Paul - I will let you know if I ever get this thing working. So far it is a futile exercise. Seems like vendors of many of these Chinese sourced products don't seem to think clear installation instructions are important. :(
Thanks for the videos Mate!! just finished setting up the xpilot in my micro skyhunter. will do maiden flight with it in tomorrow morning!! plan to do fast low proximity fpv flying :)
Hello! Thanks for the video. I'm quite new to adding a gyro to my rig. The flight controller comes with a ribbon cable and im confused on how to wire it to my receiver. I don't have an SBUS compatible device so I'm going to wire it the old fashioned way. Do I need to purchase a few Y connectors and run the harness from the receiver to the X pilot and then to the servo or do I need to wire just the signal wire from my reciever to the X pilot and have power and ground go to my servo from the reciever? I'm quite confused and any help would be greatly appreciated
Power for the servos will probably come from the ESC, which may not necessarily be connected to the stabilizer. In any case when you connect all the wires from the receiver to the stabilizer, except the throttle, the receiver will power the stabilizer, which in turn will power the servos.
The ribbon cable has many cables useless, you should take 2 of them (the red one for power and the black one for ground, for exemple) and plug them from the receiver to the xpilot. You should take power and ground from any channel from the receiver (channel 5 for exemple) and plug them to the + and - on the xpilot.
Hi mate, just bought one of these and putting it in a Micro Skyhunter also. Can you tell me if you have any expo or rates configure on your setup? I have flown the Mini Skyhunter manually before and always needed to lower the rates and put in some expo. Loving your videos BTW.
Nice video, as usual, thanks, it helps a lot! I'm planning to put one of these on my Firstar 200 ...it will be hard to put it close to the CG with the forum factor. Your channel is really cool, your videos are very clear and well drone, keep up like that!
Ha... I can't say really... Mine is also quite crammed... really don't know what to tell you about this! :) Look at the plane and see if you can find some little space to put it in.
Yep. You set up your receiver channel 5 on a 3-position switch (+100, 0, -100) That will give you a choice of Full Manual control, Self Levelling and stabilized with no limits on pitch, etc angles and Self Levelling and Stabilized with angle limits.
@@theoztreecrasher2647 im at my wits end. i have sussed all the calibration stages. all 3 red led blink and the blue flases as if it was saving. However when i reconnect the power the blue light is flashing. the plane is level and still on my bench in the same position as calibration and no stabilization works. Any tips i ve searched everywhere.
@@andyboovy Also, if you have not long received your Xpilot, pay particular attention to this "EDIT...I've just received a second XPilot and the calibration set-up has been changed a bit. This has been done because the new version of the stabilizer can now be set up to be used on Delta Wings and V-tail planes in addition to the T-tails allowed on the old model. Follow the new manual supplied with the new versions. " Best of luck.
Hi Thank`s for the video, it helped a lot. Just have to try to fly it now. (received the stabilizer today,and just set it up) I have a Fr sky D4IIreceiver,and this stabilizer. But do you pilots use any rates and expo on the micro skyhunter? if so,how much?
I can't say that I recall anymore... try channels from 5 on to see which one would make it go on or off... perhaps channel 8... don't remember, but yes, it needs to go full swing from -100 to +100.
I would assume, but it would also depend on the receiver - if you set it up to failsafe on the stabilize mode channel and no throttle, with a bit of rudder, it should do just that! Not sure the board itself has any failsafe detection!
Hello... My congratulations for the channel! I write you from Mexico ... I installed this Volantex to my Eachine Skyhunter ... but something happened to me, after some flights the servos stopped working, the gears broke ... it will be that the stabilizer makes them work to lot? Muchas gracias Benjamín
Thanks! Well, a stabilizing unit will absolutely always make the servos work more than you would in normal flying! The stabilizer is constantly moving them around an attempt to stabilize the plane. I find it hard to believe that it can drive them too hard so they would break, I would attribute this more to lower quality parts, etc., used in these, so replacing them is always a good idea, especially if you can find some metal geared ones in this size.
Hi! Can you explain how to reverse channel if it works properly in manual mode but stabilization works in wrong direction. I did it accidentally but I still don't understand the logic. Besides that there's a flying wing mode (ailerons and elevator mix). Maybe you could give volantexrc contacts?
There is a video out now by an Indonesian gent (PLANETHELI TV) where he shows that the direction that you move the sticks during the calibration set-up (ie low first or high first) sets the stabilization direction. The video has English sub-titles. Note that there have been 2 versions of this stabilizer sold. 1 is only for T-tail - planes while the second can be set for V-tails and Wings also. Check the manual supplied with yours to be certain which you have.
This is a very helpful video but I'd like to see you attempt this with a plane that utilizes a rudder. The elevator and aileron correction seems to work ok, but the rudder won't return to center unless you start to move the stick in the opposite direction beyond center. It's very weird. But for a 3 channel plane with elevator and ailerons only this unit probably works ok. I suppose I'll save the xpilot for my Nano Skyhunter build.
Hello there, I thought I'd give this auto pilot a go and after reading the instructions I'll just put it back into the box and leave it until winter when I don't fly, to me it just looks like hassle.
Is there any good experiance/procedure about how to use the "gain" potentiometers ?It looks for me like they are only limiting the max rudder travel ?? The mode switch does not seem to have any difference,, except for on/off.. I can´t understand the manual it is very confusing for me. I also use it in a Micro Skyhunter and today in windy conditions I had very little authority over the controller, so for tomorrow I will try to lover the "gain" to be less than my own servo travel,, Hate experimenting and possibly destroying my model.... I hope you have some good suggestions..
To be honest I haven't played with the gains at all because the position they were in at the start turned out to be quite good for my plane, so I never bothered to tune that! As long as you have the option to switch the stabilizer off from the remote, you should be OK and not be in danger of destroying the plane! I hate testing such things too, but sometimes they are necessary! Try reducing the gains a bit more and try it... but only turn on the stabilizer once you are already in the air and are 2-3 mistakes high!
Now I have made extensive tests and I am absolutely not happy. 1. It randomly looses its calibration. 2. Regardless of the gain setting I don´t get enough authority over my plane. This was a waste of money for me it goes to the trash bin. //Rob.
Damn! Really sorry to hear this Rob! :( Mine has been working fine from the start and I haven't had the need to re-calibrate it! I guess you just got the defective one in the batch! Depending on where you got it from, I guess you could ask for it to be replaced or get your money back!
Hey bro! Great channel. I understood all the instructions for calibrating etc. perfectly. However I’m just confused on how to actually wire it. I am using a flysky 6 channel receiver. Would you be able to make a pinout diagram ? What I’m having trouble with is basically a) where do I plug in the throttle (esc) and how do I get power from the receiver to the xpilot..sorry for my confusion. (Also setting it up for a micro skyhunter )
Sadly, I no longer have the unit with me, but from memory I can tell you that you don't necessarily have to connect the throttle to this unit. You can connect it straight to the receiver. As for power, one channel from the receiver will have GND, Positive and signal wire, the rest need only the signal cables connected... if I remember right!
Hello...i have a question, a little "off topic"...how do you usually power your pwm receiver? directly from the battery? (Using a BEC)From The balance plug? I don't know what is the best way...
I usually use an external BEC to power the electronics on-board, but on this model it was just not worth it to go that far, and the ESC was HobbyWing, so it is somewhat dependable, so I just powered the receiver and all electronics from the ESC's BEC.
Hello! Nice video and very useful! I have a question that I cannot find an answer for. Aileron and elevator commands and stabilization work fine; rudder command works in the right direction, but the stabilization works in the wrong direction. What I have to do in order to invert the reaction of the stabilization, just for the rudder? Many thanks!!!
Hm... you know what... I am not exactly sure! Can you try this... reverse the rudder channel from the radio and redo the calibration. Verify that the stabilizer stabilizes in the correct direction and then reverse back the rudder channel in the radio. If it doesn't work I will ask Volantex how to do this... I hope they can give an answer.
Thank you Arxangel! The problem has been fixed, but I don't know how... I repeated the calibration, without reversing the rudder command, and the problem disappeared. Bye! Paolo
I’m interested in using it for a delta wing also but I don’t see how it would know how to mix Ailerons and rudder if it doesn’t have a switch to change the wing type configuration on the Xpilot unit? If you only have aileron servos connected to it how would it know?
Dear Sir I started to mount the xpilot in the ASW28 of the Volantex and there was an interesting qestiion, the ailerons have independent channels. The controller only has 1 port for aileron. my right aileron is on channel 1 and the channel on channel 2 i have the left aileron. Using the FrScky X8R receiver, on sbus, will it be that if I connect my channel 1 to the aileron port of the controller and my channel 2 in aux2 will the elerons be working well? How do I turn the controlled flight on and off, on the taranis x9d plus. Can you help me? greetings Vitor Lalanda
There channel 5 is usually meant for mode changes, but I am not sure it will work with a Delta wing, might need to add a V-tail mixer: hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-v-tail-mixer-ultra-small.html?affiliate_code=HDHKDJZJULGAXSG&_asc=2227711631
Ailerons and Elevator... but at this point there are better options out there... so I would suggest you look around some more, this unit is a bit outdated now!
Hello ArxAngel, thanks for all your videos. This one is really useful but I have an issue with the elevator stab. Controls are fine, aileron stab too but I can't get the elevator stab in the proper way even after 15 calibrations. Another thing weird, at the end of the calibration, when I push the 2 sticks to the bottom right corner, the blue LED switch off and the 3 red LED keep on. could you help me please? Maybe something I did wrong. Thank you.
I found the solution. This issue is caused by SBUS port (with frsky X4R and X8R) So I wired 1 pin for each channel between receiver and AX601. when calibration done, I wired the SBUS cable instead of all single wires If anyone has an issue with bad stabilization, try this, It works great for me!!
Hi, I am not sure what to tell you! Re-doing the setup and calibration but this time moving sticks in a little different sequence for the ones I wanted to reverse seemed to do it for me!
I'm having the same problem. All other surfaces are responding correctly, but the elevators are moving the wrong way, opposite to what they are supposed to be doing. What do I do to solve this please?
great vid. for discussion or testing. at the calibration test where both tx controls go down right. after that it saves the calibration do not move the plane until 3red go off. but if instead in calibration you put tx left control down right and put right control down left in calibration your servos will be reversed. 3red light will come and go off when saved. can anyone confirm the reversed servo by calibrating and do the right control stick to bottom left in step 2 ;)
Worked for me to reverse aileron servos with the process you described. Using RX Fs-iA6 (no sBus), TX FlySky-i6 and AX601 XPilot. I have reversed channel 1 on my TX to have the ailerons working in the right direction before installing the AX601. After installing the AX601 (without having applied your steps), the stabilization pushed out the ailerons in the wrong direction, so magnifying the role the plane would be in. Applying your step to push down the left control stick on my TX down right and the right stick down left in step 2 of calibrating the AX601 made the stabilization now indeed push the ailerons in the right direction. My TX also still has the reverse turned on for channel 1. tx!
@@MrDwck For ailerons you could have just rolled over the aileron servos! ;-) It would be interesting to check if this procedure has any effect on rudder and elevator stabilization direction.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it will be helpful when I get there. I have 4 servo's on the wing Ailerons/Flaps. My query would be; 2 servo leads from all 4 servos to where ? Would be so helpful, if could Please.
Hi, the Aileron servos can be connected with a Y-servo lead to the stabilizer where the AIL is, but the Flaps should go directly to the receiver, they can't go through the stabilizer as far as I know.
Salut merci pour votre vidéo, j'ai acheté un qui marche bien , un autre qui reste clignote après le réglage , pouvez vous m'aidé activé le gyro, car il reste non armé
Hey mate, wondering if you can help me - I have a Volantex P51 750mm and there is a problem with the gyro stabilization when in high speed or dive, the plane starts moving around up and down violently trying to correct itself. Do you know an easy fix for this problem?
Hey, sorry for the late reply! I actually just flew my P51 750mm today, but due to some issues with the ESC didn't really have the time to properly test it much! In any case I would assume the speed just gets too high for the gains of the stabilizer, and it starts to oscillate a bit, but since those can't be adjusted on these units... only solution would be to replace it, or not to dive so quickly!
@@ArxangelRC The only way to adjust the gains on the 750mm Volantex P-51 stock board is to alter where the servo control rods are positioned. It also suffers from the Bummer that the protocol CANNOT be hacked for the Multi Radios so you are stuck with the toy radio.
Hi. Thanks for getting to tech is good too use this, but can you please show me how to wire from my receiver to the stabilizer? I can't find anywhere a diagram of how to wire it. I'm so frustrated. The pins on the bottom right has only one pin per function; i.e. One pin for AIL, one pin for RUD, etc). My receiver has 3 pins for each of those. How do I connect those three pins onto one on the stabilizer? Please help! Thank you
You don't connect all of them, you need to connect only the signal pins, and only one of the channels will have the 3 wires, so it can power the receiver.
ArxangelRC thanks, I got everything to work now, but now the elevators are moving the wrong way. Any ideas on how to fix this? Your help is greatly appreciated!
I've watched your video over and over with the xpilot stabilizer and done exactly what you have done and I still can't get it to work. When its in normal mode, the aileron, elevator and throttle work fine until I put in stabilize mode. When I go up and down, only one flap works correctly when I go left the one flap works but when I go right the throttle kicks on. I'm really getting frustrated with everything and just want to trash it. Could you please help. Thanks, Steve
That sounds really weird Steven! I don't think I've seen such behaviour before! The only thing I can think of is that the output cables are mixed up! Usually the stabilizer should not be able to control throttle, it is just a pass thru. If it is activating, it could mean that either it is damaged in some way, or you have connected the output wires wrongly.
2 possibilities. ! - If you are using a PWM receiver then you have the signal wires from your receiver to the Xpilot plugged in wrong. Or 2 - If you are using an S-bus receiver your receiver channel output must be mapped to the A,E,T,R,Mode order that the AX601 expects.
@@ujju123ful That is not correct! It is both to bottom right and red leds 1, 2, and 3 will all come on plus both blue leds will blink. Release sticks after 7 seconds the 3 red leds will go off and blue led will remain blinking. All others will be off showing that the calibration is successful. Cycle the battery. On normal start-up the blue blinking led will only go to solid (= unlocked) if the plane is left sitting still and the throttle is at 0 (IE NO TRIMS!) Plus if it still will not go solid re-do the calibration steps with throttle at 0 and no trims. (Check your radio to make sure throttle fully down does equal 0!)
dear friend i put this pilot in my plane and i make setup as video all ok but the ruder is. not working good .if is stabilize. is on the ruder not working have any idea why not working i calibrate as your video
Please help I have followed these configuration steps(ua-cam.com/video/fZPNAFPJ4-E/v-deo.html) multiple times and can't get the blue light on the Xpilot to go solid blue(stabilize mode). Note: Aircraft servos do work via radio (even prior to initial attempt to configure the Xpilot) Also configuration saves via red led(s) indication comes on when saving with lower right stick application during configuration mode. Any advise is appreciated. Thxs
Mike Brisky .. I am having the exact same issue. Aileron and elevator end point calibration and three position mode switch calibration saves as per the video but when reconnecting the power my blue LED does not go solid. I have wasted hours and hours trying to get this to work so if you find a solution please let me know and I will do the same
Paul Nurse - To let you know I decided to go with a - A3 V2 6 Axis Airplane RC-DroneGyro Flight Controller Stabilizer Standard RC843 (purchased via Ebay). I installed it over the weekend and it is working good so far. BTW the printed howto instructions that come with it are good. Thanks
@@PaulNurse1 Dpn't know if your problem with the stabilizer is sorted. I have also this problem but I have found that leaving the unit unplug for a few hours would let itself go back to default settings. You can then recalibrate it once more. How did you fix yours ?
Really not sure what to tell you guys... perhaps something had gone wrong during the calibration and it needs to be done again? I don't have this unit with me anymore and can't really say what needs to be done! Perhaps you can send an email to Volantex directly and ask them.
That would be hard to do, as I no longer have the unit, but in the video I do have close ups of how things are wired... so take a closer look there! It should be pretty easy to wire this up! :)
Haha, I wasn't aware there was a competition about this! :) But yeah... the stabilizer is quite nice and works well, but the manual is in horrible Chinglish and quite a few people asked me to do a calibration video to show how to change servo direction, etc.!
ArxangelRC Haha, it's just fun to say that :p Most chinese products come with weird manuals xD luckily there are people like you that make videos about it :p BTW I can't stop watching your older videos :)
OK, that has a rudder... hmmmm... not sure really, I only had this unit on the Micro Skyhunter, and it doesn't have a rudder, so I never really got to try that out!
This is absolutely useless, so difficult to connect. Even in your video you can't see where is right wires connecting to rx and stabilizer. By mistake ordered 3 pcs.
@@ArxangelRC I need to connect with receiver, when I connect all the setup , my receiver doesn't response. Need to know proper wire setup. And your video is enough to help out for calibration etc. Do have Facebook or whatsapp number? 0923004364260 my number on whatsapp. Thanks for your help. I must say help me please.
Thanks for the video, you covered the reversing, which the manual did not cover and that was useful.
You are welcome! :)
somehow five years later, still really appreciate this video.
Glad it is useful! :)
Paul - I will let you know if I ever get this thing working. So far it is a futile exercise. Seems like vendors of many of these Chinese sourced products don't seem to think clear installation instructions are important. :(
Yeah, have noticed that!
TYVM for the explanation. Very useful for me a newbie :). Got my xpilot working :).
I am glad the video helped you. :)
Thanks for the videos Mate!! just finished setting up the xpilot in my micro skyhunter. will do maiden flight with it in tomorrow morning!! plan to do fast low proximity fpv flying :)
Sounds good mate, good luck.
please report back here on how the maiden went with this product.
Hello! Thanks for the video. I'm quite new to adding a gyro to my rig. The flight controller comes with a ribbon cable and im confused on how to wire it to my receiver. I don't have an SBUS compatible device so I'm going to wire it the old fashioned way. Do I need to purchase a few Y connectors and run the harness from the receiver to the X pilot and then to the servo or do I need to wire just the signal wire from my reciever to the X pilot and have power and ground go to my servo from the reciever? I'm quite confused and any help would be greatly appreciated
Power for the servos will probably come from the ESC, which may not necessarily be connected to the stabilizer. In any case when you connect all the wires from the receiver to the stabilizer, except the throttle, the receiver will power the stabilizer, which in turn will power the servos.
The ribbon cable has many cables useless, you should take 2 of them (the red one for power and the black one for ground, for exemple) and plug them from the receiver to the xpilot.
You should take power and ground from any channel from the receiver (channel 5 for exemple) and plug them to the + and - on the xpilot.
Hi mate, just bought one of these and putting it in a Micro Skyhunter also. Can you tell me if you have any expo or rates configure on your setup? I have flown the Mini Skyhunter manually before and always needed to lower the rates and put in some expo.
Loving your videos BTW.
Hmmm... don't remember that, but I usually dial in only EXPO, never been a fan of D/R! :)
it would be so helpful if someone could show a pic of the actual wiring of any working system.. all these explanations are vaguely confusing.
Sadly I no longer have this unit with me! :(
Nice info. Thanks. Is it work with Frisky Radio.
That would depend on the receiver.
Nice video, as usual, thanks, it helps a lot! I'm planning to put one of these on my Firstar 200 ...it will be hard to put it close to the CG with the forum factor.
Your channel is really cool, your videos are very clear and well drone, keep up like that!
BlackWolf2a Thanks! Even though it is better to put it as close to CG as possible... it is not critical if its not, so don't worry about it! :)
ArxangelRC i'm relieved about it, thanks for the information! i'll tell you how the Firstar fly with this little stabiliser!
BlackWolf2a Cool. Good luck! :)
Where to put it inside firstar 200 ? It is already crammed.
Ha... I can't say really... Mine is also quite crammed... really don't know what to tell you about this! :) Look at the plane and see if you can find some little space to put it in.
thanks for your answer i try to fix this
Hope you get it sorted!
Hi, Thanks for the video. Is it possible to switch during flite the stabilization on and off? best regards Bee
Yes, if I remember correctly, switching the stabilization off was possible! :)
Yep. You set up your receiver channel 5 on a 3-position switch (+100, 0, -100) That will give you a choice of Full Manual control, Self Levelling and stabilized with no limits on pitch, etc angles and Self Levelling and Stabilized with angle limits.
@@theoztreecrasher2647 im at my wits end. i have sussed all the calibration stages. all 3 red led blink and the blue flases as if it was saving. However when i reconnect the power the blue light is flashing. the plane is level and still on my bench in the same position as calibration and no stabilization works. Any tips i ve searched everywhere.
@@andyboovy Watch this video and read all the comments under it on UA-cam.
ua-cam.com/video/fZPNAFPJ4-E/v-deo.html&feature=emb_logo
@@andyboovy Also, if you have not long received your Xpilot, pay particular attention to this
"EDIT...I've just received a second XPilot and the calibration set-up has been changed a bit. This has been done because the new version of the stabilizer can now be set up to be used on Delta Wings and V-tail planes in addition to the T-tails allowed on the old model. Follow the new manual supplied with the new versions.
"
Best of luck.
Hi Thank`s for the video, it helped a lot. Just have to try to fly it now. (received the stabilizer today,and just set it up) I have a Fr sky D4IIreceiver,and this stabilizer. But do you pilots use any rates and expo on the micro skyhunter? if so,how much?
I never use rates, but do make sure to dial in some EXPO. 30% for starters should be good! :)
Thanks, will try that :)
I’m using a Radiomaster TX16S and need to program a channel to enable a pilot. What channel does the stabilizer use ? Is it -100 or +100 for on?
I can't say that I recall anymore... try channels from 5 on to see which one would make it go on or off... perhaps channel 8... don't remember, but yes, it needs to go full swing from -100 to +100.
Does this have a failsafe option? I.e. if you loose signal will if keep the aircraft stable till it hits the ground?
I would assume, but it would also depend on the receiver - if you set it up to failsafe on the stabilize mode channel and no throttle, with a bit of rudder, it should do just that! Not sure the board itself has any failsafe detection!
Hello...
My congratulations for the channel!
I write you from Mexico ... I installed this Volantex to my Eachine Skyhunter ... but something happened to me, after some flights the servos stopped working, the gears broke ... it will be that the stabilizer makes them work to lot?
Muchas gracias
Benjamín
Thanks! Well, a stabilizing unit will absolutely always make the servos work more than you would in normal flying! The stabilizer is constantly moving them around an attempt to stabilize the plane. I find it hard to believe that it can drive them too hard so they would break, I would attribute this more to lower quality parts, etc., used in these, so replacing them is always a good idea, especially if you can find some metal geared ones in this size.
ArxangelRC thank you very much!!!
You are welcome! :)
Hi! Can you explain how to reverse channel if it works properly in manual mode but stabilization works in wrong direction. I did it accidentally but I still don't understand the logic. Besides that there's a flying wing mode (ailerons and elevator mix). Maybe you could give volantexrc contacts?
To be honest, this was so long ago that I can't recall anymore! As for Volantex contacts, just go to their website and use the contact form!
@@ArxangelRC thanks
@@af1345 Sorry I can't help more on this matter!
There is a video out now by an Indonesian gent (PLANETHELI TV) where he shows that the direction that you move the sticks during the calibration set-up (ie low first or high first) sets the stabilization direction. The video has English sub-titles. Note that there have been 2 versions of this stabilizer sold. 1 is only for T-tail - planes while the second can be set for V-tails and Wings also. Check the manual supplied with yours to be certain which you have.
This is a very helpful video but I'd like to see you attempt this with a plane that utilizes a rudder. The elevator and aileron correction seems to work ok, but the rudder won't return to center unless you start to move the stick in the opposite direction beyond center. It's very weird. But for a 3 channel plane with elevator and ailerons only this unit probably works ok. I suppose I'll save the xpilot for my Nano Skyhunter build.
Never tried it like this to be honest, and I also don't have the unit with me anymore...
I have the same problem sir
Really don't know what to tell you about this! :(
Hello there, I thought I'd give this auto pilot a go and after reading the instructions I'll just put it back into the box and leave it until winter when I don't fly, to me it just looks like hassle.
Yeah... especially considering today's alternatives... it is a bit outdated!
Can you take + & - from any channel on the receiver to the XPilot Module ? Or does it have to be the THR?
Sorry for the delay, I've been travelling! Yes, you take + and - from any channel.
Is there any good experiance/procedure about how to use the "gain" potentiometers ?It looks for me like they are only limiting the max rudder travel ?? The mode switch does not seem to have any difference,, except for on/off.. I can´t understand the manual it is very confusing for me. I also use it in a Micro Skyhunter and today in windy conditions I had very little authority over the controller, so for tomorrow I will try to lover the "gain" to be less than my own servo travel,, Hate experimenting and possibly destroying my model.... I hope you have some good suggestions..
To be honest I haven't played with the gains at all because the position they were in at the start turned out to be quite good for my plane, so I never bothered to tune that! As long as you have the option to switch the stabilizer off from the remote, you should be OK and not be in danger of destroying the plane! I hate testing such things too, but sometimes they are necessary! Try reducing the gains a bit more and try it... but only turn on the stabilizer once you are already in the air and are 2-3 mistakes high!
Now I have made extensive tests and I am absolutely not happy.
1. It randomly looses its calibration.
2. Regardless of the gain setting I don´t get enough authority over my plane.
This was a waste of money for me it goes to the trash bin.
//Rob.
Damn! Really sorry to hear this Rob! :(
Mine has been working fine from the start and I haven't had the need to re-calibrate it! I guess you just got the defective one in the batch! Depending on where you got it from, I guess you could ask for it to be replaced or get your money back!
Hey bro! Great channel. I understood all the instructions for calibrating etc. perfectly. However I’m just confused on how to actually wire it. I am using a flysky 6 channel receiver. Would you be able to make a pinout diagram ? What I’m having trouble with is basically a) where do I plug in the throttle (esc) and how do I get power from the receiver to the xpilot..sorry for my confusion.
(Also setting it up for a micro skyhunter )
Sadly, I no longer have the unit with me, but from memory I can tell you that you don't necessarily have to connect the throttle to this unit. You can connect it straight to the receiver. As for power, one channel from the receiver will have GND, Positive and signal wire, the rest need only the signal cables connected... if I remember right!
ArxangelRC I got it ! Will maiden it today :) thanks for quick reply
Good luck!
Hello...i have a question, a little "off topic"...how do you usually power your pwm receiver? directly from the battery? (Using a BEC)From The balance plug? I don't know what is the best way...
I usually use an external BEC to power the electronics on-board, but on this model it was just not worth it to go that far, and the ESC was HobbyWing, so it is somewhat dependable, so I just powered the receiver and all electronics from the ESC's BEC.
Hello! Nice video and very useful!
I have a question that I cannot find an answer for.
Aileron and elevator commands and stabilization work fine; rudder command works in the right direction, but the stabilization works in the wrong direction.
What I have to do in order to invert the reaction of the stabilization, just for the rudder?
Many thanks!!!
Hm... you know what... I am not exactly sure! Can you try this... reverse the rudder channel from the radio and redo the calibration. Verify that the stabilizer stabilizes in the correct direction and then reverse back the rudder channel in the radio. If it doesn't work I will ask Volantex how to do this... I hope they can give an answer.
Thank you Arxangel!
The problem has been fixed, but I don't know how...
I repeated the calibration, without reversing the rudder command, and the problem disappeared.
Bye!
Paolo
I am glad you fixed it! Safe flying! :)
is it possible to use this with a delta mixer so that when it stabilises it will work with a flying wing
I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work!
I’m interested in using it for a delta wing also but I don’t see how it would know how to mix Ailerons and rudder if it doesn’t have a switch to change the wing type configuration on the Xpilot unit? If you only have aileron servos connected to it how would it know?
That is why you need a V-tail, or otherwise known as delta, mixer to mix the channels needed. The Xpilot will not do it on its own.
ArxangelRC thank you
Dear Sir
I started to mount the xpilot in the ASW28 of the Volantex and there was an interesting qestiion, the ailerons have independent channels.
The controller only has 1 port for aileron.
my right aileron is on channel 1 and the channel on channel 2 i have the left aileron.
Using the FrScky X8R receiver, on sbus, will it be that if I connect my channel 1 to the aileron port of the controller and my channel 2 in aux2 will the elerons be working well?
How do I turn the controlled flight on and off, on the taranis x9d plus.
Can you help me?
greetings
Vitor Lalanda
Use a Y cable to connect the ailerons to a single port! I think you need to setup a switch on ch5 in the radio, that will change the flight modes!
Hi,
Will it work with Delta wing. How to switch between modes, like manual and other
There channel 5 is usually meant for mode changes, but I am not sure it will work with a Delta wing, might need to add a V-tail mixer: hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-v-tail-mixer-ultra-small.html?affiliate_code=HDHKDJZJULGAXSG&_asc=2227711631
@@ArxangelRC if I am using vtail mixer I should use which two control.
Ailerons and Elevator... but at this point there are better options out there... so I would suggest you look around some more, this unit is a bit outdated now!
Hello ArxAngel,
thanks for all your videos.
This one is really useful but I have an issue with the elevator stab. Controls are fine, aileron stab too but I can't get the elevator stab in the proper way even after 15 calibrations. Another thing weird, at the end of the calibration, when I push the 2 sticks to the bottom right corner, the blue LED switch off and the 3 red LED keep on.
could you help me please? Maybe something I did wrong.
Thank you.
I found the solution.
This issue is caused by SBUS port (with frsky X4R and X8R)
So I wired 1 pin for each channel between receiver and AX601.
when calibration done, I wired the SBUS cable instead of all single wires
If anyone has an issue with bad stabilization, try this, It works great for me!!
Hi, I am not sure what to tell you! Re-doing the setup and calibration but this time moving sticks in a little different sequence for the ones I wanted to reverse seemed to do it for me!
I had same S-bus problem too will try the solution below. Thank you
I hope it works out for you.
I'm having the same problem. All other surfaces are responding correctly, but the elevators are moving the wrong way, opposite to what they are supposed to be doing. What do I do to solve this please?
great vid. for discussion or testing. at the calibration test where both tx controls go down right. after that it saves the calibration do not move the plane until 3red go off.
but if instead in calibration you put tx left control down right and put right control down left in calibration your servos will be reversed. 3red light will come and go off when saved.
can anyone confirm the reversed servo by calibrating and do the right control stick to bottom left in step 2 ;)
Worked for me to reverse aileron servos with the process you described. Using RX Fs-iA6 (no sBus), TX FlySky-i6 and AX601 XPilot. I have reversed channel 1 on my TX to have the ailerons working in the right direction before installing the AX601. After installing the AX601 (without having applied your steps), the stabilization pushed out the ailerons in the wrong direction, so magnifying the role the plane would be in. Applying your step to push down the left control stick on my TX down right and the right stick down left in step 2 of calibrating the AX601 made the stabilization now indeed push the ailerons in the right direction. My TX also still has the reverse turned on for channel 1. tx!
@@MrDwck For ailerons you could have just rolled over the aileron servos! ;-) It would be interesting to check if this procedure has any effect on rudder and elevator stabilization direction.
Hey, UA-cam has messed up the comments so this reply is just to remove them from my "I haven't responded" section! :)
Since this is old, what product do you now recommend here on 11/25/2019 ?? thanks brother!
Well... a bit more hassle... but for stabilization alone... an Omni F4 Pro board with either iNav or ArduPlane... should work well for stab alone!
Здравей Никола.наскоро ми подариха такава стабилизация но като я монтирах видях че елероните са ревърснати.как да ги оправя имаш ли идея?
Здравей... имаше някъде едно видео... от Volantex... в което показваха... а и в книжката май пишеше как... нямаш ли я?
i can’t find any ware how to connect and setup
Hey, UA-cam has messed up the comments so this reply is just to remove them from my "I haven't responded" section! :)
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it will be helpful when I get there. I have 4 servo's on the wing Ailerons/Flaps. My query would be; 2 servo leads from all 4 servos to where ? Would be so helpful, if could Please.
Hi, the Aileron servos can be connected with a Y-servo lead to the stabilizer where the AIL is, but the Flaps should go directly to the receiver, they can't go through the stabilizer as far as I know.
Salut merci pour votre vidéo, j'ai acheté un qui marche bien , un autre qui reste clignote après le réglage , pouvez vous m'aidé activé le gyro, car il reste non armé
Already discussed it on Facebook! :)
Hey mate, wondering if you can help me - I have a Volantex P51 750mm and there is a problem with the gyro stabilization when in high speed or dive, the plane starts moving around up and down violently trying to correct itself. Do you know an easy fix for this problem?
Hey, sorry for the late reply! I actually just flew my P51 750mm today, but due to some issues with the ESC didn't really have the time to properly test it much! In any case I would assume the speed just gets too high for the gains of the stabilizer, and it starts to oscillate a bit, but since those can't be adjusted on these units... only solution would be to replace it, or not to dive so quickly!
@@ArxangelRC The only way to adjust the gains on the 750mm Volantex P-51 stock board is to alter where the servo control rods are positioned. It also suffers from the Bummer that the protocol CANNOT be hacked for the Multi Radios so you are stuck with the toy radio.
@@theoztreecrasher2647 Well... they are not exactly professional grade stuff... they are toys mostly!
@@ArxangelRC Yep, Nick! And ! hope you and yours are having a healthy and peaceful Festive Season! 😉😊
@@theoztreecrasher2647 We are, thanks! Best wishes to you too! :)
Hi. Thanks for getting to tech is good too use this, but can you please show me how to wire from my receiver to the stabilizer? I can't find anywhere a diagram of how to wire it. I'm so frustrated. The pins on the bottom right has only one pin per function; i.e. One pin for AIL, one pin for RUD, etc). My receiver has 3 pins for each of those. How do I connect those three pins onto one on the stabilizer? Please help! Thank you
You don't connect all of them, you need to connect only the signal pins, and only one of the channels will have the 3 wires, so it can power the receiver.
ArxangelRC thanks, I got everything to work now, but now the elevators are moving the wrong way. Any ideas on how to fix this? Your help is greatly appreciated!
For me doing the whole setup and calibration routine fixed that... but to be honest I am not so sure which part exactly does it!
ArxangelRC I'll try that. Thanks for the help.
You are welcome! I hope it works. :)
dear hi pls tell me the arrow what direction to put in my glider?
Arrow should be pointing in the same direction as the nose of the plane!
thanks. is good stabilazer? but i try some different and is bad like OrangeRX RX3S 3-Axis Flight Stabilizer
It worked OK... should be better than the Orange one...
thanks if i need help to setup for auto pilot i write again
Sure thing, if I can I will help out!
I've watched your video over and over with the xpilot stabilizer and done exactly what you have done and I still can't get it to work. When its in normal mode, the aileron, elevator and throttle work fine until I put in stabilize mode. When I go up and down, only one flap works correctly when I go left the one flap works but when I go right the throttle kicks on. I'm really getting frustrated with everything and just want to trash it. Could you please help. Thanks, Steve
That sounds really weird Steven! I don't think I've seen such behaviour before! The only thing I can think of is that the output cables are mixed up! Usually the stabilizer should not be able to control throttle, it is just a pass thru. If it is activating, it could mean that either it is damaged in some way, or you have connected the output wires wrongly.
2 possibilities. ! - If you are using a PWM receiver then you have the signal wires from your receiver to the Xpilot plugged in wrong. Or 2 - If you are using an S-bus receiver your receiver channel output must be mapped to the A,E,T,R,Mode order that the AX601 expects.
During Voltantex level calibration, I pull both sticks to bottom right, but there are no changes to LEDs, any ideas?
Sorry I can't help much, I don't have this unit anymore and don't remember much about the calibration process!
Pull both stick to right not bottom right
@@ujju123ful That is not correct! It is both to bottom right and red leds 1, 2, and 3 will all come on plus both blue leds will blink. Release sticks after 7 seconds the 3 red leds will go off and blue led will remain blinking. All others will be off showing that the calibration is successful. Cycle the battery. On normal start-up the blue blinking led will only go to solid (= unlocked) if the plane is left sitting still and the throttle is at 0 (IE NO TRIMS!) Plus if it still will not go solid re-do the calibration steps with throttle at 0 and no trims. (Check your radio to make sure throttle fully down does equal 0!)
dear friend i put this pilot in my plane and i make setup as video
all ok but the ruder is. not working good .if is stabilize. is on the ruder not working
have any idea why not working
i calibrate as your video
What plane are you mounting this into?
Is this compatible with spektrum RX please?
Depends on the receiver...
Please help I have followed these configuration steps(ua-cam.com/video/fZPNAFPJ4-E/v-deo.html) multiple times and can't get the blue light on the Xpilot to go solid blue(stabilize mode). Note: Aircraft servos do work via radio (even prior to initial attempt to configure the Xpilot) Also configuration saves via red led(s) indication comes on when saving with lower right stick application during configuration mode. Any advise is appreciated. Thxs
Mike Brisky .. I am having the exact same issue. Aileron and elevator end point calibration and three position mode switch calibration saves as per the video but when reconnecting the power my blue LED does not go solid. I have wasted hours and hours trying to get this to work so if you find a solution please let me know and I will do the same
Quite a lot of people seem to be experiencing such problems lately... wonder why!!! :(
Paul Nurse - To let you know I decided to go with a - A3 V2 6 Axis Airplane RC-DroneGyro Flight Controller Stabilizer Standard RC843 (purchased via Ebay). I installed it over the weekend and it is working good so far. BTW the printed howto instructions that come with it are good. Thanks
Good info, thanks!
@@PaulNurse1 Dpn't know if your problem with the stabilizer is sorted. I have also this problem but I have found that leaving the unit unplug for a few hours would let itself go back to default settings. You can then recalibrate it once more. How did you fix yours ?
Is this compatible with rx FUTABA 6EX -2,4 GHz ?
Should be!
Hi
I did all steps. After saying I powered off and power on it. To blue led is blinking not getting stable even after 10 min
Do you have it sitting still in one place?
@@ArxangelRC yes on the table for 10 min minimum. Still same
same problem i have blue led flashing for more then 10 min and for nothing please help
Really not sure what to tell you guys... perhaps something had gone wrong during the calibration and it needs to be done again? I don't have this unit with me anymore and can't really say what needs to be done! Perhaps you can send an email to Volantex directly and ask them.
@@ArxangelRC I tried many times to to recalibrate. Same thing happened
dear seller today i take the auto pilot volantex.pls take me schematic how to connect it with my 4 channel plane if is possible to help me
That would be hard to do, as I no longer have the unit, but in the video I do have close ups of how things are wired... so take a closer look there! It should be pretty easy to wire this up! :)
First :p Nice video
Haha, I wasn't aware there was a competition about this! :) But yeah... the stabilizer is quite nice and works well, but the manual is in horrible Chinglish and quite a few people asked me to do a calibration video to show how to change servo direction, etc.!
ArxangelRC Haha, it's just fun to say that :p Most chinese products come with weird manuals xD luckily there are people like you that make videos about it :p BTW I can't stop watching your older videos :)
Thanks! :) It feels good to know that people appreciate what do...
You're welcome :)
i have cessna 182 volantex 1,6m
OK, that has a rudder... hmmmm... not sure really, I only had this unit on the Micro Skyhunter, and it doesn't have a rudder, so I never really got to try that out!
ok if other friend have experian as write thanks arxangerc
Sorry I can't be more help on the matter! :)
Arrow side direction to prop/forward side
yup
Браво, много добър английски!
Мерси! :)
I am seriously considering leaving Australia, as FPV is illegal on (or over) any public land ! FML
That sounds bad!!! Quite a lot of people, especially in the long range game, are in Australia!
This is absolutely useless, so difficult to connect. Even in your video you can't see where is right wires connecting to rx and stabilizer. By mistake ordered 3 pcs.
Well... this is old now, definitely not the best product out there! I am surprised it is still sold!
@@ArxangelRC you should help me out to fix it...will you ?
I don't have the item anymore... but I can try! What do you need?
@@ArxangelRC I need to connect with receiver, when I connect all the setup , my receiver doesn't response. Need to know proper wire setup. And your video is enough to help out for calibration etc. Do have Facebook or whatsapp number?
0923004364260 my number on whatsapp.
Thanks for your help.
I must say help me please.
I do have facebook, find me on there and drop me a message.
will this work with a FlySky i6x 6 channel and 10 channel receivers?
Probably would, as long as they have PWM outputs too!