General R81 Receiver

[MurryB]

I did what you said didn' help still don't have motors. I think the problem is in the mode section.

 

[D.O.G.]

Correct. I use the letter A on my TX for my arm/disarm switch. Make sure to save everything as you go .

 

[MurryB]

I setup the arm switch. disconnected everything from computer, plugged battery in no motors. I don't know what else to do.

 

[D.O.G.]

I take it that in betaflight, the receiver tab, your mapping for your TX is working & moving in the right direction. In the motor tab the motor will spin...correct? If the motors spin in betaflight then it's a setup in the TX or the harness from the esc to the FC could be bad. I know that they give you 2 harnesses with that FC. Change that out and see what happens then. Another thought is to have you install BLHeli configurator to get the ESC configurated. I'm just trying to give you more options. I will play with my setup tonight and try to figure out what's going on. You need to have patience with these FC. Pain in the butt to figure out but fun as hell to fly especially in FPV .

 

[D.O.G.]

OPPS I forgot. Here's the site for the BLHeli configurator app. Releases · blheli-configurator/blheli-configurator

 

[MurryB]

Arming switch and motors working fine. now i am trying to setup aux2, and that is my d switch. All the way up is angle mode, don't know how to setup the rest of it.

 

[Thebriancloud]

Arming switch and motors working fine. now i am trying to setup aux2, and that is my d switch. All the way up is angle mode, don't know how to setup the rest of it.

If I could recommend an invaluable resource for setting things up (be it betaflight opentx or blheli) look up Joshua Bardwell in YouTube. Type in setting up modes Joshua Bardwell. He is a wealth of knowledge on a wide variety of topics quadcopter related. Sorry to point you to external resources, but that is a great way to arm yourself with knowledge so people here can fill in the gaps.

 

[Thebriancloud]

 

[D.O.G.]

Nice. I was going to suggest a video too. Here's one of many out there that might help also BTW glad to hear you're getting closer .

 

[MurryB]

I don't know what happened but lost motors and everything.

 

[D.O.G.]

Well, that sucks. I can only suggest if you don't already have a multimeter get one and start testing from the battery forward on. Sound to me like a loose power source

 

[MurryB]

I am thur with nx8. I have a TX12 I am going to try and use.

 

[MurryB]

I put the 4650 receiver back in my quad and finally it is ready to fly.

 

[D.O.G.]

That's awesome MurryB Now it's time to enjoy flying.

 

[MurryB]

I got to do some sim work first. That thing does not fly like my phantom 3.

 

[D.O.G.]

NO NO NO the quads don't fly like a phantom 3.

 

[MurryB]

That is why i am going to do Sim work.

 

[MurryB]

Well I put it into a hover this morning, I though it would be all over the place but it was rock solid. Now to the Sim.

 

[MurryB]

I install the velocidrone on my computer and I can't find it anywhere. I looked in every file and folder and it's not there. Anybody know what is going on.

 

[Marchello525]

Hi, RC-pilots! Help is needed. I have a Radiomaster R81 receiver +Taranis X9D Plus. Receiver does not enter bind mode. I press the bind button and power up the receiver. The diode immediately starts flashing sequences: 3 times 1 flash, 3 times 2 flashes and 3 times 3 flashes. Then everything repeats. I can release the button at any time - nothing changes. The diode blinks. I think the binding procedure should be different.