An Interesting Question? FBL Controller

[Tumbledown]

Hello All,

I have recently returned to the hobby after a break due to medical problems. Before I left about 2 yrs ago I was flying my Trex 450 with spartan Quark, a 250 quad that I built and a few BNF Blades. All on my Taranis xX9D +

So I decided recently I wanted to return to flying and thought that the project of converting my Trex Pro to FBL would be the way to go. I changed the heads and after a bit of deliberation decided to use a cc3d, I had laying around, as an FBL controller. However I had problems so decided to buy a Tarot zyx S2 with the thoughts of getting something better and more expensive once I got back into the saddle and the initial crashes out the way.

Now here is where the 'interesting question' comes in. How the Hell do you set it up with a FRSky X8R? I have looked all over the net. The closest I've got is getting the Ail, elv, Rud and throttle working but no collective! However this seems totally random as if you change 1 thing several different outcomes pop up.

The blurb said 'set up in 3 mins'!!! I've tried mixing where Pitch and gyro are CH1 and 2 respectively, I've tried making them CH 5 and 6 but it just doesn't work. I have a Blue light.

Can anyone point me in the right direction before I walk away and put all my money into BEER?

Cheers

[bigpops]

I used to run all my helis on a Taranis with X8R, X6R and X4R receivers a while ago. So I should be able to help.

Give me half an hour to grab all the screenshots of the menu pages, and I'll talk you through it. I used the same model for all helis, just tweaking servo centres and travel adjusts to suit whichever FBL I was using.

[Tumbledown]

You're a star. Been two days and six hours at this. ��

[bigpops]

One second thoughts, I recommend you read these, but choose the Futaba channel order (AETR) if you're planning to use Sbus between the X8R and FBL unit.
Basic Heli Part 1: Setup | OpenTX University
Basic Heli Part 2: Mixers | OpenTX University
Basic Heli Part 3: Curves | OpenTX University

I was hoping that when I grabbed a screenshot it grabbed all the parts off screen too like the ones in this thread (further reading after the above):
https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=598718

Feel free to ask me specific questions if you're struggling with something.

[Mike Sanders]

Don't waste your money on helicopters. It will be much more usefully spent on beer!

[Tumbledown]

Don't waste your money on helicopters. It will be much more usefully spent on beer!

lol, with my current hang over I'll try with heli's a bit longer

[Tumbledown]

Set up the controller again using the above. In the Tarot software monitor everything looked good, however when I took it outside it spun up but didn't lift off and then fell onto side and that was that. Possible the collective is wrong. I just wished the FBL.NZ software worked with the S2 as that looks a lot simpler.

I'm only getting a red light on the S2.

I suspect I'm missing something really basic due to me being away for so long?

[bigpops]

I trust you checked the controls were working correctly and that the gyro was compensating correctly in all directions before take off?

Assuming all the servos are still intact, check that before anything else. The swash should try to stay level when tilted forwards/backward and left/right. The tail leading edge of the rising tail blade should oppose yaw movement as you yaw the copter, so if you move the boom in the direction of the tail rotor, the leading edge of the front tail blade should move towards the boom.
Swash plate should go up for positive pitch, and the blade grips should be controlled by the leading edge.