Been running iNav for a year on a couple quads, following its development as it has grown. Thank you for doing this series on it. There is very little on YT to help the beginner getting started.
Thanks for the comment, that's exactly why we've created the series. When I was looking for help to get going all I could find was bl00dy videos of quads hovering autonomously or the FPV view of a RTH flight. Not helpful at all to get it all working.. I hope this series helps others get it working well. Let me know what you think!
I have been flying a 250 with inav loaded to spf3 with gps since november and I am happy with it. I have been feeling alianeted not knowing many using inav but felt much better once I saw you starting a seriese about it. You made me feel that I had actually been on the right track... Thanks for your effort...
Glad you're in the 'club' too! :D We held on until 1.5 came out to start the series. It's a great version of the code and the GPS modes are lovely to have back!
Painless360 Thanks mate! you are absolutely my go to resource for all things RC and FPV. it seems just as I think of something or a question you read my mind and a video on it comes out. thank you for your continued efforts.
Thank you again for your time on this. I am a novice trying to take it all in and you have a great way of explaining things. GPS and aerial photography is my goal so I will try to absorb all of this.
The PixHawk 2.1 is one of the best choices for those who want the best opensource platform for those types of applications. You can see the other videos in the series by using the playlists.. Best of luck!
Great idea, I will support this series, I will also install iNAV in a multicopter and in a flying wing following your series! Great job, thanks for your support in the hobby!!
You are bang on the money with this again. I have just started a build and wanted to use GPS for a night flying Quad. Will be wanting to follow this to the end, Thank you
You can preview the following videos in the playlist of you want to see more in advance of them becoming public.. Happy flying and best of luck with your build!
Does anyone know the whereabouts of PLAIN ENGLISH instructions for installing iNav Configurator on Linux (Ubuntu variant)? The "instructions" on GitHub are impenetrable and I can find nothing elsewhere.
@@Painless360 hello I could use a little help. How do I let the flight controller know I'm running props out? In betaflight it's flip the motor direction tab.
Thanks! I've been looking forward to this series, especially interested in fixed wing applications but I also intend to use INAV on all my future multirotor builds.
From what I understand the most used and tested are the Omnibus F3 and F4 boards. Only the developers have that detail. I'll be using an Omnibus F4 V2.1AIO as it had an on board current sensor - super handy for planes and wings - for the next build. I'm using boards in my builds that are solid..
Excellent! I have an advanced emax skyline waiting for this very purpose. Will this be a case of any GPS and Mag combo or should I look for a specific type to make things easy (pixhawk connection etc)? I'll likely go for the mu metal route as the frame is going to be rather small.
We use a NEO-M8N here and it's working great. We cover this in more detail in the next video (we will put these into a playlist to make it easier when we're ready..)
Hi. Almost everything was going fine in my project using Naze32 and Cleanflight. Now I've changed to iNav and can't use the Taranis, calibrate escs (start motors), etc, etc. The iNav looks very confuse to me.
I have a simon series 12A esc. I also saw your video on how to flash the esc but I cannot find any pins on the esc anywhere inside the heat covering. now I don't have no idea what to do.
We've stopped using SimonK now and use BLHeli exclusivity. I'd look in the forums for the model of ESC you have in case another pilot has a way to flash them using an adapter and boot-loader.. Best of luck!
Nice! I watched your series on the CC3D Rev with LibrePilot a while back and built my first real quad based on that, since then I have played around with flying the quad with my computer joystick, having FPV feed directly to the PFD etc and gotten kind of attached to LibrePilot. Have you looked at/will you look at the possibility of GPS flight with LibrePilot? I think I read that thy now support external magnetometer. Thanks for all your awsome videos!
+Christoffer Hallin I'm not thinking about doing that at the moment, iNav is taking most of the time. The Librepilot project was moving very slowly so I started to lose a little confidence. Maybe if they speed up releases and development cycles I'll get back into making videos for it. Happy flying
Dear @Painless360, I used APM before and added GPS to an F3 AIO to have the GPS coordinates on the OSD to be recorder if copter lost using BetaFlight. What I experienced is that the GPS coordinates disappear for 2and half minutes and appear again. I checked the minimOSD soruce codes and did not find why was it disappearing many times... could is be a GPS module issue? I have my Ublox (Beitian) GPS module from my APM copter at 38400 baud. I received now a 10DOF F3 FC and I plan to move that GPS unit to that board and install iNav that's why I came here, but not sure f the GPS will be offline for a while or not or is it safe to use if it was not constantly displayed in betaflight too... how could I check can I log it for example with iNav to blackbox?
Great! I put inav on a naze32 rev6 in my first flying wing, but having some issues. For the elevons the elevator and aileron are switched eventhough the channels in the receiver tab are correctly maped. Maybe I can figure out what's going on after watching your series.
FlyT, Had this problem with a SPF3 on my Teksumo. if I remember in the servo tab you have to change the rate to -100% for chanel 3 or 4 not sure which. Try that but just make sure your control surface move in the correct directions through the sticks and in horizon mode.
I am new to all this and would like to find out the steps for flashing SPRACING F3 board using INAV configurator. Note the board is currently configured with Cleanflight!
Good day, I need some assistance with MultiWii flight controller. I inherited a quad, but don’t know how to change any settings on this flight controller. Everything setup with gps, stable,loiter modes. Any advice for Mac software?
Excellent video and even better information. The comments and your answers to them are also very helpful. I have already subscribed to your channel and liked the video. I am working on my first build, still deciding on the flight controller and software. I am planning to use an S500 frame for some aerial video and scientific research (drop tests of a CanSat about 500 grams in weight). As this is my first build and I need a reliable GPS autopilot. Would you recommend to go with INAV and an F4 or with ArduCopter and a Pixhawk? Thanks in advance for your attention and any comments you can provide.
I'm trying to caliberate mi current sensor in inav. i found a sort of sheet were you can put in your mesurments so it gives you your scale and ofset. its for betaflight.im trying tu use this for inav but the ofset in beta flight is set in ma in inav it says mv. i think that is why it dont work ? can anyboddy help me the sheet says scale 248 and ofset 787 ma? how do i work this?
Hi Painless 360 , I have a matek F411WSE in my AR Wing and with your help I was able to get it working with all of the functions. Today I couldn't figure out what happened to my RTH and Loiter instead of it working properly nothing happened. I tried to get back into INAV and as soon as I plug in the USB cable and hit connect it go's straight into the CLI and then the only thing I can do is look at the help line and I don't know what I'm to do.
wish to try iNav but seems boot button stuck down while attempting flash to omnibus F4pro V3 and getting nowhere beyond message 'erasing'. initially B4 stuck.....Now don't even have DFU showing. Just received board yesterday from myairbot . Hope button stuck and 'erasing' doesn't BRICK IT! Still think there is a way....just need to find it!
I'm thinking about how to setup all the ports, I'm on SPF3 deluxe, so I have 3 UARTS + softserial. Currently I use: 1. UART1 free because of USB connection 2. UART2 MSP -> MWOSD 3. UART3 -> IBUS receiver 4. SOFTSERIAL1 -> UBLOX GPS I want to add bluetooth to that mix, how would you proceed? Maybe connect BT to UART1? I wont use BT and USB in the same time, right? Or maybe move GPS to UART1, and connect BT on SOFTSERIAL? A pity SPF3 doesn't have more ports, SOFTSERIAL seem to use a lot of resources... Can it be avoided?
If there is another soft serial connection you could use that to get everything connected. I'd look at using UART1 and unplug the BT module when using USB.. Best of luck!
I am following and using iNav since its beginning and have 6 copters and one plane utilizing it. It is working great now but one should use it only with F3 or F4 FC's. Main deficiency against e.g dronin software in the moment is still, that you cant store waypoints for autonomous flying in non volatile memory of your F4 FC with EZ-GUI. So each time after powering up your copter you first have to upload your (hopefully stored) waypoints on your cell phone or on your tablet computer to the FC, then wait for GPS to receive 7 satellites (not really a problem) and then start flying your autonomous flight. If this deficiency against dronin will be removed then iNav will be more than a great firmware for FC's. Btw. two of my copters running with iNav are racing copters. PID algorithms in iNav when comparing them to betaflight are not so bad and if something happens when flying freestyle you can hit a switch and your racing drone comes back safely....
RTH accuracy is within 0 - 4 ft. I hope this is accurate enough for you... It is not the question whether dronin is better than iNav or not. Both of them have their merits and deficits and the teams are working on deficits. I just mentioned one deficit of iNav above which when removed will personally stop me using dronin any longer. Btw I own a Sparky2 with a 433 MHz Oplink (so no RX in the copter anymore!) and it is a pain in the a... to change the bootloader from dronin to iNav for this FC.
Great!!! And to be fair, here is a bug in dronin: If you want to upload your waypoints to NVM in dronin from the waypoint editor via a 433MHz Oplink module to your copter that doesn't work! For uploading waypoints from the editor you once have to plug in a USB cable in your FC, but then waypoints are permanently stored in the FC. So you can do that at home and then take your copter to the area where you are going to fly.
See the rest of the series for all the tips. F3 is more than capable and you want a FC that had a different compass chip from the one you intend to connect externally. Best of luck!
I really like the fact that this seems to be able to take the place of a pixhawk or APM at a much lower price. I am guessing that this will be able to talk to Mission Planner? I am a fixed wing guy so i am looking forward to the fixed wing episode with inav
PROBLEM Hi painless. I have just came close to completed my first build but one problem keeps beating me back. I have a problem with the ESC'/motors. I can move my throttle up to a certain level say 1250; the problem is motors one and four decrease in speed (I'm not sure if that's the right term) until it reaches 1150 then it doesn't move and two and three keep speeding up. this is only when I move the throttle once and keep it in one position. I don't know what to do. I have watched your troubleshooting videos before and this problem hasn't come up. the result of this is that the drone flips on take off or flips straight after. I'm really gutted about this because its my first build. here is some of my specs: multistar elite 2204-2300kv fvt littlebee 20a esc 3s 2200 mAh 75C battery Racing F3 EVO Flight Controller maktec pdb Flysky fs-i6 with 2.4ghz 6 channel receiver FS-iA6B 210 frame If you could suggest any ideas to help that would make my day. I've already calibrated the ESC's on Blheli. the only strange thing is in cleanflight my max value is 1850 and min 1150. thanks for your help. it would be very kindly appreciated.
It flips when I try to take off. I know you've said already its fine but I can't get mine off the ground because of the problem. I have went through my fist set of props already. Is there anything else I can do? because everything else seems OK apart from this problem. Your the only real help I've got because even my teachers at school haven't got a scooby.
Hi again painless360. Still no luck. I'm running out of props to break trying to fix the problem. I can't get it off the ground. I've still got the problem off two motors spinning practically in sync and climbing in throttle. I've found that the two motors that decrease from any given value back to 1150 are the two motors I've physically reversed to get them to spin in the right direction. I really do need your help because I've been at this since December and I'm starting to lose faith in myself in thinking I can do this. I've calibrated my escs again, props right way, motors right directions, layout correct, wired up correctly. I'm thinking it could be a fault with the escs or fault in the settings on the flight controller. If you need videos of it all working or pictures I could show you for to help solve the problem. I really would like your opinion and help on this. I'm studying for prelims and this should be something to take my mind off things but at times really struggling with it all. cheers Jake
Love your videos painless! I really want to make a micro brushless with full autonomous capabilities. I've done a 210 with mini apm and it is cool. I just got a falcon 120 with the F3 and was thinking I could add a gps and flash iNav and be off to the races. I haven't seen anything quite like it. Do you have any pointers you could give me? Thanks a lot! John
Hi, I'm a complete noob, trying to make my DJI Phantom FC40 autonomous for a University project. It has the Naze M V2 CPU. Do you reckon it will work like that, or would I have to buy an extra GPS module or anything else? Thanks in advance!
We don't use DJI kit here on the channel, it's all about helping builders, design, choose, build and fly their creations or quads from others. You will need a GPS for autonomous flight. The series called 'Introduction to Remote Control' and 'Quadcopter building for beginners' on here are designed for a new pilot/builder.. Best of luck!
Painless360 thanks for your reply! I know it's for builders, didn't know who else to ask however. Just a desperate art student trying to figure things out. thanks anyway :))
could you make a video and compare arduplane with latest inav to see which is the best for same features?it will be interessing..really love all you videos
is that "return to home" feature practical in lets say, i feel like crashing like 500 feet high, in that situation do i just flick the switch and it will do the rest? no matter what orientation the multirotor is in?
My 450 hexcopter uses sp racing f3 deluxe and flashed with INav. I seem to have issues with NAV hold Alt+Post as it displays high oscillation. Otherwise with 2204 2300 motors at 5045 triblade it feels like a racing fpv quadcopter at 250 rates..
The Naza is a lot more money than this, I've not used one here so tricky to comment.. Sounds like some time tuning would be good. Best of luck with it!
is there any change I can find a video on how to trim an airplane with inav? Can find some info here and there but not centralised. My wings do fly but sometimes have some bugs which I can't solve... BTW, I love all your vids and you got me in this FPV hobby and would never been able to fly without them :-) thx
Been waiting on this one having had a few failed goes with different flight controllers. I have a cc3d Revo on the shelf, would this be a suitable FC for this project
Good luck with that.. github.com/cleanflight/cleanflight/blob/master/docs/Gps.md states very clearly 'GPS features in Cleanflight are experimental. Please share your findings with the developers.'..
like Librepilot but Cleanflight is just .... more. Now I'm using INAV and everything but Mission Planner seems ..... lacking. I am a huge FAN of INAV , hope it continues to get better. LOVE the DOCUMENTATION !! Haven't migrated to fixed wing yet, will go OPENTX to follow along with a Taranis Q X7, still crashing EPO's : ). Cheers!
This chipsets are compatible? (love Radiolink, and also it looks cool!) www.aliexpress.com/item/F17881-Newest-Radiolink-M8N-GPS-DIY-FPV-RC-Drone-Multicopter-Flight-Controller-GPS-Module-with-GPS/32669874928.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.12.RQo0sq&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_10000074_10000032_119_10000025_10000029_430_10000028_10060_10000067_10062_10056_10055_10000062_10054_301_10059_10099_10000022_10000013_10103_10102_10000016_10096_10000018_10000019_10000056_10000059_10109_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051_10000053_10000007_10000050_10084_10083_10000047_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10115_10037_10033_10000041_10000044_10078_10079_10077_10000038_429_10073_10000035_10121,searchweb201603_10,afswitch_3,single_sort_1_default&btsid=05fd3c49-2c17-4450-a232-aaf8d65a40e5
This is exciting. I have built a number of mini quads but now wish to build my original intention a bigger quad that can carry a reasonable sized camera for aerial photography. How would this iNav stack up against PixHawk for such purposes. Don't suppose you can be tempted into a bigger build, so many mini/race quad build videos but not much on larger/heavier quads with full stability features - that would be great!!!
The same principles apply to larger models. PixHawk has had years of development in Arducopter and has one of the best mission planning implementations of any open source platform available today and is perfect fro a large camera ship. iNav is catching up quickly though..
The issue I am having with building a larger quad is more on information on parts that are available. With a mini quad you can quite easily find a selection of motors, for example, that are popualr and well regarded to make a purchase decision from. For larger motors there is a lot less info readily available. Same is true for frames, ESC etc etc.
We never fly the larger models now. Back when we built them it was a lot more 'trial and error' using plane motors with enough torque and 10" props! Last I played with was 2212/935KV motors with 10x5" props - DJI used something similar in their older models.
I am reading this with great interest - having been flying iNAV on 250 quads for a while, I got the impression the firmware was based on larger 450 size models .... The PIDs appear better suited to the 450's so take a bit of tweaking ... I have been considering building a 450 'flame wheel' style quad to enable better FC/Mag distance and possibly a more stable platform .. I am very new to hobby so not really aware of the issues with the larger models .. I assume you would not recommend me 'experimenting' with a 450 and 935KV motors
I am planning on something around the 650 size - very few frames (that I can find) and not even sure if I should do quad or hex! I think an up to date big quad build video would be great. Just nothing out there (again, that I can find)
Well what do you know.. I was planning to put a F3 board into a plane + GPS.. Very much looking forward to the rest of this series sir! :D Very interesting. Cheers & have a good weekend
Hey! Glad you like the idea. A lot of the initial videos for the multirotors portion are already on the playlist and you can see them before they go public.. ;)
I'm lost cant find the thread I wanted But the fpv rc Christmas has evolved into a campfire cookout fpv training session most of extended family are psyched and willing How. Cool Your help is greatly appreciated
@@Painless360 it was the buddy box one I think I had family participation in fpv flying on xmas and doing more Saturday I was slightly impaired by xmas spirit couldn't remember which video I had placed original comment Thanking you
Thanks for another highly informative video. I have only recently discovered iNav and have been using Librepilot with a Revo board on a quadcopter and have been very pleased with the performance especially with velocity roam and RTH. I am thinking about branching into fixed wing fpv with the Raven flying wing form FlyingWings (I have the running gear from their "V" trainer). I'd like to add a flight controller (possibly with OSD) am I better off sticking with Librepilot and another Revo (I also have a CCD3 in my spares box that I may try first) or iNav with a FC which has OSD built in? Is there a resource that compares all FC's, firmware's and ground control software that your aware of? Thanks again for producing a fantastic channel.
Naze32 is a dead board now - see the latest kit picks video from August or the latest iNav series on the channel for current options that are supported.
Me to! Have been using inav on a couple wings and a skywalker mini. But havent used the gps part yet! Looking forward to the rest of the series! :) Again! Thank you!
+RC-SkunkWorX iNav is free software, it runs on widely available flight controllers uses cheap GPS units. If you watch the series, all should become a lot clearer. Best of luck
omnibus f4 will not flash the firmware in inav it goes to erase and thats it justs stops right there let it run for about 15 minutes i got a omnibus f4 flip 32 and a omnibus f4 v2 neither will flash the firmware but will load in betaflight and baseflight but not inav do you have any ideas i am running windows 10 and tried to run in in 8 no luck downloaded all the drivers and installed can somebody anybody help thanks
+Larry Flowers you could try downloading the firmware from the wiki and then using the betaflight flasher to get it onto the board if that's working. Hope that helps
thanks for your answer i can flash with betaflight and i can enter and everthing works but gps so i was going to use inav and try the gps in there program but inav will not flash firmware acts like its going to but want just says erasing and will not go any further also thanks for all your videos they are very helpful thank you
Probably not. I have a big hex but don't ever fly it. If I were to make another large quad it would be with the PixHawk 2.1 now.. Thanks for the question..
tried another version of INAV still the same everything works perfect but no airmode ? just finishing off a hellbender build was going to install gps so flashed inav, Is there a reason why i cannot flash beta back to the board ? will not let me must be doing something wrong ?
We talk about what you need to look for in the next video. Ideally you want a flight controller with a barometer on board. I fit has an on-board magnetometer then make sure it's not a HMC5883L as it is easier to connect an external mag then.. Best of luck!
Buenas tardes, estupendo, interesantisimo video, y en este caso en concreto, estoy muy interesado en implantar inav en mis modelos de ala fija, estaba deseando que saliera algo potente para la plataforma f3, espero que como siempre, sus tutoriales, me ayuden en la elección de los componentes y su configuración, siempre me han resultado de gran ayuda. Muchas gracias y un saludo. Como dice, un feliz vuelo.
Los videos iniciales de configuración multirotor están en la lista de reproducción. Saldrá en las próximas semanas. Estamos a punto de comenzar la instalación en un ala pero hay algunos errores comunes que los pilotos cuando se configura un modelo de ala fija. Trataremos en el siguiente video... ¡Estad atentos!
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:-) impaciente por los videos de configuración en avión, ala fija.
He didnt mention anything about sensors or channels for extra functions like lights on/off etc. So I take it, iNav can't do that basic 2017-stuff and we still need the Arduino :(
+iMeMySelf see later in the series.. if you want PWM control, of aux systems then is use something like the X8R (see the video on that in the Vector series)..
Alright, all your playlists are actually gems, crashcourses with a steep learning curve that will probably make my brain smoke from overheating :) One thing on reflection I might add: There are RC clubs for fixed wings in every country, in every area and they can help each other out. But they dont like quads, we are excluded from their clubs. Quad-hobbyists have nowhere to go for help but on forums and youtube, so maybe only pay attention to quads in the future?
You need to short the boot pads (on the back I think) and then plug in your FTDI into the 'Main' port at the same time (or something like that). Find out how to flash Cleanflight onto CC3D and follow the steps in those videos :)
I've added a Facebook page, INAV for Fixed Wing pilots. About 1/3rd of the new members haven't built their first INAV. This is the video series I recommend. This is very well done! facebook.com/groups/947623022106163/
OMG Man, how the heck do You know all this Stuff? Do You ever sleep? Seems like no matter what ever I'm researching or looking for answers, no matter what Build I'm working on, You've already covered it in some form or another.. Appreciate this info like You can't even imagine how much..Thanks for sharing Your knowledge! ;)
Well thank You Painless360, there is one thing, I'm sure You've covered it already, I just haven't ran across it yet. I'm doing a Project Autonomous QuadCopter using the APM 2.6 Controller and Flight Planner. I've watched Your Set-up Video on the APM 2.5/2.6 and while You're setting up the 2.5 You mention briefly about the 2.6 Board having the Compass externally mounted, which is what I have, it's included on the GPS Board. You were setting up the APM 2.5 that has the Compass on the Main Board, so when I set up the APM 2.6 do I need to have the Compass plugged into the Main Board? Maybe You could direct Me to the correct Video that shows or explains the difference in Procedure from the 2.5 versus the 2.6 and how I should proceed. Maybe I'm just missing or overlooked it somehow? Appreciate Your input, been on hold for awhile now, been meaning too ask earlier, but lots of Projects in the works ahead of this one. Thanks in advance for any help You can give! :)
Painless360, thank you for your good work. Since I saw you using Seriously Pro hardware, I have a question. Did you ever get hands on this little stack Dominic is showing in his Video ua-cam.com/video/WHRSnqnBQNsS/v-deo.htmlP F3 EVO and SP OSD/PDB are both running Cleanflight versions. Do you know (or can guess) if the OSD works also with INAV on the FC and Cleanflight on the OSD/PDB since there is no INAV version for the OSD/PDB?TIA,Marv.
Very interested in this new feature. It will help pilots get all the models iNav supports into the air faster with less hassle. Excited to see iNav 1.6 :)
Hello Mister. can you tell me pls under (nearly) newest INAV 1.5 where are the PID controllers? luxfloat? rewrite? etc? drop down does not exists, I also tried to read through in CLI DUMP, no luck.
Been running iNav for a year on a couple quads, following its development as it has grown. Thank you for doing this series on it. There is very little on YT to help the beginner getting started.
Thanks for the comment, that's exactly why we've created the series. When I was looking for help to get going all I could find was bl00dy videos of quads hovering autonomously or the FPV view of a RTH flight. Not helpful at all to get it all working.. I hope this series helps others get it working well. Let me know what you think!
Very excited about this series. You and Joshua Bardwell are my go to sources for learning about new tech and software.
I have been flying a 250 with inav loaded to spf3 with gps since november and I am happy with it. I have been feeling alianeted not knowing many using inav but felt much better once I saw you starting a seriese about it.
You made me feel that I had actually been on the right track... Thanks for your effort...
Glad you're in the 'club' too! :D We held on until 1.5 came out to start the series. It's a great version of the code and the GPS modes are lovely to have back!
So happy your covering this. I'm very interested in putting this in a fixed wing. Thanks mate! Your amazing.
Charles McGuire I second the commotion.
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
Painless360 Thanks mate! you are absolutely my go to resource for all things RC and FPV. it seems just as I think of something or a question you read my mind and a video on it comes out. thank you for your continued efforts.
Thank you again for your time on this. I am a novice trying to take it all in and you have a great way of explaining things. GPS and aerial photography is my goal so I will try to absorb all of this.
The PixHawk 2.1 is one of the best choices for those who want the best opensource platform for those types of applications. You can see the other videos in the series by using the playlists.. Best of luck!
Looking forward to this series .. I have been working with iNav for a while now .. and always keen to learn more ...
We are working on a new calibration tab in the GUI at the moment, so calibration will be much more easier :) Also adding some other very cool things…
As always, great video! Cannot wait for future videos on this topic.
You can preview the next videos if you use the playlist ;)
Thank you for these series. They are a great help!
This series will be existing great job! I been waiting for you to take inav-configurator on. So, looking forward to the series great work! Thank you!
Great idea, I will support this series, I will also install iNAV in a multicopter and in a flying wing following your series! Great job, thanks for your support in the hobby!!
Thanks for the comment, stay tuned - this promises to be an interesting series....
I thank you Sir for the history lesson.. helped a lot!
You are bang on the money with this again. I have just started a build and wanted to use GPS for a night flying Quad. Will be wanting to follow this to the end, Thank you
You can preview the following videos in the playlist of you want to see more in advance of them becoming public.. Happy flying and best of luck with your build!
Does anyone know the whereabouts of PLAIN ENGLISH instructions for installing iNav Configurator on Linux (Ubuntu variant)? The "instructions" on GitHub are impenetrable and I can find nothing elsewhere.
Oh my, iNAV on fixed wing models?! Sounds almost as good as gooseberry pie! This outta be great. Thanks!
It is! Stay tuned :D
@@Painless360 hello I could use a little help. How do I let the flight controller know I'm running props out? In betaflight it's flip the motor direction tab.
Thank you, really excited to see this series.
very interested in this series thanks for doing it!
Thanks! I've been looking forward to this series, especially interested in fixed wing applications but I also intend to use INAV on all my future multirotor builds.
You can preview the multirotors setup videos now if you use the playlist.. ;) Happy flying!
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
Oh man! Thanks so much for doing an Inav series. I'm about to build a Flying Wing with a SP Racing F3 and Inav, and you'll help me A LOT with that.
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
Woooow! Thanks for the sneak peak! Awesome video. Very very interested in the next videos.
Hope there's a video about telemetry links, and mission planning using INAV too.
this should be an interesting series. I'm thinking of building an inav setup some time soon :)
A list of flight controllers known to work well with iNav would be really useful.
From what I understand the most used and tested are the Omnibus F3 and F4 boards. Only the developers have that detail. I'll be using an Omnibus F4 V2.1AIO as it had an on board current sensor - super handy for planes and wings - for the next build. I'm using boards in my builds that are solid..
Excellent! I have an advanced emax skyline waiting for this very purpose. Will this be a case of any GPS and Mag combo or should I look for a specific type to make things easy (pixhawk connection etc)? I'll likely go for the mu metal route as the frame is going to be rather small.
We use a NEO-M8N here and it's working great. We cover this in more detail in the next video (we will put these into a playlist to make it easier when we're ready..)
Fab, I'll get one on order in preparation! Thanks Lee
Hi. Almost everything was going fine in my project using Naze32 and Cleanflight. Now I've changed to iNav and can't use the Taranis, calibrate escs (start motors), etc, etc. The iNav looks very confuse to me.
very cool tutorial, looking forward to the whole series !!
You can preview the next videos if you use the playlist ;)
I have a simon series 12A esc. I also saw your video on how to flash the esc but I cannot find any pins on the esc anywhere inside the heat covering. now I don't have no idea what to do.
We've stopped using SimonK now and use BLHeli exclusivity. I'd look in the forums for the model of ESC you have in case another pilot has a way to flash them using an adapter and boot-loader.. Best of luck!
Painless360 thanks sir.
if u got anything about what the Simon series esc's are now...plz tell me
I wasn't interested at first, but the history is good to know 👍🍻 thanks for making this series 🏆
Nice!
I watched your series on the CC3D Rev with LibrePilot a while back and built my first real quad based on that, since then I have played around with flying the quad with my computer joystick, having FPV feed directly to the PFD etc and gotten kind of attached to LibrePilot. Have you looked at/will you look at the possibility of GPS flight with LibrePilot? I think I read that thy now support external magnetometer.
Thanks for all your awsome videos!
+Christoffer Hallin I'm not thinking about doing that at the moment, iNav is taking most of the time. The Librepilot project was moving very slowly so I started to lose a little confidence. Maybe if they speed up releases and development cycles I'll get back into making videos for it. Happy flying
Dear @Painless360, I used APM before and added GPS to an F3 AIO to have the GPS coordinates on the OSD to be recorder if copter lost using BetaFlight. What I experienced is that the GPS coordinates disappear for 2and half minutes and appear again. I checked the minimOSD soruce codes and did not find why was it disappearing many times... could is be a GPS module issue? I have my Ublox (Beitian) GPS module from my APM copter at 38400 baud. I received now a 10DOF F3 FC and I plan to move that GPS unit to that board and install iNav that's why I came here, but not sure f the GPS will be offline for a while or not or is it safe to use if it was not constantly displayed in betaflight too... how could I check can I log it for example with iNav to blackbox?
+FotoAmg AmgFoto try it and see. Personally for the $20 I'd order a nice new gps.. Best of luck!
YUP, return to home is VERY HANDY. Was gonna get a Hubsan H301S SPY HAWK With GPS Module NOT now, really excited to get into this. CHEERS !
Great! I put inav on a naze32 rev6 in my first flying wing, but having some issues. For the elevons the elevator and aileron are switched eventhough the channels in the receiver tab are correctly maped. Maybe I can figure out what's going on after watching your series.
The first videos are for Multirotor then we're going to get into fixed wing.. Stay tuned! :D
FlyT, Had this problem with a SPF3 on my Teksumo. if I remember in the servo tab you have to change the rate to -100% for chanel 3 or 4 not sure which. Try that but just make sure your control surface move in the correct directions through the sticks and in horizon mode.
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
Please explain the RTH failsafe feature in INAV. in particular how to set it up to use with the FLYSKY radios. I've tried, and I've had no luck.
+Paul Draine yep, covered in video 3 of the series... :)
INAV is truly amazing!
We've been impressed. More of us need to get involved with this project as the GPS modes are lovely! :D
I am new to all this and would like to find out the steps for flashing SPRACING F3 board using INAV configurator. Note the board is currently configured with Cleanflight!
Then I suggest you watch this playlist, best of luck!
Good day, I need some assistance with MultiWii flight controller. I inherited a quad, but don’t know how to change any settings on this flight controller. Everything setup with gps, stable,loiter modes. Any advice for Mac software?
All versions (including MAC) is here - www.arduino.cc/en/software
@@Painless360 Thank you for all your help online.. will revert once setup.
Excellent video and even better information. The comments and your answers to them are also very helpful. I have already subscribed to your channel and liked the video. I am working on my first build, still deciding on the flight controller and software. I am planning to use an S500 frame for some aerial video and scientific research (drop tests of a CanSat about 500 grams in weight). As this is my first build and I need a reliable GPS autopilot. Would you recommend to go with INAV and an F4 or with ArduCopter and a Pixhawk? Thanks in advance for your attention and any comments you can provide.
This may help (preview) - ua-cam.com/video/SkURV9H84QE/v-deo.html
Planning to build a Wing Wing Z-84 with all that stuff, can I get it working without magnetometer? or magnetometer is really a need?
+dagobb all covered in the fixed wing videos later in the series.. happy flying!
I'm trying to caliberate mi current sensor in inav.
i found a sort of sheet were you can put in your mesurments so it gives you your scale and ofset. its for betaflight.im trying tu use this for inav but the ofset in beta flight is set in ma in inav it says mv. i think that is why it dont work ? can anyboddy help me the sheet says scale 248 and ofset 787 ma? how do i work this?
ps: i did five amp mesurments on amp meter and i nav. 1.14-0.33 1.56-0,74 1.93-1.11 2.68-1.86 and 5.14-4.26
in setings scale 250 ofset 0
thank you for doing this! see you on patron soon!
Thank you! :)
Hi Painless 360 , I have a matek F411WSE in my AR Wing and with your help I was able to get it working with all of the functions. Today I couldn't figure out what happened to my RTH and Loiter instead of it working properly nothing happened. I tried to get back into INAV and as soon as I plug in the USB cable and hit connect it go's straight into the CLI and then the only thing I can do is look at the help line and I don't know what I'm to do.
Great video, but I'm stuck in bootlooder and I can't get it out to look at the settings
Sounds like you're using a later version of configurator than what is on the model. See my current 'iNav for beginners 2020' series for the latest..
Thank you.
wish to try iNav but seems boot button stuck down while attempting flash to omnibus F4pro V3 and getting nowhere beyond message 'erasing'. initially B4 stuck.....Now don't even have DFU showing. Just received board yesterday from myairbot . Hope button stuck and 'erasing' doesn't BRICK IT! Still think there is a way....just need to find it!
Best of luck with it!
I'm thinking about how to setup all the ports, I'm on SPF3 deluxe, so I have 3 UARTS + softserial. Currently I use:
1. UART1 free because of USB connection
2. UART2 MSP -> MWOSD
3. UART3 -> IBUS receiver
4. SOFTSERIAL1 -> UBLOX GPS
I want to add bluetooth to that mix, how would you proceed? Maybe connect BT to UART1? I wont use BT and USB in the same time, right? Or maybe move GPS to UART1, and connect BT on SOFTSERIAL? A pity SPF3 doesn't have more ports, SOFTSERIAL seem to use a lot of resources... Can it be avoided?
If there is another soft serial connection you could use that to get everything connected. I'd look at using UART1 and unplug the BT module when using USB.. Best of luck!
I find it crazy there still isnt a simple module you can connect to a camera and the flight controller for taking pictures and stop starting video
I am following and using iNav since its beginning and have 6 copters and one plane utilizing it. It is working great now but one should use it only with F3 or F4 FC's. Main deficiency against e.g dronin software in the moment is still, that you cant store waypoints for autonomous flying in non volatile memory of your F4 FC with EZ-GUI. So each time after powering up your copter you first have to upload your (hopefully stored) waypoints on your cell phone or on your tablet computer to the FC, then wait for GPS to receive 7 satellites (not really a problem) and then start flying your autonomous flight. If this deficiency against dronin will be removed then iNav will be more than a great firmware for FC's. Btw. two of my copters running with iNav are racing copters. PID algorithms in iNav when comparing them to betaflight are not so bad and if something happens when flying freestyle you can hit a switch and your racing drone comes back safely....
so what is better INAV or Dronin? does this give proper and correct Return to Home? I'm using the CC3d revolution Mini.
RTH accuracy is within 0 - 4 ft. I hope this is accurate enough for you... It is not the question whether dronin is better than iNav or not. Both of them have their merits and deficits and the teams are working on deficits. I just mentioned one deficit of iNav above which when removed will personally stop me using dronin any longer. Btw I own a Sparky2 with a 433 MHz Oplink (so no RX in the copter anymore!) and it is a pain in the a... to change the bootloader from dronin to iNav for this FC.
Storing waypoints in NVM memory is coming. Slower than you might want, but we'll get there!
Great!!! And to be fair, here is a bug in dronin: If you want to upload your waypoints to NVM in dronin from the waypoint editor via a 433MHz Oplink module to your copter that doesn't work! For uploading waypoints from the editor you once have to plug in a USB cable in your FC, but then waypoints are permanently stored in the FC. So you can do that at home and then take your copter to the area where you are going to fly.
If one is going to use inav is it better to buf F4 Acro board and external baro and magnetonometr? Or should One look for F3 10dof board?
See the rest of the series for all the tips. F3 is more than capable and you want a FC that had a different compass chip from the one you intend to connect externally. Best of luck!
I really like the fact that this seems to be able to take the place of a pixhawk or APM at a much lower price. I am guessing that this will be able to talk to Mission Planner? I am a fixed wing guy so i am looking forward to the fixed wing episode with inav
+Mike R github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/iNavFlight-Missions has the latest. Happy flying!
Funny you should post that, I was just looking at the site! Thanks for all you do for the RC community. I always look forward to your videos!
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
PROBLEM
Hi painless. I have just came close to completed my first build but one problem keeps beating me back. I have a problem with the ESC'/motors. I can move my throttle up to a certain level say 1250; the problem is motors one and four decrease in speed (I'm not sure if that's the right term) until it reaches 1150 then it doesn't move and two and three keep speeding up. this is only when I move the throttle once and keep it in one position. I don't know what to do. I have watched your troubleshooting videos before and this problem hasn't come up. the result of this is that the drone flips on take off or flips straight after. I'm really gutted about this because its my first build.
here is some of my specs:
multistar elite 2204-2300kv
fvt littlebee 20a esc
3s 2200 mAh 75C battery
Racing F3 EVO Flight Controller
maktec pdb
Flysky fs-i6 with 2.4ghz 6 channel receiver FS-iA6B
210 frame
If you could suggest any ideas to help that would make my day. I've already calibrated the ESC's on Blheli. the only strange thing is in cleanflight my max value is 1850 and min 1150. thanks for your help. it would be very kindly appreciated.
ua-cam.com/video/DDnaAQLjcQQ/v-deo.html ? Hope it helps..
It flips when I try to take off. I know you've said already its fine but I can't get mine off the ground because of the problem. I have went through my fist set of props already. Is there anything else I can do? because everything else seems OK apart from this problem. Your the only real help I've got because even my teachers at school haven't got a scooby.
Hi again painless360. Still no luck. I'm running out of props to break trying to fix the problem. I can't get it off the ground. I've still got the problem off two motors spinning practically in sync and climbing in throttle. I've found that the two motors that decrease from any given value back to 1150 are the two motors I've physically reversed to get them to spin in the right direction. I really do need your help because I've been at this since December and I'm starting to lose faith in myself in thinking I can do this. I've calibrated my escs again, props right way, motors right directions, layout correct, wired up correctly. I'm thinking it could be a fault with the escs or fault in the settings on the flight controller. If you need videos of it all working or pictures I could show you for to help solve the problem.
I really would like your opinion and help on this. I'm studying for prelims and this should be something to take my mind off things but at times really struggling with it all.
cheers Jake
Love your videos painless! I really want to make a micro brushless with full autonomous capabilities. I've done a 210 with mini apm and it is cool. I just got a falcon 120 with the F3 and was thinking I could add a gps and flash iNav and be off to the races. I haven't seen anything quite like it. Do you have any pointers you could give me? Thanks a lot!
John
Non above the normal things to consider when building. Make sure you keep the mag/compass as far as you can from the power system.. Best of luck!
Hi, I'm a complete noob, trying to make my DJI Phantom FC40 autonomous for a University project. It has the Naze M V2 CPU. Do you reckon it will work like that, or would I have to buy an extra GPS module or anything else? Thanks in advance!
We don't use DJI kit here on the channel, it's all about helping builders, design, choose, build and fly their creations or quads from others. You will need a GPS for autonomous flight. The series called 'Introduction to Remote Control' and 'Quadcopter building for beginners' on here are designed for a new pilot/builder.. Best of luck!
Painless360 thanks for your reply! I know it's for builders, didn't know who else to ask however. Just a desperate art student trying to figure things out. thanks anyway :))
+Sabrina Haas sorry we can't be more help. Best of luck with the project!
What is that at 18:43? Sixty boo?
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/tickety-boo ;)
Thank you! Thanks also for the great series on iNav. :)
could you make a video and compare arduplane with latest inav to see which is the best for same features?it will be interessing..really love all you videos
Please see my flight controller and software comparison from August this year where I do just that.. hope it helps..
@@Painless360 thanks a lot
please... can you make a video tutorial the inav tricopter setup.
thanks!!
is that "return to home" feature practical in lets say, i feel like crashing like 500 feet high, in that situation do i just flick the switch and it will do the rest? no matter what orientation the multirotor is in?
It should do but I've not tested it inverted ;)
My 450 hexcopter uses sp racing f3 deluxe and flashed with INav. I seem to have issues with NAV hold Alt+Post as it displays high oscillation. Otherwise with 2204 2300 motors at 5045 triblade it feels like a racing fpv quadcopter at 250 rates..
+Runforestrun FPV see the later videos for the extra settings we used.. best of luck!
Paused the video just to say thanks!
+nandakoryaaa thank you for taking the time to post that! Happy flying
someone said that iNav have some trouble with RTH function for fixed wing... Is that true?
Nope, you do need to change some of the defaults though as the nav settings are for Multirotors by default..
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
Would you say this is better than a naza lite? Looking to upgrade because I get awful oscillations in the wind
The Naza is a lot more money than this, I've not used one here so tricky to comment.. Sounds like some time tuning would be good. Best of luck with it!
Is it possible to flash INAV onto the multiwii board?
+Thomas Stoopendaal INav is 32bit, MultiWii is 8bit.. if you have a MultiWii then you need to follow the MultiWii series on the channel. Happy flying!
is there any change I can find a video on how to trim an airplane with inav? Can find some info here and there but not centralised. My wings do fly but sometimes have some bugs which I can't solve...
BTW, I love all your vids and you got me in this FPV hobby and would never been able to fly without them :-) thx
The trimming process is covered in the later video where I add iNav to a wing. Hope that helps..
Been waiting on this one having had a few failed goes with different flight controllers. I have a cc3d Revo on the shelf, would this be a suitable FC for this project
+Jim Hyndman were not using those here as I like lots of connections for GPS, i2c etc. It should work though.. best of luck!
Cleanflight has a GPS hold, return-to-home and mission planner!
Good luck with that.. github.com/cleanflight/cleanflight/blob/master/docs/Gps.md states very clearly 'GPS features in Cleanflight are experimental. Please share your findings with the developers.'..
we're can you buy this I can't find it for sale anywhere
+evan taitt The software is free! :)
like Librepilot but Cleanflight is just .... more. Now I'm using INAV and everything but Mission Planner seems ..... lacking. I am a huge FAN of INAV , hope it continues to get better. LOVE the DOCUMENTATION !! Haven't migrated to fixed wing yet, will go OPENTX to follow along with a Taranis Q X7, still crashing EPO's : ). Cheers!
Hi again! any recommended (or affiliated) link to a balanced good/cheap GPS module? thanks in advance!
+Andrés Ábrego we've ordered ours from eBay and Banggood..
This chipsets are compatible? (love Radiolink, and also it looks cool!)
www.aliexpress.com/item/F17881-Newest-Radiolink-M8N-GPS-DIY-FPV-RC-Drone-Multicopter-Flight-Controller-GPS-Module-with-GPS/32669874928.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.12.RQo0sq&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_10000074_10000032_119_10000025_10000029_430_10000028_10060_10000067_10062_10056_10055_10000062_10054_301_10059_10099_10000022_10000013_10103_10102_10000016_10096_10000018_10000019_10000056_10000059_10109_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051_10000053_10000007_10000050_10084_10083_10000047_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10115_10037_10033_10000041_10000044_10078_10079_10077_10000038_429_10073_10000035_10121,searchweb201603_10,afswitch_3,single_sort_1_default&btsid=05fd3c49-2c17-4450-a232-aaf8d65a40e5
This is exciting. I have built a number of mini quads but now wish to build my original intention a bigger quad that can carry a reasonable sized camera for aerial photography. How would this iNav stack up against PixHawk for such purposes. Don't suppose you can be tempted into a bigger build, so many mini/race quad build videos but not much on larger/heavier quads with full stability features - that would be great!!!
The same principles apply to larger models. PixHawk has had years of development in Arducopter and has one of the best mission planning implementations of any open source platform available today and is perfect fro a large camera ship. iNav is catching up quickly though..
The issue I am having with building a larger quad is more on information on parts that are available. With a mini quad you can quite easily find a selection of motors, for example, that are popualr and well regarded to make a purchase decision from. For larger motors there is a lot less info readily available. Same is true for frames, ESC etc etc.
We never fly the larger models now. Back when we built them it was a lot more 'trial and error' using plane motors with enough torque and 10" props! Last I played with was 2212/935KV motors with 10x5" props - DJI used something similar in their older models.
I am reading this with great interest - having been flying iNAV on 250 quads for a while, I got the impression the firmware was based on larger 450 size models .... The PIDs appear better suited to the 450's so take a bit of tweaking ... I have been considering building a 450 'flame wheel' style quad to enable better FC/Mag distance and possibly a more stable platform .. I am very new to hobby so not really aware of the issues with the larger models .. I assume you would not recommend me 'experimenting' with a 450 and 935KV motors
I am planning on something around the 650 size - very few frames (that I can find) and not even sure if I should do quad or hex! I think an up to date big quad build video would be great. Just nothing out there (again, that I can find)
will iNav start taking code from beta flight now? or is iNav on its own now... Pros Cons?
+Travis Weide the iNav team has been working with BorisB and the team for a while so time will tell..
Can u add an external berometer?
Yes you can! :)
Well what do you know.. I was planning to put a F3 board into a plane + GPS.. Very much looking forward to the rest of this series sir! :D Very interesting.
Cheers & have a good weekend
Hey! Glad you like the idea. A lot of the initial videos for the multirotors portion are already on the playlist and you can see them before they go public.. ;)
ua-cam.com/video/6iga9z-HFNM/v-deo.html will let you preview the first of the fixed wing videos.. ;)
I'm lost cant find the thread I wanted
But the fpv rc Christmas has evolved into a campfire cookout fpv training session most of extended family are psyched and willing
How. Cool
Your help is greatly appreciated
I don't understand. What thread are you talking about?
@@Painless360 it was the buddy box one I think
I had family participation in fpv flying on xmas and doing more Saturday
I was slightly impaired by xmas spirit couldn't remember which video I had placed original comment
Thanking you
Nice one! Had a play with iNav, worked great bar the failsafe
Looking forward to your tips and tricks ;) ha
The failsafe is completely different in iNav from Cf and Bf. You can preview the later videos where we cover that by using the playlist..
been wanting to build a rig with this setup for a long time!!!! Hopeing iNav morphs into a less expensive version of the Pixhawk/APM!!
We've been flying it on multirotors and had a positive experience..
Thanks for another highly informative video. I have only recently discovered iNav and have been using Librepilot with a Revo board on a quadcopter and have been very pleased with the performance especially with velocity roam and RTH. I am thinking about branching into fixed wing fpv with the Raven flying wing form FlyingWings (I have the running gear from their "V" trainer). I'd like to add a flight controller (possibly with OSD) am I better off sticking with Librepilot and another Revo (I also have a CCD3 in my spares box that I may try first) or iNav with a FC which has OSD built in? Is there a resource that compares all FC's, firmware's and ground control software that your aware of? Thanks again for producing a fantastic channel.
I have a video from the summer - ua-cam.com/video/sexWq9JHHAo/v-deo.html
Thanks, not sure how I missed this!
New iNav wing series will be starting in a few weeks - you can preview the first video here:
ua-cam.com/video/qDbKvIfmrsU/v-deo.html
Fantastic! - Thank you
Can i use a gps module from the remizbi as well for the f3/f4 fc?
Sorry, I've not tried..
Do you have a list of hardware you used somewhere? for shopping list.
Not as such. I used an Omnibus F3 AIO V1.1 baord and a UBLOX M8N compass, both from Banggood for mine..
Thank you for fast response and the great content.
Wish you might had said more about how naz32 ties in or in relation
Naze32 is a dead board now - see the latest kit picks video from August or the latest iNav series on the channel for current options that are supported.
FINALY!! :) Thank youuu!!! :)
You're very welcome. We gave up on Cleanflight rolling the fixed GPS back into the code.. ;D
Me to! Have been using inav on a couple wings and a skywalker mini. But havent used the gps part yet! Looking forward to the rest of the series! :) Again! Thank you!
Where can one purchase this INAV product? plz & thanks
+RC-SkunkWorX iNav is free software, it runs on widely available flight controllers uses cheap GPS units. If you watch the series, all should become a lot clearer. Best of luck
Would you recommend iNav over Cleanflight or something else if I'm just trying to add basic stabilization to a fixed wing?
iNav every time, a lot of the other firmwares have fixed wing support as an afterthought. See the later videos in this series... ;)
Awesome, thanks for all the great videos.
omnibus f4 will not flash the firmware in inav it goes to erase and thats it justs stops right there let it run for about 15 minutes i got a omnibus f4 flip 32 and a omnibus f4 v2 neither will flash the firmware but will load in betaflight and baseflight but not inav do you have any ideas i am running windows 10 and tried to run in in 8 no luck downloaded all the drivers and installed can somebody anybody help thanks
+Larry Flowers you could try downloading the firmware from the wiki and then using the betaflight flasher to get it onto the board if that's working. Hope that helps
thanks for your answer i can flash with betaflight and i can enter and everthing works but gps so i was going to use inav and try the gps in there program but inav will not flash firmware acts like its going to but want just says erasing and will not go any further also thanks for all your videos they are very helpful thank you
Hi, will you ever do a big hex build with inav on your channel?
Probably not. I have a big hex but don't ever fly it. If I were to make another large quad it would be with the PixHawk 2.1 now.. Thanks for the question..
Is it also capable of autolanding an fixed wing?
+Thomas Stoopendaal no auto landing as such.. yet ;)
How close is this to the way NazaM V2 works?
No idea, we don't use Naza here.. Sorry.
where do you recommend getting a f3 flight controller from? i saw BG has a deluxe and an acro version, do you recommend the deluxe version?
+Marcio Cardenas we are using the Omnibus F3 AIO v1.1 in the wing as part of this series. I've ordered two more..
Painless360 thanks for the quick response, I am actually watching the 3rd video and I just saw it. do you recommend the omnibus board for multirotors?
+Marcio Cardenas we've not used it for that yet but others have..
can i set up air mode in inav ? been trying but no go ?
Yep - all covered here - github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/Modes
Thanks, been building quads for two years & tried all that, must have a duff omnibus f4.
Possibly, or you could try another version of iNav in case it's a version specific issue?
tried another version of INAV still the same everything works perfect but no airmode ? just finishing off a
hellbender build was going to install gps so flashed inav,
Is there a reason why i cannot flash beta back to the board ? will not let me must be doing something
wrong ?
As always great lesson teach.
Excellent series. I am waiting!!
I want to say that you are a great teacher. :) Thank you for your video.!!!
Thanks for the comment, you can preview the other videos we've done so far by using the playlist.. Happy flying!
Is this compatible with Pixhawks?
Nope. See my flight controller comparison video from summer....
does inav can operate f3 delux flight controller
We talk about what you need to look for in the next video. Ideally you want a flight controller with a barometer on board. I fit has an on-board magnetometer then make sure it's not a HMC5883L as it is easier to connect an external mag then.. Best of luck!
does iNav have Air Mode ?
+akbarfoto digitalstudio sure does. :)
Buenas tardes, estupendo, interesantisimo video, y en este caso en concreto, estoy muy interesado en implantar inav en mis modelos de ala fija, estaba deseando que saliera algo potente para la plataforma f3, espero que como siempre, sus tutoriales, me ayuden en la elección de los componentes y su configuración, siempre me han resultado de gran ayuda.
Muchas gracias y un saludo.
Como dice, un feliz vuelo.
Los videos iniciales de configuración multirotor están en la lista de reproducción. Saldrá en las próximas semanas. Estamos a punto de comenzar la instalación en un ala pero hay algunos errores comunes que los pilotos cuando se configura un modelo de ala fija. Trataremos en el siguiente video... ¡Estad atentos!
:-) impaciente por los videos de configuración en avión, ala fija.
He didnt mention anything about sensors or channels for extra functions like lights on/off etc. So I take it, iNav can't do that basic 2017-stuff and we still need the Arduino :(
+iMeMySelf see later in the series.. if you want PWM control, of aux systems then is use something like the X8R (see the video on that in the Vector series)..
Painless360 UA-camrs reading the comments, it's rare these days . thank you, I will :)
Alright, all your playlists are actually gems, crashcourses with a steep learning curve that will probably make my brain smoke from overheating :)
One thing on reflection I might add: There are RC clubs for fixed wings in every country, in every area and they can help each other out.
But they dont like quads, we are excluded from their clubs. Quad-hobbyists have nowhere to go for help but on forums and youtube, so maybe only pay attention to quads in the future?
Been hearing a lot about iNav.I`m intersted in this for small wings,will it run on Atom?
no, it is not the size of and will not run on an atom as quantum physics breaks down at that level.
We've installed it on a 200 class quad and it works beautifully. It should work on any size craft with the right settings..
I use it on my CC3D Atom for my AXN, works better than my flying 😂
how did you get it to load ? I can not get it to flash to a CC3D
You need to short the boot pads (on the back I think) and then plug in your FTDI into the 'Main' port at the same time (or something like that). Find out how to flash Cleanflight onto CC3D and follow the steps in those videos :)
I've added a Facebook page, INAV for Fixed Wing pilots. About 1/3rd of the new members haven't built their first INAV. This is the video series I recommend. This is very well done!
facebook.com/groups/947623022106163/
OMG Man, how the heck do You know all this Stuff? Do You ever sleep? Seems like no matter what ever I'm researching or looking for answers, no matter what Build I'm working on, You've already covered it in some form or another.. Appreciate this info like You can't even imagine how much..Thanks for sharing Your knowledge! ;)
+Hyper Joe glad I can help! Let me know if there's anything you search for that we've not covered.. Happy flying!
Well thank You Painless360, there is one thing, I'm sure You've covered it already, I just haven't ran across it yet. I'm doing a Project Autonomous QuadCopter using the APM 2.6 Controller and Flight Planner. I've watched Your Set-up Video on the APM 2.5/2.6 and while You're setting up the 2.5 You mention briefly about the 2.6 Board having the Compass externally mounted, which is what I have, it's included on the GPS Board. You were setting up the APM 2.5 that has the Compass on the Main Board, so when I set up the APM 2.6 do I need to have the Compass plugged into the Main Board? Maybe You could direct Me to the correct Video that shows or explains the difference in Procedure from the 2.5 versus the 2.6 and how I should proceed. Maybe I'm just missing or overlooked it somehow? Appreciate Your input, been on hold for awhile now, been meaning too ask earlier, but lots of Projects in the works ahead of this one. Thanks in advance for any help You can give! :)
Thanks. That's awesome.
you are such an UAV expert!
APM and Pixhawk flyers, nothing to see here.
Painless360, thank you for your good work. Since I saw you using Seriously Pro hardware, I have a question. Did you ever get hands on this little stack Dominic is showing in his Video ua-cam.com/video/WHRSnqnBQNsS/v-deo.htmlP F3 EVO and SP OSD/PDB are both running Cleanflight versions. Do you know (or can guess) if the OSD works also with INAV on the FC and Cleanflight on the OSD/PDB since there is no INAV version for the OSD/PDB?TIA,Marv.
Yes, video out about the build tips on that setup on Friday! :D
thanks
mmarsian ii
a big thanks
GOD BLESS YOU
Thanks! :D
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Very interested in this new feature. It will help pilots get all the models iNav supports into the air faster with less hassle. Excited to see iNav 1.6 :)
Hello Mister. can you tell me pls under (nearly) newest INAV 1.5 where are the PID controllers? luxfloat? rewrite? etc? drop down does not exists, I also tried to read through in CLI DUMP, no luck.
We've not touched them here.. Best of luck!
Józsa Márton There is only one PID controller in INAV, and that is a modified version of luxfloat.