Thanks Lee. Couldn’t have done it without you. I am an old school 2 channel RC glider pilot from the 80’s. Tremendous learning using all these build videos and others for soldering and cramping skills etc. Appreciate you. See you in the air.
After watching this video I decided to convert my volantex ranger 2000 to vtol. Ardu pilot is a steep learning curve I went a little insane there for a time but I think I have it almost sorted now. Keep up the good work .
This is a re-upload to add a single comment on the motor output section. Thanks to those who commented on the original video that the motor order needs changing. This is video is part of a series and I cover that change needed in the next video in this series. This is not meant as a standalone video. Please keep in mind that this video is documenting my first time journey building this particular VTOL and I am using a setup guide from someone else (that included this motor setup error). This video is designed to be watched as a series. Thanks again to all who commented on the original version of the video. I would be interested in the tuning settings so please comment with your if you have your Heewing T-1 setup well. Thanks for watching and happy flying
Hi Lee, not sure if you've see or not, but I have a detailed step by step build tutorial for the T1 VTOL on my channel, which includes all the correct programming steps. Might be a better setup guide for you to use? Mine is also flying fairly well too, so if you use the same settings as me yours should fly well too
@Giz FPV thanks for letting me know. It was one of your video's that I saw used the same motor order so its fab great that there is updated content. Have you tuned it? I'd love a chat...
@@Painless360 I haven't had chance to tune mine yet (been terrible weather here for weeks!) however mine is flying pretty good using stock settings. Top tip though (that I didn't include in my tutorial) is to disable weathervaining entirely. It's a optional step, but it'll make the aircraft much easier to control during takeoff landing, otherwise you'll constantly be fighting the yaw
Wow man. This seems way more complicated than setting up a quad in Betaflight. I figured this would be easier. I'm glad you did this step by step video so I can follow along.
Thank you so much Lee ! Setting up a scratch built mini Sywalhunter Vtail version and although I have'nt done a test hover yet, I'm having a blast learning so much along the way!
Thanks Lee, this has given me the courage to try out ardupilot for at least one plane. I do think there must be some way for the iNav devs to implement vtol. The autonomous feature set it has vs Betaflight means that vtol capability would surely fit in well with they general nature of iNav as a flight software.
Wow, that's a lot of work compared to iNav. I gave up on Ardupilot twice, but planning to give it another try in a near future on a brand new frame. Let's see how it will go. Thanks by the way for this tutorial.
Could I use the steps in this video to setup the T-2 cruza VTOL. all the videos out the are using INav but I would like to get into mission planner. Do you plan on building the T2 VTOL?
I'm not getting Aircraft voltage, Avg Cell voltage, or RSSI showing on the OSD. Is there a setting I'm missing to get this setup that your video didn't cover?
Lee I see you disabled the airspeed sensor. Was that because that flight controller cannot accept an airspeed sensor? Or was that because there isn't room on the airframe? Something else? Thanks.
@@Painless360 thanks Lee - my question was more specifically - why did you choose not to use an airspeed sensor? Of course it adds a bit of complexity/cost/weight, but doesn't the added operational capability make up for that? I was even thinking arduplane/VTOL actually required an airspeed sensor? I'm wondering what went into your decision not to use an airspeed sensor, and then what were the pros and cons? Thanks again.
Ah! I understand. You don't need an airspeed sensor for Ardupilot but having one is very handy (see the other VTOL series on the channel). It'll work fine without it for basic VTOL.
Hi Lee- After the accelerometer cal, there is a level calibration. It strikes me that this isn't the same as the 1st accelerometer point (otherwise redundant), but rather a reference for level flight. Should we wait to do this until the FC is mounted in the plane and put the plane in a slightly nose-up attitude (as in level flight)? Or am I reading too much into it?
Hi! I'm stucked when trying to connect an elrs receiver to matekf404vtol on ardupilot. I'm using tx2rx2 but I can't get channels reading. Receiver get solid red once I turned on my boxer and mission planner can't connect if my boxer is turned on.
See my video on setting up CRSF recievers with Ardupilot... I've heard that changing the speed settings in ExpressLRS can make a difference too... best of luck
Great series! I have mine built and I'm starting to test hover. I was having problems getting enough motor thrust to climb in hover. I was running 3S. I noticed that some others are running 4S on this model. Are you running 3S? Also, would it be possible for you to publish your parameter list as it was when you flew your T1? Thanks inadvance!
I have the V2 with 4.3.5firmware and out of the box parameters, would you happen to know why the right motor servo over-rotates every time I land in VTOL mode, which causes prop strike between the prop and wing/engine mount. It's every time when it lands and I can't stop it 😭 Wondering if there is a parameter to stop the tilt servos moving too far towards the wing, at this rate I won't have too many more landings left.
@@Painless360 I totally understand, it's a shame because (apart from that) it flew great right out of the box, I can't be the only one with this problem, but Heewing keep telling me to use the latest 'stable' firmware, which I am 🤦🏻♂️. Keep up the good work my man 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Late to the party here🙂. Lee, do you think the tilt control can be migrated to a slider/Pot on the Tx? This would make the transition (no pun intended) from "Qhover" to forward flight more realistic aka the Osprey/AW609! Thanks for all your awsome videos.
howdy Lee. I need to know if i should keep learning ardupilot or should i wait for inav to come out with vtol support end of this year . I suppose that ardupilot has had vtol for awhile it would be more develpoed . Also i heard inav is more for quads or racing.
I don't expect INAV to be as complete as Ardupilot in their first release of VTOL support. It'll be interesting to see how close the team get to a stable, flexible, reliable and robust VTOL implementation on their first try... Happy flying
Another Great video, i have two Vtol Q-planes with this tilt setup. I see that you have your tail motor setup as "Motor7/tilt tail", but shouldn't it be "Motor4" with the tri frame type?
Hi Lee. After fighting with my Xiake 800, I decided to replace its fc with this Matek F405 VTOL. I believe I can use the same parameters you are using here right? Thanks in advance.
Hi Lee Steve again another quick question in regards to the nebula pro vista kit it comes with a wire harness pigtail call it what you want I guess it’s the power cord question is why does it come with a plug on the end of it on the other end the wires are bare there tend to be soldered on I was trying to figure out where the plug was that plugged into or just how that worked I did see how you worried up your radio mine is a little different not much but a little different was just wondering what the power cord was for before I start cutting plugs off the end thanks Steve
@@Painless360 Thanks, is there anything else besides the flight controller, gps, compass and power distribution board needed? I got the F405-VTOL and Matek M8Q-5883 module for the bicopter I'm building.
Hello, I really liked the equipment, is it possible to transport objects in autonomous flight plans? I have a project for agribusiness, I need to attach a multispectral camera. Does it have good autonomy? Thanks!
Hi, should I want to add more servo capability that the fc can handle, can I re-assign the pwm outputs on the receiver and bypass the fc for those specific channels? It seems wanting to add head tracking, independent ailerons, elevator, rudder, and anything extra would be more than what the fc can do…
Hi, I was wondering if TBS Crossfire is supported by ArduPilot with TX2/RX2 connection and if so, what do i need to do to get it going? I am not getting anything on the Radio Calibration screen. If not, just switch it to SBus?
@@Painless360 In Qhover mode, it's like fliying on circles then when trying to compensate yaw it's like not responding. I made all of that. But also have a doubt, the tilt servos should move when using the yaw in Qhover? Mine doesn't move, I Guess that is correct.
@@Painless360 I know it was a vague question. Appreciate your tutorials Ive never done one always wanted to. Just going to stick with inav for now. The hex file for adrupilot is probably corrupt. My Internet is horrible. I'm using the speedybee f405 wing for the t1 ranger I just finished the vtol conversation. Anyway happy flying
howdy. I heard inav 7 , coming out at end of year , will have vtol. Is it easier to use inav then ardupilot ? Then, we are to use bing maps on our inav , using microsoft edge. Cant we use google chrome and google maps ? Thoughts ? Im an rc flier for many years, was in the army when our sams used at first vacuem tubes , then transistors then ics . . Now i just dot my tx 16s mk11 , and the exresslrs ranger and a er4 receiver, moving on up !
I would, until INAV have a few versions under their belt. VTOL is HARD. Ardupilot code is still being optimised and improved and has a lot of years head start on INAV for VTOL..
can u help me..i got issue on my setup,when i'm on qloiter mode my throttle jumping variable,cant move from 0-100,but when stablize mode/plane mode it works normally..same part on video i use
The throttle works a little differently in this mode. I cover it in VTOL videos, see ardupilot.org/plane/docs/qloiter-mode.html where the throttle differences and settings are covered. The Ardupilot docs are always worth a read if you don't understand something, best of luck
Hi Lee I hope you had some good holidays I contacted you a little while ago about this build with the first video I see now you’re working with this Flight controller so I assume you started the second video with the electronics my question is are you doing digital or analog for the video and also do you have a video out for the electronics Where you show inside the plane from scratch as you did with the first video and showing all of the components that you use along with the flight controller reason I ask this as I mention the first time I talk with you I knew absolutely nothing about FPV at all so of course I’ve screwed up a little bit I didn’t know the difference between digital and analog so some of the components I bought based on watching someone’s video was for analog not digital you see I have the DJI goggles so everything has to be digital in my set up but it’s all good I’m moving along I’m using the radio master zorro with Crosfire for the transmitter DJI goggles v2 I do have someone here locally helping me a little bit plus videos I watch from you guys so hopefully will get this thing together I will say this though if I knew how complicated this build was from the beginning I may 😮 given it second thoughts to doing this it’s not like my plane i fly where I put gas in it and go that’s for sure OK thanks a lot for the videos and I’ll be looking for that second video thanks again Steve
Once again I can’t thank you enough especially for such a quick reply I will be waiting and watching for it and hopefully you’ll show us everything inside the fuselage as far as the electronics go OK thanks again look forward to all your videos. I guess it’s a good thing we’re not neighbors I’ve been knocking on your front door every day I believe till this thing is done OK have a good one. And yes I’m almost on the other side of the planet from you here in Florida United States to amazing what the Internet can do
hi lee steve here again; are you going to do any more veidos on heewing vtol ?? iam all bumed out have mine built but no one to setup way to hard for me to do and having hard time finding some on to do it for me ; also are you happy with yours and final setup thanks steve
13:03 i did everything up to thus point enabling q_enable and disconnecting the fc and reconnecting it and now my fc wont reconnect to arduplane any idea on how to fic it?
@@Painless360 i got it fixed it was the usb cable im tryin to set my t1 vtol up on a speedybee f405 wing app its been a nightmare so far if but thank you for ur help navigating ardupilot its made it alot easier
Hi Lee, Matek F405 VTOL is an excellent opportunity for my students because it's not expensive, but buying a complete T1 is not an option for many of them. Could you produce a series of videos converting an ordinary rc airplane into a VTOL one? Let's say a Bixler generic type plus 4 quadcopters fixed propellers around the wing. Total 4+1 motors using F405 vtol plus ardupilot
Check out the VTOL playlists here on the channel. One was with Ben from 3DXR where he covers all the steps in Ardupilot he uses to build a 4+1 VTOL and then I started, and ultimately abandoned, a 4+1 VTOL in My First VTOL Build! (Summer 2022): th-cam.com/play/PLYsWjANuAm4on9XZ6vSy6cgHOPO9OeLIE.html Some amazing content in the Ardupilot.org website on VTOL too.. Best of luck
Possibly,. See ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-matekf405-te.html If using ExpressLRS, then look at the Airport stuff... www.expresslrs.org/software/airport/
@@Painless360 any idea what I should be looking for? satellite or PWM receiver? so sorry I'm asking because I have zero knowledge of this setting and flight control 😔
Lee, I want to mention that on the Hee Wing Vtol Conversion Kit page there is a download for their parameters for Arduplane. I used this as a reference when I set mine up and pretty much copied all the Q_ entries into my F405. Here is a flight from mine. I've not done any autotune or changed anything from the Hee Wing settings yet. th-cam.com/video/lqdWBviWwcs/w-d-xo.html
@@Painless360 I've honestly not even gotten into that yet, so they are whatever is default in Arduplane. Been down with the flu for the last 3 weeks and no flying / tinkering. I can say that it does weathervane a little bit. As I make any changes that positively affect flight performance I will notify you of the changes and try to link videos.
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Thanks Lee. Couldn’t have done it without you. I am an old school 2 channel RC glider pilot from the 80’s. Tremendous learning using all these build videos and others for soldering and cramping skills etc. Appreciate you. See you in the air.
After watching this video I decided to convert my volantex ranger 2000 to vtol. Ardu pilot is a steep learning curve I went a little insane there for a time but I think I have it almost sorted now. Keep up the good work .
This is a re-upload to add a single comment on the motor output section. Thanks to those who commented on the original video that the motor order needs changing.
This is video is part of a series and I cover that change needed in the next video in this series. This is not meant as a standalone video.
Please keep in mind that this video is documenting my first time journey building this particular VTOL and I am using a setup guide from someone else (that included this motor setup error). This video is designed to be watched as a series.
Thanks again to all who commented on the original version of the video. I would be interested in the tuning settings so please comment with your if you have your Heewing T-1 setup well.
Thanks for watching and happy flying
Hi Lee, not sure if you've see or not, but I have a detailed step by step build tutorial for the T1 VTOL on my channel, which includes all the correct programming steps. Might be a better setup guide for you to use? Mine is also flying fairly well too, so if you use the same settings as me yours should fly well too
@Giz FPV thanks for letting me know. It was one of your video's that I saw used the same motor order so its fab great that there is updated content. Have you tuned it? I'd love a chat...
@@Painless360 I haven't had chance to tune mine yet (been terrible weather here for weeks!) however mine is flying pretty good using stock settings. Top tip though (that I didn't include in my tutorial) is to disable weathervaining entirely. It's a optional step, but it'll make the aircraft much easier to control during takeoff landing, otherwise you'll constantly be fighting the yaw
@@kenpayne4853 Hobbyrc bro 😉
Wow man. This seems way more complicated than setting up a quad in Betaflight. I figured this would be easier. I'm glad you did this step by step video so I can follow along.
Thank you so much Lee ! Setting up a scratch built mini Sywalhunter Vtail version and although I have'nt done a test hover yet, I'm having a blast learning so much along the way!
Excellent video, Lee! Thanks! 😊
Looking forward to the next steps!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks Lee, this has given me the courage to try out ardupilot for at least one plane. I do think there must be some way for the iNav devs to implement vtol. The autonomous feature set it has vs Betaflight means that vtol capability would surely fit in well with they general nature of iNav as a flight software.
Let the developers know that it is something that you want. The more who ask, the better the chances it'll happen.. best of luck
Wow, that's a lot of work compared to iNav. I gave up on Ardupilot twice, but planning to give it another try in a near future on a brand new frame. Let's see how it will go. Thanks by the way for this tutorial.
Well, considering INAV doesn't support VTOL, it's Hobson's choice at the moment for VTOL software.
I was able to get the controller to work in inav but not in adrupilot days barometer error not sure what I did wrong
@@Painless360 hi i have matek f405wmn,it's possibile to use it for a vtol airplane?or the only way is buy the f405 vtol?
Thank you for the highly informative video !
Great stuff, very useful. Your videos are always really well delivered. Surpised there's no mention of setting up telemetry?
See my other videos on telemetry with Ardupilot. Nothing different here.. happy flying!
Could I use the steps in this video to setup the T-2 cruza VTOL. all the videos out the are using INav but I would like to get into mission planner. Do you plan on building the T2 VTOL?
No plans at the moment... Happy flying
Thanks Lee, There's something I want to ask. At 5:48, I'd like to get some information about the cable that connects FC and GPS.
What specifically do you want to know?
I'm not getting Aircraft voltage, Avg Cell voltage, or RSSI showing on the OSD. Is there a setting I'm missing to get this setup that your video didn't cover?
What FPV setup?
@@Painless360 DJI O3. I got it figured out, decimal was selected and RSSI was set to 2, and needed to be 3 from crossfire.
Lee I see you disabled the airspeed sensor. Was that because that flight controller cannot accept an airspeed sensor? Or was that because there isn't room on the airframe? Something else? Thanks.
There isn't an airspeed sensor on this model. Happy flying!
@@Painless360 thanks Lee - my question was more specifically - why did you choose not to use an airspeed sensor? Of course it adds a bit of complexity/cost/weight, but doesn't the added operational capability make up for that? I was even thinking arduplane/VTOL actually required an airspeed sensor? I'm wondering what went into your decision not to use an airspeed sensor, and then what were the pros and cons? Thanks again.
Ah! I understand. You don't need an airspeed sensor for Ardupilot but having one is very handy (see the other VTOL series on the channel). It'll work fine without it for basic VTOL.
@@Painless360 OK - got it - "basic" VTOL - yeah that makes sense. Thanks very much.
Hi Lee- After the accelerometer cal, there is a level calibration. It strikes me that this isn't the same as the 1st accelerometer point (otherwise redundant), but rather a reference for level flight. Should we wait to do this until the FC is mounted in the plane and put the plane in a slightly nose-up attitude (as in level flight)? Or am I reading too much into it?
You can re-run the acc. level calibration after it is in the model. See my full Arduplane setup videos. Best of luck!
bravo.thenks
Hi! I'm stucked when trying to connect an elrs receiver to matekf404vtol on ardupilot. I'm using tx2rx2 but I can't get channels reading. Receiver get solid red once I turned on my boxer and mission planner can't connect if my boxer is turned on.
See my video on setting up CRSF recievers with Ardupilot... I've heard that changing the speed settings in ExpressLRS can make a difference too... best of luck
Great series! I have mine built and I'm starting to test hover. I was having problems getting enough motor thrust to climb in hover. I was running 3S. I noticed that some others are running 4S on this model. Are you running 3S? Also, would it be possible for you to publish your parameter list as it was when you flew your T1? Thanks inadvance!
Tuning video in the works as the default setup has issues.. Happy flying
I have the V2 with 4.3.5firmware and out of the box parameters, would you happen to know why the right motor servo over-rotates every time I land in VTOL mode, which causes prop strike between the prop and wing/engine mount. It's every time when it lands and I can't stop it 😭
Wondering if there is a parameter to stop the tilt servos moving too far towards the wing, at this rate I won't have too many more landings left.
See my video from Xmas on why I am taking a break from hobby grade VTOL. Due to problems exactly like this... Best of luck
@@Painless360 I totally understand, it's a shame because (apart from that) it flew great right out of the box, I can't be the only one with this problem, but Heewing keep telling me to use the latest 'stable' firmware, which I am 🤦🏻♂️.
Keep up the good work my man 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Late to the party here🙂. Lee, do you think the tilt control can be migrated to a slider/Pot on the Tx? This would make the transition (no pun intended) from "Qhover" to forward flight more realistic aka the Osprey/AW609! Thanks for all your awsome videos.
Lots of work in Ardupilot 4.4 is coming, and some updated content for this model that should include a tune... stay tuned!
@@Painless360 Thanks Lee. I'm looking forward to 4.4 seems to be taking a while. Fingers crossed.
howdy Lee. I need to know if i should keep learning ardupilot or should i wait for inav to come out with vtol support end of this year . I suppose that ardupilot has had vtol for awhile it would be more develpoed . Also i heard inav is more for quads or racing.
I don't expect INAV to be as complete as Ardupilot in their first release of VTOL support. It'll be interesting to see how close the team get to a stable, flexible, reliable and robust VTOL implementation on their first try... Happy flying
Another Great video, i have two Vtol Q-planes with this tilt setup. I see that you have your tail motor setup as "Motor7/tilt tail", but shouldn't it be "Motor4" with the tri frame type?
Yep, see the next video where we finalise the setup.. happy flying
Hi,
I have a question, there is an aileron and flight modes on channel 6, is this the correct configuration?
Not sure I understand the question..
Hi Lee, I purchased the matek f405 vtol FC. Is there any instructions where to solder the capacitor? Can't seem to find any.
Shown on product page - www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f405-vtol
@@Painless360 thanks
Is it worth the trouble of converting the t1 into a vtol? Also how are the flight times vs a normal ranger t1? Same, better or worse flight times?
That is subjective. VTOL version is heavier with more drag so flight times impacted.
Hi Lee. After fighting with my Xiake 800, I decided to replace its fc with this Matek F405 VTOL. I believe I can use the same parameters you are using here right? Thanks in advance.
You should be able to copy the q_ settings across once you've enabled Quadplane on the new FC.... Best of luck
@@Painless360 Will do, thanks!
Really appreciate all your wonderful content- curious why you are using Q_TILT_TYPE as Binary(2) not vectoredYaw(3)?
That wasn't in the instructions I was following. That is the setting in the Xiake800 so stay tuned for the final video...
@@Painless360 thank you... Think I may have miss-read the entry in the video. Teaches me to pay closer attention.
Any chance of a version for INAV? The T1 VTOL is re released with NO FC which is ideal for INAV and a Matek 405 VTOL.. :)
I'm guessing you missed my video on my plans for that... stay tuned!
Thanks sir,..could thats heewing vtol, used for mapping fotography,..replace the camera vpv and install camera for mapping?
It's a little small for that.. Happy flying
Hi Lee Steve again another quick question in regards to the nebula pro vista kit it comes with a wire harness pigtail call it what you want I guess it’s the power cord question is why does it come with a plug on the end of it on the other end the wires are bare there tend to be soldered on I was trying to figure out where the plug was that plugged into or just how that worked I did see how you worried up your radio mine is a little different not much but a little different was just wondering what the power cord was for before I start cutting plugs off the end thanks Steve
See the video about how i wired mine up in the playlist... I hope that helps
thanks for the awesome videos,I have a question, as a person who has flown xiake 800 and upgraded T1 ranger, which one do you prefer and why?
I need more time with both. I like the higher quality of the Ranger but it is a lot more expensive...
I'm new to all this stuff, does the F405-vtol require the compass and GPS to function properly?
Yes, Ardupilot likes both working and properly calibrated. Happy flying
@@Painless360 Thanks, is there anything else besides the flight controller, gps, compass and power distribution board needed? I got the F405-VTOL and Matek M8Q-5883 module for the bicopter I'm building.
See my VTOL build with the Ranger as I use the same FC... Best of luck
Hello, I really liked the equipment, is it possible to transport objects in autonomous flight plans?
I have a project for agribusiness, I need to attach a multispectral camera.
Does it have good autonomy?
Thanks!
Yes it is, check out the Ardupilot docs - ardupilot.org/plane/docs/common-servo.html
Hi, should I want to add more servo capability that the fc can handle, can I re-assign the pwm outputs on the receiver and bypass the fc for those specific channels?
It seems wanting to add head tracking, independent ailerons, elevator, rudder, and anything extra would be more than what the fc can do…
You can, I am about to do that here for a model with a very specific wiring challenge!
@@Painless360 thanks! I’d be interested in a video if it’s convenient. But I appreciate it either way.
Dependant on recievwr type. If ELRS, see my videos on how to remap the outputs to whatever channel you want... Happy flying
Hi,
I was wondering if TBS Crossfire is supported by ArduPilot with TX2/RX2 connection and if so, what do i need to do to get it going? I am not getting anything on the Radio Calibration screen.
If not, just switch it to SBus?
I'm guessing you are not a regular viewer... check out th-cam.com/video/fpnbJPU3hU0/w-d-xo.html
@@Painless360 somehow I missed that one, thank you so much!
So you are going to use the dji RC link with the DJI air unit
I also have a few more questions for you on the set up of the VTOL build
Check out the playlist, my video on it is in there.. I hope it helps... Best of luck
Hi. I made it but I feel is not responding quite faster as I need, I have to move my sticks a lot. Do you know how to improve the response? Thanks
In what mode? What have you already tried? Have you followed the same process I have in this series?
@@Painless360 In Qhover mode, it's like fliying on circles then when trying to compensate yaw it's like not responding. I made all of that. But also have a doubt, the tilt servos should move when using the yaw in Qhover? Mine doesn't move, I Guess that is correct.
I get barometer error reflashed to a different program and it works any idea what I did wrong to not get it to work with adrupilot
I'd check the forums for the exact error. Best of luck with it
@@Painless360 I know it was a vague question. Appreciate your tutorials Ive never done one always wanted to. Just going to stick with inav for now. The hex file for adrupilot is probably corrupt. My Internet is horrible. I'm using the speedybee f405 wing for the t1 ranger I just finished the vtol conversation. Anyway happy flying
howdy. I heard inav 7 , coming out at end of year , will have vtol. Is it easier to use inav then ardupilot ? Then, we are to use bing maps on our inav , using microsoft edge. Cant we use google chrome and google maps ? Thoughts ? Im an rc flier for many years, was in the army when our sams used at first vacuem tubes , then transistors then ics . . Now i just dot my tx 16s mk11 , and the exresslrs ranger and a er4 receiver, moving on up !
Best of luck with that!
should i go with ardupilot ?@@Painless360
I would, until INAV have a few versions under their belt. VTOL is HARD. Ardupilot code is still being optimised and improved and has a lot of years head start on INAV for VTOL..
can u help me..i got issue on my setup,when i'm on qloiter mode my throttle jumping variable,cant move from 0-100,but when stablize mode/plane mode it works normally..same part on video i use
The throttle works a little differently in this mode. I cover it in VTOL videos, see ardupilot.org/plane/docs/qloiter-mode.html where the throttle differences and settings are covered. The Ardupilot docs are always worth a read if you don't understand something, best of luck
@@Painless360 thanks sir...i get it now,to tunning when hover i should in QHover mode...
Hi Lee I hope you had some good holidays I contacted you a little while ago about this build with the first video I see now you’re working with this Flight controller so I assume you started the second video with the electronics my question is are you doing digital or analog for the video and also do you have a video out for the electronics Where you show inside the plane from scratch as you did with the first video and showing all of the components that you use along with the flight controller reason I ask this as I mention the first time I talk with you I knew absolutely nothing about FPV at all so of course I’ve screwed up a little bit I didn’t know the difference between digital and analog so some of the components I bought based on watching someone’s video was for analog not digital you see I have the DJI goggles so everything has to be digital in my set up but it’s all good I’m moving along I’m using the radio master zorro with Crosfire for the transmitter DJI goggles v2 I do have someone here locally helping me a little bit plus videos I watch from you guys so hopefully will get this thing together I will say this though if I knew how complicated this build was from the beginning I may 😮 given it second thoughts to doing this it’s not like my plane i fly where I put gas in it and go that’s for sure OK thanks a lot for the videos and I’ll be looking for that second video thanks again Steve
I will be making a separate video adding an DJI air unit to mine. Stay tuned!
Once again I can’t thank you enough especially for such a quick reply I will be waiting and watching for it and hopefully you’ll show us everything inside the fuselage as far as the electronics go OK thanks again look forward to all your videos. I guess it’s a good thing we’re not neighbors I’ve been knocking on your front door every day I believe till this thing is done OK have a good one. And yes I’m almost on the other side of the planet from you here in Florida United States to amazing what the Internet can do
hi lee steve here again; are you going to do any more veidos on heewing vtol ?? iam all bumed out have mine built but no one to setup way to hard for me to do and having hard time finding some on to do it for me ; also are you happy with yours and final setup thanks steve
13:03 i did everything up to thus point enabling q_enable and disconnecting the fc and reconnecting it and now my fc wont reconnect to arduplane any idea on how to fic it?
I'd try another USB cable... Best of luck
@@Painless360 i got it fixed it was the usb cable im tryin to set my t1 vtol up on a speedybee f405 wing app its been a nightmare so far if but thank you for ur help navigating ardupilot its made it alot easier
Yep, so common I made a video on it! th-cam.com/video/J5BR9_vVwpE/w-d-xo.html
With iNav 7 out, can you please make a similar setup video for it, but using iNav? Thanks!!!
That is one of the ideas for when v7.0 is out... Stay tuned
@@Painless360did you do an inav 7 video?
Hi Lee, Matek F405 VTOL is an excellent opportunity for my students because it's not expensive, but buying a complete T1 is not an option for many of them. Could you produce a series of videos converting an ordinary rc airplane into a VTOL one? Let's say a Bixler generic type plus 4 quadcopters fixed propellers around the wing. Total 4+1 motors using F405 vtol plus ardupilot
Check out the VTOL playlists here on the channel. One was with Ben from 3DXR where he covers all the steps in Ardupilot he uses to build a 4+1 VTOL and then I started, and ultimately abandoned, a 4+1 VTOL in My First VTOL Build! (Summer 2022): th-cam.com/play/PLYsWjANuAm4on9XZ6vSy6cgHOPO9OeLIE.html
Some amazing content in the Ardupilot.org website on VTOL too.. Best of luck
@@Painless360 Thank you a lot!
Can matek F405 use mavlink for telemetry to ardu ?
Possibly,. See ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-matekf405-te.html
If using ExpressLRS, then look at the Airport stuff... www.expresslrs.org/software/airport/
@@Painless360 Thanks for the info sir .. By the way , are you ever fly this vtol after all these setup ? i can't find your flight video on this vtol.
which microcontroller should i buy
For what? This model? I used a Matek F405-VTOL..
Does this mediatek support telemetry?
It does. Check out the Ardupilot docs for which UARTs are best... Best of luck
Thanks
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Hi, nice, I was wondering how I can bind with IX14 Spektrum?
The flight controller can work with lots of receiver types. I don't use Spektrum here... Best of luck
@@Painless360 any idea what I should be looking for? satellite or PWM receiver? so sorry I'm asking because I have zero knowledge of this setting and flight control 😔
th-cam.com/video/GbUMC8h2uhU/w-d-xo.html should help.
Lee, I want to mention that on the Hee Wing Vtol Conversion Kit page there is a download for their parameters for Arduplane. I used this as a reference when I set mine up and pretty much copied all the Q_ entries into my F405. Here is a flight from mine. I've not done any autotune or changed anything from the Hee Wing settings yet. th-cam.com/video/lqdWBviWwcs/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the reminder. I've added a link in the description. What are your settings for weathervaneing?
@@Painless360 I've honestly not even gotten into that yet, so they are whatever is default in Arduplane. Been down with the flu for the last 3 weeks and no flying / tinkering. I can say that it does weathervane a little bit. As I make any changes that positively affect flight performance I will notify you of the changes and try to link videos.
Please inav...........vtol.....
Can't be done with INAV.
Thank You