Please help. Cant get motors to spin with remote.

xChrisKnightx

xChrisKnightx

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Hi I'm new to fpv racing and am having a bit of trouble setting up my drone for first flight. I have beta flight installed and can go into it and see that my fc is registering my remote. I can also enter betaflight and turn the motors on and off within the app. My problem is that when trying to make the motors spin with the controller i get nothing to happen. I have no idea what I'm doing within beta flight so I'm sure its some settings I have wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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SLFLY

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You need to arm the quad first to start the motors.

Have you set up the arming switch in the modes tab in Betaflight ? And choose the correct aux channel ?

Have you turned on PPM in the FS-i6 transmitter menu under 'RX setup' ?

In the FS-i6 menu have you also assigned the aux channels to the switches ?

The switches wont work until you do that.
 
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SLFLY

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The arm mode switch needs setting up. And the flight modes switch too.

Watch this set up tutorial for Betaflight. It goes through every step needed.
 
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xChrisKnightx

xChrisKnightx

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Do the esc's shut off the motors if the battery voltage is too low? I actually just killed my battery and am wondering if the low battery voltage was keeping the quad from working. I don't have another one so I have to order one to test it :( Just learned a valuable lesson about lipo batteries.......................
 
Yog Dharaskar

Yog Dharaskar

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Coming from an FS-i6 user BetaFlight and FS-i6 is a really bad combination (so is CleanFlight) I would suggest using any of the OpenPilot based firmware with FS-i6. (At least until you get a total idea of what you are doing)
 
Jackson

Jackson

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Yog Dharaskar said:
Coming from an FS-i6 user BetaFlight and FS-i6 is a really bad combination
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LOL, what the hell does that mean. BetaFlight actually has a FlySky specific IBus option.
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Yog Dharaskar said:
I would suggest using any of the OpenPilot based firmware with FS-i6
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LOL
OpenPilot (obsolete) was replaced by LibrePilot (stopped being updated) and was strictly for the CC3D FC. The OP stated he has SP3 FC.
 
Yog Dharaskar

Yog Dharaskar

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Jackson said:
LOL, what the hell does that mean. BetaFlight actually has a FlySky specific IBus option.
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LOL
OpenPilot (obsolete) was replaced by LibrePilot (stopped being updated) and was strictly for the CC3D FC. The OP stated he has SP3 FC.
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It has an IBUS option but the fault is the potentiometers on an FS-i6 are not in proper sync regarding the minimum and maximum values for all the different channels so you have to go through a lot of trouble to set that up properly (i had to anyway). I know about OpenPilot and LibrePilot but I wasn't referring to them in the first place. I was referring to dRonin and TauLabs firmwares which are way better than BetaFlight or CleanFlight (It depends on personal choice though).
 
xChrisKnightx

xChrisKnightx

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Thanks everyone for all the help. Just wanted to update you guys and let you know that I finally have it operating with the remote. :) Thanks for the video links. They were really helpful.
 
mozquito1

mozquito1

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Yog Dharaskar said:
Coming from an FS-i6 user BetaFlight and FS-i6 is a really bad combination (so is CleanFlight) I would suggest using any of the OpenPilot based firmware with FS-i6. (At least until you get a total idea of what you are doing)
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I'm also with an fsi6 never any major problems though. Did you upgrade the firmware for ibus. Had mine 3 years nearly. Served me well. Next would be a turnigy evolution.
 
mozquito1

mozquito1

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Mainly a cleanflight guy but I built a micro & the board was betaflight.
Easiest setup yet. The Piko blx b4 that was either a pain or a dud.
 
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