(11/12) FrSky TARANIS Radio - Using Flight Modes and Global Variables (GV/GVR)

[@johnseth-watkins6036]

Lee, absolutely superb videos on the Taranis, well structured, clear and relevant. Very well done and many many thanks!!

[@normie31100]

With some trial and error, I've been able to make my own quads from scratch. So far, this is the one thing that I needed a real step-by-step lesson on how to setup my 6 flight modes on 2 switches. Took me at least 30 minutes to watch this video almost going exactly by your steps. I watched it once casually but all the items involved are too intricate to get this way. Thanks for the great videos! Would have taken me days on my own.

[@Painless360]

Happy flying!

[@filmserve]

Another great video. Many thanks for the time, effort and expertise you have put into this channel and made available to all.

[@BoomerangRCJets]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.....Best explanation of Global Variables I have heard so far.

[@S700KYFPV]

Lee thanks for coming to my aid as usual. I bought an X-Vert and needed 3 flight modes but only having expo on the acro mode. Nailed it thanks to you buddy 👻

[@Painless360]

Glad it helped! Happy flying!

[@jps99]

Wow, great tutorial! You, sir, are an excellent teacher!

[@pierreroemer2530]

Great serie again, these are the best tutorials I've seen. Many thanks, excellent videos !! I'm waiting impatiently for #12 Greetings from France

[@Painless360]

Pierre géocaching You're not using the playlist links are you ;)

[@pierreroemer2530]

Painless360 I confess !!

[@JoyplanesRC1]

You can actually use the potentiometer to dial in the value of the Global Variable to a more precise value.

[@SmokinJames]

Thanks for all of the videos! Can you tell me Safe mode, like on an apprentice, is programmed through the controller or the receiver? I've got a Carbon Cub with Safe, Intermediate, and Expert mode. I've watched your videos and created the 3 Modes but how to program them I haven't seen yet. Thank you!

[@Painless360]

Safe mode is normally seiected via a specific range on a specific channel on the reciever. No idea which though. Maybe a look in the forums would help. Best of luck

[@SmokinJames]

@@Painless360 Thanks! I think I found what I was looking for. Appreciate your help!

[@kevindevlin6836]

hello, huge fan and great videos....got a question for you....How can you put in trims on both AIL if you have them wired with a Y cable on one channel, like camber and stuff?

[@Painless360]

The simple answer is you cant. For things like that then seperate Aileron channels are needed. See my plane setup videos... best of luck!

[@kevindevlin6836]

TY

[@norbertwenkel9139]

Thanks for the easy to follow description who to use the flight modes. One question: I'm using the combination of 2 three position switches for my flight mode selection to have 9 different modes. How to set this up?

[@Painless360]

Norbert Wenkel You're not using the Playlists are you ;) Have a look at the Pixhawk playlist and you'll find an answer.. Best of luck!

[@norbertwenkel9139]

Got it. Thanks

[@NETBotic]

Excellent video.

[@HitmanTexas-yq8ld]

Lee, I just got a new Taranis so your videos are very helpful. However, I seem to have missed where I match my transmitter flight modes to match up with the flight modes in mission planner. What I mean is how do I guarantee that the six flight modes in mission planner totally match my switch positions of the transmitter.....hope this makes sense. Which of your vids do I need to watch again to find this? Thank you.

[@Painless360]

+Hitman5363 Texas the one showing how to add the 6 position switch is probably the most useful. Best of luck!

[@HitmanTexas-yq8ld]

Thank you. Just watched your 13th vid and understand how to do it if I decide to. I think for right now I will just use two three way switches to accomplish the same thing......now just to figure out how to do that too.

[@HitmanTexas-yq8ld]

I hope you have a vid though that covers that...????

[@Painless360]

+Hitman5363 Texas see the videos on logical switche. Use the 6 logical switches from two physical switches, then use those logical switches to set the channel value of the channel use for modes. Best of luck!

[@HitmanTexas-yq8ld]

Which video of your 12 videos is the logical switches covered in? Coming from standard radios I must say the Taranis is a bit intimidating to say the least. Really trying to wrap my head around it but this old dog is having a tough time. Thank you for the help!

[@bruceaustin7498]

Thank you for all these wonderful tutorials, I have learned so much. I am now flying my six servo Phoenix and motor on seven separate channels. I have managed most mixes under your great videos, and thank you for that. BUT I have not yet discovered a simple way to set up reflex, camber, and thermal, on a three way switch (say SB for example). I am thinking that I should be able to set this up on one aileron, using GV1 reflex, GV2 camber, and GV3 thermal, as Flight modes 1, 2, 3. Having done that, I could then "copy" to each of the other servo and flap CH mixes. Am I heading the right direction??? Do you already have a video that describes such a set up? This Video 20 is not really going into enough detail for me. Appologies for being so THICK! Bruce

[@Painless360]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIOoZWWBq52ofrc ;D

[@rhyando]

great video.. still wondering what is the difference between flight modes in cleanflight and this one here in the remote controller.

[@Painless360]

+Rhyando Anggoro Adi they are completely different. In CF they tell the board how to fly, in Opentx they are a way to store settings that can be activated at once..

[@rhyando]

Painless360 thanks for the reply.. I still have a confussion when both aux of cleanflight and the tx controller are activated, lets say horizon mode in cleanflight and attitude mode on the transmitter are both "ON". Which one will be chosen by the quadcopter ?

[@Painless360]

+Rhyando Anggoro Adi whatever you've setup in the Cleanflight GUI. The active one shows as GREEN. Happy flying.

[@Painless360]

Both if you've set it up that way. Not sure what you're describing however, a video of the problem helps..

[@bruceaustin7498]

Well Painless, (Am I allowed to use this name when addressing you in an email??? I don't want to appear ill mannered,or insulting.) This video has raised my curiosity about Stabilization, and GPS Return to Home. I am not into quadcopters, but can see some potential merit for setting those systems up if I temporarily lose sight of a glider/sailplane. MY QUESTION What is or are your recommendations for stabilizer and GPS Return to Home eqipment wich is compatible with FrSky and Taranis Plus(LBT). At this stage I just want to browse and explore the options and perhaps links to a couple of forums, and of course potential costs. Go With the Flow Bruce

[@Painless360]

At the moment we are big fans of iNav, it works on multirotors and fixed wing too. See our series on it where we cover what you need and how to set it up.. Best of luck!

[@jthadcast]

great easy to follow videos.

[@thomasdunphy3798]

I have a question. Is there a way to have a flight mode for more then one switch? I did your example using Open TX on one switch to show throttle active and engine off on the screen as you showed in your example. All works fine. Now I add another switch to show flaps up, flaps 30 and flaps 40 but when I move the switch only the modes from the first switch are displayed. Nothing happens when I move the second switch to display the mode. Can this be done?

[@Painless360]

Thomas Dunphy Not sure what you mean...

[@subzero674]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@kaichristiansen8110]

How do you assign pwm values so your switches can actually control/switch between flight modes on mission planner? Thank you

[@Painless360]

Check out the playlist, I cover that in a few videos time. Best of luck

[@bjenn65]

have watched your video,s and find them a great help but have you done a video to show how to set up a taranis plus to have collective on a 120 swash plate heli with three servo,s.

[@Painless360]

I've finally got round to figuring some of this out on OpenTX, hope this video helps - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaulq5J_d7mnj9U

[@pvantuel]

Hi, I'm trying to set up my Quanum Outlaw 270 using Openpilot GCS. When the program wants to look at my Taranis transmitter configuration, it's doing the sticks OK, but It seem to have problems to see any swith. I'm not able to assign a flight mode switch. I hope you can help. Thank you so much.

[@Painless360]

Not sure what you're describing - we have lots of videos in the 'Introduction to Taranis' and the 'OpenTX mix school' too.. Sounds like you need to watch one of the earlier videos in this series where we set up OpenTX for a multirotors.. Best of luck!

[@duanesantos8916]

i just bought a vortex 250 and i am trying to set up flight modes but nothing is working. it only stays in angle mode with my taranis

[@Painless360]

+Duane Santos Happy to help but please watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ2sooefiK97f7s and come back to me with more detail of what you've tried..

[@raptr49]

I'm using iNav on a fixed wing. If have flight modes for Angle, Horizon and Bypass Mode on one switch. The flight modes display properly. Now I have a separate switch to activate a mission. Although I have created a flight mode for automode, it will keep displaying only the basic flight modes, ie. Angle or Horizon. How can I have an override to display automode?

[@Painless360]

What troubleshooting have you done? GPS lock?

[@raptr49]

@@Painless360 It is a display issue only, not one of function. All my flight modes work 100%, but it is just that they don't display properly on my Trananis 9x Plus. I have Horiz, Angle and Normal Mode on switch SC, and AutoMode on switch SE. When I'm in Angle or Horizon mode and switch to AutoMode, the display will continue to show either Angle or Horizon mode, never AutoMode. I'm not sure there is a solution to this, but I discovered is has something to do with the order of the flight mode, i.e. 1 through 8. If I make AutoMode my flight mode1, the display will show correctly. But if AutoMode is flight mode 6, and Angle is 1 and Horizon 2, it will not display the AutoMode but will stay on either Angle or Horizon . So the lower flight mode numbers have priority over the higher flight mode numbers. Its a bit strange, but that is how it seems to work. Anyway, it is not a big issue as I also play the audio tracks when selecting different flight modes.

[@athief]

Is there any good reason to set things like Expo and D/R in the Mixes instead of in the Inputs?

[@Painless360]

+Axel Thieffry You can do them in any part of the mix, a lot of it is personal preference but setting them up in the output mixes makes things like variable rates at the lick of a switch a piece of cake..

[@etab83]

Hello I have recently upgraded the firmware on my taranis. After the upgrade I was unable to find the ppm source while editing in my mix. Can you advise? I use the fatshark headtracker that uses ppm

[@Painless360]

etab83 There is a video showing head tracker setup with the Taranis already on the channel that will help - it is in the Taranis playlist... It should give you a few ideas for your setup Best of luck.

[@suzygs1000]

Are their any videos covering this that uses the transmitter, and not the companion?

[@Painless360]

Check out the series - the earlier videos show the radio a lot more and all of the screens in companion are identical functionally to the ones on the radio.

[@thomasdunphy3798]

First great video!! OK On flight mode 2 and 3 I have switch SF(back) engine off, SF(forward) Clear Prop, same as what I have for voice on special functions for this switch. Using Open TX SIM this shows on the splash screen when the switch is moved as in your video. Now if I add in mode 4,5 and 6 switch SB (back) flaps up, (middle) flaps 30 (forward) flaps 40 these do not display on the screen when the switch is moved. Only what is on the SF switch is displayed. What I'm asking can any switch movement be displayed or only one? If so how?

[@Painless360]

Thomas Dunphy Not sure - l will play. Let me know if you figure it out..

[@RC-Heli835]

Do these GV's here change endpoints?

[@Painless360]

You can set them up to. See the other videos in the OpenTX mix school playlist...

[@DrDiff952]

I was wondering about using this for digg and low rate modes on a plane

[@Painless360]

+Dean Cory Yep, perfect to use for that..

[@thomasdunphy3798]

I will let you know. I did read that 2.1.0 will have the ability to name switches. This might be the answer I'm looking for.

[@RC-Heli835]

I'd love to see a complex plane set up on the bench like a Cessna 310 Twin engine with brakes and landing lights.

[@Painless360]

Then check out my complex plane setup video.. ;) hope it helps.. Happy flying!

[@RC-Heli835]

@@Painless360 I saw it but it didnt have lights. Do lights plug in to the RX like a servo?

[@LeonLamothe]

So how can you set a mode for acro mode?

[@Painless360]

All covered in my Quadcopter building for beginners, OpenTX mix school, and Betaflight setup videos. Best of luck!

[@duanesantos8916]

ok