iforce2D: This was an absolutely incredible, clear, detailed, and very inciteful review that covered many more important details that we are likely to overlook without your tutelage. Many thanks for your continued outstanding contribution to our hobby! - Jim
I would like to thank you for this video. It's really good. Your comments are clear and well understood. Your not talking to fast like others, who speak like their racing, trying to get thru their video, not taking into consideration that for a lot of us noobs it gets a little confusing. Thanks!
Carlos Viana Santez Morrow so I bind my x6b receiver with my I6 TX and sometimes the RX voltage is disappears from my TX screen pls help me did I made the bind not properly?
8:50.. Chris... I just modified my FS-i6X to output about a 3 times louder Beeper sound. It is a simple matter of drilling an appropriately sized hole in the rear case cover directly over the Beeper and inserting an 8mm diameter silicone hose deep enough to touch the Beeper. leave about 1/16" of tubing protruding out of the case. You can glue it to the case or as I did make the hole smaller than 8mm for a press fit. This produces a sound pipe. It is as loud as placing the Beeper outside the Xmitter case. BTW... A full wavelength of 2.4GHZ is 12.5 cm. A 1/2 wavelength is 6.25 cm A 1/4 wavelength is 3.125 cm
The cable works fine in Windows for doing the firmware update, but you may need to install a driver. On W7 I had to install SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller.
Hi iforce, first good video!. Second, could I set an alarm so the radio beeps when a certain voltage is reached ? ie 14 volts? I have tried to set it within the radio but it only reaches to 10 volts internal and external sensor... So I don't know if this receiver would be very useful for fpv, I just want to get rid of osd in the screen and let the transmitter to do the job.
a quick note on the antenna connections, I think most of those small connectors (IPX/IPEX/uFL etc etc) have a limited number of connections they are rated for (15 or so ?) Sorry if you mentioned this in the video and I missed it.
Great video, I hope your next one will be testing the range :) new receiver + stock antennas vs. new receiver + longer antennas vs. old receiver. I think the antennas with longer active part will have worse range.
??? sbus and radio protocol are different things. The FlySky and FrSky radio protocols are not the same, so binding this radio to a FrSky receiver would never work. But the sbus output coming from this receiver should be valid.
Same for the A8S receiver, the antena is 24mm when the optimal lenght is 33mm for 2.4Ghz, please make a range test to check how much more rance we can get replacing the antenas.
Santez Morrow so I bind my x6b receiver with my I6 TX and sometimes the RX voltage is disappears from my TX screen pls help me did I made the bind not properly?
Strangely enough there are two different cables to do the two different jobs - the gaming cable and the update cable. It's disappointing about the mounting hole sizes, very much close but no cigar. I have two of these coming so will have to put some thought into revising my intended mounting method.
At 4:31 stickers are of 3 types, because if you want to remove all switches or some of switches then you can place the new stickers to cover those holes...
THANK YOU SO MUCH...i have been pulling my hair out for a week trying to get banggood to understand me about this.i could not figure out how to turn on the aux switches..so i opened it up and put vra&b to swa&c..lol.. different then the regular fsi6. i noticed also that only sticks have to be at zero for the controller turn on..finally i can use this thing!
FS-I6x has higher stick resolution than the fs-i6 too. 4096 over the older 1024 Not sure if it makes any difference as the receiver states 1024 resolution? I noticed there was no jitter from the sticks in Betaflight. Which was nice (My fs-i6 has a little jitter after fixing the wiring - real bad +/- 20 before I glued the wires steady)
"Isn't it nice!" Yep, appears to be. :) What would truly be nice, is me understanding all the variables. :P I received a Turnigy 9XR PRO recently, so I'm officially moving in that direction. Gotta check and see if you've posted any videos about it... :)
iForce thank you for this vid. Any idea how to get RSSI to show in osd? I have the i6 tx with the hali9 update and the x6b rx. My FC is the f4 Omnibus Pro V3.
Hi Thank you for this video, I have a couple of questions. I have the old fs i6 set with 6 channels and I don't want upgrade the firmware to 10channels cause all my receivers are 6 channels. Can the i6x work with both 6 and 10receivers? Also is there around any video that clearly shows how to connect ppm. Thank you
You can have SwA+SwB as an combined switch. That way you can have all switches enabled but still only 6 channels. At least its like that in the upgraded firmware for the fsi6, but there its 10ch by default.
Noob question.. I dont't understand where do you hook the battery sensor cable on your quad? Do I have to buy extra cables or adapter? Do I have to cut it and solder it on the pdb? And there are 3 wires for the batery sensor on the receiver why u use only the 2 of them?
Tooth Pain If you buy a lipo battery for your quad, there will be 2 cables: the Xt60 (or dean maybe) & a cable with many pins on it. You just go ahead and connect the 2nd cable (not the xt60) to the voltage sensing port on the X6B reciever. 3 cables are for 3 different uses, you can use any you want
Thanks for this video.. now the switches are working for me.. Great stuff.. Thanks also for explaining the battery sensor - that's well helpful. I just inserted the batteries, plugged the USB in the back, connected to the windows 10 laptop and switched on. Windows found the device and recognised it as a controller. I did download rcAir sim from steam and it does work, but the axis is messed up and I'm having the hardest time getting it to configure. I probably need to spend some cash for some better simulation. Just thought I'd mention..
Altitude hold would require a flight controller, this is just a radio transmitter. If you meant to say can you get an altitude readout on the transmitter display, there are some other sensors you can use with iBus but it looks like altitude is not one of them: goo.gl/U25cPL
Please help my beepy situation if you can. I got a single antenna version of the flysky X6B from the Eachine Vtail in an F4 board and although it works, my Fsi6 beeps constantly. Readings on screen On screen shows IntV1 :0.00v Tx . V1:5.15 Err1 : 0% The port puts out 5.2v when I read it with my DMM. How to stop the damn beeping without removing my TX speaker or flashing firmware because I have 12 models I really don't want to take apart just to bind again to fly this tomorrow?
I'm not sure which receiver would be best. I see there are three available. I just fly sport airplanes. I am assuming that the IA6B would be. What is the difference between the three available?
Excellent In-Depth Video on the FlySky radio and receivers ! ..... Just wondering how you got that 4 cell battery to have different voltage plugs ? ... Did you wire it yourself ? ... Its a great idea for a test bench ... 3.7 , 7.4 , 11.1 , 14.8 and 5 Volts all from one battery .... Cheers !
Thank you for this video. I purchased a X220 wizard/Flysky combo and I couldn't get the motors to turn on. After watching your video on assigning the channels, it makes sense that the switches to arm the motors weren't working as the channels were off by default. Unfortunately, I reset the Tx to factory default, which wiped out the bind, so now I'm waiting for a bind cable to start over. :)
A bind cable is essentially just a plain piece of wire. If you can connect the bind pin to ground with any conducting material (I have used tweezers sometimes) while turning the receiver on it will enter bind mode.
Chris, is this the receiver you used on that long Mini Talon flight you did? (I have one of these TXs which came with the RTF Eachine Wizard) I kind of like the radio and thought I might use it on some wings too instead of my Spektrum just to play with something different.
On that long flight I used the ia6b receiver. The x6b I think is the same as far as the radio module goes, but the antennas are not quite as good. They are easily replaceable though which is nice. This might be interesting: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hKKerQDq19I.html
hi, the second receiver FS-iA6B R5B6 how i connect in my drone? i don't have any cable, so how i connect? can you give me a link where i buy the cable thank you so much
Hi,I bought these two rx to try w my nirvana.I seemed to like the ia6b less bc of the pins.I never use pwm,only ibus,and I like the smaller form of the x6b,and the solder pads they provide for the bat voltage and such.Have you done a range check on these 2 ?Seems to me the Ia6b has a better range though.Im even trying some diversity panel antennas by frisky on the x6b to see if it will increase the range.I really like the x6b.What kind of range are you getting with urs?
Yes, I think the ia6b has a slight edge over the x6b. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hKKerQDq19I.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tDtFKGQWcjY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vXsbJSvtEFs.html
Hello I mistakenly connected 3.7 volt to the reciever , when I again connect 5volt to reciever it is constantly dimly blinking led and servos are not working, please help me out
Hii and thank you for informations. Perhaps is crazy but can I install on kingkong et 115 ???? Want to have battery voltage shown on remote controll and to have alarm for low battery voltage
So, after buying a load of standard props about a year and a half ago,for dji style locknut design motors(i was a noob lol) recently i sent off to banggood for what was titled as locknut design props. I got the same generic props again instead, so basically they're not able to go all the way down the motor shaft. Last night i used a dremel rotary tool to shave away the inside of one of these generic props, and it does go all the way down, and the cone nut does seem to go further down and even because of the composition of these plastic 'other' props, it seems to 'squeeze' a little more gradually on, tightening the prop gradually. Do you think this could be a problem? Shaving away the inside first half of the prop. It still has a lot to hold onto the motor shaft Sorry this has nothing to do with the content of this vid, but i follow you on here, and this was your latest vid. :)
Hello there. Thanks for the great video. I know I'm very late to this game having had the i6 for the second year now. It's been a flawless transmitter and receiver set up. Anyway, I have a question if you get to it, and if not I understand. You mentioned that the Bind button is NOT a range test button. Maybe I missed it, but how does one range test this radio before you go and fly the plane? Perhaps its not entirely neccesary to range test befor flying but I'd feel much better if I could do that. Thanks for getting back on the question, and again, thanks for the great video.
I don't think these radios have a range test function. In all the years I've flown RC I've never done any range tests, at least pre-flight with reduced power, obviously I have done plenty of actual range tests :)
@@aniketsingh5516 I don't know why anybody would. I guess if you broke one and didn't want to replace it, you could put the sticker to cover the hole. I broke one on my Taranis X9D when I accidentally dropped my radio and chose to replace it cuz I couldn't see myself not having that switch. So, yeah it's a good question. Why?
Ok, for people who are using FCs for everything it doesn't matter cause the mixes are inside the FC, stored and activated with the flightmodes, but for flying planes by myself it would be interesting to know if the i6x has more mixes or other useful things. My small park jets do need more than three mixes with elecons, flaperons, spoilerons, etc... When I see the manual it's almost a copy of the i6 manual, so there is nothing new.
That's a bad news whenever expected, it has e rteason that you can't read anything about the number of mixes in product descriptions, any other 6 channel computer radio has more. So let's hope that the good guys who implanted most of the i6X into the old i6 will use the bigger flash mem of the STM32 to realize more mixes to make the radio more useful. Meanwhile I will use my Taranis plus with it's advanced options for AFHDS 2A where I need more than 3 mixes or elevons. Btw. when the specs are right, the i6X has quad times stick resolution of the i6, so the sticks should work a little smoother. However, I don't regret that I've bought this little i6 in addition to my Taranis, I've got it for round about 30.-€ or 35.-bucks with iA6 and a nice transmitter bag and both radios have S-BUS and are working with the bunch of FS RXs, that I've left over from my first radio ever, a FS-T6 and yepp, one of the reasons I've bought the Taranis and sold the T6 was the lousy number of mixes. The i6 has telemetry, better range, TX and RXs are cheap like chips and with S-Bus mixes can be done inside most FCs, so why not use it for some models. ;)
I'm using this receiver with FS-I6 (10ch modded) and everything seems fine I even get battery voltage on the FS-I6 but when I set the alarm on the transmitter RX Battery that I have 4 cells, Low = 13.9V Alarm= 14.0V, High=16.4V (27:39) even when my battery is 15.2 I get the alarm still buzzing. I have to change to 1 cell lipo then it stops. Any help?
I'm building a 5" quad. Do you think the X6B will work for a multi rotor quad? I have the Fs-i6. Can't find a seller who ships the smaller FsA8s to my location.
I'm thinking to set up a miniquad with RTH failsafe to test this. Less damage if it crashes, and it will get out to distance quicker than the big quad.
Are there any US hobby shops selling the FS-i6X ? I ordered one from Amazon Prime a week ago but it still has not shipped. I suspect they are getting it from China and reshipping it. Now I'm looking for a reliable US based RC supplier with inventory stocked in the US.
Yes! The alarm is not loud enough, which is problematic when the radio battery is low, and one can’t hear the alarm (it’s happened to me). Fortunately, fail-safe seems to be reliable on these radios:)
if I connect two escs in two different channels (both escs having bec) will i have to remove the positive terminal on one esc or can I just plug it in ? will the receiver be damaged ? Can you help sir?
Hello, I have a GOOLRC GC6 what's nothing but a labeled FS-i6 and ther stock firmware had the S.BUS option, I flashed it with an unofficial 10ch firmware and it also has the S.Bus inside. Another benefit of that moddified fiermware is that the 10V limit of the voltsgae reading is gone, a flight timer is present and you can assign also switch combinations for the AUX channels. I've also had a look inside my i6 and it seems that there is one open pin on the left side of the pcb for a second 3 position switch. More I really do not need from this cheapy, nice for small models and if I need more moxers, flightmodes or whatever I use my Taranis, that has a multiprotocol module in it's slot that can also work with AFHDS and AFHDS 2A for the use this little of cheap as chips FS receivers . ;)
i recently bought fly sky FS-i6. but the problem that i am facing is the it is not getting bound by the receiver which is FS-iA6. i tried all types of binding. still it is not binding. can you help me with this
BLINKFEED use the secret menu to bind to X6b, not the bind button. Turn off. All sticks to bottom left, turn on. There is a menu item called bind. I could not get bind button to work but that worked perfectly.
Depends what you want to control. The receiver itself merely relays the position of the sticks and switches, that information could be used for anything. For example, you might want to open and close a cat-door remotely to let your cat inside :) You could also use it to move the ailerons and elevator on a plane manually to control it. But if you want the plane to be able to fly automatically, or auto-level, do GPS missions etc, then you need a flight controller. For multirotors you will always need a flight controller because it's not humanly possible to control the speed of all four motors manually to keep it stable.
If you have a X6A and a flysky voltage sensor, is it possible to set an alarm on the exernal voltage sensor? I can't work out how to do it. I think I broke one of my X6A receivers trying to do the mod to use the internal sensor as the battery voltage sensor.
when I connect my motor to receiver, the max speed of motor is reached when the throttle stick reaches 50percent. how should I set up my transmitter. fs i6x is my transmitter
I had a very bad experience with Bangood.I purchased a Flysky FS 16 from them,the TX refused to stay switched on.I complained and they agreed to send me a replacement providing I dropped the complaint with Paypal.As soon as I had done this they decided they were unable to send me the replacement.I have written to them a number of times ,they apologise profusely but do nothing. Since I had also bought 3 receivers from them I then had to buy another TX from a shop in UK in case I had problems with this one.
I have an Eachine X220s w/ Omnibus F4 v3 - Flysky fsi6 controller - Fs-x6b receiver. Got receiver to bind to controller, but cant see sticks move in betaflight??! I think I heard in video that there is probs with my combination of components? Receiver is hooked up to PPM SBUS connection on FC. Controller is set for PPM.....should UART 6 be the one with serial rx selected in betaflight? Damn, I'm lost! I thought all I had to do was connect my receiver, bind it, and fly my quad! But it just can't be that easy for me! It does not arm and does nothing.......
i6 and i6X have all same transmitter, both can upgrade software to 10 channel transmitter and use both receiver both transmitter, no problems. and both can use 10 ch receiver too.
hi what colour wires did you use for the ext bat sens on the RX cable?? black and red or yellow? I'm looking to have this connected all the time so going to make up a small lead from RX to balance plug. also do you know if you can buy replacement cables for the RX as I'm not sure what type of plug are on these. thanks for any help in advance
If you look at the label on the PCB for that connector (eg. 17:35) it says GND BAT GND. So I'm guessing either outside wire will be ground and the middle one should go to battery positive.
I just discovered today my FS-IA6B does 10 channels flawless on the I--BUS, despite the datasheet says it has only six channels. I am using it as wireless joystick on linux. (Someone made a linux driver to support I-BUS connected to a USB-serial converter as a joystick.)
Hi. I have the X6B and I managed getting all 6 channels of my FS-I6 working in a CC3D with betaflight. however, I can't arm the FC at all... Even when using a dedicated auxilliary switch (like aux 1). Drives me mad... any idea?
Yes, you can change the mode, would also need to open it up and move the spring from one side to the other so that the throttle doesn't return to center. Mode 2 is probably the easiest to learn because the pitch and roll is like in a real plane control stick, as if you grab hold of the top of the aircraft and moved it directly. Mode 2 is also more common, so easier if you want to let your friends have a go, or if they let you try theirs.
@@iforce2d After watching many of your videos for their expert advice young fellah, it is comforting for an old has-been to come across just 1 instance where we can finally feel superior. 😜😁😁 All 4 modes are available on these Flysky Txs and you don't have to faff about with shifting springs/dragplates etc. Just relocate the non-sprung gimbal to your preferred side and select the correct mode in the settings. 😉
I don't think so. There was always a 'Error' value available before, so the problem is not that there is no measurement of signal, the problem is how to get it onto the OSD.
