Flite Test - Connecting Electronics

[@kr6dr]

Thank you for conveying the information without wasting a lot of time! Concise communication is much appreciated.

[@douglasholmes7226]

At last. As a newbie I have been a tad confused by some of the electronics and other videos try to explain, but somehow I still couldn't work it out. This video is fantastic as it shows the correct way to connect everything up, in a neat concise manner. I can now go ahead with my P38L and get it finished. Well done Josh

[@emilioguzmanor]

THIS IS THE VIDEO I NEEDED... THANK YOU

[@zeestar7267]

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[@FliteTest]

I'll reply for Josh :) He used to paint aftermarket car parts. -Chad

[@subhaebe1]

Lel

[@sriyadityasrivatsa5346]

Damn your name is chad

[@monkfry]

This post is old. I'm guess I'm old. RC has come a long way from what I remember. Crystal radios and the like. How far we've come, just the fact that you can click on KZbin and instantly get all this info is pretty amazing. Kids don't know how good they have it. Thanks for getting me back into the hobby Josh & Flight Test! You guys do some pretty boss crashing, I mean flying heh heh.

[@airborne9117]

Yes. I still have my first RC radio, a Pulse Commander single channel (rudder only), but the plane, a 2T with .049 was thrown away about ten years ago,. The nitro fuel had turned the balsa to mush near the firewall, and the covering discoloring and cracking and peeling from storage. Kept the 'ol .049. Lots of hours watching that tail wag! I'm not going to dig the radio out of storage now, but I believe it was crystal, 27 mhz, as was the Heathkit 8 channel built from a kit. Still works too! But its not legal anymore, wideband. I was tempted to use the micro 1205 servos again. I know who built them. ;-) But they are four wire instead of three. And now a 9 or 12 gram with metal gears can be had for

[@colt.45rc76]

Airborne the radian is great! I have the full sized, I have had a 2.5 hour flight on it with thermals! The old equipment is hard to get rid of anymore. Everybody wants the new electric stuff. I have a .91 nitro trainer for sale. It does not want to sell. It stinks.

[@FloridaWildlife]

Yep..no more days of ease like just plugging in a frequency color coded chip and fly the color on your antenna and..BOOM!...you are bound and RTF. 40 yrs of rc and now I am usually somewhat lost in the tech..lol

[@one4stevo]

Wish i had this video back in the day i stared off in the hobby. im sure its going to help out alot of beginners out there, Well done guys

[@Warthog3204]

After having all the stuff in a closet for 5 years, I decided to pull it out and put it together and start flying. I am a complete noob with electric and I would have never been able to figure it all out (still figuring it out) without this particular video. Thank you so much for putting out a video for someone who is completely starting from scratch. Much appreciated. Mike from Texas

[@tylerdigregorioaubin722]

Multi rotor beginner series please!

[@s7courier]

Love to see an episode on howto paint foam airplanes. Keep up the good work...

[@360Strikers]

I learned the hard way about reversing the throttle...

[@graxo3752]

Dude I chopped my knuckles up trying to get this old airplane connected to my transmitter. Well, it finally connected while my knuckles were near the prop.

[@lewisgower1954]

Same

[@N3krodamus]

Oh, a month ago I have learn all that electronic things in the hard way... damn.... Flytest your program is excelent. Could you please make an episode about programming a TX? Thanks.

[@Project-Air]

This is so helpful. Thank you.

[@bigd158]

Helo

[@jimtroupes]

Wonderful skill and creativity !

[@BOKI797]

Josh you did a great job on the video!

[@zezeA380]

Thank you for the video, Josh! It really helps me build my first RC Plane.

[@BenGovett]

I now own 2 KK 2.0 boards, but I've got to agree setting up the first was a bit of fun. Would be great to see a vid just on setting up a KK 2.0 with an H-Quad. Would also be good to see how to flash some F-20A ESC's with Simon K's firmware as well to complete a really cost effective build. Have a general "Things you can flash" episode. Dress David up as Flash Gordon, have a 60's flashback show.

[@warriorzman]

Can you guys make a video on How to Properly Dispose of Damaged or Old Lipo Batteries? thanks and keep up the good work!

[@beatricealbert2957]

I am 11 year old ,your video gives me hope to fly. I am learning and doing all it takes to fly my plane . Have a WLtoy F959 transmittor and fly sky reciever FS-IA6B, How can I make it work,I am stuggling. Kindly guide me ,I hope to hear constructive tips,suggestions & feedback from you and others .

[@AlfredoArbe]

Very helpful, specially for guys like me,totally new to electric !

[@FliteTest]

ok

[@Vparanormal1]

Nice job Josh!

[@jordanlindberg5579]

A video idea for an episode would be flashing an esc for a quadcopter!

[@FireFox-ic3ri]

great video i gave my grandma the edf to hold it and acedently turned on reverse but i the video helped me very mutch

[@aerospacematt9147]

This video really helped me out when I was just starting out. Thank you so much for making this specific video, it was exactly what I needed!

[@jimcr120]

I think these types of videos are very useful. Great presentation Josh. The direction of the prop depends if you are facing forward or aft when looking for CW or CCW. Sometimes a mechanical reversing of the servo is also possible by removing the arm and putting it back on 180 degree. If you have the linkage clearance this can be another option.

[@MrudangSavsani]

hi, josh, nice video, but can you do the same thing with the Quadcopters, how to set up the electronics and the controller board...

[@danielkaplan4361]

can you make a video for how to connect your FPV system to your transmitter?

[@DancingMoment]

How To setup a plane which has aileron, rudder, elevator? I have hobbyking HK-T6A transmitter and receiver. I have to connect aileron servo to channel 4 but the servo doesn't moves at all on channel 4. But if I change mode in PC software T6 config. Channel 4 works but channel 2 doesn't. Where I need to make changes so that all things I mean 4 servos also works.? Please help to finish my build. I m building RC MERMAID sea plane. Thank you.

[@rabbbie99]

I like your videos. Really helpful for a guy like me who is used to glow engines but now wanting to get into electric flying. Fed up tinkering with carbs and cleaning oily planes.

[@Tmask32]

Which direction does the motor turn in the bixler,and which way does the prop go.

[@Pavle057]

awesome vid guys thanks for letting me know this stuff very carful!!!!!!!

[@FifthScaleRCLife]

hello FT crew i like your channel a lot but one word to camera man i know that you wont to make your footage a bit artistic but can you put your lens to some higher "f "stop to get more DOF cuz you make my eyes aching bud IMO technical videos should have high DOF # you got planty light in there cheers keep up with good work channel is ace thanks to you guys i got me self dragged in to that hobby

[@CollinCF3]

When you log onto KZbin for a specific thing and that thing is in your recommended.

[@youronlycow]

Hi flitetest, perhaps you need to add a note here to your video. NOT all ESCs can be used for this application, only those with built in BECs. If not you gotta use those external receiver battery. I think you should add a note before a noob fries his expensive receiver...

[@mustaqh-t5610]

Who the mfr unliked this awesome video

[@DysprosiumMr]

Is there a guide somewhere to determining which batteries are good for which ESC/Motor?

[@ryancyh4866]

Doug Henderson I’m glad I’m not the only one watching this in 2019

[@450hp202turbo]

I think you could of explained the prop rotation better for pushers , if you take the motor and prop configuration you have in this video and mount it on the rear of a plane backwards as a pusher ,,the prop would blow air forward ,thus prop needs reversing for pushers so numbers point to motor or nose of the plane , or am i wrong ?

[@redraider7614]

Ok so if I get a 11.1V lipo will the Receiver that has 6.5V handle it? I don’t want to screw it up and catch anything on fire.

[@urmilajoshi8050]

thanks a lot josh!!!!

[@jdiez6830]

I have the same ESC, but at the time to calibrate it's only one constant beep, what could be happening? Thanks.

[@peterellison2220]

I'm having troubles with my motor, and it keeps giving me this sequence of beeps. Three quick beeps rising in tone, followed by a pause, two beep, then pause, and one long beep. What does this mean?

[@pieterpretorius1014]

the first three is the start up tone, the second set tells you what battery your using and the last one means its ready

[@noircoll]

Taught me alot on how do i put my bi plane together

[@Frankz455]

you guys should film with an smaller aperture so we can see more detail of what you'Re shooting, it would make it alot easier for the film crew to get the focus right and be able to show the right details josh is showing.

[@vijayganesh9072]

Hey hi I am a huge fan of your video I have some doubts Why does my lipo battery (lemon 2200mah,11.1volt,3s,30c) spark continuously while i try to connect to my esc (30a (deans connecter)) Maybe is it because of friction I am actually making a plane And I am using the battery mentioned above and the 30a esc and 2 servos and a 2200kv brushless motor And do u have any idea of the total flight time

[@jaynewson3974]

Hello Josh. This video was helpful. I am scratch building a Boeing 737-800. I am at the point of putting in servos and making the elevators. I can not find a video that shows how to connect the all. The landing gear is fixed should I get a 6 channel remote and receiver? Also, i was told at the local hobby shop and they said I had to build and then weigh to know what type of motor. How can I weigh my plane to know what type of edf's to use? I'm a fairly new subscriber and I built the ft-22. My nephew loves it. Is there any videos I can watch to teach me how to wire this thing up?

[@waveyyygamer7648]

buy a 4 channel receiver for this plane if has fixed landing gear but if it has flaps then buy a 6 channel receiver. Hope this helps!! :)

[@anthonyryder1518]

I built the tiny trainer and did every thing like how josh did but the motor will not spin?

[@JH-ff6oq]

having the same problem with the powerpack B

[@TheKittyClink]

I just put an EDF jet in an old traxxas stampede

[@teddycoughlin9945]

if you notice, there is a spad in the upper left corner. Do you have a review for that ????

[@lucasgoodding7857]

This is probably the most helpful video out there for electronics. Thank you.

[@soumitrasasmal862]

Thank you 😊😘😘😘😘😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@81Kush]

my Tx wasnt labeld the throttle reverse switches... and i went thru fliping em and clicked the throttle, it went to full throttle instantly and ran a 11x5.5 prop into my forearm and riped my shirt sleeve off and froze up... the motor was a hacker a30 1100kv and that hurt and scared me pretty guud lol

[@CalvinCai_Frisbee]

I connect the bec to motor by: middle with middle wire always and switch the other two if needed. Don't know why....

[@themike97_58]

Is the esc calibration specific to the esc or the transmitter?

[@liamcoldwell442]

I don't think it can be. He was just telling the esc how far he can go

[@erykbing3587]

One fast info for people searching for that specific receiver....on Hobbyking those are Orange Rx receiver-transmitters hobbyking.com/en_us/orangerx-rx3s-3-axis-flight-stabilizer-w-dsm2-compatible-6ch-2-4ghz-receiver.html hobbyking.com/en_us/radios-receivers-1/orangerx/receivers/dsm2.html

[@FrostbiteUK]

Nice work guys, great video for newcomers, it's amazing how quickly we take info like this for granted.

[@Crawling_Chris]

How about a scratch built Collective Pitch Multi Rotor that can fly 3d like a helicopter. i think it would be a one of a kind.

[@YaseenKhan-xn8tw]

i have esc connection problem with fsi6x reciver the esc is not arming niether the motor runs and it beeps continuously can you solve the problem? thank you

[@stevendegiorgio3143]

Spektrum receivers are numbered for the ports.I hate it that way.I like when the ports were labeled.This pertains to newer Spektrum receivers.I have AR400,AR600 and AR8000 and there receiver ports are labeled.My new AR636 is numbered.hate it

[@cbf2430]

Can someone link me a video about doing this but with a tricopter

[@simerlimer209]

hi it culd be very nice if you culd cover the defrined things about esc moter and all off that just where you told aboute the spcs off it lik i know there are 15 ap speed controlers and some are30 and all that stuff becuse i dont know what i mean

[@mattivirta]

this help me before i buy ESC, now i understand i not need 2 battery ,3S to motor and 2S to receiver, before i no know esc have output to receiver, what have regulated 4-8volt to receiver. 5 volt work well. but i no know motor anythink what is better if FT build plane simple cub say need 2212/1400kv what this mean, and what have if change biggest motor i no know what is biggest maybe 4020/3000kv or about somethink. what motor mark mean. have somewere paper table small to big motor ? and how i know what motor need use ?

[@RichieMann5275]

Hey guys whats the best lipo charger you guys recommend? just bought dx8 with lipo battery with no charger from friend need one of my own instead of borrowing his dont want to ask dino G so i ask you guys??

[@mareckgraves3247]

JOSH PLEASSSSSSE?????? can you make a video of all the parts you need to build a plane and link them in the description

[@thegameingcasters]

Is it the same for Multi-rotors or is it diferent? (i mean like the setup and the way it works)

[@swikaradhikari1623]

in multirotors no servos needed u need 3 more brushless motors, fligh controller, 3 more escs , power distrubution board, and some other required stuffs

[@jimcr120]

Some do some don't. I have had it both ways. If you're not sure, you might be able to get on a product discussion blog and see what others are saying about that particular item.

[@thirdyiii9649]

Can you show to us the DIFFERENT GAUGES of WIRES and where to connect it and what size of Wire is Right for different AMPS.

[@saisandilyagarimella]

do the receiver and the transmitter need to be in full battery while binding them?? please help. i have a flysky fs-t4b transmitter and a fst6b receiver. they are not binding. i was using a 9v battery PLS HELP

[@Divine.777]

My radios joysticks are reversed. Like when you push the left joystick up it springs back to the middle and when you push the right one up it sticks. Is that normal?

[@jordansmith7654]

i ment it as in once rc powers started selling stuff they went down hill. now that ft is selling stuff i dont ant them to go down hill.

[@noahheckel3948]

I just got the graupner mz-12 and I can't figure out how to bind it based off this video. Also, what is a bind plug? Mine didn't come with one.

[@sujeth3909]

Which is very economical and good transmitter and reciever?. . . anyone plsssss

[@ian-uk9673]

turnigy i6 is good has built in telemetry so you can see the power of your plane battery while flying very easy to set up and plenty of online advise on youtube for settings if you not a read the manual type

[@shutdahellup69420]

flysky i6 is gud too

[@nirmitnavnathsalunkhe6965]

Hey plz help me out my transmitter isn't working properly after an plane crash but it was happened after some time of crashing I was working before that my only 1 channel is working and my motor also got damaged as it was model tiny trainer

[@nirmitnavnathsalunkhe6965]

My transmitter is fsct6b

[@NIKFLICK707]

i heard that hobbyking 60A 4A ubec is very bad it burn our motor and battery too is it true because i have one but i dont want to burn my whole power system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

[@elaineboodhoo7228]

very good video.thank you.but i think you rush it.a bit more explanation. what are 3 wires are leading to the motor / what they for i was waiting for for them.......you did not say. a bit slowly on the calibration and the transmitter buttons would be nice. we are beginners...many nany thanks

[@MaxeinfachAx]

on my RC car I pulled the receive switch and it crashed into the wall.Now the chassis is broken!!!

[@Unkown7945]

how do i fix this i forgot to pull the stick back when I plugged in the battery. so its basically reversed eg I put full throttle doesn't move when I pull the stick to the lowest throttle it goes full throttle so pls tell me how to fix it

[@JoeyGFPV]

chad, wats your dayjob?. Im an FPV freak and big flite test fan, own a restaurant, and live in my garage at night. building anything that flies rc.

[@BurnastyProd.]

Can any one tell me how to mount the motor like just with screws or do you bolt it

[@sailorjohn2224]

Experience,if your used to flying at 50%dual rate adjust your high rate to some thing you can manage if your dr switch gets bumped to high$^&*((^%

[@77nahoj]

Hey guys. Would it be possible for you to do a vid with the guys at the openpilot project / community?

[@xrkund]

correct me if i'm wrong, but all the servos and the receiver itself get their power through the throttle connection from the ESC to the receiver. right?

[@r0b0shubham96]

HOW CAN I ALSO USE 36V DC MOTORS USING THIS TYPE OF RX AND TX?WAITING FOR REPLY.. HELP ME OUT

[@bldjln3158]

I HAVE A PROBLEM! my elevator stick behaves like the throttle stick were when the stick is at the bottom it is in the stopping position and when it is in the center it is going 50 percent and when at the top position 100 percent speed. somebody help me please. I have flysky fs t6 also dont question why I have the motor on elevator.

[@larrybud]

Good stuff! I'm thinking of getting back into RC after 30 years. Used to fly 2 stroke fuel planes forever ago, but looks like electric is probably the way to go these days. The electronics have come a long way!

[@williambawden4646]

Do we need to use a satellite on a specktrum reciever?

[@waveyyygamer7648]

depends on the size and how the plane is powered

[@namitasharma8616]

in which direction should our propeller move - left or right ??

[@alexbentley1943]

+namita sharma it depends on the prop because some are counter rotating and others are normal.

[@namitasharma8616]

+Alex Bentley thanks

[@jacoblowe8183]

I have an extra plug thing on my esc, and I don’t know what it’s for

[@ChristopherT_]

What does it look like?

[@RapidBoss08]

What volt battery were you using

[@HungryGuyStories]

Do they make transmitters with selector switches that you can bind to multiple receivers and then easily switch between airplanes later after they're all bound to the transmitter?

[@arduinoelectronicsanddiy584]

Hungry Guy yes

[@Cowboy-nu7ze]

That was very informative. I'm in the process of building my first plane. I'm going to start out with a simulator while I wait on my electronics to get in. You guys have inspired me to get into this hobby. Thanks for your wealth of information. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@mahmoudelsharawy5405]

+Cowboy 2131 I am asking you because I guess you probably know. If the remote and receiver are both 2.4 gHz, is it a guarantee that they are compatible?

[@Cowboy-nu7ze]

no that is not the case you have to have the receiver that is for your remote

[@IAMIAN97]

If I'm binding my aircraft to a new transmitter and both have been used before do i need to calibrate the throttle on the esc?

[@mateschbach3020]

I have a esc and receiver probleme. When i conect the batterie to the esc SOME TIMES the receiver lights up. My receiver is the turnigy 8ch 4.5-6.5 volts and my esc is 10 amps. I alredy binded the receiver at the bigening. PLZ HELP !!!!

[@andreaandreason4416]

My rudder is constantly on but I'm not pressing the controller what to do?

[@xuzme720]

It's all about perspective! ;)

[@WillieYadiel1]

I'm confronting problems with my EMAX BLHeli 40 amp esc, i have 4 servos and a Emax gt 2215/09 motor connected to Rx. The motor and servos work good for a few seconds and after that i lost the power of my electronics . I'm using a 3s 2.2 turnigy battery for power the system.

[@jujucattys156]

building the bixler 1.1 wich way that mottor spin

[@RickyDueck]

I'm building the ft duster and i bought the recommended electronics, but now they are not compatible with each other. I bought the Lazertoyz power pack, which contained everything but the battery. So I bought a battery at hobbyking, a a 2 cell 7.4V Turnigy 500mAh. Anyway, I can't hook up my Emax 2204-2300kv motor to my battery so please help. Btw, even if i could, I don't have a charger. Are there any batteries that come with chargers? What do you recommend me to do now?

[@bobcarver3554]

can I bind more than one transmitter to a receiver, just in case one of the transmitters goes out and I have a second one

[@sailorjohn2224]

hk lists several different 24gr motors what speed do you like to use hxm 2730-xxxx

[@starpilot101]

I plugged everything in correctly but motor wont work nor does the servos... what does this mean? The receiver does flash but when i turn controller on it stops it does not hold a steady light. it came together (Tx Rx) so i don't think i should have this problem. Also mine did not come with the antenna thing you plug in...