Razor ESC FCB VC400 Setup

[@Billbobaker]

Show us how to put a rudder on it.. It would be a much better airplane with one. Love your reviews and builds.. this one has me seriously tempted to order.. just want an easy rudder addition.

[@kevinlancaster3200]

Great, super helpful thank you Andrew!

[@Bellairvideo]

Well explained #1 Mine arrived today 6 weeks earlier that they said and it is a Christmas present from my wife. I also had delivered a 4” fpv monitor for $40 delivered & Hk had their Cyclops FPV on sale for $45, do i am all set for FPV with the Razor, thanks to you. A big help indeed. I may take it to Tassie on Sunday if i get to fly prior. Very grateful Andrew!

[@AndrewNewton]

New adventures! Great plane to start your FPV with.

[@johnstotler6237]

It cracks me up that out of the tiny bit of info you get in the OSD, 1/3 of the screen space is the band and channel, which you can only see if you’ve already tuned it in...

[@EnglishTurbines]

Nice Tutorial Andrew, well done...Please show us some more sunny slope, we are dying here...lol.

[@RB-qg1qx]

Ordered one yesterday, quoting 8 to 10 days for delivery, divorce proceedings in 11 days....

[@rwehuman]

So I just completed my first two flights of my razor. My initial thoughts are, it is a little anemic and the prop pitch could probably go up a little bit. With 40% Expo, triple rates set at 75 50 and 35 even 75 was a little unresponsive. I guess I'll bring my expo back to 20

[@Bellairvideo]

Many thanks indeed for the breaking & prop balance info #1. She is a great flyer indeed. Happy New Year to you & your family mate.

[@AndrewNewton]

Happy new year Noel!

[@makewithmegma]

U about to hit 55k, im so happy for you😍🔥👌👍

[@AndrewNewton]

Coming in a few weeks

[@makewithmegma]

@@AndrewNewton 👍

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Thanks for the full SP on the set-up and all the relevant beepity-beeps Andrew. :-) The low battery RTH is a useful update but a bit odd they went with XT60 rather than XT30 and the solid and flashing green led pattern reversed from the Kopilot usage? ;-) With my clapped out fingers I use an in-line switch adapter for setting up - saves a lot of blue air! :D

[@AndrewNewton]

It is XT30

[@FrankPerkins]

smart about the opposing bolts!

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes it's how they should be, but not how they drilled the holes.

[@Johan-ex5yj]

Re: Propeller Balance. The folding prop on my Phoenix 2000 is the same. I have just turned around one of the screws. It is now running smoother than ever! Thanks for the tip Andrew. What were they thinking with the 2 screws facing in the same direction anyway? Because one hole is bigger than the other, I had to glue in a bamboo skewer and then drill it to make the hole smaller.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes it's an odd design decision

[@blackbirdboy1]

As always, " You "D" man!!!"

[@alanreid250]

Here to pick your brains again Andrew...would the stabiliser handle flaperons?....

[@AndrewNewton]

Flaps but not flaperons

[@alvandergoot7237]

Hey Andrew i also have one of theses with the vc400 camera. How/where do you place the double sided sticky tape to secure the camera in the razor camers pod? Doesn't seem to be a friction fit. Thanks. Great video btw.

[@AndrewNewton]

Tape over the top corners for me.

[@kevinlancaster3200]

Or go for the Vista Pod if you really want to see where you're going 🤔

[@dmitrykh9183]

NEVER plug 3s battery - ignore the writing that ESC supports 2s-4s. The foam around a mount plate is very weak - so your motor will just break through it and fly away (with good chances to "meet" your head).

[@rwehuman]

Just found a H U G E solution to a problem I was having. ?I was trying to calibrate level and could not get the red and green lights to blink and/or enter the level calibration. I noticed my elevator was backwards, wend into outputs, inverted the ELE channel. flipped my mode switch to calibrate the radio, checked that up ELE was correct and proper. It was. attempted to enter the level calibration, it worked. My setup: Razor FPV, QX7 2.2.3 (ae5ac05b) , L9R (no flashes), PWM, MODE 2,

[@oliviersegal9597]

Bonjour Andrew, voici une question ne néophyte : j'ai acheté le Razor FPV. Comment récupérer et enregistrer la vidéo sur PC ou sur smartphone Android ? Merci pour votre réponse. Olivier

[@AndrewNewton]

Not possible. Record with your goggles if they have a built in DVR, or just mount a camera like a Mobius on the Razor

[@joharimdnor1550]

Very nice 👍

[@AndrewNewton]

Thank you 👍

[@oliviersegal9597]

Bonjour Andrew, est-il possible de modifier l'altitude du RTH. De base elle est de 70m ce qui parait très haut. Merci pour ta réponse. Olivier

[@AndrewNewton]

Not adjustable unfortunately

[@johnbortscheller1111]

Does the FPV version of the Razor include a Receiver or do I need to order that separately? (Recommendations welcome! 🙂). Battery recommend also appreciated - I would like to get 30+ minutes flight.

[@AndrewNewton]

No receiver. Need one that works with your transmitter. 2S 3500mAH 18650 pack would be best

[@The_Pub_]

Tune the Same as their Quads,,,, Haha! What else did I miss? ...

[@johnstotler6237]

You mention "depending on whether you've set it to lipo or lion," but I don't think you covered that.

[@AndrewNewton]

Throttle down Rudder left and wait for the elevator wiggle. One wiggle for Li-ion, 2 wiggles for LiPo

[@johnstotler6237]

Cool, thanks. I don't have one of these, but figured it would be helpful.

[@tycochran8667]

Will the pnp version have the flight controller or is it the fpv version only

[@AndrewNewton]

Only the FPV

[@kazandsam]

Forgive the newb question Andrew. What sort of 2s Lipo battery suits this model, is this right? HG 7.4V 4500mAh 30C 2S Lipo Battery. There are a lot of different descriptions for 2S Lipo's 25C, 30C, 45C etc. Please help

[@AndrewNewton]

Too big and heavy. Something like a 2S 1300 is more suitable, or 2 x 18650. Only need the higher C rating batteries for high current needs, like quads or fast planes. They deliver more current before the voltage drops.

[@kazandsam]

@@AndrewNewton thanks andrew, your vids and dialogue with us punters is very much appreciated. I have one more for you, should I get the Flysky FSi6 or Jumper T-Lite for a first Tx(to pair with the Eachine Razor)?

[@michaelwheatland4565]

Andrew, One thing confuses me and that is the 100% rates needed for the control board is it the case that once this is programmed into the stabiliser lower rates be imputed so that in manual mode the movement is less aggressive or am I missing something. It’s a very steep learning curve for me but I’m determined to crack it. I’m using FlySky fs-i6x Oldsurveyor 44

[@AndrewNewton]

Need 100% for setup using stick commands, but not for flying. But with fully configurable boards it's best to do the rates and expo in the board configuration and not the transmitter. Otherwise you will end up with inconsistent trims in different modes

[@michaelwheatland4565]

@@AndrewNewton thank you for that most helpful

[@subzero674]

How did you connect your Flysky receiver to the Razor flight controller? Did you use PPM? Where did you plug that into the fight controller?

[@michaelwheatland4565]

@@subzero674 connect with the supplied 3 way lead supplied with the Kopilot , four pin connector inserted horizontally across the signal pins on the reciever the 3 pin plug inserted horizontally into channel 5, signal wire to the top this provides power to the Kopilot and this is also the command channel giving you return to home, stabilised mode and finally manual mode. You need to assign a 3 position switch to channel 5. The other end is connected to the Kopilot be careful withe connection the pins are offset so make sure you align correctly. The Kopilot diagrams actually illustrate these functions fairly well so there worth studying. Hope this helps.

[@subzero674]

@@michaelwheatland4565 Thanks!

[@brianjones238]

Hi Andrew, I've got this one in the RTF version. I'm wishing to use my Radiomaster TX16S, but unfortunately I have no idea what Protocol in OPENTX to bind the transmitter to the receiver (pre installed). Any idea which one to select? I thank you in advance for your help. Kind regards Brian. P.S I'm a complete novice at this game, any help much appreciated.

[@AndrewNewton]

I dont know, but if you search the Razor thread on RCGroups for "protocol" I'm sure you will find it. Might be best to buy a radiomaster receiver anyway.

[@brianjones238]

@@AndrewNewton Thanks Andrew for your speedy reply.... I've solved it, dug out the receiver and on the back of it, it says, "Eachine R8FM". Looking closer at it, it says Radiolink... Checked KZbin protocol Radiolink standard... Jobs a good 'en all connected! Thanks once again. 👍

[@alanreid250]

Hi Andrew...can you use ibus rx with this...thanks

[@AndrewNewton]

Dont think so, Eachine Safe board only uses sbus, ppm or pwm

[@alanreid250]

@@AndrewNewton Hi again ...some confusing statements on the net...such as ""I think It should be OK as a website out of the UK states: "the iA10B is capable of iBUS, SBUS, PPM and PWM for enhanced control." I also found a KZbin video showing that in the transmitter settings you can choose i.bus or s.bus. Woo Hoo !!! " and this "Great video, but just one thing... you said Kopilot is not compatible with iBUS, but actually it can be. The FS-IA6B works on both PWM and SBUS (recommended). Connect it to the IBUS pins, and then set the Tx to talk sBUS and it will work fine. The FS-IA6B runs both IBUS and SBUS, depending on what the FlySky Tx is set on (sBUS or iBUS). Hope that helps!" hope that you can shed some light on this.....Cheers

[@alanreid250]

How would I setup rth failsafe using pwm in flysky....Cheers

[@AndrewNewton]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZjVYWWsoN2Xe5I

[@alanreid250]

@@AndrewNewton Thank you

[@olekolef773]

Does anyone know if the eachine safe fc can be used for flying Wings like the dart?

[@AndrewNewton]

Good question. Dont know

[@olekolef773]

@@AndrewNewton thanks for the answer. Can you try it perhaps in one Video? You musst have Summer instead of Winter in EU😉

[@AndrewNewton]

Too hot at the moment Olek, about 5º hotter than summer average. If I ever find how to change model types I will make a video.

[@barrycole8378]

And again. FIRST REMOVE THE PROPELLOR

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Yep. Much easier to show how better balanced the corrected prop blade attachment is with it removed! ;-) :D

[@barrycole8378]

@@theoztreecrasher2647 Duing the exc setup, maybe...

[@EnglishTurbines]

You're not very bright are you?

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@EnglishTurbines Nope, never got past the third grade. 😢 But then I've always been dumb enough to feel that a good sense of humour retained throughout a long life has been a fair trade-off. 😁

[@EnglishTurbines]

@@theoztreecrasher2647 My previous comment wasn't aimed at you, it was at the original poster....🤔😀