Flight Controller + Receiver (FIRST TIME BUILD)

[jamesjoshua3]

Hi everyone, this is my first drone build for a school project, I'm running 4 Turnigy motors, 4 30A ESC with BEC connected to a Diatone V8.3 LC Filtered PDB. The PDB is connected to my 11.1V 3s lipo battery all of these parts that i have mentioned so far are connected and work properly , from there i have an OMNIBUS F4 V6 flight controller, this is where im confused, i cannot figure out where the radio wire goes on the flight controller and on top of that i have a range of 4 receivers (NE 480348, OrangeRx R620, FrSky X4RSB 3/16ch 2.4Ghz ACCST and a FLy Sky FS - R6B, all of these are 6 channels +) and my transmitter is the Fly Sky FS-CT6B. my question is which receiver if any will be the best for my currest setup and how and where do i wire it to my flight controller? sorry if this is a stupid question, just really lost at the moment.

 

[Dugdog47]

You'll have to use the flysky reciever with the flysky transmitter, the different brands will not work together.

As for wiring the reciever, solder the signal wire to the "rx1" pad, the red wire to a 5v pad and black to ground.

When you set it up in betaflight you'll want to switch the "uart1" switch in the ports tab, and in configuration tab click serial based reciever, then click Ibus.

Hope this helps.

 

[Launchpad]

Hi JJ, welcome. That's not really the right combo to start off with I'd say. While the radio may work, it's kinda low tech. The only receiver that's gonna talk the same language is the R6B, but it only outputs in PCM (which I'm honestly not familiar with) using one wire per channel I believe. The flight controller only wants sbus or ppm input coming from a single wire. Next is the ESCs. The FC takes 3-6S input that you will get from the PDB. You'll want to get rid of the power lead from the ESC. The flight controller itself seems a little more complex than you need. There are a lot of notes at the bottom of the page regarding flashing, and gyro engaging and orienting. Hopefully you are familiar with that.

 

[LoneRCRanger]

Amazingly, I have no idea what you gentlemen are talking about. I did not go to M.I.T. and the only engineering I am aware of, slightly, is on a railroad locomotive., I am happy that this forum exists, however, I am unhappy that everyone seems to speak in engineerese and not a more common form of English for the rest of us dummies.

 

[Dugdog47]

Amazingly, I have no idea what you gentlemen are talking about. I did not go to M.I.T. and the only engineering I am aware of, slightly, is on a railroad locomotive., I am happy that this forum exists, however, I am unhappy that everyone seems to speak in engineerese and not a more common form of English for the rest of us dummies.

If you were truly passionate about building a racing/freestyle quad you would learn, it's not that difficult lol. Try it you just might like it and you know where to go to ask questions!

 

[LoneRCRanger]

Passion has nothing to do with it, concentration and patience more so, though. I am a computer programmer and web designer. Those take concentration and patience. Then there is the physical acuity that I lack. I can't handle a soldering iron very well due to strictures I have in my hands. Typing on a keyboard is a lot easier than soldering electronic parts together. So, I buy and fly pre-built quads and fixed wings. End of story.