RadioMaster TX16S Setting Up A Fixed Wing “Safe” Throttle
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this tutorial video I go through the process of setting up a safe throttle for your fixed wing models. When a model uses a flight controller the FC controls the safe arming of the model but with fixed wing planes we normally do not use FC’s. This video shows you how to set up a safe throttle.
I purchased my TX16S from the Flying Robot Co in Cape Town. This is not an affiliate link but I want to share where you can get yourself a RadioMaster TX16S in South Africa.
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Thanks for watching.
Happy Flying.
/ billclark
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Great video! I never would have puzzled this out on my own!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I will use this method on all my models as a standard setup proceedure. Finally getting the hang of open tx.
Bill, thanks for taking the time to explain TX16S Setting Up A Fixed Wing “Safe” Throttle.
I really liked the way you explained both the setup through Companion and how to program
TX16s directly into the program without Companion. I am have difficulty Companion and
and I was impressed as how easy it was to program directly.
Great tutorial Bill, thanks a lot.
Thank you very much! I`m a Spektrum user but wanted to get into the world of Open TX. Bought a TX16S and I am fascinated by the oportunities of this device. Your Videos helped me a lot. Great work!
Thanks Bill! Super, I will use it in my TX16S
Thanks for sharing those smart tricks!
You are very welcome.
Bill a simpler setup. Do not do any programming in the mixer page but add ch3 override to -100 when !L2 . Then there is no need to do a custom CUT curve as well. Thanks
That’s what’s great about EdgeTX there are different ways to get the same result. I will take a look at your adjustments and may implement it in my future new radio tutorial videos. Thanks.
Hi Bill, Just set-up another safe throttle for my flying wing, but I don't nearly have as many sounds and tracks to choose from. How does that work?
Please check this video which will help you make your own custom sounds for your radio.
ua-cam.com/video/DqF7HUsFrnE/v-deo.html
Good Day Bill. I did this and love it. Can you please do a tutorial on how to set up idle up on a switch please for gas engines? I have switch SG assigned for low idle, idle up 1 and idle up 2. I assume you have to use curves. I have a custom throttle curve but opentx does not all you to copy it. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I will work on that for you.
Jingo., Just discovered your video on setting Safe throttle, very helpful. Have you a video of how to set th rottle so that it does not become active until it has been moved a fraction from -100,
Hi Shay, could you please let me know why you would like to do this? It sounds like you want to make a dead band on your throttle.
thanks, in my old transmitter this function was called Throttle hold, there was also an Idle down function, when this function is enabled, the throttle stick does not work below 10% of travel, which prevents the engine from stopping when performing complex figures, please tell me how to set this up
Please check out this video it should help you ua-cam.com/video/ijltcXObZBM/v-deo.html
@@the-happy-RC-flyer thank you very mutch
Hi Bill, I have an issue getting this to work, I emailed you my OTX file, please take a look.
Jan sorry your are getting a slow response I am in the process of moving from the middle of South Africa to the west coast. If you followed my video your safe throttle should work fine. Will hopefully have my studio set up in a weeks time.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer No problem, I'll give it another go. In the mean time I can fly without the safe throttle set-up, I just need to hold the throttle down with my thumb in stead. I followed the companion settings and copied them into the Tx, which did not work. Should I do the settings in the Tx instead? I'll give that a go too...
Something I came accross: when following your instructions for the TX settings, I noticed my Thr screen shows a vertical line moving from left to right in the graphic, not the 45° I see in the video. Never mind, it's a result of the logical switches... It works now.
I followed your instructions step-by-step but ran into a problem. After putting into the safe mode and then going back to the armed mode the throttle would not re-engage even though I put the stick in the -100 position for several seconds. I just received my TX16s a few days ago. Has Radiomaster made some changes so that your setup doesn't work? I checked my work twice and it was still a no go. :(
Greg please check your settings again something is not correct look at the Input under the Logical Switches and make sure you have selected the throttle stick and not throttle Input. Nothing has changed in OpenTX for the TX16s.
HI and thanks for all your videos, I do have a question, what would be the easiest way to make a throttle cut with a glow engine.
Hi David, good question! I think I would set a mix to a switch that overrides the throttle stick and sets it to -100 Then set the throttle trim so you can cut the throttle if needed but will idle with trim up so you can adjust the idle speed.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer I wonder , i will try and let you know.
@SA Sell Buy my idea was when landing and getting close to my spot, use a switch to close the carburetor, on idle its open 1 millimeter and still running, so I want to close that gap , did it on spectrum radio , was easier. Unless I still need to deep learn this radio
Well i did it with a CH3 overide , perfect. with the trainer switch just in case . thank you all. now to dual rate and flaprons, if you have an easy way be my guest
Great video Bill, I have learnt alot from you in the past month. Sorry for the newbie question, have you ever bumped the switch mid flight? Does it still take .5 seconds for the reset to occur?
That’s a really great question. No I have never inadvertently disarmed my model mid flight but yes you would need to drop the throttle for the delay time for the motor to run again. I think the risk of accidentally arming on the ground and hurting yourself is out weighed by the rearming delay. Your plane will not drop out of the sky with no motor and will glide under full control until you arm again. You would not use this safe throttle on a quad copter because the Flight Controller takes care of the arming and disarming process. No need to apologise for asking a question I am here to help and we were all new to this fantastic hobby once.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer Many thanks for the response. You really do know your stuff! I followed your well explained steps and I successfully have added this function.
bill i have a question.my throttle is calibrated.but with one plane(bigfoot high wing)my engine doesnt start spinning untill i am reading -72 percent throttle.My small corsairs engine starts spinning when the throttle is lifted and hits about -87 percent.I am alright with a little bit of play,but is this correct?.The bigfoot is alot of play before motor starts.28 percent "play".Am i suppose to adjust this "play" out with the throttle trim?.seems like i didnt have to do this with my dx6i.(they all just had a tiny amount of play or uptravel before motor engaged).
i got it to come on now at -92 percent.i re connected battery up with throttle at 100 percent waited for the 2 beeps the brought stick back down.(thats was foolish of me).I thought i had already done this,i must not have.So does -92 seem about right before engines engage?..thank you.
@@seanpettit6410 yes you needed to calibrate the ESC. Normally you put the throttle full throttle and plug in the power to your ESC you will hear a set of beeps then two beeps then cut the throttle. Your ESC should be calibrated. Please check the manual that came with your ESC.
I'd like to put slider on elevator so I can set bit of up elevator for when I launch any ideas how thanks
Hi Steve, just add a line to the elevator mix in Mixes, select the slider you want to use under Switch. I would suggest changing the weight to a lower percentage because if you leave it 100 it would be easy to put the plane into the incorrect attitude. I would set the mix to a switch rather than a slider so when the switch is activated the elevator will only move the set amount. You could then add a sound when the switch is activated saying launch mode. I will make a video of this for you.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer it was that line I missed out and enabling it too
Hi. Is not special function an easier method to get same outcome?
That is the benefit of OpenTX and EdgeTX there are more than one way to program what you want to achieve. Why not come up with a different way and email your method to me I would be interested in seeing it.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer Bill I don't know what to do, I cant find a solution . I'm naive to Edgetx. I'm kinda scared. My objective is, arm/disarm switch that BF set by default. I'm good with that but! if you hit disarm (booboo) your quad falls to earth smash 😢 I wish it would only disarm say, bottom 10% of the throttle stick only So you cant kill motors while in flight by mistake . Some one said it can be done in Beta F, I never seen proof. I'm sorry !, I'm smart but stupid lol I thank what you do for folks.
@@BrainDeadEngineering I think what you would like to do may be in my opinion dangerous you really must be able to disarm your drone in a positive way. Also very importantly do not use the Safe Throttle shown in my video for your drone this is only for fixed wing planes.
HI Bill, sorry to ask under this video but it seems have an issue with the T3 trim (glow engine) I can set it up from middle tp top and it works on the servo, however from trim center down to close the motor it doesn't make any change on the servo, any idea why is this happening ? second model works just fine
Hi David, this is an interesting by product of the safe throttle set up. I only fly electric planes so a safe throttle is very important because the motor will power up with throttle forward but a glow engine will not so a safe throttle is not so necessary. You can get the trim to work by lowering it pass Center and down to the lowest position. I have never come across this because we do not use throttle trims for electric motors. Please lower the trim to the bottom and let me know if it solves the problem. You could still use an arm switch to turn the throttle channel on and off. I think the throttle trim is changing how it works because the safe throttle uses a logical switch but I am not 100% sure. You helped me learn something today!😃
@@the-happy-RC-flyer well as soon as I fix this i will let you know . The strange thing is the fact that all others didn't need anything on settings. I even replace the servo. Same . I will see and let you know , thanks for your prompt reply.
ear Bill, seems like the issue was that I didn't checked the trim idle only on the MODEL SETUP. now I want to change the servo travel , actually to make it smaller as it is too much. how should I do it?
@@davidsebbag1695 you need to change the weight in Inputs and the Offset which should equal 100 added together dropping the - so you get full resolution.
Weight 80 Offset -20
Weight 90 Offset -10
And so on.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer thanks Bill. Worked like a charm , ready for test flight. Thanks a lot. By the way it's Shoestring, should be nice.
Hi…im new with radiomaster (openTX) and i just bought a night radian with a spektrum AR 631 receiver and i manage to bind it and works all fine but…im unable to assign a safe select switch…whatever i do i do it wrong because so far it didn’t work.
I watch many UA-camrs but no one worked fir me. Please can you help me posting a video on how to……?
it would be very helpfully to me. Thanks 🙏
Sorry Franco I do not have any Spektrum equipment to test for you. I think your problem is a channel allocation problem.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer thanks anyway 🙏😉
How is it all these videos are completely different than what my tx looks like?.I have a brand new tx16s.. I'll never know the answer to the question because I don't even know how to check a reply on this comment
Hi Steven, which firmware does your radio have OpenTX or EdgeTX? If your TX16s is new it should be EdgeTX so look in my playlists for the EdgeTX version of the “safe” throttle set up. Try this video.
ua-cam.com/video/9oZrEa74AEI/v-deo.html
Hello,
Thanks for this tutorial.
Nevertheless a strange thing happened to my radio : I followed exactly what you did and it was working but my SF switch is then reversely than on your video. At position "low" (used at start of the radio), the throttle is ON and when I pull up the switch The throttle stopped. I tried to change it but I was not able to succeed. Can you help me ?
Thanks a lot.
If you check you have put the settings exactly the same as my video your motor will be armed in the forward position and disarmed in the back position the switch towards you. I prefer to pull the switch towards me to disarm i find it more natural, from your explanation this is how it is operating. Please check the settings and make sure in Logical Switch 2 the switch is showing the arrow up.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer Thanks for kind and fast answer. To be 100% sure to understand you (English is not my mother tong) : the forward position is the switch hight with the radio horizontal, screen on the top ? And backward position is a switch in low position ?
@@marcvan9247 can you please back up your model and radio settings in Companion and email them to me and I will take a look. I may not get back to you today because it is getting late South African and nearly my bed time!
triplemadventures@gmail.com
PS.
Your English is great.
Does this transmitter support the SAFE SELECT function?
Here's the plane I want with the TX16s
www.horizonhobby.com/product/valiant-1.3m-bnf-basic-with-as3x-and-safe-select/EFL4950.html
I am sorry I cannot give you a definitive answer because I do not have experience with Spektrum equipment. I took a look at the model and the website states:
Needed to complete the model you require a full range, 5+ Channel DSMX / DSM2 transmitter. As for the SAFE Function I have no idea because it may require the model's receiver to be connected to a Spektrum Transmitter and not work with an OpenTX transmitter.
The flight control system could work independently of the radio link system but I do not know.
Sorry it is a vague answer.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer Thanks for trying. I really appreciate it. If you know anyone, who might know or have that set up. Please let me know. I really want that Valiant plane but don't want to drop $300 on the NX6. I was really leaning towards the TX16S.
@@rupman27isback If I was you I would email Horizon Hobby support and say to them you have a RadioMaster TX16S but would like to purchase the model you want and ask will if bind to the TX16S and all the flight control functions work. I do not think they will prejudice you because you do not have a Spektrum TX. Let me know how you get on please.
@@the-happy-RC-flyer I already emailed Radiomaster. I guess i could try Horizon Hobby..
@@rupman27isback give it ago.