way to help me as I'm just beginning in the hobby and I like the idea of this as a safety net. I have most of this sorted in my head but have one query, When using the SBUS connection does the Kopilot take it's power feed from the throttle connection and then feed that via the SBUS connection to power the receiver? If this is the case I assume you must use an ESC with a BEC/SBEC supplying 5 volts When using the PWM inputs am I right in saying you need to power the receiver with 5 volts and the KoPilot then takes it's power from the mode switch connector? Some help in clearing this up would be greatly appreciated.

I do enjoy your videos thank you. Have there been any fly away issues with kopiolt?

I love the Kopilot on my Dart250. But every time I flip into manual mode it just dives to the ground. The preflight controls check looks good. Do you think that sticks in calibration will fix that?

Good explination, thank you

12:24 I found with autopilots like the Eagle tree 2D/3D and Ardupilot that adjusting the trims in manual mode would affect the autopilots control and it sounds like the ZOHD is the same. The way I addressed it is to use the flight modes settings on the Taranis linked to the flight mode switch, you can then specify that the trims are only used in manual mode. Means you can adjust the trims for each individual flight and weather condition and know that the stabilised flight modes will not be adversely affected.

does the settings module need to stay attached to the fc or can it be removed once set? thanks

Thanks for the video painless as this helped me out greatly on setting mine up and works like a charm. However, I do have a question, is there a way that I can add an OSD without the ZOHD Cam? Or, I was also wondering if there is a way I can use telemetry from my radio directly as that would work as well. All I'm looking for is Battery Voltage/Amp and Altitude. If it can't happen in an OSD I'll be happy with radio telemetry and setup voice. I'm currently using the FrSky RX6R 6 channel rx as I'm not doing long range at the moment and eventually plan on Crossfire. I thought about going full iNav but honestly the Kopilot really does what I'm looking for on a controller (stability during video footage & RTH Failsafe). Outside of that I'm in manual mode and RTH GPS Failsafe.

Painless360, great vid. Do you know of any flight controllers with RTH that have a trainer mode with stabilization and a regular mode with stabilization. It seems the manual mode on the Kopilot disables the stabilization as well as the auto level etc. I’m looking for a unit less complicated than the iNav or Ardupilot systems.

Hi Lee! Thank you for all your tutorials. Greatly appreciated. Maybe a stupid question, I have two aileron servos leads but only 1 aileron connection on the Kopilot lite, where do you plug the second lead in?

Love your videos. And your accent.

Thanks i just got this in ready to install into my ZOHD Dartv2 , Also had QUESTION? Is it easy to install a CrssFire RX??

Hi, congratulations on your channel. I have a kopilot, why are movements in stabilized mode so limited compared to manual mode? Is there a possibility of increasing them to make the wing more agile? thanks greetings

Hello again Mr Painless. I find your videos extremely helpful. I have moved my Zohd to my asw 28 .It works a treat the only thing I find a little troubling is in RTH once the model is over head the throttle closes to the point where it is just above the stall. I am sure I am doing something wrong. My flying buddy has just bought a motor glider with a Zohd installed but we don't have the leads to go from the receiver to the Zohd. Do you know where I might find them or what they might be called..

Thanks for doing videos like this, the last time I flew fixed wing it was with nitro, crystals, coloured ribbons & a peg board, so it's going back some to say the least & none of these types of electronics existed back then, so it's great to learn about these types of products both for new pilots & those like myself returning to the hobby.. Having seen your earlier video, I've purchased one of these from BG & was just about to install it in to my brand new plane, that was until I found that the carbon fibre wing support rod that's supposed to be straight was actually bent! So that's put the build on hold for now until HK send me out a replacement.. That said, something I had to Google to find the answer (& it wasn't easy) & I'm wondering if it's the sort of real real basic stuff that you can cover in future videos is things like which way up is the GPS unit supposed to go?? And does it actually matter?? Also, the best placement for it, as from what I've read I believe that some of the other electronics can interfere with the signal... Anyways, I look forward to your future videos...

nice video, can I ask you a question? where should the switch be for the "rth" function? in my remote control I have position 1 output at 100%, position 2 output at 0%, position 3 output -100%, which should I choose?

In manual mode, is there a small amount of stabilisation to counter gusts (like AS3X)?

Thanks....this is some good 👍gouge!

Lee: Very nice job! I really liked your still-frame closeups. Good tips at the end. 1) What was the all-up weight on your plane? Which model is it? (Drift?) How do you use it? Long range? Sloping? Thermals? 2) Does ZOHD Kopilot Lite mind the lack of a rudder? 3) Have your tried either of the Express LRS Happymodel systems? (915mhz or 2.4ghz)? I'd like to see your take on these new short latency, long range products. Love your stuff! - Jim

Hi, I have just set up the ZOHD Kopilot Lite in the Dart 250 and your utube videos are invaluable, one problem I have is getting the balance correct, do you think I could reposition the rx into the rear compartment with the escape, incidentally I have made the rear cover removable. I am a bit new to this hobby so forgive me if these questions seem ridiculous. Do keep up the good work. Oldsurveyor 1944

Hi Painless 360; I'm arriving at a half understanding of copilot hardware. I'm using a low-cost RC plane to learn how to run large-scale orthomosaic surveys. (I've got a Bixler 2 ready to fly with just its servos and RX to practice and learn how to fly fixed-wing.). Will the ZOHD and its OSD camera and some other piece of hardware allow me to later program the Bixler to run lawnmower patterns to capture orthomosaic imagery, as I can already do now with DJI GSPro and a Mavic or Phantom? Thanks. I always find your videos helpful. Glad to buy through your affiliate links, by the way, if you can link or suggest everything I need to run ortho flights after I'm confident flying my Bixler.

Thank you friend .

Hello. Thank you for the video. I didn't even know that something like this existed for so low of a price until I saw this video. I do have a question that maybe you will be able to assist with. My ZOHD Kopilot is configured and ready to go. Couldn't do it better and faster without your video. But, I'm about to setup my failsafe on my Spectrum system. For FailSafe, I will set Rates and Expo switch to low, will set my mode switch to RTH. BUT do you think that I need to set the throttle mid range for Fail Safe as well, OR, will the KoPilot adjust the throttle accordingly since its in RTH mode (per failsafe settings) at the time of a full signal lose between the Tx/Rx? Thanks!!!

Hello Lee thanks for your awesome videos, just installed the Kopilot in conventional plane had a Vector in it previously no issues. For some reason the throttle does not respond the lights show I get GPS lock and I waited for the ESC to initialize as you indicated but after 15 min nothing any ideas? The stabalisation works etc Many thanks Adrian

Can I use two separate channels for ailerons or I have to use "Y" connector?

Hi Lee, what did you set the taranis failsafe to with the kopilot, I have it in the AR900 wing. Cheers

You have videos on the Zohd Kopilot Lite and DJI Air Unit, can the two be used together? If so, how is this wired up? Thanks for the great videos!

great video, I use the kopilot on a few of my planes and works great in stabilized mode but I'm having an issue keeping the same attitude(level) flying in manual mode , if I trim the planes leveled in manual they don't fly leveled in stabilized and vice versa. what 's the best way to keep the planes flying leveled in both modes?

In regards to trimming. Step 1 fly in manual mode and make the trims on the radio. Step 2 do the calibration using the kopilot in stabilized mode. After you have done the calibration in the kopilot, do you (A) reset the trims to center on the radio or (B) leave the trims on the radio?.

Thank you

As always, a pretty nice video. I'm trying to use one of these (I know, two years after the release), but I'm unable to use dual rates to make my Drift a little more "mellow" in manual mode. Is there a way to use dual rates and expo with the ZOHD Kopilot Lite? Thanks!

Hello again ....thank you for yr videos as usual I have another question.... When in rth mode ....will the drift or wing loiter when it has come home?

Can i have crow mix braking when my ailerons are plugged into a ZHOD KOPILOT LITE but turned off? Current set up is a Voalntex Phoenix V2, Flysky FS-i6x and FS-i6b, plus the Kopilot. what i am thinking is it possible to use the crow mix when the Kopilot is NOT engaged like when coming into landing i turn the Kopilot off so would crow braking then work or not? or would i need a bigger number receiver? as i have a 6 channel that is all used up.

Thanks - Great video BUT! Having followed all your instructions to the letter my motor will still not run after GPS lock, or even in full manual mode. I am not using a ZOHD aircraft and equipment. It has been suggested that some ESC's have a shunt that kicks in because the Kopilot takes too long to send the signal??? Is there a way around this that you know of???? Thanks

thenks

Hi Lee, a question on PWM connection on the KOPILOT. I have a Devo7 TX and RX701 receiver which I want to use with my Drift setup. My question is does the RX701 use PWM so it will connect with the KOPILOT as per the instruction sheet. I cannot find anyone who has the answer. Hoping you might be able to throw me the answer. Appreciate your help.

What would be a small thermal glider with an electric motor for getting up, then to turn it off and search for lift? I would be thermal flying over a big farm field with this zohd copilot in the glider. I have a Taranis Tx just like yours. What receiver should I get? I live in Europe so a receiver that could be used on both EU and FCC mode would be nice. Would like the newest rxtx protocoll as I don’t have any airplane receivers for the Taranis tx yet.

Painless...what about mounting the kopilot angled slightly nose up(same angle as thrust angle needed to fly true level). Will this compensate and keep the model flying true level without screwing up anything else?

hello great videos as always ... unfortunately i can't solve a problem..in autolaunch mode the engine starts before launch ... shouldn't it do it after launch? ... thanks 

Lee if using 2 servos for ailerons with out a Y can you use the S- Bus or is that port only for S-Bus no exception , and adding flaps . can that be plugged directly into your RX? say channel 10?

Hi Lee, I spent the afternoon watching your set-up video's and got the stabilisation of the Kopilot to work as it should. What I can't get to work, is the ESC, it won't arm no matter what. Connected directly to the receiver (RadioMaster R86C, or R88) the ESC arms, so no defects there. I'm at a loss what to try next...

Hi Lee, well all is good so far in my set up of KOPILOT and the DRIFT. The ailerons and the elevator however work in reverse to the stick. You mention if this is the case then fix it by adjusting things in the radio. I have no idea how to do this having searched for information. My radio is a Devo 7 but the answer to the problem is probably similar for other radios, can you give me some guidance how to fix this please. Thanks

Weird, I was just setting this up less than an hour ago on my Dart 250g. Also strange is some of the comments on here say they were posted weeks ago? I noticed on your last video setting this up you had rates down to around 60, I'm wondering if that's set globally or just when your in non-stabilized mode? Also I am sure I'm setting the zohd 30A esc lite throttle calibration correctly, but it doesn't seem to register the low position. I have to raise throttle quite a bit before the motor starts spinning.

Hi Lee! @Painless360 Ive ordered this lastweek,and its just arrived today..greatfull! 1 question just blinked thru my mind; what if during flight with these Kopilot, my airplane receiver suddenly lost signal to my tx radio? Will the Kopilot take-over,or maybe it'll piloting on RTH/Fence mode? (In this case,im planning to use either std Radiolink R88 2.4g rx, and another setup is elrs..using those Jumper tx module and Aion mini 2.4 elrs receiver)...and had just bought TX16S mkII v4,& im truly new to opentx🤦🏻‍♂️😅.. Please guide me with some advise...😅

Painless, what about the failsafe? If the tx and rx loose communication? Does it go into RTH mode? And I see one ail servo input. Does it need Y cable? Thanks.

hi: can you cheat the barometer of the kopilot to make it think that you are at a higher altitude as the relative zero altitude? IE: if you stand on a really high ladder and let the kipolite caliberate, then will it fly at x + 35 meters? If X is relatively the zero point, but it is artificially high off the ground, then you will have x + 35 meter for RTH? thx.

Does the GPS unit have to be outside of the plane like on the main wing or can it also work inside the fuselage? Thank you!

Do you know if this will work with the dji fpv airunit and controller?

? Will the copilot work with crsf and witch is better for the ar wing pro the copilot or the matek wing flight controller.

With my Kopilot in manual mode the elevons on my wing move as expected. When I go to stability mode it stops responding to the aileron/roll stick. Port wing servo is plugged into AEL, starboard wing servo to ELE. Two solid green lights for stability mode on a wing. Pots on control board both about 3 o'clock. What am I missing? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I know it might be a simple thing to do, but would it be possible for you to make a video on setting up the failsafe on ZOHD FC?

Man i would be totally down with this thing for certain models if it could do telemetry, Mainly battery voltage but GPS would be nice too.

My ZOHD 250 is great in manual and stabilised but in RTH it's like a Banshee on 'crack' in pitching up and down. I did swap out the motor for a T-Motor F20 II 1408 3250KV Motor (I used a 4s and cooked the original motor...) I've tried to re-do the neutral calibration but it wont oblige. Any ideas please?

Just got mine installed in a mini sky hunter and i must be doing something wrong it flies good but when i let off the throttle it wants to stall and spin in.What am i doing wrong cg is good and as far as i know i do not have to much elevator throws.

hi witch way does the prop go on i can see numbers on 1 side i have it faceing foward to the plane

I have a quick question about the launch assist. In RTH mode and the throttle stick at 100%, does it then set the throttle at 100% once it leaves you hands, or can you set the throttle at say 75% and have that as your launch speed? I ask because I have a couple planes that are nuts at 100% throttle hand launch.

Hello my servos twitch in stabilized mode but only when the dial is set to rth, if I dial it back to fence mode it stops. Any clue to why or how to fix this. Manual mode and rth mode the servos dont do it

Great video, I have a question, Can stabilizers A3 pro Kopilot etc be used with petrol-powered planes.

I have just installed it in a bi-plane. I am using a Spektrum DX8. I have set it to the flap switch. but I can't get it out of stabalize mode. it remains correcting any movement all the time. (I am getting GPS fix) the switch in RTH mode seems to twitch the surfaces. Any advice to get this to work?

Hi Painless, I am having a hard time with the kopilot in stabilization mode when throttle is above 80%, the control surface is flipping up and down like crazy. It makes the plane flying like a bird. And this issue also happens during the RTH mode when the plane is climbing for the RTH altitude. I tried to turn down the sensitivity on Both Ali and Ele, but the issue was still there. Other than these two situations the kopilot lite works good. Could you help me to figure out what the problem might be?