ArduPlane/AR Wing/Matek F405-Wing Build: Flashing and GPS/Rx connections

[@tk-maker]

Nice, 4 years old video and highly relevant in 2023, I just flashed ardupilot into SpeedyBee F405 WING for my 2nd build.

[@jwijaya98]

Hi, first of all i want to say thank you for the amount of work and detail that went into your videos, and the way you've arranged them in your playlist so we can learn the whole process step by step. I've watched the whole chibios series and after watching this series i find my self really wanting to try build one!

[@seanyfpv]

4 years later, finally loading ardupilot into my board! thanks for the tutorial, super helpful as always!

[@bearospaceinsider5250]

Just ordered a 756 matek board for arduplane in a fixed wing build. looking forward to it. it's refreshing to see an alternative to pixhawk, smaller and more tailored to fav and fixed wing. thanks for all of the tips!

[@egtreadway4232]

I finally got mission planner running on my board,I'll be following your video next step soldering up component s and on down the line. Thanks again

[@MCsCreations]

Great job, Lee! 😃 It's unbelievable how easy it is! I'm really looking forward to the maiden! 😃

[@sparrow082]

I was just thinking about how impossible this is 2 years ago, and that got me to thinking about what's going to be coming up in the next 2 years.

[@Jacey2001]

Man I'm only 2 videos in and getting excited about this build. My difference is I have a frsky R9M going in and some 2.4Ghz vtx. I was looking at this FC online but wouldn't do it without help. Thanks!!! Also was thinking about eagle tree but man its $$$$$!!!

[@0012dominic]

As always, just a fantastic help to me and others. Saves hours of frustration. Many Thanks

[@fazrulrusdi9557]

Suggest to epoxy the usb port..mine getting loose after some times

[@jibbajabba4597]

....and setup the alternative vcp on a free com port just in case it does snap off so you can still get in with one of those cheap programmer things.

[@MABFR01]

Broke two F722 boards like that 😎

[@pingsangi5418]

Hi lee, I am just in this hobby and also want to start flying missions like this with ardupilot. But on minute 4:43 I saw that my country (The Netherlands) is colourd purple. Is it not allowed to fly autonumus like this? I searched the internet already but couldnt find anything.

[@Painless360]

No idea. Best of luck

[@johnnybci]

hello please i need help. I have the latest version of ardupilot on a Matek 405 wing with a buzzer that has a built-in battery and the three connection cables, but I can't get it to work, it only beeps when the board has no power, I have it set to Channel 8 and if I put it on the plate instead buzzer does not beep, and if I put it on servo output 8 it beeps all the time. What am I doing wrong?

[@OrdinaryGothic]

Will you be doing a video like this with either the f405 wing v2 or the f405- vtol? I ask because I hear the pin assignment has been changed to be proper now. I suppose you could just do the parts of the video which are relevant and have changed from this video.

[@Painless360]

I'm not planning to, the process is the same... Best of luck

[@OrdinaryGothic]

Thank you for all your videos, I am grateful the hobby has you.@@Painless360

[@samsonfpv8902]

I have the same set up. But I always wonder why no one uses the little oled screen

[@shikshasabharwal324]

On my mission planner, for rc configuration, none of the bars are moving. I checked that receiver is absolutely connected (constant green light), transmitter is connected (mode 2), battery disconnected, yet the green bars arent moving. Can you please help fix that? using a Matek H743, TBS Tango 2 transmitter

[@Painless360]

Check out my video on setting up CRSF on ardupilot if you are using that to connect to the flight controller.. Best of luck

[@sidhit1]

Great video. Very helpful But I am facing some issues, Every time I try to update using windows 10 pc or flash arduplane firmware on Matek f405 wing FC, INAV fails and show the log "failed to open serial port" I have tried impulse RC driver fixer and zadig, still I unable to flash the arduplane firmware. Please suggest what could be done to solve this issue.

[@Painless360]

I don't use Windows 10 here, I'd recommend searching for that error in the Betaflight forums as I know others will have solved it already and the issues with drivers and Win10 will have been seen with the larger BF user base... best of luck!

[@olacarpe6676]

Bonjour, déjà merci pour toutes vous vidéos sont superbes. J'ai une question je peux utiliser maket f 405 se dans un bateau ?

[@Painless360]

Je ne vois pas pourquoi le Matek F405 est un excellent contrôleur de vol et bien supporté par Arduboat. Bonne chance!

[@olacarpe6676]

@@Painless360 merci beaucoup pour l'information 🙏 je utilise prix mais jamais matek c'est la 1er fois je voulais être sûre. Vue le prix du prixhawk en ce moment je voulais investir dans un FC moins cher. Encore merci 😉

[@steverichardson146]

I have a Kakute F4 V2 controller and I am thinking of loading ArduCopter on it and developing a 8-10" quad possibly for long range use. Are there any show stoppers with the Kakute and ArduCopter?

[@Painless360]

I've not loaded Arduplane on one of those.. Let me know how you get on.. Best of luck!

[@pjpankras]

I'm currently setting up a Kakute F4 V2 on a ArduRover project.. no issues so far with it. GPS, Telemetrie, RX Reciever all work fine witht the Kakute.

[@gregorykress1641]

Lee, I started out this RC/drone hobby with a Pixhawk and Mission Planner and have never gone the iNav route, so I am not iNav savvy. I am actually using a Matek F405-VTOL FC board, not the F405-Wing . . . in prepration for that series to start. However, do I need to flash the flash the Matek FC with arduplane using iNav, or once I download arduplane_with_bl.hex to my computer, can I flash the Matek FC with Mission Planner . . . instead of iNav? The Matek documentation does state that F405 VTOL board comes preloaded with iNav. I am hoping that flashing the FC board with arduplane using Mission Planner will just erase the pre-installed iNav, but I don't want to brick the board. Do you have any advise?

[@rizfpv8393]

Hi Lee, Have you tried upgrading the FW to 4.1.0? The latest FW 4.1.0 supports fport. It would be good to have a follow up video step-by-step how to upgrade the FW using Mission Planner.

[@Painless360]

I may cover that for the future video as I am planning one all about telemetry options... stay tuned!

[@pedrofdmp]

Component placement is critical for the CG as there isn't much space to move the battery around if you use the strap.

[@Painless360]

Thanks for the tip - all good here. I'll show how..

[@pedrofdmp]

@@Painless360 i was thinking about gluing Velcro on the wooden battery tray and extend the Velcro strap so it passes through the hole that is closest to the front and the one that is closest to the back so i can adjust the battery position. This would help to bring the CG forward, but not back (which is more likely the problem when using and HD cam on the nose). Looking forward to see your solution :)

[@Painless360]

You can see how by viewing the other videos in the playlist.. :)

[@blackterminal]

I don't understand the difference between ardupilot and inav and beta flight. Can you please do a video explaining? Also i thought the F405 had its own built in compass?

[@Painless360]

All of my videos are carefully organised into playlists and every video has a number of text tags on them to make them easy to find if you use a search. This video should help and explains a few tips for finding the video or playlist you're looking for - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXrYhoGai8t1gLM or kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXWoIVshsyCoZI. Happy flying!

[@dempa3]

Can the Matek F405 Wing be used with quad- or octocopter?

[@Painless360]

If could but other versions of the FC are designed to be a better fit.. Happy flying!

[@dempa3]

@@Painless360 Thank you for the quick and clear reply! This FC spurred my interest, since it has such a redudance of PWMs and UARTs.

[@rickharms1]

Do you have a video on crimping these pins? I have a terrible time stripping these small wires without breaking some of . the copper strands. Maybe I should asking via Patreon.

[@Painless360]

You will always get a more detailed and complete explanation on Patreon... I have a video on crimping.. Best of luck

[@aurelienclair4465]

I'm stuck with an intialising message when I try to set flight mode and I can't setup the servos. F405 wing and 4.05 firmware.

[@Painless360]

Tricky to help without the actual error message...

[@aurelienclair4465]

@@Painless360 yeah and I'm a totally noob concerning ardupilot. I will try to post logs and pics or will continue with INAV.

[@Painless360]

Check out the two recent Arduplane builds on the channel... Best of luck

[@aurelienclair4465]

@@Painless360 thanks

[@Glenn.J]

Hi Lee, do you have a video series for getting started with Ardupilot on a inav board, something like the matek ones which seem to have targets for both inav and Ardupilot? I have a 650 size quad currently running the old DJI Naza lite FC, I want to try Ardupilot on it because they say that's better than inav for multirotors. Wondering if you have a video on this or a series?

[@Painless360]

This series you've commented on (and one other on an Omnibus board) are the two on the channel. Both for planes but the setup once flashed is the same as the Pixhawk 2020 series... Best of luck

[@timor4348]

Do I need a special number of radio channels for ArduPlane?

[@Painless360]

6 ideally. See the current PixHawk 2020 series..

[@timor4348]

Painless360 Thanks a lot!!😊

[@jibbajabba4597]

Are you a mind reader? I have this exact setup but with iNav on but getting waypoint missions to have the wing fly around the field on its own loaded onto the F405W is a pita so I've been wondering the last few weeks how easy/difficult it would be to put Ardupilot on it and use that instead, I'd love to have the ability to send the wing up, put it in mission mode and have it fly figure of eights round for half an hour while being chased by quads then land by itself when the battery drops to s certain point, and I think Ardupilot can do all that, so you must be able to read minds as this is the exact series I was hoping you'd do lol.

[@djb5993]

Hello Lee, on an F405 wing board, how would you connect a standard pixhawk 900 MHz usb telemetry for mission planner?

[@Painless360]

That is one of the things I'm planning to look at once it's flying. There are loads of spare UARTS here so it shouldn't be too tricky (he says - touching wood for goo luck!)

[@pingsangi5418]

@@Painless360 Is this video out already? Cannot find it. Or can you tell me if you tried it and if it worked out good? Thank you!

[@cristianperez1120]

hi im sorry to bother but do you have any video with the v2 version of this,if not is it the same process as this board

[@Painless360]

Same process with any non Pixhawk, if it ia supported... Happy flying

[@nicholasn.2883]

Would I be able to connect the F405 to a raspberry pi 4 so they can talk to each other? I think it has the right ports but I’m not sure

[@Painless360]

No idea, sorry. Best of luck

[@nicholasn.2883]

@@Painless360 Thank you. Your channel is great

[@chippy310]

Hi I'm using the 405w wing and ardupilot but cannot get GPS fix just says no gps

[@Painless360]

All the steps I use are in the video. What troubleshooting have you already done?

[@65chacal]

hello, I'm finishing my first wing (ZOHD orbit) with the FC MATEK F405-WING, but as soon as I plug it the beeper starts beeping, the motor also and never stops beeping. I've double checked the connections and they seem ok. I'm using a DJI air unit with DJI controller, it works ok, but the beeper keeps beeping... Any ideas about the why annoying beeping? Flash with INAV 5.1.0 P.S. - the wing is a second hand buying thank you

[@Painless360]

Please see my INAV for beginners 2022 series for how I set it up.. Best of luck

[@65chacal]

@@Painless360 I've check again, and is only the ESC beeping

[@tornados1000]

So far it's very nice board. I wanted to know if a usb telemetry module work with this board and how it's possible to connect into it for us that we are not having these DX9 radios. (i am using a FS-i6) and for now i am trying to not step up because i am kinda bugged restricted.

[@Painless360]

DX9 as in Spektrum? I don't have one of those here - sorry..

[@tornados1000]

@@Painless360 Sorry for the miss understanding. What i meant was how to connect the 3DR modules like the Holybro 3DR 433Mhz. Because on my case i am using a non-telemetry radio on my sailplane and i have a set of 3DR modules sitting on my bench. :)

[@Painless360]

I don't see why not.. Best of luck

[@egtreadway4232]

Thanks again , I finally got my f405 flashed with inav thanks to you, but on last step , ardupilot will not connect I get messages mavlink not detected, nothing changes as I tilt and spin board, please advise.

[@Painless360]

What troubleshooting have you already done? Com ports? Making sure Mission Planner is set to 115,200? Reinstalling the latest MP?.......

[@egtreadway4232]

I wasn't sure were to begin troubleshooting, but I will do what you suggest next. Thanks so much

[@Painless360]

Every step I did is shown in this Arduplane/Matek/ARWing build from last summer... best of luck

[@egtreadway4232]

I've did some troubleshooting,I have the 115200 set, reinstalled latest version of MP and using port 3 on p.c.. still no go when I click connect it just times out. Any help will be greatly appreciated

[@Painless360]

I'd delete the device from device manager and connect it again -sounds like a driver issue. Best of luck!

[@BillHally]

Got PPM working but cannot get SBUS to work can you tell me what your two settings for SERIAL 2 are set to in your parameter list ? Thanks Bill

[@Painless360]

I didn't change anything from the defaults here.. What troubleshooting have you already tried?

[@BillHally]

@@Painless360 Thanks for the reply and I suspected that may have been your answer as the default setting appears to work in most instances. I had the hardware setup in INAV and working fine after I found out that the output from the Openlrsng Rx was a NON inverted output and with advice from Matek got it working on the R2 pin next to the SBUS pin see my video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpXZpWx5bpJ8ibs Now exactly the same hardware and wiring will not work with Arduplane and I am thinking it has to be a setting problem as PPM works just fine but nothing with SBUS.

[@BillHally]

Ok sorted now Protocol was set to -1 and should have been 1. Just need to sort out Bad AHRS now and good to go I hope ;-) TNX

[@Painless360]

See my video on troubleshooting arming as there are a few things that maybe need to be checked - best of luck!

[@BillHally]

@@Painless360 Thanks I did view your video and am progressing nicely thru this now and have all but "LOGGING" problem cleared to get ARM. I have tried two different no brand SD cards so far one 16gb and one 4gb and still problematic will try some others and see what happens although some of the guys in the RC group are speculating that the SD card slot could be suspect on some boards too!

[@philippe.khiza1]

hello, i bought a f405wing with r9 mini ota card plug all correctly. but the servos are jitter and have latency its impossible to flight have you an issue ? maybe 0.5 second to response ...

[@Painless360]

I've never seen that but I don't use R9M...

[@philippe.khiza1]

@@Painless360 that's ok :). In fact check all my stuff and i see the version of tx firmware is 1.3.0 and the rx firmware is 1.3.1, i reflash rx at 1.3.0 and all work great. Thanks for all your vidéos !

[@willay747]

@Painless360 Why do I need a compass? Can I just use a regular GPS only like I do in all my other builds? I didn't think fixed wings really needed a compass??? Unless Ardupilot needs it?? Thanks for the help!

[@Painless360]

If you Google something like 'why do I need a compass Painless360' you'll see my video on that.. best of luck!

[@tomsmith6135]

isn`t there an ardu configurator so that u can flash ardu software into the firmware with it? or u can flash anything using i nav configurator ?

[@Painless360]

The firmware flasher can be use dto push any firmware onto a device In DFU mode. They don't care if you load it locally.. Happy flying!

[@aleks3a00]

And if you don't like ArduPlane ? How to flash and return to INAV ?

[@Painless360]

Same process as normal..

[@RizHassan]

Hi Lee, I hope you are doing well. I have tested F405 on a wing and worked fine but having great difficulty getting ride of Red EKF status. In Ardupilot documentation they mention FS_EKF_Thresh parameter but I am unable to find this in Config. tab on MP. Any idea how to fix red EKF status? In the EKF status window "Velocity_horiz_off" and "Pos_horiz_abs off" are red. BTW, I don't have compass installed, just GPS. Thanks

[@Painless360]

I'm not sure. I always use a Compass in Ardupilot.. Search in the full parameter list to see if its in there. From what I've found online it's an issue with low number of detected GPS sats. Let me know if you get it working... Happy flying and best of luck...

[@RizHassan]

@@Painless360 Hello Lee, So this is what I learned from the Ardupilot support team: Arduplane FW does not have FS_EKF_Thresh parameters nor GPS_HDOP_XX. Only ArduCopter FW carries these parameters. I also discovered by chance that the Chibios (BL) carries various communication protocols such as communication to serial devices (OSD, Yaapu, Radio, etc). How I discovered all this? I had updated my Pixhawk with Arduplane FW along with Chibios from ArduCopter. And once I did that all my serial devices stopped functioning. I tried changing parameters and nothing worked. So I went back uploaded ArduCopter FW and Chibios, ensured everything works and than uploaded Ardplane FW without Chibios. And it worked perfectly. Now I can turn off some of the errors I was getting in EKF on Pixhawk. I have yet to try this on Matek F405 :)

[@Bomel11]

Hi very good Video thx. Cannot calibrate ESC,....Arduplane 4.0.6: Error : Set param error. Please ensure your Version is AC3.3+.

[@Painless360]

Without further information it's impossible to offer any advice. What troubleshooting have you already done?

[@Bomel11]

@@Painless360 i try too calibrate the ESC in Mission Planner of Arduplane (FC.F35 lightning) In The ESc calibrate TAB (window) at the bottom i cannot change ESC settings ,ESC type etc.. ?? and when i hit button ESc calibration then the error appears ..set param error..etc !.... Update. maybe i found something my channel mapping seems wrong i will put throttle on channel three.. and try again.! OK Motor is running now .. thank you

[@Painless360]

I'd upgrade to the latest version and if the problem persists then log a bug.. Best of luck!

[@raven_fpv]

Excellent video Lee!! I have got my F405 flashed and ready for the next video!!! Getting my skyhunter ready! Looking forward to the next video!!

[@Painless360]

Don't forget you can view unreleased videos by looking in the playlist.. ;)

[@Painless360]

Quick note - before you get too far the Bootloader will need to be changed. There is a problem with the one used in this video and I've a video out on Tuesday that talks about it. You can see that video now in the playlist - it's No. 3..

[@raven_fpv]

@@Painless360 Thank you for the heads up! I will check that out now. Definitely would not want any issues and have my skyhunter fly away! 🤣🤣🛫✈

[@raven_fpv]

Lee I remember I clicked the "STABLE" version during this video so in part 3 you're saying I need to click on "STABLE 3.9.7"? I just wanted to make sure. The most up to date one I see is "STABLE 3.9.8" so as of today there is no fix yet. Also are you able to put a speed sensor on this FC AND have your GPS/Compass installed as well?

[@Painless360]

Yes and Yes. Best of luck!

[@egtreadway4232]

I just noticed in your video that when your in mission planner you chose com 3 in dropbox, I don't have any com port options in that same dropbox, I've tried 2 different PC windows 7 pro and windows 10. Any advise will be appreciated

[@Painless360]

The COM port will be whatever the ones appears as on your computer. It will probably be a different number. Check out the PixHawk 2020 series for up to date building tips and tricks..

[@robtomben]

I can't get my throttle to work. In radio calibration it shows my throttle input fine and lets me set limits. Then in the next menu, servo channels, the throttle on channel one won't move. Other servos are working. What gives?

[@Painless360]

The FC isn't armed. Just follow the series... Happy flying

[@robtomben]

Thank you!

[@robtomben]

On my 4th flight I connected in the field to Q ground control on my phone. I changed one flight mode. Then about 2 minutes into the flight I had a brown out and luckily just a light crash. Now my esc won't fully initialize and my F405 won't connect to Mission Planner or QGC. I switched esc and no luck. Any ideas as to what I can do?

[@robtomben]

I re-flashed the firmware and can now connect to MP. The new ESC still wont initialize. It just beeps continuously. Any ideas?

[@rekenhavoc1]

My f405 wing has no power on 5 volt pins. Also nothing with lipo plugged in. Only powers up with usb. Please advise...

[@Painless360]

Has it ever worked? Sounds like the 5v regulator is not working...

[@rekenhavoc1]

@@Painless360 it is brand new. This is my first build. Bad volt regulator is what I was afraid of. Thanks so much for reply.

[@Painless360]

If you've not even soldered on the pins then return it to the reseller.. Best of luck!

[@_ShaDynasty]

my esc has 3 wires, this thing has S1/gnd or S2/gnd. can someone explain this please.

[@Painless360]

Check out the wiring diagram for the FC on the Matek website. They are for the GND (black usually) and Signal (white usually) wires. If your ESC has a red wire too - dont connect it.

[@_ShaDynasty]

@@Painless360 ok yeah the f405 wing diagram only shows a ground and signal. I will remove the red wire. Thanks !

[@GamerVillePlazaMeep]

i flashed the board and then it started flashing at a different pattern and it isn't connecting to inav and It doesn't let me reflash it. What do I do?

[@Painless360]

Plug in the USB cable while holding the DFU button and flash with the 'no reboot' option selected.. best of luck

[@GamerVillePlazaMeep]

@@Painless360 I did that and now all 3 rgb lights are on and nothing recognizes it. Im scared to unplug it, now what should I do?

[@Painless360]

DFU switch on the FC will always get it back into bootloader mode.. Best of luck

[@GamerVillePlazaMeep]

@@Painless360 Thank you so much it worked!

[@egtreadway4232]

Thanks for videos, I've been following along step by step trying to flash my new f405 wing with inav when I get to flash firmware it says failed serial port not open, please help Thanks

[@Painless360]

See my video on Zadig. Best of luck

[@egtreadway4232]

@@Painless360 thanks so much for help, I'm struggling allot on this first build but will keep working

[@aniketakabir1572]

Hello! I have a question regarding the matek. Is is possible to connect the telemetry radio to it (the one generally used on the pixhawk)?

[@Painless360]

Yep. Lots of spare UARTs..

[@aniketakabir1572]

@@Painless360 Thank You for the quick response. I am going to try this board out soon. Amazing and helpful content as usual. Happy Flying!!

[@fpv_jim]

Hey! Thank you so much for all of the information and help that your vidoes offer, it is much appreciated! Now, this ardupilot problem has me and all of my flying friends (some of whom relatively experienced with ardupilot) absolutely stumped. My motor simply won't spin. I have tried all of the ESC protocols in ardupilot and no matter which I choose the esc will never give the two flight controller initialization beeps. It gives the first 3 bootup beeps and I know the ESC is working because it was originally setup as an aileron output in ardupilot so it spun up the motor whenever the plane was moved. As soon as I changed it to a motor output through mission planner, it just doesn't work. I am using a Spedix BLHeli s esc with a matek F405 wing running the latest version of arduplane. Please let me know if you have any ideas! Again, thanks!

[@Painless360]

Some ESCs will not initialise if the PWM value doesn't do below a certain point. I'd suspect that the low throttle (THR_MIN) to a little lower to see how that goes. ardupilot.org/copter/docs/set-motor-range.html should help.

[@fpv_jim]

@@Painless360 hopefully that's it, sounds like it definitely could be. Ill give that a try. Thanks#

[@JB-bi5vt]

Hello, noob question sorry... The Ardupilot gps config runs the RX to TX3 on the FC but Matek says the VTX needs that TX3 pin. How did you install your VTX? Thanks, Great vids

[@Painless360]

All covered in the series - VTX control in Ardupilot isn't supported at the moment..

[@hb9dod]

Hi Lee, I do have an F411Wing and a 722SE Wing. Is there Ardupilot Firmware for those or can they be compiled?

[@Painless360]

For the latest check the Arduplane Wiki. The supported boards are changing all the time.. Happy flying!

[@anjolasboy]

@Painless360 do you have to be outside to do compass calibration? I have Matek 405STD with compass from GPS but compass dont show any movement

[@Painless360]

Ideally you need to perform the compass calibration in the are you intend to fly in away from any sources of interference...

[@brianlifeof8871]

Why do you use inav the AP?

[@Painless360]

I don't understand the question..

[@MABFR01]

To flash the board?

[@mountaindewdude76]

In this particular video, you have Channel 5 on the SG switch and you have it labeled "S." What do you use that switch for?

[@Painless360]

All covered in the series. Happy flying!

[@RizHassan]

Hi Lee, have you tried retrieving log files from Matek F405 wing using MP? I tried and it sayes no log files found?

[@Painless360]

Yep, just tried now and it works great. I'd try another SD card..

[@RizHassan]

@@Painless360 Hi Lee, Definitely I need another SD card. Which one did you used?

[@SILVIOFRANCO1]

Hello, Lee. Thanks you for the awesome videos on this subject. I am a beginner on Ardupilot and Long Range fpv. I already have all parts to build my first AR wing with Ardupilot. First question. Do I need to connect the Lipo battery to the Matek F405 flight controller to flash it? Thanks again. Good flights!

[@Painless360]

Nope, just follow along with the build and you should be set by the end! Best of luck!

[@SILVIOFRANCO1]

@@Painless360 FC flashed successfully

[@JimPriest]

Anyone used a 405std and Ardupilot in a quad?

[@bg563195]

So why not use the matek gps/compass as its smaller?

[@Painless360]

I did on the last build - the idea is to use different things every time and then you can see how different things work.. Happy flying!

[@dronepilot1333]

3DR telemetry won't work on this FC. Any idea?

[@Painless360]

Do you mean MAVLINK? If so then you'll like the telemetry video planned for later in the series..

[@dronepilot1333]

Painless360 yes

[@maxun1]

use the Jumper T16 and crossfire, you love it.

[@Painless360]

Thanks for the comment, I already do. See my T16 series.. Happy flying!

[@BlacksheepMediaNZ]

recommendation for a first build. INAV or Ardupilot?

[@fazrulrusdi9557]

I personally prefer ardupilot..my first rc built also ardupilot

[@Painless360]

It depends on how familiar you are with things like Betaflight. See my flight controller software comparison video from a few months ago to see what the benefits of each are.. I have build series for all of them..

[@BlacksheepMediaNZ]

@@Painless360 no experience at all

[@Painless360]

Then have a look at the Arduplane series on the Omnibus and the iNav 2.1 series and see which one you like the look of.. Best of luck!

[@PHOENIX-sz1hi]

Does this remove the OSD from the f405?

[@Painless360]

Nope. Keep watching ;)

[@sleepingbearffg5008]

💪💪👊👊

[@brightontilifly]

I've snuck on here hahahaha

[@TheAdkFlyer10]

Hi Lee, How would I go about connecting a FrSky D4r-ii using CPPM to the F405 Wing? Thanks!

[@Painless360]

I honestly wouldn't. Get yourself an SBUS Rx, it will work a lot better..

[@TheAdkFlyer10]

Painless360 Thanks for the advice, Lee. I will do that!