Captain everyone that is in beginner mode should really appreciate this Video. The level of detail made thing’s so much easier to understand. Thank You for making this a real beginner series.
Mr sir CaptainDrone .I Finally sorted all my stuff out from this vid .I have not flown acro yet but least i can flip the switch now . this is the best vid for newbies analog by far. I wear ur t shirt with pride .Much love man
Wow. You are the best reviewer I have ever seen and super smart. I like watching your channel and before I go buy anything, I watch your reviews and take your advice. thank you for your time and effort.
Well Steve you have done it again, this is one excellent video for us beginners. The way you take your time to explain every little detail it is so much easier to understand. I will admit my head was smoking at first, but that’s why we can stop back up and start the video over again rite where my head started to simmer lol. Thank you so much for all the time you spend to help people like me get started in such a great hobby. I enjoy my Mavic but this fpv is going to be a blast I can already tell. Bye for now Paul from Louisiana.
I don't fly FPV capt, but if I ever did. This is the TH-cam Channel I'm going to. I am subscribed to many top reviewers on RC drones, but I rate you as one of the most informative and fun to watch.
I’ve watched a few beginner guides and this is one of the best in terms of simplicity and clarity. I’ve been racing competitvely in 1/10 Electric Touring cars for years (Dang! 20 years now) and I find this Quad/FPV setup intimidating..can’t imagine a person whom never dwelled into any RC hobby. Thanks Cap’n you’re doing a great service to the FPV community.
I’m just getting back into the RC 25+ years after flying planes with a simple 4ch AM radio. I recently purchased a DJI Air 2, and as you know, it pretty much flies itself so I’ve been wanting to branch out to FPV. There’s so much out there and I was totally confused. Thanks putting this series together. You’ve done a fantastic job at breakdown things down. I am now equipped with enough knowledge to go out and spend my money intelligently.
I just used this video to set up my second drone - Tiny Hawk Freestyle 2 - this was so helpful! My binding process was slightly different than described but easy to figure out since I had downloaded the manual for the drone. Thanks so much for this video! My next goal is to download more sounds, words for my radio and also to set up turtle mode!
Thank you so much. That's the first guide on this subject that I've actually understood and thought, "I can do that". Everything else I've seen seems to assume you aren't completely "green" and have at least some basic knowkedge.
Thank you. I spent all week reading how much of a pain frsky xm+ is hard to bind. After watching your video I switched on my rekon5 , jumper t-lite to Multi, FrSky X, D16 subtype, Ch1-16, then selected bind to begin searching for the xm+. Pressed down xm+ bind button, then connected battery. Voila 1st time successfully bound. Now I need to run through setting up everything else and connecting up to betaflight to verify. Top notch guide 🙌👌. Frsky seems to be getting bad press, as most youtube videos always seem to criticise FrSky 😧.
Glad it was helpful. Frsky gets bad press because the company didn’t like other companies copying their technology so what the did is they made some receivers that only work with Taranis radios causing users to get upset.
Excellent tutorial Steve, you explain everything so clearly. I’m going to get the Jumper T18 and the Emax Hawke Pro and hopefully you will get me flying FPV as well as my camera drones. Looking forward to getting into the hobby. Keep up,the good work pal.
Wonderful, absolutely spot on. I fly lots of RC but very little drone. So having just bought two cinewhoops I really needed to refresh myself on the basic set up. I have a Trashcan and a Mobula 7 that I learnt to fly on, which I haven't flown for a year. Originally I did use "Anothers' " you tube channel to set up the Trashcan/7 I wish I'd seen yours as it's so very simple plus I learnt a couple of things as well. FYI I got the HGRLC 132 as I liked your review and the Betafpv pavo 30. I couldn't get the 95x v3 as everywhere had sold out. Hopefully this one will do. Love your channel keep up the good work.
This seems a lot more straightforward and to the point than Bardwell’s set up videos. I tried following along to his and I ran into errors I didn’t know how to fix every time. Hopefully this tutorial can get me flying!
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 good news! After a many attempts with nothing but frustration coming out of it, I found your channel and now have both of my whoops flying! Thank you for these videos! So glad I found your channel
Captain very nice video.. I did learn some stuff things I'm looking forward to referring back to this video to further setup my radio. Small tweaks.. thank you so much for all these video and tutorials. I know many people... beginners and advanced will appreciate them. Again. Thank you Happy flying stay safe
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Finally i decided what buy for start follow most of your advises .fist the radio to use it into simulator the RadioMaster TX16S Hall Sensor Gimbals second for start for goggles Eachine EV800D and for drones Emax Tinyhawk, Emax Tinyhawk S II,and after a lot of crashes the Emax Tinyhawk II Freestyle of course not buy all of them all together again thanks for all the advices
Uau! I was expecting more automatic stuff, I'm not even a beginner... Thank you so much for all the details, it will help a lot when my fpv arrives and I need to set it up. I imagine after the first times it gets easier and faster, but I see there's a huge universe just behind configurations 😯 This series is a must!
My Jumper T18, Green Hornet and Hawk Pro have arrived now Steve so I’m on my way to setting them up once I download beta flight and purchased some batteries.
Hello captain,I found this video really helpful and i am able to fly again my first fpv built by myself. I was stuck few days due to wrong chennel mix up. i watched lots of videos.Only this video worked for me.I am also able to set up arm,mode voices through your steps. sincerely james,India🙏
loved the video very informative I wondered how to set up widgets and such I am new to FPV and setting everything up has been troubling lol. I am very surprised you do not have a switch to help with the binding. Not only have I gotten into FPV I also got into 3D printing as well and I printed off a switch and wired it up and omg it has helped me out so much with binding. Awesome video though thank you I cannot wait to learn more.
Thank you for this video. I happened to purchase a GEPRC MK4 along with a T18 and was more than lucky to find your video. Made understanding the setup easy. My T18 came with no manual and the website does not show any. I wanted the Radiomaster but the shipping date was not for almost 2 months. Thanks Again!!!
THought I had it set up. Controler works in Betaflight but not when disconnected. I get no motor response. I have the exact setup as you did. Any ideas?
Rick Britton, Wow, that was amazing, I hope we receive another stimulus check, I now know why your mind is so sharp and amazingly smart, to remember all of fpv settings and numbers ,it really stimulates your mind, I need that so my mind might stay sharper, Thank you CAPTAIN DRONE , I can't wait until your next Review, Your Amazing Sincerely Rick from Mo and God bless you and your family
You did a fantastic job explaining your topic!! New to this I have watched other TH-cam videos on the same topic but still leaving me with questions. But, how you explained it, I’m sure that when I get my new radio, I will review your video and will be able to setup my drone! Thanks Steve. This was excellent!👍👍👍
This is a well made tutorial Steve. Your definitely a great teacher so detailed and on point . You make it easy for people to understand. Your the only one compared to others that actually helped me completely. 👍keep up the great work buddy . Your my very 1st channel I subscribed to. Much love Steve! 😉
@@mikelouis4808 hi i have a question that i really wanted to know but no one answerd it..heres my question. Could i take my emax ezpilot to a race in expert mode?
Hi Captain Drone in EP 9 of FPV for Beginner around the 11:53 mark under the special functions for 6 and 7 what are the acronym for switch 6 and 7? I don't have those two acronyms in my list. Thanks
Thanks for the great demo of the new Jumper T18 pro. I must have read it over now about 30 times and being old and stupid, I actually connected it to my old devo receiver, but only the switches on the transmitter moved the fins on my V tail flying eagle!! lol ..now I have to try and figure out how to make the sticks on the transmitter move the aircraft instead of the switches. I must be doing something wrong. Next thing you know I will have my new transmitter flying around the room instead of the flying eagle. Somewhere I remember the transmitter program asking if it was a v tail etc, but how to get back to that part is a work in progress. I was hoping this T18 would save me having dozens of transmitters laying around. Any help you can offer, or if you ever set up a simple aircraft, with that jumper, holler loud and clear so I don't miss your tutorial. lol Happy Flying
You may have used the first 4 channels as switches. The first 4 are the joysticks & that is why in this walkthrough video we leave the first 4 channels alone and then start on the 5th one which becomes Aux #1.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks for the kind reply. Yes I see what you mean now. I actually set up 2 aircraft so far, it was tough, had to do some over again 3 or 4 times lol, but it makes you learn. One was v tail and the other regular acft with no flaps. That jumper will save me using so many transmitters, and will get easier to use as time goes on. Your example was extremely helpful and thanks again for the great demo. Happy Flying
Hello Steve and thanks for a concise video. I was able to bind my TH2 to my Jumper t12 pro with the help of your video however there's 1 problem. The yaw and roll are reversed. I changed the channel map and saved but It didn't help. The radio shows the sticks are in the right order. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 All is good now. I just created a new model and went through all the steps in your video and everything is working. I must have messed something up on my first try. Thanks.
Also, How does the buzzer actually work? The last whoop, Betafpv Air 65F lost VX so I disarmed it and it came down in a garden close by. I hit the buzzer switch but could not hear it. It did work because I tested it when I set up Betaflight but it was too quiet to locate the whoop. The only way I could hear it was to arm/disarm. I could hear it until the battery run out. Thanks again.
Hi Steve. Followed your section. It was really simple and great to follow your steps.....I have one question which I believe my motors will start. For the arm/disarm in Betaflight, the minimum value is 1050. But my minimum on the throttle stick is 2056. Being that high the motors won’t start. I saw that you had your below 1050. How did you set that value in your Jumper? Maybe send me a picture on where to change it would be great. I have the same Jumper like you. Thanks 🙏
Those are the default values (I did not change anything). Joshua Bardwell has a video on setting your throttle stick numbers on the radio and in Betaflight.
Hi Steve...the info has helped a lot. Still having issues though. If you want to know let me know and I’ll tell you As always Thank You Very Much!!👍👍👍🖖 🖖 🖖
👍26 I wish you all a nice day! It shows the essence of this topic in a very correct way! It doesn’t hurt to be aware of radio communication because this part is also very important to me! The video recording shows this nicely! You get a huge like in every picture! More successful video recordings and flying, creative work to force health for everyone!👆🌞👍🎮🥽✈️
Hi Steve, I am planning to purchase TBS Tango 2 controller as my first controller and it would be so helpful if you did a tutorial like episode 9 for it. Thanks in advance 🙏
I have never used such a controller. Many companies ask me to review their controllers/radios, but I'm very picky because I know my audience is international so I stick with radios that work with all types of receivers.
I really like the controllers that look like the new dji fpv type style , will you please do a video on game style controllers from all fpv companies that will ( bind) to these high end fpv drones with analog googles ..I'm about to drop $1000 on my first setup but I got what I want in mind IFlight is where I wanna go . Thanks again Steve!
Since I fly near me (not miles away), I tend to use an FRSKY XM+ (simple and inexpensive). I order it with the drone so that the company flashes it with firmware that is compatible with most radios on the market.
@@user02052 If you go to a store and buy an FRSKY XM+ receiver, it won't work. If you buy one of a hundred different FPV drones from any of the big name companies (all of them that I review) and you ask for an FRSKY XM+ RECEIVER, then they will flash the receiver with the older firmware that works with all radios.
Hi Steve. I received my Radiomaster TX16S today. I am in the process of setting it up at the moment and I am having trouble with the model images... Since most of the model images were of airplanes and the few drone ones were not the ones I was looking for (Mark 4, like you have shown in the video), I went and deleted all the model images that were initially on the SD card. Then I proceeded to add a resized image of a Mark 4 drone (I was a little too quick to delete the old images and forgot to write down the actual size, but I have found someone who said it was 192x114). I then copied the file to the SD card (Image folder), but I cannot find any image when I go back to the radio... I have tried changing file format (BMP, JPEG, PNG) changing resolution again (to a smaller 64x32 size which I have found on another website), but nothing does it... I have found a page on OpenTX's website with icons for Taranis model icons. I tried downloading one (64x32 size) and adding it to the image folder (it was a BMP file). Strangely enough, this one worked, but there weren't any Mark 4 images. But when I put the Mark 4 image (from GepRC's website), resizing it and converting it to whatever file format, it does not work... Do you have a link to a website where you got your image for your Mark 4 drone? Thank you for your help!
I don't have my radios handy at the moment, but it was rather simple (you somehow have made life difficult for yourself). Plug radio into computer and select the option as an external drive. Go on the internet and find any picture you want and download it, then resize it and leave it as a JPG, then drag and drop it into the correct directory. As long as the picture is the correct size, it will display.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I do not seem to have the correct size then, as this was the first thing I tried... If anyone is able to give me the correct image size that OpenTX uses, that would be much appreciated.
I think I found my mistake! The filename was too long... I tried resizing the JPEG file to 192x114 pixels. I have both files on the SD card (long name and short name). I can only see the short name. Well, shame on me for putting too much info in the filename I guess ;-)
Captain Drone.. I have just received my Mark 4 and have TX16S radio. I have bound the drone to the radio and for one thing, when it connects the radio does not say Telemetry detected, the next thing is that happens when I Arm the drone via the radio, the props will not settle down but keep running up to full throttle and even though I pull down on the throttle the motors keep running full speed. What do you think I can do to correct this. Again, I am a noob to FPV and am following your tutorials to the best of my ability. Thank you for any help or input. Cheers
Everything sounds like it works perfectly. People in the FPV hobby do not arm the motors and let the drone sit there because the drone props will throttle up due to computer in the drone thinking it is flying and trying to correct itself. My guess is you have flown those beginner camera drones like DJI or lower and you have plenty of misconceptions about drones. Erase away all your thoughts because the FPV world is very different.
Hi Captain Drone, I ordered my Radiomaster TX16S 2.4G 16CH at the link you provided, I also ordered the EMAX TinyHawk2 Complete Kit, My question to you, Will I need to configure the TX when he arrived to use it on the EMAX Tinyhawk2? Will I need to use the betaflight software on my PC?Thanks
The answer is YES to all. Just follow the steps in episode #9 and when it comes to the BIND button on the drone... look for the word BIND on the circuit board (I believe you can press it after you plug in the battery vice before on the EMAX drones), and also select FRSKY on your radio, but select D8 instead of D16.
Hello, quick question. Im new into the FPV world. I had multiple drones in the past year but I want to step into something new. I decided that I want to go Analog. I will be purchasing the fat shark goggles, t18 radio, and i already have a go pro 8. So my question comes to the down to retriever of the drone. I will like to buy the mark 4 4s but there is two versions of Fr Flysky available? Which one should I choose? Fr Flysky XM+ or Fr Flysky R-XSR
I have a question about registration for using FPV drones. Is it like camera drones where you just need to register it and you’re good. Or do you need to get a “pilot license”? And what other paper work do you need? (I know it’s different for every state)
Depends on your country. In Canada it goes by weight, so PLANES, HELICOPTERS, DRONES all fall under the same rules and that is that if they are under 250 grams, you don't need to register them or new a flight certificate.
Hello sir big fan . I tried to bind my Xm+ . I did everything you did step by step but when I hit bind my xm+ red light starts blinking . Never turns green . What is happening. Did it like 10 times still red light blinking . Can you please help me
The answer is.... You are not doing it correctly. It is normally for beginners to have problems in this area of binding. Try, try, and keep trying and eventually you'll get it (you may even have a setting wrong on your radio).
Hope your doing well, I have a question. So I'm going to bind my tx16s to a TH2. Question is can I have two remotes bound and if yes in Betaflight per your video, do I just setup another range? Like will I just have two arms, two beepers, two angles, etc,. One for each remote but just make sure one remote is off and one is active. Why two controllers? So I can use the tx16s for me and let my son use the TH2 stock around the house. Hope I explained myself correctly.
When it comes to binding a radio to a receiver it is a one bind system only for the most part. I'm sure there is a hack to get around it, but I'm not familiar with it.
While I really appreciate your videos I fly drones basically a Maverick many I had the Phantom 2 plus don't have that anymore but I really wanna get into flying gliders and airplanes I don't know what remote would be the best I don't wanna upgrade I just want to get one could remote I stick with it I see every day more new remote keep coming out I would like to lemon tree because eventually I would like to fly long distance like the parrot disco and I really appreciate your videos and how you break it down to see exactly how I should start to what I need what I should do thank you very much you want appreciated
Hi Steve. In this review you said that you would tell us where to get other sounds for this radio. I’m slowly figuring out this radio. What site do I go to? Thanks
You can download the AMBER sound pack from here. Once you uncompress it (you'll need a utility for that), just copy all the sound files to the SOUNDS directory on your micro SD Card in your radio.
Steve,i tried to set up my Jumper t18 today to match yours and everything was going well until i got to sounds. I dont have Arm motors, Angle Mode, Horizon Mode, Snafu or the stand clear sound files. I looked to see how to download them but it looks so complicated, can you help please. Thanks.
Sorry you will have to figure that out for yourself, the info I show in the videos I created is the most detailed for FPV, however, I honestly can't make or explain every step in all the FPV options/additions/functions (very time consumer). Do a TH-cam search and you'll find people who made such videos long ago (search for sounds for the Taranis QX7).
okay Ive been working on this for a while, before I was able to have my drone "arm" and fly off, currently I only only get it to connect to the "beep" sound and the motor start to twitch, on beta flight thogh the motors work just fine . not sure what went wrong
Ok is Beta flight easier to use on Windows than Mac.. I have a 2020 MacBook pro laptop. Have to use my USB C to android cord from my Hubsan Zino 2+ controller.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thank you for your video.. I had followed all your steps for setting up my TX12. But the drone I am trying to bind with XM+ receiver - lights do not flash green and red.. its just a steady Red light. (18650 1s Fly fox nano 3 drone) what's the difference in Frsky X , x2 and L.. tried D16 and D8. I know you say you can't help everyone..and its ok.. its all part of learning. Maybe I need to just purchase a Tx16s or T18 or some other controller?
So if I bought like a Eachine pre built analog, is any of this setup already? Like a wizard x drone? They come with the controller/radio with it. Does this all work similar with a flysky remote?
Hi Steve. Can you explain what failsafe actually does please? How does it work if you lose your connection to the quad? On the DJI drones I have flown in the past I had a ( return to home ) when signal was lost but FPV is different. thanks
FAILSAFE has been around since the dawn of time and it is in RC Cars/Trucks/Boats/Planes/Helicopters/Drones. Beginner GPS Camera drones (made by DJI, AUTEL, FIMI, ETC) all 100% use failsafe for when a pilot loses connection, battery gets low, etc. In the Beginner Drone Hobby it is called Return To Home. In the rest of the RC Hobby it is just called FAILSAFE. In simple terms you have your RC PRODUCT (Car, plane, drone, etc) and you connect to it with a RADIO. When that communication is interrupted for a specified amount of time, the RECEIVER in these products goes into FAILSAFE and defaults to whatever has been programmed. For an RC Car/Truck/Boat it means stop moving forward. For an RC Helicopter it can mean LAND. For an RC Plane it means set the Ailerons and Elevator to LEVEL and shut off the motor. For an FPV Drone it means either stop spinning the motors, or reduce power and land or if the FPV Drone has a GPS RESCUE, it means hand over controls to the GPS and fly in the direction of Home.
Hey do you think this whole process will work with the FrSky Taranis X9 Lite. I would buy the one in the video but I’m kinda on a budget. Other than that I say good job on the video and keep up the GREAT work.😁😁
Captain everyone that is in beginner mode should really appreciate this Video. The level of detail made thing’s so much easier to understand. Thank You for making this a real beginner series.
Glad it helped
Mr sir CaptainDrone .I Finally sorted all my stuff out from this vid .I have not flown acro yet but least i can flip the switch now . this is the best vid for newbies analog by far. I wear ur t shirt with pride .Much love man
Glad I could help
Wow. You are the best reviewer I have ever seen and super smart. I like watching your channel and before I go buy anything, I watch your reviews and take your advice. thank you for your time and effort.
Wow, thanks!
Well Steve you have done it again, this is one excellent video for us beginners. The way you take your time to explain every little detail it is so much easier to understand. I will admit my head was smoking at first, but that’s why we can stop back up and start the video over again rite where my head started to simmer lol. Thank you so much for all the time you spend to help people like me get started in such a great hobby. I enjoy my Mavic but this fpv is going to be a blast I can already tell. Bye for now Paul from Louisiana.
Great! Glad to hear it was helpful.
I don't fly FPV capt, but if I ever did. This is the TH-cam Channel I'm going to. I am subscribed to many top reviewers on RC drones, but I rate you as one of the most informative and fun to watch.
Thank you, I do appreciate that!
I’ve watched a few beginner guides and this is one of the best in terms of simplicity and clarity. I’ve been racing competitvely in 1/10 Electric Touring cars for years (Dang! 20 years now) and I find this Quad/FPV setup intimidating..can’t imagine a person whom never dwelled into any RC hobby. Thanks Cap’n you’re doing a great service to the FPV community.
Glad it helped!
I’m just getting back into the RC 25+ years after flying planes with a simple 4ch AM radio. I recently purchased a DJI Air 2, and as you know, it pretty much flies itself so I’ve been wanting to branch out to FPV. There’s so much out there and I was totally confused. Thanks putting this series together. You’ve done a fantastic job at breakdown things down. I am now equipped with enough knowledge to go out and spend my money intelligently.
Glad you found it to be of help!
I just used this video to set up my second drone - Tiny Hawk Freestyle 2 - this was so helpful! My binding process was slightly different than described but easy to figure out since I had downloaded the manual for the drone. Thanks so much for this video! My next goal is to download more sounds, words for my radio and also to set up turtle mode!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much. That's the first guide on this subject that I've actually understood and thought, "I can do that". Everything else I've seen seems to assume you aren't completely "green" and have at least some basic knowkedge.
Thank you. I spent all week reading how much of a pain frsky xm+ is hard to bind. After watching your video I switched on my rekon5 , jumper t-lite to Multi, FrSky X, D16 subtype, Ch1-16, then selected bind to begin searching for the xm+. Pressed down xm+ bind button, then connected battery. Voila 1st time successfully bound. Now I need to run through setting up everything else and connecting up to betaflight to verify. Top notch guide 🙌👌. Frsky seems to be getting bad press, as most youtube videos always seem to criticise FrSky 😧.
Glad it was helpful. Frsky gets bad press because the company didn’t like other companies copying their technology so what the did is they made some receivers that only work with Taranis radios causing users to get upset.
Excellent tutorial Steve, you explain everything so clearly. I’m going to get the Jumper T18 and the Emax Hawke Pro and hopefully you will get me flying FPV as well as my camera drones. Looking forward to getting into the hobby. Keep up,the good work pal.
Great to hear!
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 yes! Always fun! Thanks!
Wonderful, absolutely spot on. I fly lots of RC but very little drone. So having just bought two cinewhoops I really needed to refresh myself on the basic set up. I have a Trashcan and a Mobula 7 that I learnt to fly on, which I haven't flown for a year. Originally I did use "Anothers' " you tube channel to set up the Trashcan/7 I wish I'd seen yours as it's so very simple plus I learnt a couple of things as well. FYI I got the HGRLC 132 as I liked your review and the Betafpv pavo 30. I couldn't get the 95x v3 as everywhere had sold out. Hopefully this one will do. Love your channel keep up the good work.
Thank you!
This seems a lot more straightforward and to the point than Bardwell’s set up videos. I tried following along to his and I ran into errors I didn’t know how to fix every time. Hopefully this tutorial can get me flying!
Thanks & happy future flying.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 good news! After a many attempts with nothing but frustration coming out of it, I found your channel and now have both of my whoops flying! Thank you for these videos! So glad I found your channel
@@Kawasaki680 Excellent! Happy flying.
Really help me as a begginer fpv pilot. Tq captain steve
You're most welcome
Captain very nice video.. I did learn some stuff things I'm looking forward to referring back to this video to further setup my radio. Small tweaks.. thank you so much for all these video and tutorials. I know many people... beginners and advanced will appreciate them.
Again. Thank you
Happy flying stay safe
Glad it was helpful!
If you was not you and your videos i will never go to the FPV hobby thanks so much
Wow, thanks
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Finally i decided what buy for start follow most of your advises .fist the radio to use it into simulator the RadioMaster TX16S Hall Sensor Gimbals second for start for goggles Eachine EV800D and for drones Emax Tinyhawk, Emax Tinyhawk S II,and after a lot of crashes the Emax Tinyhawk II Freestyle of course not buy all of them all together again thanks for all the advices
Excellent Video, and Excellent Information. Thank You.
Glad it was helpful!
Really informative video so clear and easy to understand thankyou so much.
Glad it was helpful!
I’d go Analog to keep initial investment costs to a minimum. Great series. Nothing else like it. 😎👍👍
Totally agree!
Uau! I was expecting more automatic stuff, I'm not even a beginner...
Thank you so much for all the details, it will help a lot when my fpv arrives and I need to set it up.
I imagine after the first times it gets easier and faster, but I see there's a huge universe just behind configurations 😯
This series is a must!
Glad it was helpful!
One of the best beginners tutorial. Greetings from your Indian subscriber.
Thank you!
Great job explaining Steve. .i learned a lilttle more today. Thank You very much!
same as Flyzone Drone said below
Glad to read you found it helpful
My Jumper T18, Green Hornet and Hawk Pro have arrived now Steve so I’m on my way to setting them up once I download beta flight and purchased some batteries.
I believe the HAWK pro uses an D8 receiver, so in my video I show the settings for binding as D16. Change it to D8 for the Hawk Pro.
CAPTAIN DRONE Thanks Steve. I’ll make a mental note. Really looking forward to getting into FPV.
Thank you for these great set of episodes. Completed 9 and can’t wait to watch the rest of them.
Glad you like them!
Hello captain,I found this video really helpful and i am able to fly again my first fpv built by myself.
I was stuck few days due to wrong chennel mix up.
i watched lots of videos.Only this video worked for me.I am also able to set up arm,mode voices through your steps.
sincerely
james,India🙏
I’m glad to hear it was helpful
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Hello sir,is it possible to get drone battery level in my transmitter?
I have tx12 and using frsky Rxsr?
@@Waikhom007 you’ll have to find out if your RECEIVER sends out Telemetry to your radio.
Good tutorial Steve
Thanks for this. Got me flying right away the first time w/ my Mobula 7. Perfect explanation.
Great to hear!
loved the video very informative I wondered how to set up widgets and such I am new to FPV and setting everything up has been troubling lol. I am very surprised you do not have a switch to help with the binding. Not only have I gotten into FPV I also got into 3D printing as well and I printed off a switch and wired it up and omg it has helped me out so much with binding. Awesome video though thank you I cannot wait to learn more.
I could have used a switch when I first started. Now I’m so used to it that it is a quick process
Thank you for this video. I happened to purchase a GEPRC MK4 along with a T18 and was more than lucky to find your video. Made understanding the setup easy. My T18 came with no manual and the website does not show any. I wanted the Radiomaster but the shipping date was not for almost 2 months. Thanks Again!!!
THought I had it set up. Controler works in Betaflight but not when disconnected. I get no motor response. I have the exact setup as you did. Any ideas?
Thank you so much for this video. It really helped me to bind my drone. Thank you
This. Video. Is. Amazing.
Thank you so much!
Rick Britton, Wow, that was amazing, I hope we receive another stimulus check, I now know why your mind is so sharp and amazingly smart, to remember all of fpv settings and numbers ,it really stimulates your mind, I need that so my mind might stay sharper, Thank you CAPTAIN DRONE , I can't wait until your next Review, Your Amazing Sincerely Rick from Mo and God bless you and your family
Wow, thank you
Thumbs up ere' Captain, loving the series. Many thanks for sharing the info :)
Glad you like them!
You did a fantastic job explaining your topic!! New to this I have watched other TH-cam videos on the same topic but still leaving me with questions. But, how you explained it, I’m sure that when I get my new radio, I will review your video and will be able to setup my drone! Thanks Steve. This was excellent!👍👍👍
Awesome! Thank you!
This is a well made tutorial Steve. Your definitely a great teacher so detailed and on point . You make it easy for people to understand. Your the only one compared to others that actually helped me completely. 👍keep up the great work buddy . Your my very 1st channel I subscribed to. Much love Steve! 😉
Thank you!
Super helpful. Great video 👍
The betaflight part is very useful and specific!
Glad to hear that!
this really helped me out, the channels confused me before but its easy, my drone is configurated but its dark now... ffs
Great! Thanks for sharing.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 thanks for being an awesome youtuber and reacting to comments, that's a good thing that small communities have!
excellent job Captain Drone, enormous amount of learning in one video--outstanding thank you!!!
Thank you kindly!
Thanks so much for this i can fly my drone now!
Thanks for making this video!
My pleasure!
Brilliant vid mate 👍👍
Thanks Steve, I’ll do some research.
This is one of all Steve's video that confuse the heck out of me
Hi Steve....I want to say “Thank You very much for the information.....stay safe my friend. 🖖 🖖 🖖 🖖
Please continue drone talk i really liked it
It will return
I agree
@@mikelouis4808 hi i have a question that i really wanted to know but no one answerd it..heres my question. Could i take my emax ezpilot to a race in expert mode?
@@noodleaddict5215 uhmm im not really in the RC or camera drone hobyy(because my cheap drone broke)
*But for me i think you can if you can handle it*
@@CAPTAINDRONE798
Steve! Little help here
Yaaaaaa... finally it makes sense 🤟😎🤘 Great job 😎👍
Excellent Steve...
Thank you!
great video
Cool review and helpful
( Love from india 😘🇮🇳🇮🇳).
Wow - Thank you very much!
Excellent!!
I am waiting for the digital! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this setup Betaflight and radio setup can be very frustrating 👍
Thanks. I tried to keep it simple.
Hi Captain Drone in EP 9 of FPV for Beginner around the 11:53 mark under the special functions for 6 and 7 what are the acronym for switch 6 and 7? I don't have those two acronyms in my list. Thanks
good job sir
Thanks a lot .. so helpful.
Thanks for the great demo of the new Jumper T18 pro. I must have read it over now about 30 times and being old and stupid, I actually connected it to my old devo receiver, but only the switches on the transmitter moved the fins on my V tail flying eagle!! lol ..now I have to try and figure out how to make the sticks on the transmitter move the aircraft instead of the switches. I must be doing something wrong. Next thing you know I will have my new transmitter flying around the room instead of the flying eagle. Somewhere I remember the transmitter program asking if it was a v tail etc, but how to get back to that part is a work in progress. I was hoping this T18 would save me having dozens of transmitters laying around. Any help you can offer, or if you ever set up a simple aircraft, with that jumper, holler loud and clear so I don't miss your tutorial. lol Happy Flying
You may have used the first 4 channels as switches. The first 4 are the joysticks & that is why in this walkthrough video we leave the first 4 channels alone and then start on the 5th one which becomes Aux #1.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks for the kind reply. Yes I see what you mean now. I actually set up 2 aircraft so far, it was tough, had to do some over again 3 or 4 times lol, but it makes you learn. One was v tail and the other regular acft with no flaps. That jumper will save me using so many transmitters, and will get easier to use as time goes on. Your example was extremely helpful and thanks again for the great demo. Happy Flying
Hello Steve and thanks for a concise video. I was able to bind my TH2 to my Jumper t12 pro with the help of your video however there's 1 problem. The yaw and roll are reversed. I changed the channel map and saved but It didn't help. The radio shows the sticks are in the right order. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
All of those settings are in BETAFLIGHT. Sometimes drones come with a mapping different than you are used to, so you just change in in BETAFLIGHT.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 All is good now. I just created a new model and went through all the steps in your video and everything is working. I must have messed something up on my first try. Thanks.
@@mlb013 glad to hear. Happy flying.
any tips on the aux ?
Not sure what you are referring to?
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 in beta flight the Aux of the radio just does not give any reaction so i cant make function modes
@@eppo4495 which radio are you speaking of?
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 a radiomaster tx12
captain after clicking on amber sound pack what should I press?
Also, How does the buzzer actually work? The last whoop, Betafpv Air 65F lost VX so I disarmed it and it came down in a garden close by. I hit the buzzer switch but could not hear it. It did work because I tested it when I set up Betaflight but it was too quiet to locate the whoop. The only way I could hear it was to arm/disarm. I could hear it until the battery run out. Thanks again.
If I buy a drone kit, and after a bit I upgrade the drone, how will I connect that drone to the radio?
can the frsky R-XSR bind with the jumper T lite ?
Wow Steve how do you remember all this stuff.
All part of being in the RC hobby. All of this is similar for RC Helicopters and RC Planes.
Hi Steve. Followed your section. It was really simple and great to follow your steps.....I have one question which I believe my motors will start. For the arm/disarm in Betaflight, the minimum value is 1050. But my minimum on the throttle stick is 2056. Being that high the motors won’t start. I saw that you had your below 1050. How did you set that value in your Jumper? Maybe send me a picture on where to change it would be great. I have the same Jumper like you. Thanks 🙏
Those are the default values (I did not change anything). Joshua Bardwell has a video on setting your throttle stick numbers on the radio and in Betaflight.
Hi Steve...the info has helped a lot. Still having issues though. If you want to know let me know and I’ll tell you
As always Thank You Very Much!!👍👍👍🖖 🖖 🖖
Hi captain do you use Crossfire on your fpv drones? is something that you recommend in getting??
I have never used it. I usually only fly about 500 meters away when flying FPV.
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I wish you all a nice day! It shows the essence of this topic in a very correct way! It doesn’t hurt to be aware of radio communication because this part is also very important to me! The video recording shows this nicely! You get a huge like in every picture! More successful video recordings and flying, creative work to force health for everyone!👆🌞👍🎮🥽✈️
Hi Steve, I am planning to purchase TBS Tango 2 controller as my first controller and it would be so helpful if you did a tutorial like episode 9 for it. Thanks in advance 🙏
I have never used such a controller. Many companies ask me to review their controllers/radios, but I'm very picky because I know my audience is international so I stick with radios that work with all types of receivers.
I really like the controllers that look like the new dji fpv type style , will you please do a video on game style controllers from all fpv companies that will ( bind) to these high end fpv drones with analog googles ..I'm about to drop $1000 on my first setup but I got what I want in mind IFlight is where I wanna go .
Thanks again Steve!
Are the basic steps the same for a FrSky r-xsr receiver in ACCESS mode? That’s the one I have ordered. Great vids👍
If the FRSKY RADIO is using OPEN TX then it is the same.
For my Rekon 5, how do I set my failsafe to return to home on my transmitter and on betaflight?
Go into the MODES section of BETAFLIGHT
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Hello again. Have you done any video about failsafe?
@@Zionson1 No specific video, but failsafe is mention on drone setup. Not really a topic that one could fill a video with.
Hey Steve, I was just wondering what receiver option you chose for the drone. I have a Jumper T18 pro like you, but I just want to know. THanks!
Since I fly near me (not miles away), I tend to use an FRSKY XM+ (simple and inexpensive). I order it with the drone so that the company flashes it with firmware that is compatible with most radios on the market.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I thought that the T18 pro doesn’t work with the xm+?
@@user02052 If you go to a store and buy an FRSKY XM+ receiver, it won't work. If you buy one of a hundred different FPV drones from any of the big name companies (all of them that I review) and you ask for an FRSKY XM+ RECEIVER, then they will flash the receiver with the older firmware that works with all radios.
Captain Drone is their away to reset your radiomaster 16s back to factory default
I think so... look in the settings menu.
Hi Steve. I received my Radiomaster TX16S today. I am in the process of setting it up at the moment and I am having trouble with the model images... Since most of the model images were of airplanes and the few drone ones were not the ones I was looking for (Mark 4, like you have shown in the video), I went and deleted all the model images that were initially on the SD card. Then I proceeded to add a resized image of a Mark 4 drone (I was a little too quick to delete the old images and forgot to write down the actual size, but I have found someone who said it was 192x114). I then copied the file to the SD card (Image folder), but I cannot find any image when I go back to the radio...
I have tried changing file format (BMP, JPEG, PNG) changing resolution again (to a smaller 64x32 size which I have found on another website), but nothing does it... I have found a page on OpenTX's website with icons for Taranis model icons. I tried downloading one (64x32 size) and adding it to the image folder (it was a BMP file). Strangely enough, this one worked, but there weren't any Mark 4 images. But when I put the Mark 4 image (from GepRC's website), resizing it and converting it to whatever file format, it does not work...
Do you have a link to a website where you got your image for your Mark 4 drone? Thank you for your help!
I don't have my radios handy at the moment, but it was rather simple (you somehow have made life difficult for yourself). Plug radio into computer and select the option as an external drive. Go on the internet and find any picture you want and download it, then resize it and leave it as a JPG, then drag and drop it into the correct directory. As long as the picture is the correct size, it will display.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I do not seem to have the correct size then, as this was the first thing I tried... If anyone is able to give me the correct image size that OpenTX uses, that would be much appreciated.
I think I found my mistake! The filename was too long... I tried resizing the JPEG file to 192x114 pixels. I have both files on the SD card (long name and short name). I can only see the short name. Well, shame on me for putting too much info in the filename I guess ;-)
Captain Drone.. I have just received my Mark 4 and have TX16S radio. I have bound the drone to the radio and for one thing, when it connects the radio does not say Telemetry detected, the next thing is that happens when I Arm the drone via the radio, the props will not settle down but keep running up to full throttle and even though I pull down on the throttle the motors keep running full speed. What do you think I can do to correct this. Again, I am a noob to FPV and am following your tutorials to the best of my ability. Thank you for any help or input. Cheers
Everything sounds like it works perfectly. People in the FPV hobby do not arm the motors and let the drone sit there because the drone props will throttle up due to computer in the drone thinking it is flying and trying to correct itself. My guess is you have flown those beginner camera drones like DJI or lower and you have plenty of misconceptions about drones. Erase away all your thoughts because the FPV world is very different.
I set up arm just like yours and play track, but I have no arm as a sound option, the only like acro, but no armed.
Hi Steve..well got my Jumper T18....but no manual and cant find site to download it..any idea?
If you are new to RADIOS a manual wll provide you with little help, but here is the link: www.jumper-rc.com/download/t18-series/
Hi Captain Drone, I ordered my Radiomaster TX16S 2.4G 16CH at the link you provided, I also ordered the EMAX TinyHawk2 Complete Kit, My question to you, Will I need to configure the TX when he arrived to use it on the EMAX Tinyhawk2? Will I need to use the betaflight software on my PC?Thanks
The answer is YES to all. Just follow the steps in episode #9 and when it comes to the BIND button on the drone... look for the word BIND on the circuit board (I believe you can press it after you plug in the battery vice before on the EMAX drones), and also select FRSKY on your radio, but select D8 instead of D16.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thank you so much, I am going to order the Velocidrone FPV Racing Simulator ttps://www.velocidrone.com/shop. Thanks
Hello, quick question. Im new into the FPV world. I had multiple drones in the past year but I want to step into something new. I decided that I want to go Analog. I will be purchasing the fat shark goggles, t18 radio, and i already have a go pro 8. So my question comes to the down to retriever of the drone. I will like to buy the mark 4 4s but there is two versions of Fr Flysky available? Which one should I choose? Fr Flysky XM+ or Fr Flysky R-XSR
In the FPV HOBBY always get the FRSKY XM+ receiver for every drone you buy.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 thank you so much!
Cool setup tutorial…
Thank you!
I have a question about registration for using FPV drones. Is it like camera drones where you just need to register it and you’re good. Or do you need to get a “pilot license”? And what other paper work do you need? (I know it’s different for every state)
Depends on your country. In Canada it goes by weight, so PLANES, HELICOPTERS, DRONES all fall under the same rules and that is that if they are under 250 grams, you don't need to register them or new a flight certificate.
Im having trouble binding my tinyhawk rtf pilot with TBS mambo . any suggestions?
TBS mambo probably doesn't work with such a drone.
Hello sir big fan . I tried to bind my Xm+ . I did everything you did step by step but when I hit bind my xm+ red light starts blinking . Never turns green . What is happening. Did it like 10 times still red light blinking . Can you please help me
The answer is.... You are not doing it correctly. It is normally for beginners to have problems in this area of binding. Try, try, and keep trying and eventually you'll get it (you may even have a setting wrong on your radio).
Hope your doing well, I have a question. So I'm going to bind my tx16s to a TH2. Question is can I have two remotes bound and if yes in Betaflight per your video, do I just setup another range? Like will I just have two arms, two beepers, two angles, etc,. One for each remote but just make sure one remote is off and one is active. Why two controllers? So I can use the tx16s for me and let my son use the TH2 stock around the house. Hope I explained myself correctly.
When it comes to binding a radio to a receiver it is a one bind system only for the most part. I'm sure there is a hack to get around it, but I'm not familiar with it.
I can’t find Arm under special functions. Any ideas?
As noted in the video, I added the sounds. Have a look in the video description for where to locate the sounds.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Just got the Amber Sound Pack and it is working. No longer says "Welcome to Open TX" but I could care less
can you review the snaptain sp310 mini drore on Amazon because I want to know the quality of this drone
While I really appreciate your videos I fly drones basically a Maverick many I had the Phantom 2 plus don't have that anymore but I really wanna get into flying gliders and airplanes I don't know what remote would be the best I don't wanna upgrade I just want to get one could remote I stick with it I see every day more new remote keep coming out I would like to lemon tree because eventually I would like to fly long distance like the parrot disco and I really appreciate your videos and how you break it down to see exactly how I should start to what I need what I should do thank you very much you want appreciated
Ima download this just in case
Hi Steve. In this review you said that you would tell us where to get other sounds for this radio. I’m slowly figuring out this radio. What site do I go to? Thanks
You can download the AMBER sound pack from here. Once you uncompress it (you'll need a utility for that), just copy all the sound files to the SOUNDS directory on your micro SD Card in your radio.
hey there, im having some issues for some reason my thr is on channel 2 and idk how to change please help!
Can you have digital goggles and fly with an analog transmitter? I have a Radiomaster.
Steve,i tried to set up my Jumper t18 today to match yours and everything was going well until i got to sounds. I dont have Arm motors, Angle Mode, Horizon Mode, Snafu or the stand clear sound files. I looked to see how to download them but it looks so complicated, can you help please. Thanks.
Sorry you will have to figure that out for yourself, the info I show in the videos I created is the most detailed for FPV, however, I honestly can't make or explain every step in all the FPV options/additions/functions (very time consumer). Do a TH-cam search and you'll find people who made such videos long ago (search for sounds for the Taranis QX7).
okay Ive been working on this for a while, before I was able to have my drone "arm" and fly off, currently I only only get it to connect to the "beep" sound and the motor start to twitch, on beta flight thogh the motors work just fine . not sure what went wrong
Is there a GPS on your drone? If yes, then it won’t arm until it is outside and receives the correct number of satellites
What version of opentx are you running on here?
It is an older video so I honest have no idea what version it was back then.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 ok thanks for the answer
Ok is Beta flight easier to use on Windows than Mac.. I have a 2020 MacBook pro laptop. Have to use my USB C to android cord from my Hubsan Zino 2+ controller.
It is identical on both.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thank you for your video.. I had followed all your steps for setting up my TX12. But the drone I am trying to bind with XM+ receiver - lights do not flash green and red.. its just a steady Red light.
(18650 1s Fly fox nano 3 drone) what's the difference in Frsky X , x2 and L.. tried D16 and D8.
I know you say you can't help everyone..and its ok.. its all part of learning. Maybe I need to just purchase a Tx16s or T18 or some other controller?
@@arthurtorricer4544 The answer is that you have not pushed the bind button on the receiver in and held it down as you connected the battery.
Would you say everything is going digital for the future?
So if I bought like a Eachine pre built analog, is any of this setup already? Like a wizard x drone? They come with the controller/radio with it. Does this all work similar with a flysky remote?
Hi Steve. Can you explain what failsafe actually does please? How does it work if you lose your connection to the quad? On the DJI drones I have flown in the past I had a ( return to home ) when signal was lost but FPV is different. thanks
FAILSAFE has been around since the dawn of time and it is in RC Cars/Trucks/Boats/Planes/Helicopters/Drones. Beginner GPS Camera drones (made by DJI, AUTEL, FIMI, ETC) all 100% use failsafe for when a pilot loses connection, battery gets low, etc. In the Beginner Drone Hobby it is called Return To Home. In the rest of the RC Hobby it is just called FAILSAFE. In simple terms you have your RC PRODUCT (Car, plane, drone, etc) and you connect to it with a RADIO. When that communication is interrupted for a specified amount of time, the RECEIVER in these products goes into FAILSAFE and defaults to whatever has been programmed. For an RC Car/Truck/Boat it means stop moving forward. For an RC Helicopter it can mean LAND. For an RC Plane it means set the Ailerons and Elevator to LEVEL and shut off the motor. For an FPV Drone it means either stop spinning the motors, or reduce power and land or if the FPV Drone has a GPS RESCUE, it means hand over controls to the GPS and fly in the direction of Home.
@CAPTAINDRONE798 A very detailed explanation Steve. Thanks. I will make sure it's set up before l fly. 🫶
Hey do you think this whole process will work with the FrSky Taranis X9 Lite. I would buy the one in the video but I’m kinda on a budget. Other than that I say good job on the video and keep up the GREAT work.😁😁
I have not tried that radio so I can't comment