Connect Any Transmitter To FPV Simulator | BETAFLIGHT GAME CONTROLLER

[@paulscacco2383]

I already have a frsky usb dongle that I use with liftoff and after watching this video, I had an F4 flight doing nothing and a spare R-XSR so I set it up as per your instructions and it works a treat, thank you to you and the person who got this feature working.

[@richardderzaph8698]

Josh is the best!!!!!!! Nobody better on explaining how she's done!!!!! Big THANKS!!!!!!

[@werewolvesfpv5002]

This is why I subcribe to the know it all. I've never been able to play a sim. Today I'll see if I can give it a try! Many thanks Joshua. Flysky user here, great news for us pilots!

[@johnphillips7444]

Is there a way to get our controller to work on Xbox One for DCL?

[@nzmfpv]

@@johnphillips7444 I have dualshock 4 it works with DCL. I don't have xbox controller but i think that should work.

[@ryanluis5648]

John Phillips yes you just have to connect it to Bluetooth through settings on your computer

[@johnphillips7444]

I need to clarify, Is there a way to connect our RC flight controller to Xbox One, to play DCL on it.

[@strangeskull]

I don’t care what anybody says!!....this is an awesome feature!!!.....thank you for whoever came up with it and thank you Joshua for letting the world know about it!!!!🙏🙏👏👏

[@Nkkdxn45j]

Found this a long time after it was published, but for anyone interested, I did some latency measurements on a Unity based Sim. Using a QX7 via an XSR/OmnibusF4 combo (D16), the delay from switch press to screen change is 80mS up to about 100mS (lots of asynchronous activities, the variability is probably dependent on where you catch them). Swap that for a direct USB connection and it knocks about 20mS off, so the RF approach is about 20mS worse. Not surprising when you consider the extra stages invloved. For comparison, switch to some FC action (real quad) is about 20 to 40mS, averages about 30mS. Much faster, a lot of the Sim delay is probably the PC driver mechanism. However, it is not a fair comparison. To genuinely compare the quad and Sim you would need to add in the camera to FPV screen/goggles delay on the quad, because that is all part of the control loop. Don't know what that is, but maybe 20-30mS. So, in reality, the Sim response is fairly close to the quad, but the Sim Rx link makes it about 20mS worse compared to USB. I find this noticeably affects my speed and likelihood of crashing on a Sim. Would like to try the genuine FrSky Sim USB dongle - it might be faster as there may be less processing stages involved - but I don't have one.

[@florianschaan]

Man you are an angel... I just gave up on connecting my fs i6 to my computer and started playing with a xbox Controller and than i watched your Video! Thanks so much

[@DanielGrubb]

Amazing advice, thank you Josh. I'm a 43 year old total noob pilot and have purchased a couple of Mobula 7s to start whooping around my house and garden. As I made the mistake of trying to fly FPV before actually learning how to fly a drone, I've been crashing a LOT. Now, I've decided to learn to control the craft first, then I'll move to FPV once I'm a little more confident that I've built up a little muscle memory when it comes to actually controlling the darn thing! This hack, twinned with the kickass (and free) Tiny Whoop Go simulator has been an absolute godsend. I'm now working my way through the training exercises using my Spektrum Dx6i instead of my xbox controller. It's tougher but definitely way more helpful when I come to transfer back to the real world again tomorrow when the sun comes up. Thanks again!

[@JackPillawa]

absolute valid point. My story short. Bought a racing drone, flew less then 5 minutes. my drone crashed into a river and that was my drone.

[@AndresRodriguez-sb6ef]

Man I have had drone's but not fpv i got one and it lasted a 4 days man water, I say" it splashed into the motherboard but everything else is fine well I bought another next time I know never near water. :(

[@johnehowe]

Joshua, your Channel ROCKS! I like a lot of other channels but many of them are Review oriented. Your channel is very centric to the education level of Drone education ranging from the beginner level all the way to the deeper end of the technical spectrum. I am new to the FPV hobby but I am an Engineer with many years of experience where I benefit from the deep technical knowledge that you often take the channel.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@MrMeen]

Hey Joshua. Thanks for this. Works great. Just a note I used my actual quad and had to plug in my battery to power my RX. A word of warning if this is your case as well. The quad still arms if connected to the sim so take your props off lol. The FC also eventually starts beeping in beacon mode which is annoying. So flip your arm switch on and off (props off) and it stops. Thanks for all the great content.

[@brainfreeze7979]

In case anyone searched the description and didn't find the command: set usb_hid_cdc = on

[@heleezy]

Thanks man!

[@PilotPlater]

5 years ago and I just did this for the first time. Looks like could be more reliable than the elrs bluetooth which never worked for me, neat!

[@sneakers1978]

I can confirm it works on mac.. didn't do anything special it just worked.. i was playing freerider recharged and worked a treat.. nice work betaflight crew its awesome..

[@einsteind]

its been over a year since flying a quad really grateful for this....thanks can practice before I take to the skies

[@ElevatedKustoms]

Awesome work BF. Very impressed and glad to see a feature that is so beneficial in helping the community grow!!!!!!!!

[@reidmccoy3141]

I have a fs i6 and this was super helpful. I tried using smart propo plus and it didn't work on my computer. This did and I am so thankful. Your videos have been such a great help as I have built and am learning to fly my first fpv quad!

[@mkfpv4597]

Do you know if the fs i6 is actually being recognized as a gamepad so you can also use it in different games like other controllers?

[@reinaldostrobel81]

How can this man be so smart?

[@Mikeym456]

I have 3 older RC Helicopters sitting around with one having a Spectrum DX6 so I will give it a try instead of heading out and buying a new Radio Transmitter controller, Thanks

[@Samsunwhoop]

Omg than you I’ve been told I can’t play sims this whole time cause I have the tinygo gr8 radio but it works now!!!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic, JB! I'm going to try it! 😀 One tip that looks like most people don't know: you can setup switches of the Taranis in Liftoff. What you need to do is to set the switches from channel 9 upwards (9, 10, 11 and so on). Then, on Liftoff, you go to options, control, buttons and set them in the right column. But the switches only works as 2 way switches. But you can have a switch to arm, another to pause, another to reset and so on. 😊

[@JoshuaBardwell]

But the betaflight joystick emulation only transmits the 1st 8 channels.

[@MCsCreations]

Joshua Bardwell Oh, no, I mean when you connect via USB. 😊

[@ruftime]

Nice Josh! And thank you Betaflight developers! Just as an option for others without f4 boards, hobby king has the dsmx/flysky wireless dongles for $16 in the US. I’ve purchase some 20+ dongles for students this year and they work great!

[@johncarold]

Thanks for the video, Josh. I just realized my Boxer and I wanted to get used to it.

[@LalapopApple]

Buddy Fried the USB Port of my qx7... Now i found this, no need to replace the Mainboard 👍

[@gregmatas7476]

Thank you, I wish I saw this video before I bought the Flysky Sm100 USB adopter.

[@MadDragon75]

I just bought 2 OTG cables.. One is micro USB on both sides, the other one is a 4 wire splitter.

[@lucywucyyy]

same the sm100 sucks

[@dronefeverpty9594]

@@lucywucyyy can you help me out? i bought LiftOff and got a FS-T4B from a friend, so i got the SM100 Cable from Amazon yesterday, but the LitfOff Calibration does not even recognize the movement on the sticks even tho my Windows recognize there is a controller plugged in

[@lucywucyyy]

@@dronefeverpty9594 i wish i could help but honestly i ahve no idea what im doing myself, i havnt gotten anything workign either lol

[@dronefeverpty9594]

@@lucywucyyy AWW, thanks anyways!

[@sebsexperience]

If you can compile your own betaflight it's pretty easy to get rid of stuff you don't want (like GPS or protocols you don't use) and make space for this on an F3 board.

[@DJOetken]

Yes Yes Yes!! I've been using this cruddy old Dynam usb simulator thing forever.. It worked, and made me think I was a really terrible pilot! I've been using my fs-i10 all day and turns out I wasn't as bad as I thought.

[@DanRichmondFPV]

This is awesome! Just flew over 2 hours in the sim... no more latency than using the usb cable and I can hold my controller the way I want without the cord in the way! Awesome! (Using crazybee F4 whoop board) thanks Josh you rock!

[@Hypurr1]

Works great! Got a cheap OBF4 and an XM RX. FC powers the RX with USB, so don't need a battery. Only problem I've encountered is after enabling the USB command it turns the FC into a game controller and it's no longer a com port and BF doesn't recognize it so it can't connect. Only way to I found to turn it off was to use the bootloader and rewrite the firmware. Easy enough with my dedicated FC but not if you use a highly configured quad.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Report this as a bug in Github.

[@Hypurr1]

There was already a thread on there about it so I tried the fix that was suggested and it worked. It was a STM driver issue, apparently mine was too old so this updated it. Thanks for the suggestion to head over there.

[@93rc69]

Thank you. Good video. I'm just starting out in FPV and this is sorta really hard to get it all together. I like your initial advice. Crash the sim drone 200+ times and get to the point where you can see the limitations of the sim.

[@Darksagan]

I feel like everything in this hobby is ridiculously, insanely frustrating lol Even the smallest things take a whole day of research. I wish it really was as easy as it looked in this video. lol

[@FAQUERETERMAX]

It's so true, and everyone automatically asumes you know everything about anything lol. Even manufacturers

[@AlbaderBohamad]

Nothing hard really... IMO, people who talk like you sound like they're either forcing themselves into this hobby or are being forced into it. Because I took this as a hobby and built my first quad about 6 years ago with much fewer resources and without the freedom of ordering whatever I wanted off the internet and get it at worse a week after placing the order due to where I used to live. Nowadays everybody want to get flying in the air right after they decide to participate in this hobby and are impatient... You got to enjoy every part of it, personally, I enjoy building and tuning quads more than I enjoy flying them. Not that I don't enjoy flying, but I like the idea of creating that flying machine I'm flying and know how to fix any part of it should it break.

[@FAQUERETERMAX]

@@AlbaderBohamad The barrier of entry is very high tough. For new ones like us we need to search a lot of sources, and those sources also asume you know anything about everything else. It's so hard connecting the dots when you have no idea about the full picture. It would be way easier if at least manufacturers included good guides. I know it's part of this hobby but it doesn't all need to be so extremely hard for beginners compared to other hobbies like drone photography where everything is much simpler because some company decided to simplify everything

[@gothic6662]

​@@FAQUERETERMAX barrier of entry should be high... or else anyone without knowledge would be flying these, usually where they shouldn't... this stuff forces you to actually learn how i works, so if something goes bad you know how to fix it...or prevent disasters

[@FAQUERETERMAX]

@@gothic6662 I agree not everyone should be flying but why is it so hard to include simple instructions or standarize more things like camera connectors? Every information you try to gather is hidden into multiple fractions, and I'm not saying its bad, it's part of the hobby we all love, but it would help a lot to have that information available when you need it the most. I think it would certainly stop dangers like stuff falling from the sky, or not being able to see correctly.

[@spex357]

I watched this video months ago but i didn't have an F4 board. I finally got hold of a Betaflight F4 v3 yesterday and tried connecting my FS-IA6B. Uart6 seems to be unusable with the FS-IA6B but luckily it works on Uart3. So the covid lockdown continues on a simulator. ;-)

[@oiMulDerx]

could you please tell me how to set it up? Mine connects, but every channel is ON/OFF. So Full throttle or no throttle etc

[@spex357]

@@oiMulDerx Windows installs it as a wheel and messes with Yaw and throttle and I havent got past that problem yet. In Betaflight the receiver works 100% on all axis and buttons. set up your what?

[@oiMulDerx]

@@spex357 yes same here. But it ofcourse is unusable as it is now, but I cant fix the end points/rates etc. Calibration doesnt work

[@spex357]

@@oiMulDerx I havent given up yet but it is a test for sure. I'm not sure if the radio isnt playing a small part as well as windows. Mines no longer accessible in Betaflight as it's no longer on a com port. Luckily there are plenty of hours left but I am getting hungry.

[@spex357]

@@oiMulDerx I managed to get it working on a Arduino and using Vjoy. But yaw is missing on one simulator and the rates need altering.

[@hateeternalmaver]

I wasn't too disappointed with the SmartPropoPlus solution. It worked quite nice after fiddling together a mono cable... Too bad that this new feature requires F4 or higher though...

[@Zaggeron]

I use SmartPropo as well -- just have to fiddle with my microphone settings to get it to work -- It works for me with a stereo cable. But I wonder if this is a better latency connection due to the digital protocol rather than PPM.

[@sviccc]

Ppm is fine for me as i flight with ppm in real life too :-)

[@mikehar2210]

smoked an F4 trying to turtle recently. I use a tablet to sim with and HATE the cable... this will ROCK if it actually works. will update shortly (@2 hours after home from work)

[@mikehar2210]

F4 crazybee AIO from a mob7... micro USB on FC to USBC on tablet. QX7S is miniUSB to USBC. we shall see....

[@cowboyfpv2464]

Omg where was this video when I got started 😂😂😭😭😭😭 thanks JB for the video it's helped loads

[@HerndonDave]

This works great! Much better than the cable I was dragging around

[@TheChoFace]

Thx dude i just happened to lose my crappy homemade flysky audio cable. Not to mention i’m trying to make a fpv game and it was impossible without this kind of solution!

[@davidno1reallykinnett440]

Thank you for yet another awesome video Joshua! Your videos have helped me out so much! :-D

[@ktmjay9920]

Just keeps getting better.TY JB

[@damonbfpv]

never been so happy to see josh holding a flysky transmitter ,,id love for him to do a range test on them ,they can go quite far apprently i havent gone to far with mine im to scared of a failsafe lol

[@12gaugeAngel]

Wow! This was unexpected... Being one of the few radiolink users that I know, I always felt deprived of a great simulator experience. Thanks for the heads up!

[@12gaugeAngel]

now all i need is a time machine.

[@chrisleech1565]

Wow, completely missed this upload JB. Outstanding! And here we are at the doorway to BF 4.0 :-)

[@le3dmax]

Awesome! I'll try it tonight. I have so many FC and receiver that I'm not using!

[@seattleitefpv]

Finally a decent reason to get a betaflight board ;) … thanks Joshua, this was very helpful

[@donaldtrump5489]

Everything was left in the dust by KISS XD

[@Dread-I-Productions]

Just an observation mate if you bought a sim with a usb dongle +wire to any 5v point on the dongle -wire to any ground point on the dongle and a signal wire connected to the ppm signal of your usb dongle (i use a servo wire) connect the plug from the dongle to your ppm rc receivers ppm port and you have a rc system connected to your pc via ppm ANY ppm rx will work and thats been possible to do for years? ie when ppm rx's came out for the original dx6i i modded my dongle and when i got my devo7e and modded it it linked to the same modded dongle via spektrums ppm rx might save those who dont know a bit of money ;)

[@Dread-I-Productions]

its the same as making a ppm wire to conect transmitter to pc only this way its wireless and has the same range as your rx :) in theory if your rx transmits half a mile + you could stand at the back of wembly stadium link a pc to the massive screens run your sim and enjoy :D

[@kristaandsimo916]

You are the best Josh. Thank you for all your good news

[@ryujiyamazaki583]

Hi Joshua, thanx for the amazing video as always. Can you do a a review on Lift off or DRL & let us know which one is good as you always show amazing videos like that 😊. We all appreciate the work U do & that U have done for the FPV world, we need people like U, thanx for everything!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I already reviewed liftoff. Search my channel.

[@ryujiyamazaki583]

Yes U did & I've seen that but not about DRS or a video of them both as which is "Better" then the other. U also mentioned that U will do also video's on simulators 😏......

[@songwoopark9133]

Thank you very much!

[@hypurrfpv9483]

I will be using this feature, tired of the USB cable coming out of the bottom of my Q7S. Sometimes it comes unplugged in the middle of a simulator session. FPVModel had their X-Racer F4 on sale the other day for $20 so I jumped on it. Got an XM RX and I'm going to build a little box for my USB connection using an old 3S battery. Wish I had kept an old F4 I threw away because of solder pad issues, would have been perfect.

[@starhawke380]

Ive watched a lot of your videos over the last year, and you know what? I learned something! Thanks for this one especially. I've been wanting to get into fpv for a while but with a radiolink transmitter i could never get the sims to work. Now I'm going to give it a try! My first custom build is an old dji flamewheel with a cc3d, is there a good f4 or f7 board you would recommend for this frame?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/ That's my suggestion for parts and tools, including flight controllers :-)

[@MadDragon75]

I like that simulator. The last time I used one (3 years ago) I had one, but it was like flying with moon gravity on. Evidently things have changed.

[@markthomas3853]

that is pretty awesome... however there is a few options still... buy a "22 in 1 rc flight simulator cable" and it'll use the trainer port set it to the VRC setting (at least on mine) and the computer uses it as a joystick controller... it's wired but it works fine, I use my taranis and then my son uses his frsky without issue.

[@speedelgonzales_fpv6280]

My friend resolved his issue on Mac. For people who are on Mac & use the dongle (need to put on G5/G7 Above) = doesn't work on USB3. Just need to connect a USB2 hub on USB3 & it works. Surely it can be helpfull.

[@jimbubbatube]

Awesome! I'm flashing that old BabyHawk board right now.

[@Neckster72]

You do good things Mr. Bardwell.

[@bobinoca6709]

Bonjour Grâce à vous j'ai réussi à connecter la radiocommande ER8 du novice 3 à mon ordinateur pour faire de la simulation sur liftof. Je me sers du drone pour connecter la radiocommande. Hello Thanks to you I managed to connect the ER8 remote control of novice 3 to my computer to do simulation on liftof. I am using the drone to connect the remote control 👏👏👏😉👍

[@LuckyRotorsFPV]

Now my old Omnibus F4 is back in business. Great 😀

[@dronereviewman9580]

This is going to be a lifesaver!! I suck at acro but love fpv drones!!! I really hope this will work on my old laptop that runs windows 7??? THANKS GREAT CHANNEL!!!. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👍😀👍 I know im not that smart but man i can not get one to work!!!

[@jerrypomeroy9976]

I've got a FlySky FS i6 and the Nirvana from Underground and neither one will work with my old laptop and Windows 7

[@ClusterFugue]

"Take your props off, you dufus!" - J. Bardwell , 2018 Looooved that. Thanks for a rare morning chuckle!

[@CanadianDroneHub]

very nice info indeed I supported your channel last night

[@bryanestrada4258]

Thanks for the help! You do a lot for the community!

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

Not sure if anyone will see this comment on a 3-year-old video but here goes... I don't know anything about fpv quads, I'm trying to set up a simulator before I get a quad. Not knowing anything about the fpv system what what do I need to set up a simulator? I want it to be realistic so I want to use the same radio and goggles that I'll use when I get a drone, eh, quad so starting from there what would you recommend? I don't want a toy quad just to play with. When the time comes I want to get something like a cine whoop or five or seven inch, something that can carry a GoPro and get good footage. In this video you mentioned Tyrannis radios. Are they good ones to use to fly or did you just mention it because they have a USB which is helpful for the simulator? Thank you!

[@x41x41x90]

We are not worthy of the betaflight developers. Great work!

[@willielemaitre3854]

Brilliant, thank you so much. These BG and other dongles are more about the "pirated" simulators than the connections JB. Love this method, Velocidrone here I come! lol

[@wisamo.81]

Great Stuff Josh, What about a DJI transmitter? will that also work on simulator?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Yes it just plugs right in to the PC.

[@N0FPV]

Been looking forward to this feature for a long time!

[@SueMyChin]

See I did the exact opposite of what you suggest here and I feel like I'm way ahead of where I should be. First, I used my ps4 controller before I even had a transmitter.. which made it so easy when i switched to using the audio interface for flysky i6 after a couple of weeks which I never had any issues with. Then i bought a turnigy evo with USB.. I think this is easier to use this new feature, 100% but I would totally recommend someone just use their ps4 controller on a sim to help decide if they want to get into the hobby and start buying kit.. Just my 2 cents

[@SchmidtintheWorkshop]

Great info. Do you know if a PS3 controller will work?

[@SueMyChin]

@@SchmidtintheWorkshop Very likely, yes. It's more dependant on your operating system picking up the controller really.

[@fpvtweaks5293]

Dude, thanks for this. So glad I invested in the betaflight F7 FC now :)

[@gavlarfpv7841]

Nice, great stuff JB🤙🏻

[@FlyingFun.]

Simple ideas Are always the best and this one is right up there!

[@propcity1272]

About time Betaflight catches up... Have been using KissVJoy for years on the Kiss platform.

[@jeffreyodachowski6247]

Sweet you made the video I ask you to thank you josh that's freaking awesome man. Thank you

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I made it just for you :-)

[@midnightmike6273]

Just what I was looking for right now, thanks from Australia.

[@kheshavdheereess5243]

Thank mate, I had some problems connecting my QX7 to my pc recently and you just saved me from a lot of troubles...

[@jaywyant-king7538]

This is really cool. It would be awesome if you could fly your quad with the PIDs and rates in Betaflight on the FC within the sim on an identically specced quad. That would be like your drone was dreaming inside your sim. And ultimate practice.

[@Bunglay]

simulator is the most fun ive ever had. i broke my 360 controller it was very old. .... im trying to get a decent transmitter... i want something without batteries. any sugestions? :D

[@cj691]

A little tidbit, it doesn't even need a receiver if you use the trainer port and set up the receiver as PPM. I just made a video showcasing this on a (really) cheap controller.

[@KrotowX]

Totally hate to purchase extra cables only for sim training. At least now is possible to involve quad in process :D I'm curious what about cheap 200+ mW VTX-es - they will fry to crisp during such sim training session. Seems VTX with PIT mode is mandatory to play sim games with connected quad.

[@Rinzler787]

Yesss!!!! Victoryyy!!! Betaflight rules!

[@donaldtrump5489]

kiss has been doing this for years via kissvjoy, betaflight is forever playing catch-up to flyduino.

[@davidalhoff7190]

Haha nice it worked and was fun for an hour! Though, now I can not Connect to betaflight any more:( the second I saved the set USB command I lost connection to betaflight.

[@Shiva275]

You can also connect your receiver to arduino. I think it was limited to PPM/IBUS Receiver but there is a script for using sbus receiver too.

[@Shiva275]

more this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioPRpmWVia5sjM0 + github.com/Robinhuett/sbuscontroller

[@j0sefpv514]

Thanks a lot! It was always incredibly frustrating when I couldn't use sims with my fs-i6.

[@LeROYtheLAMA]

I have played/tried most without any issues with a $6 usb dongle

[@jerrypomeroy9976]

I just use the OTG cable work perfect with the fsi6

[@copypastor]

Turnigy Evolution plugs in as a general joystick. And it is charges from USB, wich is cool.

[@topcatgc1]

Thnx JB, might give it a try

[@mk_quattro]

I used to use Radiolink AT9 with Liftoff without any issues, you just had to buy proper usb dongle for couple of euros

[@fishfinder3583]

thanks again I had drl but would not connect. All is well now.

[@LACCALIFORNIA]

Classic Joshua B.!!! Thanks for the amazing information!!

[@grumpypoof9648]

Yeah.... I guess I'm too new to understand any of this. This video is definitely geared toward people already deep in the hobby.

[@zachmachina]

It's not too complicated. Basically your controller transmits a signal. That signal then is received by a receiver. That receiver then tells the flight controller what the signal you're sending is saying. Under normal circumstances, the flight controller then tells the drone how to fly. This video is just showing that you can actually change the flight controller to instead tell your computer how to fly (in a simulator ofc) rather than your real drone. All you have to do is install betaflight configurator (this is a sort of complicated process but there's videos on it) and plug in the flight controller. Betaflight configurator is just basically what we use to configure our flight controller, or program it to behave how we want. For instance if we want it to control a computer instead of a drone, that's one of those behaviors we will have to change. So once you have betaflight installed, plug in your flight controller to your computer and open it in betaflight (again, betaflight videos show you how to do all of this) then do what he says to do by going to the CLI tab and typing in the command he gives. At this point, your flight controller is working like any wireless dongle, tutorial over. But of course, with a wireless dongle, you'll have to bind your controller to the receiver (again, videos on how to do that). If that doesn't. make sense, think about connecting a Bluetooth device to a phone. You have to "pair" the phone and the Bluetooth device. It's just like that, you have to pair your controller with the receiver/flight controller. Then you'll have to install the simulator you want to use (videos on how to do that), open up the simulator and then configure the simulator to read your transmitter (videos on how to do that as well) and then you're good to go. I wouldn't say it's innately geared towards people deep in the hobby but more that it's a simple step in a complex chain to get started, if that makes sense. Once you know where this video fits contextually, it's not actually that complicated at all. But other steps definitely can be (like installing betaflight for the first time). Hope that helps.

[@grumpypoof9648]

@@zachmachina Thanks for the reply. The laptop I have is too old to run the simulator but I ended up getting the one on Android and got the necessary connectors to go from my controller. So I got a working simulator! My god, what a difference it's made. I can now comfortably fly in acro because I didn't have to practice and crash my quad. Thanks for the reply man. Happy flying.

[@Jizzinmaphants]

Awesome view brother!

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

I don't think the program memory on the F3 boards is the issue, it is because the F4/7 support multiple USB devices... or... it would be possible to use an old F3 board just for the simulator with a slimmed down build!

[@yannoid8642]

The vJoySerialFeeder plugin works also fine with an Arduino Nano, and an 8 bucks receiver.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Ummm.... sure but this works with the FC you already own and doesn't require the vjoy plugin. So it seems like this is a winner.

[@yannoid8642]

My receiver has the size of an usb stick and costs a total of 10 bucks. As a beginner, I think that's just another great workaround. Thanks for your vids, these are great to start flying !

[@licensetodrive9930]

Definitely a great feature, unfortunately wasted on me as my TX has a USB socket which can emulate a joystick on Windows with no driver install needed. So so glad I could use it with a sim because it meant I learnt acro flying far quicker and easier than using a real quad to get the 'muscle memory' of moving the sticks without thinking about how to move the sticks.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

USB is fine but personally I find it a bit risky having the USB plug sticking out the back. I'm always worried I'll break it, or I jostle it and it comes disconnected.

[@licensetodrive9930]

I solved that problem very easily - a 10" micro-USB extension cable with a right angle plug: www.haku.co.uk/pics/TurnigyTGYi10_USB_Cable.jpg I can lay the TX down on any surface without worry of breaking the USB port, and if the cable gets pulled too hard then the extension and main cable will simply unplug, no harm done :)

[@DanRichmondFPV]

I also had a ten foot usb cable across the room and when someone tripped over it it broke my pins in the taranis usb port so I can definitely appreciate the wireless option in more than one way

[@weeral1]

Great info. I hope I get to use it.. I've been losing hair the last few days trying to connect to DRLsim. I have a few questions if anyone can answer: 1. He talks about having to have an f4 board etc.. How do I know what "board" my transmitter has? Just "knowing" that is not exactly a noob thing.. and sims are mostly for noobs like myself I would think... so you lost me there. My current best transmitter is a flysky fs-ct6b (and it works fine so I'd rather not have to buy another 100$ controller! Already bought a 100$ whoop and 90$ goggles... and extra lipos.. and extra props... and extra frame.... and extra canopy. It is starting to add up). 2. I also have an E-sky 4channel I think, that doesn't seem to have a model number I can find. Will I be able to use betaflight with either of these controllers? 3. OK.. I am confused about what betaflight actually _is._ I thought it was flight controller firmware/flasher/software for the aircraft itself.. but that appears to go up to version 10 right now? This is version 3.4 but is for the transmitter?? If this is totally different than the aircraft flight controller version... I wish they would have named it... _not the exact same name_ 4. I'm confused even more by him using a receiver with aircraft flight controller? to then... connect to the computer??? Nothing makes sense. I am SO not a software person. If you need a custom suspension made from junkyard parts on your vehicle welded up... I'm your guy... or any other hardware-ish problem basically.. but software-stuffs is like trying to understand Hindu to me.... if I were 4. I used to fly planes almost 10 years ago and when I saw how cheap FPV had become I jumped right in.. and everything looked great until I decided to get a Sim.... Now ... I hate my life and wish I had never noticed FPV I'm so frustrated! I've been trying to tackle this horrid issue, every waking hour, for almost 3 days. I have downloaded about 7 programs (one was probably malware so my awesome computer now runs like my old windows 97 right now... awesome.)... Only had some minor success with smartpropoplus (who made that name. I e-strangle you), but it was far from workable.. and only worked on that 4 channel Esky anyway.... Someone please help if you can lol... I'm drowning and about to chokeAbitch. щ(ಥДಥщ)

[@donmichaelcorbin4417]

He means an F4 flight controller, like on a quadcopter. You plug it up to your computer using USB, just like you would if you were going into Betaflight. From what I understand, your Flysky FS-CT6B should work fine with any of the top sims. You're correct about Betaflight being a flight controller firmware flasher/configurator. The software versions ARE confusing. I'm a noob also, so I'm struggling with some of the same issues. I've managed to get Betaflight to work once and that was because I followed along with Joshua in one of his Betaflight tutorials. He's got a whole playlist of videos about Betaflight, very informative. Also check out Project Blue Falcon, RIP. He left us a treasure trove of tutorials over on his channel. Painless 360 also has some good playlists, including a list of videos on your Flysky transmitter. Good luck, compadre.

[@weeral1]

@@donmichaelcorbin4417 Thanks bro. I was really lost with all these new terms and programs and models and aaarrgggh! lol. I think I understand now that Betaflight is just for the aircraft itself and not the controller... and there are 2 versions. One for the FC and one to program the FC. Bit confusing.. but OK, it's bound to be confusing for me. Unfortunately, it sounds like I will have to wait for my trashcan to arrive before I can use DRLsim as I don't have anything here running a FC board fancy enough... assuming my old controller can connect to it. If not I'll probably buy a Jumper... another $100. ugh I'll definitely check out painless 360 thank you!

[@proventure307]

I do not agree, the best controller to fly a drone would be a PS4 Pad. Throttle on R2 and you are good. :D

[@pedrobtos]

Hi, I have a mavic and a phantom, I would like to know if it is possible to use DJI controls for simulators like this. I know it works with the Dji Flight Simulator (plug and play) but I would like to simulate racing drones. Thanks for all!

[@Janar1k]

Same question here, but cannot find answer for it. :(

[@jonpacheco7581]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!👍🏽🤙🏽😃

[@johntrueblue]

Does this still work in 2024 or has there been something new and improved to be able to connect your TX to your PC?

[@learn2fli]

Long time viewer - first time caller. Anyone know why, when using a flight controller as an HID device like in this video, one would experience CRAZY bad controller lag. I'm talking like 2-3 seconds or more. This is using the CrazyBee F4S Lite v4.2 Board in the Mobula 6. Everyother FC I have - no issue. This board, though, unuseable lag issues in a simulator. Thoughts?

[@JakubKraus0]

For cleanflight/KISS/Multiwii/other firmware/F3 users, you can use a program called VJoySerialFeeder (github by Cleric-K)

[@ojkolsrud1]

You're sure it works with F3? If so, thanks a lot. I have a broken F3 FC, I'll definitely be doing this!

[@speedelgonzales_fpv6280]

Hi & thx for this great tutorial. Is it ok for Mac or is there stg special to downl & to do, pls ? thx ^^

[@christera2686]

This is awesome! Thank you 😁😁😁