What do I need?

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Ok I'm kind of confused. I'm building the tubby b17. I have a spektrum radio. I would like to use the aura 5. So what exactly to I need to make it all work correctly? It looks like I can use a lemon satellite but I still need a receiver for that to plug into correct?

 

[Mr Man]

Ok I'm kind of confused. I'm building the tubby b17. I have a spektrum radio. I would like to use the aura 5. So what exactly to I need to make it all work correctly? It looks like I can use a lemon satellite but I still need a receiver for that to plug into correct?

Is this your first plane?

 

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Is this your first plane?

Nope, it's not. I fly planes and helicopters but never used a flight stabilization controller before. Normally just plug all the servos into the RX and fly. Thought I would try this out so I don't have todo all the programming in the radio since they have a file to download for the controller all ready to go.

 

[Mr Man]

Nope, it's not. I fly planes and helicopters but never used a flight stabilization controller before. Normally just plug all the servos into the RX and fly. Thought I would try this out so I don't have todo all the programming in the radio since they have a file to download for the controller all ready to go.

Okay! Just making sure!

 

[LitterBug]

Ok I'm kind of confused. I'm building the tubby b17. I have a spektrum radio. I would like to use the aura 5. So what exactly to I need to make it all work correctly? It looks like I can use a lemon satellite but I still need a receiver for that to plug into correct?

You can plug the LemonRX satellite directly into the Aura5. I've done this as well as using FrSky, and ELRS receivers.

 

[Bricks]

The satellite is the receiver, easiest way to bind the satellite is hook it to a receiver then bind which binds the satellite.

 

[alan0043]

Hi Guys,

Kit is using a Spektrum radio. Can a Spektrum Tx play with a Lemon satellite Rx ?

 

[LitterBug]

Yes. The lemon is DSMX which is spektrum

 

[Merv]

... but never used a flight stabilization controller before....

The cardinal rule with all flight controllers.
Don't do any mixing and/or reversing in the Tx. Do the mixing and/or reversing in the flight controller.

If you violate this rule, your gyros will be wrong, instead of saving you plane they will crash you plane.

 

[LitterBug]

The cardinal rule with all flight controllers.
Don't do any mixing and/or reversing in the Tx. Do the mixing and/or reversing in the flight controller.

If you violate this rule, your gyros will be wrong, instead of saving you plane they will crash you plane.

AND, make sure that when you move the plane, the gyro moves the control surface in the direction to counter your movement. Just because the sticks move the control surfaces in the correct direction does not necissarily mean the stabilizer is configured correctly.

Been using flight controllers almost 10 years now, and I violated the "check the gyro reaction rule" last spring. When I engaged the gyro in flight, the gyro immediately pulled straight up, stalled the plane, and I had no time to flip back into manual mode or recover.