Taranis Setup Tutorial

[@Wingnutz]

You know your good when you find people not owning a Taranis watch your vid to the end, enjoyed that!

[@PeterJvanHaren]

I've watched hundreds of these. Even though yours isn't the most comprehensive, it's the best I've seen so far. Very logically thought out and presented Chad(s).

[@djSiMuL]

Excellent video!! One important step that was left out is Stick Calibration. For those of you new to the Taranis, make sure you calibrate the gimbal sticks before you adjust subtrims and endpoints.

[@c0deless]

Hi there Guys ! Rotor Riot, Thank you so much for my Taranis. i have received it this weekend and i have installed LiftOff and been learning to fly a drone since. i have not built a drone yet as im super noob, i have crashed Hundreds of times in LiftOff once i feel that i have learned a lot on how to fly i will build my drone. Thanks guys

[@lynndodson6286]

Thanks for a great instructional video! I just purchased my first Taranis (old 72mhz flyer) and as Chad stated the menu is very counterintuitive, now I have a basic grasp on proper setup!

[@anthonyradisich8919]

thanks guys! and i've been trying to correct a drift problem for ages, i though it must be a vibration issue, but nothing i did seemed to fix it. This is the first taranis setup vid i've seen that properly explained subtrims, I'm hoping that will finally sort it out!! cheers!

[@meeneshdaya5924]

WOW! This is GOLD!!! Rotor Riot from this to now...Simply Amazing!!!

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

Dude ! Sweet ,this guy has far exceeded the bar in this video.. it is the best ive seen on the tyrannis!

[@ryanbunnell7488]

thank you fir this very simple easy to follow setup. I am very new and everything I could find to this point was very complex or did extra things I didn't want. RR fan for life.

[@babakzekibi315]

I just upgraded my old taranis's firmware to 2.19 and I cant believe the telemetry options we get for the buck. Awesome, next I ll dip my old taranis into some funky hydrodipping film :) Thanks for the video guys, priceless

[@zapandersson4628]

@finalglidaus: The reason your sounds are wrong, is that you have upgraded to OpenTX 2.1, but NOT upgraded the audio pack. In their "wisdom" (read: misguidedness?) they changed the numbering of the audio files between versions... god knows WHY... as a programmer, that's just a thing you never do - but they did. So you need to download the sound pack for OpenTX 2.1.x

[@RotorRiot]

+Zap Andersson brilliant!

[@FinalGlideAus]

Sigh... Well done OpenTx. Thanks for letting me know Zap.

[@mrmurder75]

+FinalGlideAus make sure it's the amber sound pack......(which I think it is automatically when you update the sound pack, can't remember now) She's one sexy momma!

[@zapandersson4628]

Ah yes, Amber pack for 2.1. The smooth talkin' voice....

[@eddieblack971]

Chad's Thank you very much i just got a Taranis and am still learning how to set this up. This helps out a lot

[@joelpearson8623]

Thanks for the video! Both Chads helped me out enough to decide on this radio over anything else and you guys had the best deal on it too,thanks again!

[@dekfpv5530]

What a nice coincidence. Just decided to switch from Graupner to Taranis and this will help me quite a lot when it arrives in a few hours. :)

[@jamesmanderson5311]

Awesome Chad and Chad that really makes my life easy with that lesson. Thanks Scott aka Demolition

[@dodeye69]

Just got to maiden alien 5 rotor riot version today followed all the vids n flys like a dream love it , nice n snappy plenty of power locked in feel 😜 cheers Chad

[@koggism]

Excellent video, been looking for something like this for days.

[@madmat2777]

Telemetry part was awesome. Thanks a lot guys.

[@SethMcdaniel-RedCometDieku]

Great video guys! I have been waiting for this video.

[@FLYHIGHFPV]

finally something that i can like, lol thanks guys for everything that you do for the hobby, please make more of this videos, we already know who you guys fly, we need guidance on how to, thanks

[@lukefpv1745]

Loved the vid guys, Chad (FG) is the man for the job when it comes to episodes like this one as the pace was perfect..

[@jester3265]

Great video guys thanks. Be nice to see more on the taranis for us nooks

[@upperechelon3456]

Thanks Rotor Riot. Excellent video. Keep them coming.

[@imager09tube]

Thank you, guys! Have a lot of fun with you! Excellent!

[@MrShouser1955]

Chad squared. Love the video as I have started a build but did not know how to setup the flight controller or the radio. The more I learn the more there is to know. Definitely not for the beginner builders. Keep up the instruction similar to FliteTest.

[@CJDavies]

I've never understood all the hate on the stock Taranis battery - I reckon I could fly literally all day solid on a single charge on mine? Are people doing something drastically different with theirs to me?

[@RotorRiot]

+CJ Davies since most of us forget to turn it off - the LiPo upgrade lasts for days ;)

[@adamk.3946]

you can honestly get like 7-8 hours out of the stock battery, nothing wrong with it. what I did though was make a battery pack out of 8 rechargeable AA batterys and it does last forever it seems like.

[@wildstyles_fpv1749]

+Adam Komarek Why not spend $7 on a LiFe battery and call it a day.

[@CJDavies]

I actually have a LiFe battery for mine, but I've never used it since finding out that you have to remove it to charge it as the built in charger is only for NiMH. Not worth the hassle.

[@chrissieracki2959]

agreed

[@jacksonshipmun2527]

Chad and Chad from RR need to have a competition of some kind against Josh and Josh from FT. I don't even care what, but it needs to happen.

[@RotorRiot]

+Jackson Shipmun agreed!

[@c0deless]

I shall be using this Tutorial when i receive my Taranis which was bought from Rotor Riot

[@CaM203]

There is only one comment that you make that drives my crazy!! "Stuff" it should be referred to as "product" stuff makes things sound like nothing special. You sell products that are not cheap and should be respected as such. Buying "stuff" is what you do at yard sales, buying product is what you spend your hard earned money on! Love the channel!!!

[@FinalGlideAus]

Buying "stuff" is what Aussies do :)

[@yonallb]

Product is what every infomercial or pyramid scheme in existence tries to sell you. I prefer stuff.

[@oldmanskayakBassFishing]

Thanks for making this video Chad and Chad you made it easy enough that my old ___ can understand it. Grumpy

[@rwdesigner]

I would love to see a video on how to integrate an OSD into the FPV setup

[@TheGixxersteve]

Awesome need to know info here as I have never flown a non RTF drone. Just the other day I purchased the Alien RR5, and everything that was shown besides the TBS antenna. only thing you did not have in stock was the immersion RX :( I hope to have it in the air by the end of the month, yes that is a long time but I am very meticulous when I build anything. Glad my electronic soldering skills will be of use. I am sure I am going to make a photo log of the build. I have my GoPro but I don't feel like recording all of that. can't wait to get started!!

[@MattMcNiece]

Thanks for the great vid. I found I didn't get VFAS on the first go of "Auto discover telemetry sensors". VFAS wouldn't show up until I plugged the LiPo in. Previously I had been powering the FC and Rx via USB.

[@sebastiannobody1142]

What about the antenna mod of the taranis? Is it worth it to do? Do you guys have better range and signal stability? Did you try out different antennas? Is the 5 dbi your favorite? etc etc

[@markhebel7499]

The stock battery works almost to spec. Maybe the short run time resides in the Tx charge logic. I cycled 3 different stock X9D packs to look for the average . The manual claims 260mAh is what the X9D pulls with the back light on. I haven't measured it myself. Using a cellpro set at 260mA cycled 3 times each pack. Results in 9 measurements averaged 6.8 hrs. The shortest time was 6.5 hrs...

[@marksherman630]

Great stuff! Very useful demo.

[@acdfpv4518]

I don't even own a taranis but their videos are so fun to watch ;)

[@connordunn7518]

same

[@Duraltia]

That part after 12:05 got me thinking a little... What happens if the Arm Switch is already set to ON the moment you provide power to the Quad? What happens if the Throttle Stick is in the UP position the moment you toggle the Arm switch? Yeah I had this happen to me with a Quad flipping over during a disarm but if any of two questions prove my inner suspicion then hell no... This is by no means how I'd suggest a safer way to arm a Quad. Especially not *after* showing the audience how to disable the Switch Warning on the remote.

[@FinalGlideAus]

The FC needs to go through it's startup procedure and calibrate things first on startup so it won't arm until you recycle the arm switch if you ave it armed already. You cannot arm on any throttle setting except for min throttle. If you are plugging in your quad before you turn on your Tx then you are asking to be part of the Darwin Awards anyway.

[@David__]

Nice one Chad-squared! Will be pointing lots of Pilots to this video to help them understand setting up the Taranis. :)

[@menarco6363]

great timing, I am just running through all this type of configuration on my taranis and first quad. thanks for the great info.

[@papou86fpv67]

Very usefull! Nice telemetry setup!

[@zackmallen]

Thanks for the great vid, gents! I'm running a fully kissed Alien RR5 per Chad's (FinalGlideAus) build video, but I'm not seeing the same sensors you are. I see other's have commented similarly, but it turned out they weren't running KISS ESCs. Connections seem fine, battery plugged in. Still only getting those four *other* sensors. Thanks! EDIT: I think I just figured out why. My ESCs are v1.01 :/

[@2600hz]

Very informative, been flying for years but I learned a couple things.

[@ConsultingjoeOnline]

Nice video. I cant wait for mine to come!

[@Tump2010]

lol it's cool that Chad learned to play sounds but I didn't see where he learned to set expo yet, his last review of the taranis said he hadn't figured out how to set expo, lmao guess he still hasn't but he learned to add sounds which he said he didn't before. :-D great video guys

[@YHWH683]

Really nice video. Information was all very informative and didn't feel lost at any points. Easy to follow along with. Thanks so much for doing this vid.

[@justabustfpv]

Very helpful video. Thanks guys!

[@Bob_Burton]

It's a personal choice, of course, but the advice to turn off the switch position warnings seems wrong to me. There are so many switches on the Tx that it is easy to change the position of then during transport or when getting the Tx out of its case. The warnings are there to make sure that you really do start with them in a known and safe position rather than having to remember to put them there. Having seen your advice to arm via a switch I feel it even more important to have switch position warning turned on. It seems to me that arming via a single switch is more dangerous than via the sticks as it is much easier to do by accident.

[@nimbuslayer5142]

A proper preflight will take care of any improper switch settings prior to plugging the battery in.

[@Bob_Burton]

A good preflight will take care of many things but why not accept help when it is available.

[@FinalGlideAus]

If you are worried about that then only have the warning on the switch in question then. Plus note that the throttle must be fully down to enable the arm switch to do anything. It is impossible to arm with full throttle.

[@Bob_Burton]

What happens if the throttle is down, the switch is in the armed position and the quad battery is then plugged in ? Is the FC armed ?

[@FinalGlideAus]

+UKHeliBob then you become a recipient for the Darwin Award :)

[@geoffreymyers7291]

These videos are great. Thanks!

[@QuadFarm]

once again, thank you very much for the tutorial.

[@kitesurfjerry]

Can you show us how to set up an "idle Up" switch please?

[@jussa101]

+ArmedMonkey kiss does have air mode but it's pretty much the same as a min throttle. As soon as quads armed it goes on. Sucky part about the kiss gui compared to beta/clean/raceflight.

[@FinalGlideAus]

No need to turn on airmode when in the air only if you tune it correctly.

[@kitesurfjerry]

so can you show us how please?

[@FinalGlideAus]

I will try to do a video on my channel soon. Joshua Bardwell also did his version of an Idle Up switch a while ago on his channel

[@SimonsFallingPanicVideos]

How about a video on replacing the antenna on the taranis for a high gain one? Pleeeeeaaaase.

[@АлексейСолнцев-п1ъ]

thanks guys, great tutorial ✊👍

[@tommykfpv2986]

Top video lads! I've used all these videos to great effect with my rr5 build. Brilliant support. Tom

[@adamheapy8603]

great clip guys!

[@ahariz6591]

Epic intro !!!! Thanks Chad ! ;D

[@williwonti]

That boy's chin done IMPLODED! (j/k he seems nice)

[@krishan8170]

could you make a video showing how well it flies???

[@Shadowcruise99]

Chad, it would be interesting to know, what hardware modifications (gimbals, switches, potentiometers) you guys have made to your TXs.

[@ulkinator5873]

Thanks for these great Tipps and Tticks! It was very helpfull for me! ....Greets from Germany.......

[@fabricecuisset7899]

Thank's for this great tutorial, it really helped me to configure my x9d.

[@GRIMxJOKE]

Hi guys , for the next video , can you show us how to choose motors for a quad , i'm new in fpv's world , and i don't understand anything between different kind of motors and also speak a little about ESC if you can too . Thk

[@RCTutorials]

Turnigy Evolution. It's the new Taranis for less than half the price and user friendly. Would like your opinions and setup videos.

[@TheRemizinho]

Chad, if you update your Taranis to openTX 2.1.8 you'll most likely get rid of that "jitter" on the channel outputs, I did it on mine and it's pretty stable now, no need for deadband setup anymore.

[@FinalGlideAus]

KISS does not use Deadband on channels and it's fine but good to hear anyway. I'll try it when I want to waste a few hours playing with the Companion program

[@3ric7ar03]

THE CARBON HORNET 2B IS IN THE BACKGROUND!! When r u guys gonna test it?

[@clintcollins]

Please do an episode covering the DX9 setup, preferably with the new RX's that are coming out with telemetry on them. We NEED to know how to setup telemetry on a DX9! Thanks!

[@FinalGlideAus]

Unless the new Spektrum receivers support S.Port, you won't get this type of telemetry which I doubt Spektrum will do.Hopefully I'm wrong

[@clintcollins]

+FinalGlideAus hmm... I'm following the two developers of the new spektrum satellite with telemetry on RCGroups.com and they assured it would have full telemetry including RSSI. I'm definitely hoping as well. We shall see...! Thanks for your reply, Chad! I love watching you guys! It always inspires me to push my limits when I watch you guys! Cheers! -Clint

[@FinalGlideAus]

The telemetry needs to communicate on the same language as the gear it's connected too. For a lot of stuff that is S.Port. Spektrum has a history of not wanting to use what is already out there but I do hope they make that compatible. Combining Telemetry support and a more solid radio link and I would jump back on Spektrum quite quickly.

[@fsarfino]

Chad thanks for the tutorial. It would be cool if you guys covered the 5db antenna mod for the taranis

[@slavikarg]

Great job.

[@StacemanFPV]

love these videos on setup

[@WillMandujano]

Thanks for the Tips! Very useful. Cheers

[@rochesterfpv9372]

great video and series I wish this was around when I started it would of made life a lot easier!!

[@shawncell1247]

thank you for this video

[@christopherpauley8174]

great info thanks guys

[@JasperTielen]

Great video

[@OlivierGalland]

so nice video, very clear

[@PBWANNAB]

Champion!

[@monkeyseemonkeydo2504]

You guys need to do is set up on the JR 11x 2.4

[@monkeyseemonkeydo2504]

Or best rx for this tx

[@jdnic1]

hey Chad(with glasses) I remembered that back in 2015 you were interested in the rotorx atom. now that the v2 is up for sale, can you do a review?

[@jdamage5002]

Are you guys going to do a Spektrum Setup also?

[@fattony1896]

Do you guys have the info about the battery just on the remotes or also in your goggles? How do you know when you want/need to stop flying? Set a timer? Thank you

[@7byseven]

@ CJ Davies Me too mine lasts for plenty of time, last night, being the idiot I am I forgot to turn it off at around 11pm, I didnt notice until 6pm the next day, amazingly there was still power but the screen was flashing and there was no text, it read 4v with no bars showing, I put it on charge and its working ok so it looks like these stock batteries are pretty solid and reliable even when you try to kill them.

[@ronaldoamaralrc9368]

Buenas noches, amigo. ¿tiene algún vídeo configurando el radio Taranis x9d Plus en la curva de aceleración? Gracias

[@jmotofpv4941]

I would like to know how to Setup the Alarms(custom sounds) and buzzers on the RR5 and made a install for that. I am also wondering if you have any kind of Voltage or Amp regulators on your PDB or else where to prevent the Systems from burning up when you slam power and cut quick.

[@lokisdream8438]

Could you guys do one of your awesome videos on Taranis firmware update on MacOS as well as guide on using Open TX? You all I am sure would make much sense out of it for a noob like me. Trying to make sense out of Open TX University myself and I am certain you guys would make a magnificent presentation.

[@carloslange9732]

Thank you!

[@7.3psd90]

Cool Thanks for letting me know.

[@tomkinsella3719]

Hi. youve just really helped me out after flying spektrum all these years. set up was quite easy after watching this and theres so many features. Ive done the low battery warning. It works as should but mine gives a low battery warning when i first plug in. even on a full pack. then will work as normal for the whole flight only going off if i go below set voltage. is there anyway to stop it going off when i plug it in. im only using it to warn me of plugging in a spent pack so its annoying how its working atm

[@dannymilton5874]

can u do a video on the 5DB hack on the antenna, and where to get the parts

[@zephphillips1025]

Could you do a video setting up the Inductrix?

[@roblough5314]

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SET UP WITH FC COMPONENTS AND SPEKTRUM SET UP.... IF POSSIBLE DSXM ANTENNA

[@bob55today]

You may want to use erSky9x firmware on Taranis, the button are then in a normal arrangement. Bob B.

[@alfredosaugus705]

into is a classic!!!!!

[@LinusForss]

You can download some never audio files and place them on the SD card and it will work correctly. they changed the naming order from open tx2.0 to open tx2.1, and now waiting for every one else to say the same.

[@darrentaylor5294]

Hi Great vid thanks, bit new to fpv just bought a tinyhawk and taranis X9D plus and followed your set up, cant get my quad motors to fire up and cant work out why and ideas on what i can check cheers Daz

[@SamLanthier]

my x4r is bind to my taranis but i dont have stick input in kiss software? all wire is at the good place! i dont know what to do... :( help plz

[@slimjimtell]

I have done this exact setup, however, the KISSFC GUI does not recognize any stick inputs. X4r is bound to the Taranis, but NO sticks movements in the data input. I triple checked all connections for continuity. RX powers up fine, KISSFC and ECS have latest firmware. HELP

[@johnnytu1411]

Awesome!

[@manaue_m]

Very nice "tutorial". Could you do the same using TBS Crossfire RX and TX (Binding, Telemetry, etc)? Regards!

[@FinalGlideAus]

Not with the hardware used in this build

[@sethcrisp9196]

Have tommy do his spektrum setup! Please and thank you.

[@robbennett]

If you are running a naze32, I am fairly certain that Fuel, will not work accuracy. The % climbs to infinity. I believe we are stuck using Vfas as an estimate of battery % used. Someone let me know if I'm wrong.

[@FinalGlideAus]

Correct, Naze32 does not have telemetry from the KISS24a esc's like the KISS FC has