EMAX Magnum F4 Tower Review and Build

[@lapscrub2517]

Mahalo my friend I did find your video very helpful. Just got my tower today, with my new emax 2306 white top, "red bottoms", and my new Rotor riot Stingy frame, designed by stingy swarm, I hope to have a great new flyer, Keep up the great work, this hobby needs people like you. For people like me. Once you hit a certain age, your brain cells don't work so well, to try and figure things out ourselves. Mahalo!!!

[@ToddTube1]

I'm new to this hobby, I just bought 2 of these magnum v2's and this video was very helpful, thanks

[@funKdatFPV]

This has helped me make my decision to get that stack. Also, this is the first build video that I watched all the way through!

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

Had my first flight with this build today, except with f-40 pro 2600 motors, and man. What a beast. The whip totally sucks but totally fine with the Sma. Going to upgrade to the xsr rx, and maybe the VTX to either a unify hv or tramp. But the frame with those motors is day any night from my awk 210. Handles amazingly. I ended up trimming the motor wire wholes a little bit but that's it. Awsome frame Mike, thanks so much!

[@granger3979]

JayBird FPV how's the stack, I just orderd one and Iv seen so many people having problems and esc smoke, is it ok how's it treating him getting f40'pro 2400kv with gemfan :)

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

I'm liking it. I just got back in from flying. Still good. I did have a few issues with rssi displaying properly, but I think that was me. The stack has been great.

[@granger3979]

JayBird FPV nice good to hear, not being rude or anything but do u push the board to its limit like do u shred ass or criuse around or in between 😂

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

Rcflyer 101 a bit of both. My second flight was all out. The only thing I'm not sure about is the vtx. Think I'm Gunna put a unify vtx on it. Already changed the Xm+ to the xsr.

[@granger3979]

JayBird FPV nice, well thanks mate can't wait to build mine and hopefully my esc don't have magic smoke ahah

[@rustyshackleford6259]

Nice video Mike! I did have an issue with my fc board...but the emax and Flight Club customer service is TOP FREAKIN NOTCH!!! I let Mike know about my issue on the board...and he actually contacted emax for me...like a day after getting out of heart surgery...what!? Short story made long - i'm getting a replacement FC component at no charge. Looking forward to getting this tower in the air and see what she can do.

[@HomeGrownCanadianFPV]

got 2 coming Tuesday... useing emax 2306 2400... ty for video.... helps me out so much... cheers and fly well

[@markthompson8659]

X2 on the zoom. I have used this stack on a build a few weeks ago and loved it.

[@yonallb]

Solid video man. It is an interesting/tempting stack. I think if they were able to fit a receiver with full telemetry and a VTX with smart audio it would be 100% no brainer. I am still tempted just because of how clean it is but I would miss some of those perks.

[@imager09tube]

Thanks! A soft flying also will be appreciated if u can next time! Excellent work and effort!

[@FlightClubFPV]

soft flying?

[@guerrilladrone2702]

Best quad tutorial videos in KZbin ;)

[@chrissieracki2959]

I am sooo glad that I saw this video. I put the Magnum in an Alien Frame and it is flying better than my KISS FC and ESC Alien! And it is such a clean and easy build compared to KISS build.

[@digitalghosts4599]

One tip when it comes to soldering - use flux to prevent cold joints. If you pre-tin everything and then just "weld" it together, it's a very poor connection which is prone to cracking due to high content of oxides - especially with vibrating elements! Flux successfuly removes the oxides and lowers melting point, making soldering easier. Another thing you're doing wrong is that you don't have any tin on your iron when you are joining two pre-tinned terminals. if you solder thick wires and large elements, having hot solder on your tip shortens time it takes to melt the tin due to larger contact area (already melted tin sticks to pre-tinned terminals) and protects the terminals from oxidation.

[@brianashbeck3176]

Nice video! Just what I was looking for. Thanks

[@imignap]

That stack is tight!!

[@333ingee]

great video, i'm nearly there, well I think I am ready to build my own quad, I hate building things, or the thought of being a drone mechanic feels me with dread, but loved how little soldering and few wires there are, I have a wizard 220 and I've seen many videos of the internals and omg it's a mess inside, the day I fly it and it breaks there is no way I'm every taking the top plate off , I bought the rtf version, I have watched a few of your builds now and this is the only one where I might have ago and try to build it, but would still prefer to buy it in rft if they did one for sale, anyway thanks again and will subscribe, cheers

[@furulevi]

I never get "DFU" at 24:07... Should this work under 64-bit Windows also, or the drivers require a 32-bit Windows?

[@furulevi]

Can I mount a BMP180 presure sensor onto this flight controller for altitude hold? Thanks

[@hobbes32]

Thankyou this helped a lot to setup my first 5inch :)

[@TuanQAV]

oohhh man... you're awesome as always! great build, great flyer.. cool man!

[@rtcfpv1012]

Thanks. Added to favorites.

[@RCFlyer85]

There's actually 2 different sizes of standoffs but they are only 1mm different in size so it's really easy to confuse them... They do fit between the stack perfectly

[@topoderoso]

Mine was working great and sudenly the esc stoped working just like that, one of my guys had the same problem with 4 of this towers

[@dawiddziamalek669]

Very creative video and amazing skilled flight. 1. How did You mount the battery? 2. What was your setting on soldering iron? 3. How to disable Arrow OSD and where to connect those white and black wires to, to do it? I am new to building drones. THX

[@FlightClubFPV]

battery is mounted on the bottom of the quad. i always just leave my iron set at 850. it makes it much easier the arrow comes with a 5 way control board. connect the black and white wires to change the camera settings. long press on the middle button will get you into the main menu. for osd, press and hold up and middle.

[@godsun358]

Dam dude you flew the breaks out that system ☝

[@rullyis]

I noticed when youre testing the motors in betaflight, when you control motor 3, motor 4 spins also.

[@rullyis]

it happens to me too now that i've checked it

[@sjcajw7]

Awesome video. How much does that quad weigh? The Tokio looks like a light build.

[@rf2632_]

Thanks for this video! Question : how did you record HD? Where did you put the HD camera ? Thanks!

[@moveallzig]

Great vid! How did you capture the video starting at 34:15? Was this DVR on the goggles? Runcam? Go pro? Some terribly clever way of recording the raw FPV footage on board?

[@yonallb]

Have a link for "bondic" or whatever it was you were talking about for securing the antenna?

[@evanwilliams4351]

thanks for the assistance brah!

[@lucasg2504]

I like how people used to ask you to post flying videos, and you used to say that you were too bad at it. But now........

[@ladraode9dedos409]

How is it holding on the long term? Is it OK after 50 batteries? Do you have any issues? Does it worth?

[@MCsCreations]

Really, really nice. I was looking about the 12a version. But... My transmitter is a FlySky FS-T6, so I would have to use a DasMikro receiver with PPM. Don't know if it would work.

[@nbl23]

How do you change out the vtx with another vtx of the same type and make? Basically how do you take out the vtx?

[@jperez5356]

Great video thanks

[@feliciano1358]

Great video, I am really enjoying flying my Tokio. It really does fly great. So what do we need to do get our canopy?

[@davoodghandaly2152]

Is the footage from your on board camera or additional action cam?

[@RutgerJonaker]

We have problem binding to Taranis X7 radios. We cant get it to work. Any tip? It keeps flashing red

[@chadbochenek89]

Quick question, why all the emax motors i have, have short wires,, how do i know to order motors with long wires.

[@charlesmcguire9711]

Are you able to change the VTX channel through the OSD? Did I miss that? Thanks.

[@jrcabral3215]

Do you change it to 8k 8k?

[@projektmayhem2010]

I know this video is old but been flying this stack for a couple months now trying to get RSSI. I know there is a way to flash the xm+ with different firmware if I use a re-wired servo cable and update it thru my taranis Qx7 but it seems like a lot for an AIO why wouldn't the XM+ come with RSSI pre-installed? If there is something obvious I'm missing and anyone can help much appreciated!

[@godsun358]

Will this stack fit in Armattan Marmotte?

[@bennieleip579]

I have one question if i got cw and ccw motors are they running already that way ? Or do i have to cross wires?

[@roberttruesdell6151]

what is ther name of that stuff you said to use for the Antenna?

[@frontierproductions908]

What wire strippers do you use?

[@michaelpetale6872]

Hi Envy I'd love to see you and NURK fpv fly together I think it'd be awesome!😉😜😜🥇👍🏻

[@ofiasdfnosdf]

I noticed you're not getting the RSSI readout on the Taranis. I have the same issue (also using XM+). I'm following some how-to's on how to get that to work, but so far no luck.

[@FlightClubFPV]

as far as I know the XM+ doesn't support telemetry. you'll need to use a xsr or similar for telemetry

[@seankelly5318]

It works on the Betaflight OSD on channel 16. RSSI checked in the config.

[@ofiasdfnosdf]

Sean Kelly - unfortunately I don't have an OSD and just want to get it displayed on the radio

[@seankelly5318]

Shame, the BF OSD is so simple to use.

[@ofiasdfnosdf]

Yeah it looks like a great UI. I just prefer not to have anything on screen and just get audible alerts when my Rx is getting out of range

[@doluseb]

Are you releasing a injection molded tpu canopy with a gopro mount?

[@hugomouret6210]

Le contrôleur 6 en 1. Est compatible avec la taranis qx 7 ?

[@flyingfox8586]

So, the vtx channels/frequencies can't be changed via OSD?

[@chazecramer5997]

Sweet

[@johngodwin9806]

lol, the u.fl connector came off when u screwed the antenna on

[@arose1978]

Nice!

[@333ingee]

Does flight club ship to the UK if so is it outrageously expensive ?

[@DangerDavefpv]

since i am getting a tokio instead of replacing my kraken 5r would raceflight bolt and revolt f.c be good for this quad? i am going to run 5s and maybe 6s sometimes

[@rtcfpv1012]

Thanks for the video. Can you change the pids just using the osd and the taranis?

[@rtcfpv1012]

Do you mind sharing our pids? Thanks in advance.

[@gwizzfpv6741]

hi there could you help and tell my how to set up telemetry with this board and the sxr reciver what uart rx tx ?

[@Jerry1212ish]

Anyone having trouble with video on the emax tower? Ive put in capacitor and even swapped out vtx for tbs and the video is still shit when on throttle

[@digitalghosts4599]

Where did you put the capacitor? Is it low ESR one? have you figured it out?

[@tracythomasvision]

Hey Mike do you know where to get the 7 pin connector for the ESC's??

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

Don't know what's up with mine. I connected and its running omnibus f4 3.1.7. Then went to Cali and entered dfu mode. Sure as shit went right into dfu mode, great. Then tried to flash betaflight 3.2.1, and no matter what I tried it would not flash. Anyone else have this problem. Just keeps saying port successfully closed. Please help me Mike. Lol.

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

Never mind, impulse RC driver fixer solved that problem.

[@chrisjennings6664]

Will the TBS Power Cube fit in the Tokio X ?

[@Mcdonaldt001]

Have you tried fitting a Runcam split in a Tokio yet?

[@ignatiusjohn_]

Tyrone FPV I'm about to try. Everything is being shipped out at the moment.

[@bereal1251]

What camera,you mounted on the quad?

[@Mcdonaldt001]

Can you confirm if this will fit on the tokio SX?

[@FlightClubFPV]

yup! Tokio X and SX use the same canopy

[@Mcdonaldt001]

FlightClub Nice! Gonna go buy 1 right now for my build. Also im super excited for the canopy upgrade! Thanks for the great video

[@alexdalton7290]

Hey just wanna say something coming from some one just coming over hump of getting into quads. Go AIO, but anyways if you guys are first time builders when it comes to the flight controller DO NOT USE PINS FCK THOSE THINGS. The solder breaks in about every light to medium crash tired of disassembling my quad it's all good though just sharing advice to any beginner if watching

[@imignap]

Alex Dalton Ur talkin about those male header pins connecting to the radio Rx and vTx?

[@alexdalton7290]

Nathan Imig no the pins for the signal ground wires for fc

[@MrPrr0]

Nice easy build, where you attach the HD camera?

[@laprizzle7587]

MrPrr0 they sell a tpu canopy that you can use that fits a gopro session

[@MrPrr0]

Ryan Lapre thank you for the info

[@benjien2007]

Which smart watch are you wearing?

[@FlightClubFPV]

that's a fitbit charge hr i believe

[@benjien2007]

Thanks

[@madebyandre_]

Nice builds, but zooming in would make this video better!

[@granger3979]

Would this stack easily run the f40pro 2400kv ? I really wanna make sure hope u see this:)

[@FlightClubFPV]

yes it will run those motors just fine

[@granger3979]

FlightClub thanks, mate Iv really been wanting one for a long time and finally built up 150au to buy one :p I can't wait for it to arrive:))

[@MrPlogibear]

Did you flash the firmware for the frsky xm+ to get rssi? Or it comes w/ the correct version for rssi?

[@projektmayhem2010]

I know its been 8 months but looking for answer to this, I have no RSSI on this stack, using Taranis QX7

[@stephenkosloff6081]

goodflyingpittyaboutthegagte nice

[@granger3979]

Lol mine caught on fire:/, DONT put powerful motors on this stack it can't take it!!!

[@ToddTube1]

After flying these I found out that they are total crap, I wouldn't recommend these to anyone. Emax needs to stick to motors only.

[@imemyself2820]

lol a simple F1 flight controller generation can race, dont need a F4 for that