Easy Ardupilot on Omnibus Series: 1. Introduction and flashing the firmware
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Ardupilot on an inexpensive FC is in my view, one of the best things that has happened in a long time.
I have to agree and it's now not as tricky as it was thanks to the recent developments in the code.
What does FC stand for if i may ask? :)
@@dinudinu400 flight controller i believe
Couldnt agree more!!! This has opened up a whole new world to those of us who have to budget our funds between multiple hobbies lol
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Excellent! Excellent! A long time coming. This will nearly revolutionize FPV and mission planning costs for the average fixed wing pilot.
I am a big fan of Ardupilot and thanks for making the transition on these F4 boards so easy. I have set up two wings already with OSD and I like the flight characteristics better than INAV.
Outstanding Series! My ultimate compliments!
I'm a Patron now.
Excellent - I look forward to next videos. Every now and then something new and exciting comes to the hobby.
Wow,,,,, I watch most of your videos, but missed this series. I’m about to start a 9” build and missing my Arducopter days want a gps beast, but without going back to Pixhawk. Low and behold...... thank you 😇
Great option, perfect video, looking forward to try it out on my matek F405, withe the help of your following videos on ArduPilot
Thank-you Lee! Really looking forward to this series. Have been wondering for a while about putting a flight controller in a trainer plane and setting up geofencing, and then letting my son loose on it by himself - and know that he won't be able to fly it away from himself too far, and won't be able to fly it into the deck. This looks like a fairly approachable way to get there without having to go Pixhawk (which feels overkill from a hardware point of view). Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Thanks for the feedback! I've had a lot of time figuring this all out as the detail about how to do all of this isn't as accessible as some of the other things in ArduPilot. Hopefully this will show how easy it can be. You can preview the other videos in the series by using the playlist. Happy flying!
Thank you for this Lee found exactly what you were talking about. That's brilliant I'm going to do that soon as my board comes in. Thanks for the servo pins cheat🙏
Great Video looking forward to the series.
Very interesting serie Lee, really looking forward to future episodes. :-)
Amazing job! I've always loved the pixhawk series.
*HARDLY CAN WAIT!! GAME OF DRONES S01E01..CANT WAIT NEXT EPISODE!*
You can preview them by using the playlist.. Happy flying!
Hi Lee. Thanks again for video. I especially like what you did to avoid having to remove the diode - all these boards are slightly different so I was unsure which is the correct diode to remove. Great solution
This is got me very excited I may have to start building again
Lee Thanks for all your help with iNav setup!
This is about ArduPilot, not INav.
Great tutorial as always. I just plugged all my servos and ESC BEC into the servo rail after removing the diode. It works fine and is not necessary to solder those power pins together as you did (as far as I know).
That's right, I cover that in these videos. Using the pins like this works for any board - even if the FC has no way to isolate those outputs.. Happy flying
It will be another interesting video series. Thanks
Great info. I keep referring back to clips during builds.
Thanks great video I was hoping something like this would happen with other fight control boards and it just worked on one of my WingFC10 board Thanks Again
Great video Lee ... Look forward to the next in series :-))
Nice exactly what i been looking for..
Perfect you have this video, i have my Omnibus F4 V3Pro sitting and waiting
Check out the playlist ;)
@@Painless360 found your playlist series, thank you.
Anyone know how to make standard serial telemetry work on the omnibus, for use with a standard radio modem?
Should be just a case of plugging into that telemetry port.. I'll be looking at that in more depth in the next build where there are more UARTS to play with.. Best of luck!
Rctestflight , serial telemetry (sik radio) worked for me out of the box on the omnibus v3 pro, no settings changed what-so-ever.
When using ppm for rc desoldering a resistor as described here : www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2798125-Omnibus-F4-AIO-PRO-V2-ppm-receiver-not-talking-to-flight-controller/page2 solved the issue. I guess thats the price we pay when buying a clone board... no good documentation. This little resistor kept me busy the whole afternoon. My ppm input was working but missionplanner wasn´t getting parameters in.
hi rctestflight
It's tempting to try, but I think I'll stick with my frisky f7s.Im testing the return feature in betaflight now and have pretty much got it.However I'd love to flash I NAV to one ,and see if it gives me more GPS features than BF.Thanks for the video .I have been with u quite a while ,it never gets old.keep up this good work bud.
INav has a lot more GPS ability than BF - it's not just for 'rescue'.. All covered in my iNav series. Happy flying!
You're content is just absolutely amazing. I'll send a beer or two your way soon! So far, not much different from Betaflight with my quads. I'm eyeing to get into planes and I like the idea of having a stabilizer. Considering something like the X8 or X9 and adding in a cheap Omnibus to get stabilizer from the FC and be ready for all those other cool features, once I learn how to fly. Is this a good idea or start with the plane alone and no stabilizer? Is the X8 or X9 a decent plane to learn with?
Not only this is great pedagogical advice but it's also great news. These f4 and f7 boards are very light, widely available and cheaper than those cumbersome pixhawk boards. I wonder how nice would it be inside a big freestyle quad, loaded with GPS and compass. This thing would open doors to acro, waypoints, GPS assisted flight, perhaps some fancy telemetry, computer ground base and so much more. Really excited about this. It could give big players, such as DJI, a run for their money.
Indeed, and you can relax that your private flight data isn't going to another country ;)
@@Painless360 That alone would retire my old Mavic snitch.
Thank you for all the information..
After 30+ yrs absence I am getting back into RC planes (I have been flying quads for 2 yrs). Confusion abounded because literally everything has changed about planes and I don't have a friend/club that I can go to. So after about a month of stumbling around on the internet I found your series on the 900mm wing and knew that is the direction I wanted to go. I am hoping the series goes into the 'how' and why to get the electronics up and running because I am clueless about setting up the new electronics in planes. I am retired and funds are tight but I hope to be able to be a Patreon.
Thanks for the comment and considering supporting the channel. There are a number of videos aimed at the newer pilot (or an older one coming back to the hobby) but I'm always on the lookout for helpful topics so let me know if you can't find detail on something.. Best of luck!
Great 👍 video Lee! I guess I can finally say goodbye to that APM FC... on a non RC related note; smart haircut 💇♂️! 👌😂
Thank you!
great tips thankyou lee
I'm in the process of converting one of my autonomous planes over from a pixhawk to a F722 wing board. Gotta say, I won't be buying anymore pixhawk hardware, not because it's bad but because the biggest drama is always the plugs and cables and these new boards take all that away. So much easier to just solder straight to the board or make up a servo plug if you really want to.
I had arduplane on f405 wing, which resulted to FC freeze mid air, where plane glided to wall. When I came to crash site, it was a terrible view. Motor got toasted and was blazing hot.
I've been running Ardupilot Arducopter on a $25 Omnibus F4 for several months now. Works great. Including GPS, telemetry transmission, OSD, Mavlink Gimbal control of a Storm32, and SBUS R/C. Had to do some s/w tweaks to enable an extra built in UART. Feel free to ask any questions.
Awesome! Great to see another tackling this. Have you made any instructional videos or how tos?
@@Painless360 Hah, not for fun, just for work collegues on non-drone related topics for work :)
@@Painless360 BTW, I paired this card with a $35 4-in-1 ESC (BS430 ESC 30A 3-6S 4 in 1 BLHeli-S)
How do you connect the telemetry radios?
@@topdrone8586 My telemetry connection goes to my ground station. I use a 915Mhz radio link that connects to one of the Omnibus' uarts
I bought an OmniNXT F7 deluxe, but alas, I did not do my homework as there is no target for this board yet. Now I'm stuck on trying to get the rather tricky iNav pids tuned for my F550 hex...
would you recommend using the nano version? would the things said in this video series still apply to it? (with adjustments to pinouts etc)
I'll bet you don't have any idea how much frustration that you saved me. Mission Planner would not flash my OmnibusF7! Ha! Thanks!!!
Fantastic, Lee! And it's really easy! 😃
Just one question, would it be possible to connect sensors like the pitot(?) tube to a board like that?
Not this one but check out those with more UARTs (like the F35)..
@@Painless360 Oh, I see! Thanks! 😃
Having played with the Omnibus F4 Pro in a 450 quad I'm quite pleased but I have to say the temperature drift of the barometer is shocking - the pressure trace follows every nuance of the temperature trace with a significant amplitude and the altitude bombs off by about 10 metres within a few minutes of turn on. Setting TCAL_ENABLED = 2 (learn & use calibration) has helped but the whole thing has made me want to build a flight controller with completely separate sensors that can be housed to get the best from them (vibration isolated, away from heat sources, wind baffled etc) and to this end I'm getting an H743 development board (quite tricky in the current climate of STM32 shortages!) in order to see how this works out. Also have a ESP32 coming with which I plan to organise MavLink over WiFi. Should all keep me off the streets for a while 8-)=
Letting the FC warm up before flight with these cheap and cheerful flight controllers is a must. Covering the baro with foam is handy too. This is why things like the PixHawk CUBE has in internal heater to maintain the temperature to avoid issues like this. More modern, more expensive boards have much better baros on them from my experience here. Happy flying!
@@Painless360 Many thanks for the reply. Yes, I have a foam baffle on the baro as it certainly calms the height vs airspeed issue down a bit. The project is really to see what can be done for minimal outlay during a chip shortage. I like the idea of upgrading sensors on the FC as they become available rather than having to sack the whole thing to get the improvements. The MS5611 is only about £12 even from RS (or will be when they have any in stock ) so I'm going to pension off the 280s when possible.
Hi again, Question I have been following your videos for INAV and my AR wing, and I have everything working but I need to get auto launch working Thanks again for all the help and videos
If you Google something like 'autolaunch painless360' then you'll find my video for Arduplane... If you want more detail on iNav then check out the detail in the wiki - github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/Modes#nav-launch look up NAV Launch. I may do a video on this soon...
你讲的真棒！！！！！！！！！！
Thanks for these group of videos Lee. I am following this to the letter and at present all is well. Sorry but did you remove the diode or did the soldering of the pins means you can leave the diode in place ? Many thanks
I didn't need to as the pin trick meant that the servos were powered from the external 5v power..
Great news and an awesom vid.
As usual.
Will it work with multirotors as well?
Thanks
Yep
Thanks so much sir for this
You're welcome, thanks for the comment. You can preview the next videos in the series by using the playlist :)
Great vid. I’ll be doing an upcoming OmniArdu build soon. Such a shame the ProFi guys didn’t include an OSD in even just one of their new Cube flavors. I understand their direction was to promote the Herelink, but honestly. . . the FPV community at large has been asking for decent OSD integration since forever. The user shouldn’t be required to purchase the Herelink. I have one, and it’s nice, but like many old FPVers, I’d just soon use my Taranis and do the vid/telm on traditional freqs. Maybe the Maya guys will put an Omnibus style OSD on the PixRacer at some point.
I've been asking for the same thing for quite a while now too. Last I heard that isn't wasn't a direction that they're interested in but maybe as the majority of the Pixhawk sales are cannibalised by people using these cheaper flight controllers with on screen displays, that might change. Fingers crossed!
@@Painless360 Yes, fingers crossed! In the meantime, this particular video series will surely be popular. So many of my flying Buddys are gearing up for summer with their builds. Looking forward to the next in the series!
I have tried to download the latest firmware for Arducopter for the Omnibus F4 Pro from the download site but when I like on the hex file it just download a whole load of text, I have tried using another computer and another browser but I just get the same thing, do you have any suggestion please.
Removing the diode is done to protect/ isolate the FC from the 5volts coming in from the esc Bec when connected to the rail. The 5 volts on the rail from the esc will then power the servos . The receiver connection gets its power from the FC separately. I do not get 5volts on the rail from the FC hence you need external power to power this rail. So this procedure is done to protect the fc. Leaving the diode will still allow you to power the rail but may risk the fc.
Am I correct? Read this info from the link in ardupilot which forwards it to rcgroups
Pretty much. That's why I changed the 5v pins on the servos and esc connections to avoid all that.. this isn't really designed for fixed wing out of the box like the Matek F405-wing..
If I’m using arducopter do I wire the moters in the same place as in normal pinout for the omnibus (pins under rc in)
You can configure the pinpoints however you need. See the next videos..
Thank you!
Can I flash a ardupilot fc to betaflight
Thanks for this awesome video! This is really helpful. I just want to say I appreciate it a lot.
So you are using the INAV windows programmer to flash the ArduPilot firmware?
Are INAV, ArduPilot, CleanFlight, and Px4 Autopilot all competing flight control software, any of which can be targeted to a supported hardware platform (Omnibus f4, SP Racing H7)? Or does the type of software you use depend on the application (fixed vs rotary wing)? Thanks!
I have a video or two about that. Google something like 'flight contol software painless360' to find them.. Hope they help.. Happy flying!
I bought a omnibus f4 to install ardupilot but I got the non pro version by mistake, it's a omnibus f4 v3S. Can I still follow this guide? Is there any major change from the non-pro to the pro version?
Not sure, you could try it and see... Best of luck!
Hi Lee, you still recommend the omnibus as an inexpensive FC for running Ardupilot or you think there is a better one right now?
It depends on the model type. I tend to use Matek stuff almost every time here at the moment, they just work... Happy flying
I am building a plane with Ardupilot using a board similar to the one you have. I am wondering, would you recommend powering the board with another battery than what you are driving the ESC / Motor with?
Depends what that others board is... this is why I make these series so you can follow along exactly with the build using the same components. Best of luck!
Do you have a page of the steps you used for the beginning setup of the FC for this? I bought a board to experiment but i want to make sure i solder the 5v pins etc corrctly
All steps are shown in the series. Best of luck with the build...
Really nice video! So much knowledge!ŕ4 Does it work the same way with other F4 board or only with this one?
Cheers
See link in description. Lots of non Pixhawk flight contollers supported now... Happy flying
Thanks man! I will check it up, cheers!
great video buddy as allways.quik question.one of the youngend in our group just finished there first build.dys f4 pro v2 fc.racerstar 50amp 4in1 esc.and when he plugs in the lipo we are getting a red hot chip on the fron of esc.cant see and shorts anywere.its like a small silver cap.very very hot straight away.any ideas.first time ever this has happend and im stumped.
I double check that nothing is touching the bottom of that ESC and causing some kind of short. If not then it's probably an issue with that ESC board. Best of luck
@@Painless360 thanks buddy will check it out.he soldered ot all perfect.so will have look
Hi,
I have to ask this question. What is in your opinion the best software/ecosystem for autonomous flight and why? iNav, Ardupilot, PX4 or something else? I'd like to know your personal thoughts about it.
See that flight controller comparison video I mentioned in this video for my thoughts on the various systems.. Best of luck!
The trickier thing to do is to deal with frsky telemetry. You should definitely have a video about that. It would be easier than have to read multiple forum and github post as i did.
I've always found it pretty simple to setup (ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-frsky-telemetry.html) on Pixhawk. See th-cam.com/video/EEeCK8BQM8o/w-d-xo.html for examples and how I've set it up. I may look at it again when I make another model with an FC with more UARTS.. Happy flying!
I tried with the matek f405 wing and i find it a lot more difficult :
1 - 3.10dev version of ardupilot required
2- Have to get a frsky receiver which got a "reversed" smartport
You can find a thread on github here : github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/issues/9267#issuecomment-488718152
I couldn't get the craft and theory cable and the lua script to work like on the pixhawk/cube. If you have some tips, i would be glad to here about them... Happy flying!
I've purchased the craft and theory cable and got Frsky Telemetry working on a Pixhawk 1 with an X8R. I've also built an equivalent cable with frsky part Ful-1 and an diode (gets the cable price down to about $5). I'm now trying to do the same with the Omnibus F4 pro and an XSR receiver. All the ardupilot documentation shows is the telemetry transmit and receive pins and to put it on UART 1. The XSR only has one line in for the Sport with no spare ground connection. I'm at a loss for how to wire and configure it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I haven't found any real documentation on how to the Frsky passthrough telemetry working with the F4 omnibus pro. Thanks.
I think that it would way easier with an f7 board (kakute f7 and omnibus f7 have target)
So how do maintain connection with the plane on Ardupilot to watch it Live in Mission Planner?
My board has USB & Bluetooth.
Both of which wont work once i take off..
Telemetry radios usually.. see my videos on it
nice , will be watching, i have a RXSR-FC (OMNIBUS F4 Nano V7) any thoughts on that? i ve been wanting osd for my planes flying fpv. made the opentx move last year love it , still in learning curve lol. old dog learning new tech... thanks
Check what boards are supported and if it is then you're in business! :D
Do you know whether I can use crossfire on the Omnibus F4 Pro v3 or not? The documentation doesn't mention crsf anywhere.
It should do, via a UART... Best of luck
hello I am using this flight control card. I'm trying to do it from the inav program by watching you. I connect a GPS, but it does not work even though my connections are correct. Could you help?
Please watch the series, you need to check that it's powered and you may have the RX and TX lines the wrong way. Best of luck
Hey Lee question for you. I flashed arduplane to a sucexx e f4 and accelerometer doesn't seem to work. I get a barometer error when connecting. Everything else seemed ok. I flashed back to inav and it's working. Couldn't get much info on it. Thanks for your time. Have a good one.
Not sure, I have not used that. I would check the wiki and forums. Best of luck
Flashed Ardupilot on my F4 Pro V3 FC all working except no power on servo output rails. Soldered bridge for PPM receiver and removed diode as shown in the documentation. Where am I going wrong? What to use FC in a fixed wing. I'd apprcciate any suggestions. Thank you.
Please watch the series to see how I did it. Best of luck!
Hello Friend, I bought my Omnibus F4 at Airbot, the board is working perfectly, but I'm only able to turn it on through the engine esc, I soldered the battery wire to the board's bec, but when I plug the battery, the board doesn't turn on, it would be necessary some procedure like soldering a bridge. Thanks.
Which Omnibus F4 board exactly? There have been loads of versions and I can't have a look at the manual or wiring diagram until I know the exact one. Can you post a url to it? Thanks.
My flightcontroller knowledge doesn't reach beyond a KK-board, will the FC from this series with the proper software work on a medium size tricopter? Should I get a PDB with it?
This wouldnt be my first choice. I'm not a tricopter pilot so not the best person to ask... best of luck
I set one up on a Z84 a month or so ago. I didn’t finish it up because I was unable to get RSSI working. I tried RSSI in the PPM stream and directly analog to the boards RSSI pad. Maybe I will try it again with newer FW.
I think Ardupilots level modes are much more stable than iNav at least on wings. Traditional fixed wing planes I built have worked well and are stable with iNav. I don’t know why it’s only the wings that are not able to get a smooth tune. I ran PatrikE’s FW on wings in the past that were easy to tune and flew very smooth on wings. Every wing video I see with iNav are always so unstable unless there is zero wind.
I may do a video on that.. thanks for the idea..
@@Painless360 That would be great if you did! Thanks for considering it.
After flashing the board I can connect to MP on port 9 ok. When I install quadcopter within MP the port number wants to go to port1 but when I try and connect again to MP it times out with message "No heartbeat received" and doesn't connect. The version of MP is 1.3.72, any ideas?
The com port should show up in the list. If not then it's probably a driver issue... Best of luck
Hello. Can you recommend a FC budget equivalent for a quadcopter? Isn’t this FC just for fixed wing?
Most of the Omnibus boards can be got cheap now. This one would work in a quad but you'd need a PDB too. AIO (all-in-one) boards like the Kakute and CLRacingF4s etc. are very good..
What about radio telemetry, can be conected to this board?
You can preview the later videos by using the playlist. I've made it video about that.. Happy flying!
can ardupilut in that setup still be controlled through a bluetooth module?
I've never tried that. Let me know if you get it working.. Best of luck
Hi, I have a question, I was inspired to try this, I got myself a Furious FPV F35 lightning since it looks neat, I successfully flashed it with ardupilot, but the GPS is not working at all, is this something easily fixed or is there a way to revert it to Inav?
Without knowing what you've tried it's tricky to offer any advice. To get it back into iNav then you'll need to press the DFU button/contacts on the FC to force it into bootloader mode and flash as normal. Best of luck!
Would the omnibus f4 still be the "cheapish" flight controller? i seem to be having some issues finding them. wondering if there is a new cheapish board
Not sure, the full list of the supported boards is still in the documentation but I use Matek flight controllers almost always now... Best of luck
Can you get & fly in Altitude Hold mode in this...???
FBWB mode - th-cam.com/video/P4soR6QgOk0/w-d-xo.html
I am currently a Pixhawk user, so I do not currently have inav or betaflight.
In order to flash Ardupilot, must I use 1 or other of these just to flash and then not use it again?
Pretty much. There are other options too, all covered in the documentation.. best of luck!
can you install a full side tbs Crossfire rx, that way we can use mavlink over the bluetooth and show the plane in mission planner.? One more item Lee, some of the V3 boards have bad barometers, so works in the beginning but after few reboots goes red, is not the software is the hardware be aware.
I've not tried it but I don't see why not. You just need to get the telemetry pins from the flight controller into the 'MAVLINK pins on the receiver.
If I power 4 9g servos and a Raspberry Pi Zero with the on-board SBEC, is it going to be fine or catch fire? I don't ever see anybody using the on-board SBEC on the F4 Pro with Ardupilot.
You need to figure out how much current all those things need and see if it's less than the on board 5v regulator is rated for... See how I did it by watching the rest of the series...
Is it possible to flash ardupilot on dys f4 pro v2 or cl Racing f4?
Checked the ardupilot website. Couldn't find any firmware
If it's not there then it's probably not supported... yet!
AWESOME!
Thanks information
Great video!
Will ardupilot work properly when installed on regular Omnibus F4 v3 (non pro) if external current sensor is connected from 4in1 ESC?
I've not tried, the wiki is very specific on the specific boards supported ...
Painless360 Thanks for reply. I'll give it a try.
Great series. I was using APM years ago starting with APM1 (still have one laying around) and now am to build in a MatekF411 into a Bixler, but I really would like to go with Ardupilot, as I know it very well and liked it those days, when nothing else comparable was out. I do not find the Matek F411 wing board on the boards list on the AP site. Only the F405 is on the list. Do you know or think if the F411 will work as well?
As far as I know only the boards listed are supported..
@@Painless360 Thanks for the quick answer. So I will have to get one of those supported boards.
@@Painless360 I will give the F411 a try though. So what could possibly go wrong? There is only one way to find out ;)
Does not work. Tried to flash the Matek F405 Hex onto the F411, but after around 25% the progress bar gets stuck and nothing more happens. So I can confirm, it does not work on the F411. Will stick with INav on this board and consider Ardupilot for another build and then will go with either the F405 or the Omnibus pro.
Do you recommend using a F4 or F7 flight controller on a 650mm drone compared to say a Pixhawk 1 or Pixhawk 4 mini? I am talking about the flight controllers that look like a Omnibus. If so which one do you recommend? Thanks! Also, how would I wire the buzzer and safety switch?
There are limited choices for those smaller flight controllers. Check the wiki for the latest supported boards for the options. I prefer the Matek stuff and F7 is my default now.. Best of luck
@@Painless360 Great thank you so much!
Are you loading the firmware on the latest Chibios OS old Nuttex OS? A video on Chibios could be of interest to many.
CHIBIOS is why this is possible. Covered in the series... Happy flying!
Hello from across the pond. Thanks for yet another project, which should keep an old man busy. Well I got the board and it was pref-lashed with betaflight ...easy enough just re-flash ... push in the little button connect light stays on but won't flash....drat. I only wished to keep the little gray cells active, not stress them to the point where using a hammer on the offending boards sounded like a proper fix ...any insight?
All of the steps I followed are a the series. Tricky to offer specific advice without knowing where and how it fails..
@@Painless360 Found the fix loaded an old laptop with windows 7, which seems to be more agreeable to the drivers required to flash different boards . So I have it programmed and shall give it a try in a home made foamy, I shall attempt to not crash but with the little circuit added at least it will crash nearby ... thanks for the reply
Can this be done using a cl racing f3 FC
See the documentation for a full list of boards - ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-autopilots.html#closed-hardware
Best of luck!
Sorry if you have already answered this somewhere but, last I looked, if you were building a QuadPlane using Arduplane you were stuck with using a Pixhawk or Cube as they were the only controllers to give enough I/O to handle 5 ESCs and at least 3 servos (preferably 4). I have a Pixhawk shoe-horned into a Ranger1600 based QuadPlane and it would be great to be able to use something more compact (and with more durable connectors!). Are there any options I should look at please?
I've not tried a Quadplane so don't have any experience to sue to answer this one for you. I have used a trick or two when I'm not sure how much power the servos need (see the Arduplane/Omnibus series..) Hope that helps.. Best of luck!
@@Painless360 Many thanks for the reply. I have done another scan of the market and it seems the Pixhawk and Cube are still the only controllers with sufficient I/O for QuadPlanes though my guess is that the rise in popularity of the QuadPlane configuration will promote more controllers that will do the job.
Ardupilot setup looks terribly complicated vs a out of box osd. What the difference between this and Beta flight? Inav?
Anything new can feel complicated. See my flight controller comparison video on the difference. Best of luck
Hi there could do with some help, am using the same omnibus f4 v3 pro i've soldered the receiver wires to the pin holes so to practice on simulators but transmitter /receiver not talking ( sticks not moving in betaflight) any ideas what could be wrong and do i need solder the other required pins before sticks will move thanks in advance .
You need to setup the type of receiver in Betaflight and also solder the little pads for S-Bus or PPM on the FC itself.. Best of luck!
@@Painless360 Hi again thanks for fast reply , i've soldered the pads on FC for the S-bus/PPM but still no signal between receiver and transmitter, maybe transmitter cant bind powered by USB so will connect to PDB see if the it binds if and all goes well will keep u posted thanks again ***
Sometimes dreams do come true!
can you use this board to control a hexacopter, can PWM5 and 6 be used for motor control?
Maybe. There are better options though. Best of luck
@@Painless360 I have decided to build a quadcopter and am considdering using the omnibus f4 v2. I wondered if you thought this FC was a good choice? Or do you have another preference?
Hi Lee, any chance you could include the Frsky Telemetry via the yappu lua script and may be even create a diy cable between the s.port and fc. I've tried this and there appears to be a bit of fud on various forums, which doesn't answer the challenges, perhaps a video from you with your usual attention to detail. I know you've a similar video with the flightdeck s/w, but in the true spirit of open source a free version is more attractive. Thx Andy
That is not a bad idea. The hardest thing seems to be getting the cable to work particularly as some of the inverter boards are a bit of a lottery. I'll add it to the list..
Hey Andrew, this one may be of interest to you - th-cam.com/video/PMyGOAKs5SM/w-d-xo.html - (plus, the 6 hours I spent figuring it all out and having to update my radio is all your fault for getting me interested in this one ;) )
Hello and thank you for all the great videos but I have a problem, I would like to use Crossfire for a receiver and xfire protocol but I can seem to work it out.
My FC is a omnibus f4 pro 3 and I have followed the instructions in Ardupilot but still will not work.
Can you please tell me how to get it going
Cheers and thank you
Please see my Arduplane/Crossfire/AR wing build. I did that in there.. Happy flying
Cheers and thank you
Hi folks from Belgium.
I flashed the firmware using airbot f4 firmware on inav.
It would not open in mission planner 😢
Could you show me the correct link to the firmware on the ardupilot site? Please?
My board is omnibus F4 Pro v3
Thanks a lot!
Hi, first you will have to decide the Ardupilot firmware type. You can choose between ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover etc.
For a plane: firmware.ardupilot.org/Plane/stable/omnibusf4pro/
For a multicopter: firmware.ardupilot.org/Copter/stable/omnibusf4pro/
Will it also work on Omnibus f4 v3??? (not pro)
I've only tried it on this one. See the documentation for the latest supported boards..
I am curious as to why you chose to power your servos from the ESC instead of from the Omnibus board? Powering from the board negates the necessity of having to remove the tiny diode and modifying the servo connectors.
The 5v amperage rating on the FC isn't enough for everything, especially servos. Having a separate supply for the servos is a good idea (see the specs of things like like the Matek 405 and 411-wing boards that have two 5v supplies for this reason...
@@Painless360 Thank you. I hope my old eyes are up to the task :( ...
Magnifying glass and glasses work for me ;)
Thanks.
What would cause iNav and Betaflight to not load “local” firmware? I have an f4 pro v3 that has iNav flashed and tried to flash Ardupilot but the firmware won’t load. I downloaded the latest stable version of ArduPlane hex for the f4 pro but neither iNav or Betaflight will load it.
When you mean load it do you mean into Beta/iNav flight or to then flash it onto the board? What specific error do you get?
Painless360 I tried on both iNav and Betaflight. I go to firmware flasher, click on “Load Firmware Local” the window opens to select the “ArduPlane” hex file, I click “Open” and it doesn’t open in either configurator. The “Flash Firmware” button never lights up because the firmware isn’t loading for whatever reason. I can flash iNav or Betaflight to it without problem, but not the ArduPlane. I don’t get any errors, it just doesn’t load.