Matek F411 Wing Flight Controller - iNav Firmware & Configuration RC Airplane Setup (In a flash)

[@lougedo07]

I liked how fast and concise you made this tutorial, great job!

[@DaveMerc]

Thanks, I also have a slow version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXubYWtuZdWHetU

[@pilwar]

Excellent, this video help me too much to take a refresh afte a long time without use inav and matek F411,congratulaciones, great job man!

[@DaveMerc]

Glad it helped. Sometime these vids become a "note to self" to help me remember later too.

[@pilwar]

@@DaveMerc hahaha I know exactly what you mean ✌🏽

[@idontneednostinkingchannel6848]

Yumm! - A lot of us were waiting for this juicy stuff Dave. Love the way you sped-up the playback! So annoying when this tech-talk is just chock-full of well.. um.. a.. and.. buts.. Sounds to me like you've got every word just right. Of course its too fast to follow along! That's why they invented "pause" and play! Can't wait to clear off the kitchen table as the XYL gives me that familiar hairy-eyeball! Its OK.. I'll just say you did it in 12 minutes and 19 seconds.. I'm trying to beat his record! hihi - BTW - tack on another $15 if you want F405! (RDQ discounts US HD vets!)

[@DaveMerc]

Sounds like you need a hobby shack. Oh yeah I have see plenty of vids on the F405. Nice FC board.

[@NickCal304]

Close second and bewildered !!

[@DaveMerc]

I was trying to keep it short but apparently I made to too short. Life in an experiment.

[@NickCal304]

Awesome info Dave but seems the speed is way up. tried to slow it down in the settings, now it seems you had a few too many. :)) will watch it again later like this FC .

[@DaveMerc]

Maybe I will make some normal speed ones later.

[@arlemooldijk1595]

Please do, I couldn't watch this. Too fast and setting it to 0,75 speed was too slow and didn't help.

[@romangerasimov3523]

small board.. hm.. can i ...somehow... use it for brushed motors / small planes? or brushless + esc only?

[@DaveMerc]

There are no ESC's on the F411 so I would think that brushed ESC's could be used. The timing in the configuration may have to be adjusted.

[@visioneerone]

Settings -> Playback Speed = 0.75 Now I can follow along :)

[@alexherrera3918]

what is the difference between from this flight controller and a regular receiver? thanks

[@DaveMerc]

Wow! What a question. That would be another video entirely. They are not even the same. You might find an FC that comes with a receiver but usually they are separate devices. RC has to have a receiver but not a FC.

[@alexherrera3918]

@@DaveMerc ok thanks!

[@richardwilabee5998]

If you are going to use flaps do they work through Inav or just plug those servos in to the flap port on the receiver. Thanks

[@EnglishTurbines]

First....:)....Thanks for the EZ RSSI calibration Dave....I always use Link Quality though....did you..?...I assume it works just the same..? Did you speed your speech up...?....I was nearly out of breath listening....lol.... Im trying out the F405 Wing and noticed no less than 5 different hex files....?....whats that all about? Oh, and the PPM input for the EZ was very useful too.....Thanks.

[@DaveMerc]

You can use RSSI instead LQ now because of this Min Max CLI feature with the EZUHF. I have not made up my mind which to use. I was using LQ but now I might go back to RSSI now that iNav can handle the inverted signal. I wish they would put it in the OSD config tab so I didn't have to go in the CLI. No I did not speed up my voice, just talked quickly.

[@EnglishTurbines]

Oh, okay I may try RSSI then....Oh and heads up, there are now 3 different sizes of text for the "Vision" font provided by Oliver C....The original is rather large if you are using a high res Monitor...Nice font. Here:....kzbin.info/www/bejne/l162doaaqpKkh68

[@DaveMerc]

Thanks for the fonts tip. A may use it.

[@day2dayadv]

Another great video! I'm getting a "failed to open serial port" when I try to connect. Same message as is I had nothing connected. How can I successfully update USB and flash the firmware but it won't connect? Seems odd. I feel like I've missed a step.

[@DaveMerc]

Try running Zdiag like in video. And don't use connect when flashing. Push botton on board when connecting USB for flashing

[@MarvQua]

Hi, I have a weird thing going on with my osd config tab... because it doesnt show up. The osd is enabled and works - overly looks fine in the goggles. I dont know what to do, can you eventually help me ?

[@travislab7687]

my setup is the same as yours (EZUHF on a plane), but my gps is not getting a fix and because of it i get a HWFAIL in the CLI so i cant arm...i DO have SDA and SLK hooked up..but nothing... anything i may have missed?

[@DaveMerc]

GPS hooks to RX->TX and TX->RX (not SDA and SLC b/c they are for compass).

[@gordchesterfield1529]

Dave, my EzUHF 4ch rx is set for RSSI ch8, however it doesn't come through on the iNAV conf, All other channels work as they should. Is there a specific setup in the Taranis or a CLI comd required?

[@DaveMerc]

Nothing in the Taranis or a CLI. Do you have channel 8 selected on the iNav Receiver Tab?

[@gordchesterfield1529]

Dave, Thanks for replying. I figured it out. It was atypical EzUHF quirk solved by reflashing and rebinding, then all of a sudden it works. Thanks again.

[@DaveMerc]

Yup that is about par for the course.

[@allzzizzwellzz5841]

Do the pins included if u buyed it

[@DaveMerc]

Pins were not included for me but ask your vendor.

[@hansleatherby1032]

Dave thanks for the video How does the motor thrust differential work?

[@RetiredTimeProductions]

It works off the rudder stick to increase yaw on a twin prop plane by differing the motor speed between the two motors. It will also cause some roll just like a rudder will do.

[@hansleatherby1032]

Thanks Dave I have programmed diff thrust into my TX but I guess this is not needed since INAV does all the mixing How do you vary the value of the rudder/throttle mix?

[@DaveMerc]

I think there are values on the bottom of the iNav Mix Tab that you can adjust.

[@richardwilabee5998]

Dave can you turn off the diff thrust using a switch on the transmitter. Did you have any issues when flying with the diff thrust.

[@RetiredTimeProductions]

That the bad news. iNav mixes are not conditional so differential thrust can't be turned off. Just don't touch the rudder if you don't want it.

[@aleks3a00]

Can you explain how to get on this controller analog RSSI input from L9R ( for osd) ? Thanks

[@DaveMerc]

Wish I had a L9R to try it but no dice. Try RCgroups, someone has probably done it already.

[@DaveMerc]

Found this on RCgroups for you (apparently there is an analog RSSi firmware branch for this). www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=41294423&postcount=3507

[@richardwilabee5998]

'm just wondering if you have any ideas on my motors not starting. I guess I don't know how to arm them. I have two motors on my airplane and they both test fine in the motors screen when you move the sliders. My throttle shows fine in the receiver screen. I added two commands in to CLI that I found on line but that didn't help either. nav_extra_arming_safety = OFF set fixed_wing_auto_arm = ON it says this will Auto arm the motors as you bring up the throttle. Any Suggestions? Thanks

[@DaveMerc]

Did you enable motor and servo outputs on the config screen.

[@tommuhlemanjr.3871]

Hi Dave, well that was a switch. It was way to fast to absorb that kind of info. But since I know your video style pretty well, i just slowed the playback down to 3/4 speed and the normal Dave was back (if just a bit too slow). Is there some KZbin reason why you needed to speed it up versus what would have been a 16-18 minute video at normal speed? I don’t produce videos, so I don’t know, but I was just curious. I think you should do some follow up videos. I still refer to your EZUHF setup video’s for example, from several years ago, so some more Inav stuff would really be great!

[@DaveMerc]

I was trying to please the short attention span folks but I guess it was a bad idea. Will post the slower version next Monday.

[@MattPriceGuitar]

Great explainer. I'm thinking of putting this board in my ft spitfire so my kid can fly a bit easier in angle mode.

[@DaveMerc]

That would be a great use for it. Also you might like Horizon mode which is stabilized only in the middle of the sticks.

[@RcBuddy]

#7: Wow, are you on something D? (lol), Good info ! Have a good maiden flight.

[@DaveMerc]

I didn't realize how funny I sounded. You think it was those little clear pills?

[@RcBuddy]

could be or to much coffee ;o)

[@4funrc11]

Where's the fire?

[@DaveMerc]

I guess the fire was under me :-)

[@jimmcminnsr6309]

Hey Boss, nice vid, I think I'll stay with the APM, man I don't even know if I got that right. Ardupilot.

[@DaveMerc]

So the S500 is coming along I hope. APM I think means Ardupilot Mega so you are correct with either.

[@Freebird_67]

I’m giving up on inav. I have this board and Finally! Got it working but man it horrible gyro floating all over the place and it over corrects everything. I’m officially done with inav and flashing all my F4 and F7 ect... boards over to Arduplane. Inav has still got a ways to go imo. 2.0.0 is ok but still not worth my time

[@DaveMerc]

Have you tried the Apm mini 3.1

[@Freebird_67]

Dave Merc Productions no I haven’t but probably will. I have a bunch of standard pixhawks and amp boards but they are to big for most my setups. Now though we can flash these F4 boards over to Arduplane is huge!! Especially with built-in OSD and current sensors on these F4 boards. With a standard pixhawk or Apm I’d have to add those components which is more space and more weight.

[@Freebird_67]

Dave Merc Productions I wouldn’t use a Standard pixhawk or Apm when I can easily flash a F4 board with its built in osd and current sensor. With standard pixhawk or Apm those are add ons which take up way to much room

[@DaveMerc]

Let me know how it goes and what problems you run into with the change over.

[@Freebird_67]

James smith I have the F411 installed in The AR wing. I was doing autotune with inav 2.0.0 and that wasn’t working out at all for me so someone from the AR Facebook group gave me some pids to start with and bam! It’s flying wonderfully now. I just need to servo trim and I’m good to go.

[@Barndog726]

Can you really talk that fast or did you speed up the video??

[@DaveMerc]

Yes I can but only for 12 minutes and with extra oxygen. Then I need a nap.

[@lauramercier8063]

It took him hours and hours to this!!! I just 🤔🤦‍♂️🤷‍♀️!

[@bobbyd9583]

Why in the world are you stil using Zadig? That thing can do damage. Much easier to use ImpulseRC_Driver_Fixer google it.

[@DaveMerc]

Works great for me. Zadig bugs seem to have been corrected a few years ago. Are you sure it is still a problem? If so I would like to hear about any recent problems that have been reported.

[@bobbyd9583]

people have inadvertently killed the drivers for keyboards, mice and other usb interfaces. Obviously nothing permanent, but the one click simple option is obviously the way to go. Not everyone is as skilled as we are when it comes to software for drivers. Just last month a friend of mine tried flashing a new firmware version onto his F3 FC for a beecore, this resulted in him not having a usable keyboard on his laptop until I was able to plug in another one and uninstall/reinstall keyboard drivers. I think it falls on us to promote an option less likely to cause "any" damage to an end users system if we are suggesting a software to use. the ImpulseRC Driver Fixer provides this security blanket for us, unless you want to provide a disclaimer that is. Anyways keep the comment coming!

[@DaveMerc]

As you might have noticed it's Github iNav that recommends Zadig in their flashing instructions not me: inav/docs/USB Flashing github.com/iNavFlight/inav/blob/master/docs/USB%20Flashing.md I think perhaps Github is where the disclaimer should go if it is really a problem but I will put a note under my video.

[@mycrappyrental4706]

Damn. Slow down. Very hard to follow. You are allowed to breath.

[@DaveMerc]

See the slow version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXubYWtuZdWHetU

[@vinceywinceyspider]

Slow it down argh

[@lasersbee]

Dave you are talking quite fast like you were in a big hurry.... a bit too fast to completely absorb what you are saying. Sorry I can't listen to the Machine gun talking till the end. Would be beneficial if you uploaded a more normal speed video that we can watch...

[@DaveMerc]

Thanks for the report. I may turn it into several slower videos later if that's what you want.

[@lasersbee]

Yeah... Would be great... I've been waiting for this Maytek F411 Build/Setup Tutorial from the begging of this build. All the other build videos were fine.... Speech Speed wise.

[@sparkey044]

Are you on some kind of med's? really fast taking.

[@DaveMerc]

Just trying to keep it short for the short attention span YTers.

[@johnnyrocket3200]

Dave, I actually loved it! You cut right to the chase. No unnecessary bla bla! When sth. is too fast, people can always stop and go back. I'd say, make your vids as you want them to be, and you'll find your audience. Me, for example ;-)@@DaveMerc

[@joestubbs3138]

By the cringe fella yer don't half speak fast - slooooow down - but yer knows yer stuff right enough - plenty info thanks - playback speed 0.5 ...joe

[@DaveMerc]

Joe, You can watch the longer slower version of this video, link in the description.