flip 1.5 problems
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More details are needed.
Have you connected the flip to a computer?
Are you running Baseflight, Cleanflight, Betaflight...?
Copter boards need to be armed. Most of us program a switch on the transmitter. Old school (and the flip 1.5 is pretty old) is to put the throttle at 0 and then full left yaw to arm. Throttle at 0 and full right yaw to disarm.
Please, do not power your copter on the bench with props on.
More details are needed.
Have you connected the flip to a computer?
Are you running Baseflight, Cleanflight, Betaflight...?
Copter boards need to be armed. Most of us program a switch on the transmitter. Old school (and the flip 1.5 is pretty old) is to put the throttle at 0 and then full left yaw to arm. Throttle at 0 and full right yaw to disarm.
Please, do not power your copter on the bench with props on.
The flip1.5 only can run multiwii software so that is most likely what's pre-installed. I know a lot of people who used to fly with it used spektrum rc tx/rx's and you would need to increase the channel limits in order to perform stick arming. It would be helpful to know what rc hardware you have, as cranial mentions.
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Welcome to the forums.
The flip 1.5 from RTFQ, pre-flashed, will fly out of the box without connecting to a computer. The challenge is usually in the RC Transmitter. Knowing the stick commands is a must. Then setting the endpoints for each channel.
If you have not been to this page, this might help.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ptxpwesovd7tx3/gYdZU3lXQh
Any other info about your equipment will also help.
The flip 1.5 from RTFQ, pre-flashed, will fly out of the box without connecting to a computer. The challenge is usually in the RC Transmitter. Knowing the stick commands is a must. Then setting the endpoints for each channel.
If you have not been to this page, this might help.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ptxpwesovd7tx3/gYdZU3lXQh
Any other info about your equipment will also help.
I have a dx6e (6 channel)
Yes the Flip1.5 should have one red LED on when it is powered. It will then have a blue LED in addition to the red LED when it is armed. So if you are not seeing the blue LED then you are not arming.
I suspect your issue is with the endpoints of your transmitter not being enough for the board to arm. It is a common issue with Multiwii. Multiwii has two parameters to check before it arms: Mincheck and Maxcheck which are by default 1100 and 1800 as far as I can tell. That means that when you push the throttle stick down and to the right, you need the throttle channel to go below 1100 and the yaw channel above 1800. You probably don't have the GUI or want to hook up to computer to see those values, but your radio probably will show it to you. Look up how to increase the endpoints on your transmitter so that full stick deflection can produce values lower than 1100 and above 1800. Here is a video if you are interested.
Also here is a list of the multiwii firmwares should you want to play around with settings or use the GUI.
I suspect your issue is with the endpoints of your transmitter not being enough for the board to arm. It is a common issue with Multiwii. Multiwii has two parameters to check before it arms: Mincheck and Maxcheck which are by default 1100 and 1800 as far as I can tell. That means that when you push the throttle stick down and to the right, you need the throttle channel to go below 1100 and the yaw channel above 1800. You probably don't have the GUI or want to hook up to computer to see those values, but your radio probably will show it to you. Look up how to increase the endpoints on your transmitter so that full stick deflection can produce values lower than 1100 and above 1800. Here is a video if you are interested.
Also here is a list of the multiwii firmwares should you want to play around with settings or use the GUI.
Glad some folks still remember MultiWii.
YES the FC is only red.
I'm not familiar with the newer DX6 TX but this video might help -- even though he's speaking of betaflight, this should still work for MultiWii even if you can't connect to a computer, you can use the numbers he has on the screen to follow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgg6GACmukI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgg6GACmukI
Motors going crazy is a good sign you may have a motor wired to the wrong port or going the wrong direction. Assuming you're far enough that you're trying to fly it.
If they're really going crazy then hopefully you're still testing without props
I haven't flown MultiWii in a few years but I'm pretty sure the default has spin when armed enabled so when you arm the motors should start spinning...but they should be spinning at your min setting - very slowly. If they're spinning faster then you probably have too high of a min setting (I forget the exact var name since it's been so long since I used MW) and need to lower that (and probably lower the range in your TX as well.)
If they're really going crazy then hopefully you're still testing without props
I haven't flown MultiWii in a few years but I'm pretty sure the default has spin when armed enabled so when you arm the motors should start spinning...but they should be spinning at your min setting - very slowly. If they're spinning faster then you probably have too high of a min setting (I forget the exact var name since it's been so long since I used MW) and need to lower that (and probably lower the range in your TX as well.)
