Build an FPV drone in 2023 - Part 11 - Final Betaflight Setup

Today is the day you build your first FPV drone and experience the thrill of flight!

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00:00:00 - This is a series
00:00:42 - Calibrate the accelerometer
00:01:34 - Check FC alignment
00:03:38 - How to correct FC alignment
00:05:07 - Enable motor beeper
00:05:37 - Set Arm Angle to 180
00:06:50 - Load the Headsup Racing Rates Preset
00:07:25 - Load the RC Link preset
00:08:32 - Recap

[Bulu]

Thanks for keeping our hobby going strong 💪. And simply simplified teaching.

[craigbu]

I'd be lost without your content, Respect for all you do Mr.Bardwell 👍
Today is not the day either but its coming😁

[wearemany]

Absolutely superb set of videos Bardwell. Everyone wanting to get started in FPV will be pointed in this direction. Pestering you to make another build series paid off. 😊

[Mupshot]

This all seems so basic and obvious, but I love how you dont make assumptions of the audience knowledge level. I have build about a dozen now and still enjoy watching. Maybe cause youre so pretty.

[SnoWakeFPV]

Getting so close and having SO much fun: #Learning! Thanks, as always, JB! Not just for this outstanding series of videos, your efforts is assembling a great 'kit' - but for ALL the amazing insight and learning explored along the way. All about props: Check. Getting started with ELRS: Check. Configuring the TX16S: Check. I know I'll be coming back to these topics, and their associated 'deep dive' videos, time and again. The more I learn - the more I realize how much MOAR I have to learn! :)

[MCsCreations]

Thanks a bunch for the tutorial, Joshua! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[rayb]

This specific video saved me lots of frustration on a whoop I got from someone. The drone would flip as soon as I tried to power up the props. (Gyro was set wrong angle) Thanks Joshua ;)

[HenryTonoyan]

Thanks for the great series! Just wanted to mention something I noticed, I think the flight controller first came correctly oriented. Only after the step of the accelerometer calibration does it seem like it requires the change in FC orientation.

[jamesgreenler]

Dam this is making me want to build a bad ass freestyle drone.

[stephenyork]

Another throttle safety tip is to always hold your thumb on the throttle stick pushing it down.

[hubexergaming]

crazy how the accelerometer works.
It brings me to a question. Does the FC wear out over time? I mean the accelerometer as much as all other electronical parts on the FC? Is there a number of flight hours on that you should think about a FC change?

[brandon]

6:35 I can't believe BetaFlight Arm deactivation failed. That's why we take props off 😂

[Yuriy-U]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! So nicely done, and very well structured! What a pleasure to learn! :)

If I may ask, what type of gimbal sticks (ends) do you have on the video?

[WesleyChevez]

If i have my fc and esc back wards should i do anything differently because its meant to be backwards on the speedybee master 5 v2?

[Jf-wfyh]

What RC Link preset should I load when using the DJI 03 Air unit? In general, love the instructional videos, have taken a lot of time having to research specifics for DJI O3 Air unit setup and DJI FPV Controller 2. Am I missing all the videos beyond installing the O3 air unit? Without tracking down comments in the comments section and hunting other videos, I would have been totally lost with the options I picked when purchasing the kit.

[lalojrify]

If we are using the DJI 03 and the controller 2, do we still select the heads up racing rates or keep the same rates from the earlier DJI video #5?

[Maximolotov-gf]

How do you find out what hardware you have on your FPV if you have not built it and you have no diagram showing how video receiver connected to flight controller to choose the right options in Ports menu in beta flight please ?

Also how do you find out and get same software for receiver and transmitter for binding radio master tx 12 ?

Thanks.

[FLYHIGHDIY]

can a gps module without scl, sda pin do position holding (im using a tbs m8 gps module)

[vigneshwaran]

Sir please kindly help to sort this problem actually I was using the Geprc F722 Aio FC and I already and flying without vtx module but now purchased the o3 unit and installed after that I coudnt able to connect the rx receiver and am using the Elrs rp1 if am removing the o3 unit and using means it’s working and if am without connecting batter if I connect to beta flight that time to working it seems if power supply goes to o3 unit Elrs not working but the o3 unit working and transmit signal to my new integra goggles but on that time rx not working. Please kindly help to sort out 🙏

[bengordon]

Joshua, Oh Joshua when you have 6s high kv motors for racing like 2050 kv 2207 motors, , you want a high hz esc"s correct, , 😆😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣