HOW RC AIRPLANES WORK (Intro to RC Electronics for Beginners) 

I'm unlucky and my name is Jonah. I knelt on my brothers' balsa-built plane 70 years ago and I've never forgiven myself.

Excellent video, as a drone pilot I just kind of assumed that there would be a flight controller in there somewhere, and your video has shown me that you yourself have to be the flight controller when flying planes, I have a whole new respect for you fellas!

Just getting started in RC Airplanes and this video was fantastic.

Omg, that is so easier than I thought it would be. I use to be in a engineering program so I assumed I would have to manual program the motors to the control and give them inputs. Thanks!

Thank you, have just built my first plane and this was invaluable :)

I got into fpv and this really helped me out to understand the basics, cheers man :)

Little late to the party but great video! I'm putting together an AR wing for quiet slow flight fpv and maybe some random robots for the kids. Thanks for your easy to understand and non pretentious explanation

Finally, I have found a video that actually teaches me how the electronics work, unlike a lot of other RU-vid videos. Thank you. Quick question, is there a way to create a failsafe without an arduino that cuts the throttle if the connection between the tx and rx is lost?

Great video for understanding the basic concepts.

I watch this 6 years later but it is a very good Video! Thank you:)

Absolutely perfect video. Thank you!

Great vid! Excellent job.

thanks Adam. Very helpful, clear. Much appreciated.

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

Great demo--I am just starting to build planes. thanks.

omg I finally found a good easy to understand video

Its nice you have given your transmitter a name. Hello Terry Trasmitter :-)

Thank you brother. Great work!

This is the Best explanation video! ❤ Excelent, Thank you!

GREAT tutorial!

Exellent video realy gives me the will to make an rc plane myself

Great explanation👍 I've always wanted a steampunk looking RC dirigible, and since I cant find one anywhere I'll just do it myself.

Thank you. I don't know why but I expected this to be more complicated.

1:12 it's a great idea if you put those further in the back (only slightly) and add 1 more servo for roll control i never build an rc plane before, but i played ksp enough to tell you roll controp is really important, oftentimes more than yaw control, you can get out of a bad course with roll but not solely with yaw

Thank you I actually understand how to do this now

Thanks for this excellent video, Adam! It's really awesome how you didn't have any trouble trying to explain this concept so simply. I just had some trouble trying to understand how you would control your aircraft without using ailerons. That would restrict movement in the roll axis. Now I understand how you can use the rudder to yaw, but then there's a limit to that. Yaw too much, and your plane will stall. The kind of rc plane I'm trying to build has to be highly maneuverable in nature and I want to bring in another servo motor to control both of the ailerons. Can you help me with the connections for a third servo motor? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for help

Thankyou, this helped me a lot

Great presentation How about other components such as Autopilot, GPS, etc.???

thanks for this

Hi, so I’m a beginner (like i just started today lmao) and I was wondering how could you connect the servo into the elevated part of your helicopter? I was confused on how it goes up and down while the servo was going sideways. Same thing for the rudder. Hope you see this lol cuz i rlly need it for a project that im doing. Also!!! love the video, as a beginner you explained it so well. Thx for the vid!!!

great vid

Thanks bro. Please put some Videos on how to use this stuff ona drone💪

damn you deserve more subs :) . . . . . . and views too XD

awsome

Thank you for this video. I just got my first plane kit and you answered a lot of my questions.

*GREAT PRESENTATION Questions 1. the signal cable ( yellow = white = orange) (PWM) ? 2. power ( red), Ground ( Brown)

Hey the only thing you have to worry about when it comes to making sure brands work together is the transmitter and receiver right? Other then that everything else should work?

I want to know about the full circuitry, like how much power each part can handle individually and all together, and how to tell that, and what other batteries you can hook up with the combination and how to tell that as well. Please. Thanks!!

Thanks

Really helpful for noobs.

Fantastic video, thank you! Do you have any recommendations for where to buy a kit or parts for an absolute beginner?

Quick question I am preparing to build one with a small gasoline engine have bought a few parts will that work with the speed controller?

Thanks for the video. I want to build a plane but I have no experience or knowledge, my questions are can I mix and match servos? Or do they need to be same brand? How do I know if they are compatible? Thanks again.

Did you cut and go back to talk about motor just to say" nut" and" shaft"?

I like the size of airplane you built. Can you identify the basic components you used: motor, esc, servo's name and model numbers?

Are you using the battery power for Mototr, Servo and Receiver? can you provide battery power to servos and just get the signal from receiver?

What electronics do I need for a Nitro plane? I bought a used plane with no electronics, so I can follow your video here for the receiver and servos, but what about the ESC for Nitro and battery? Thanks!

I want to build a plane and i understand everything you explained because it was informational, but how do i get the fuselage and body. I want to save time and get a kit or something

awesome vid. can you do one with fpv components too?

thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much GOD BLESS YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

This circuit was for small RC plane but for little bigger plane how can we decide that upto what power means amp, volts etc we could select for all the components, what and how are the relation of power in amp, volts etc among all the components so that we could select such components for the custom RC plane? Video was good. Got nice idea about the components. 👍 Thankyou.

I bought a harbor freight mustang 10 years ago and broke it but saved the servos and motors in a bucket . I have a couple of flysky rx's . I bullding a plane hopefully before the sun burns out .

Hey adam how would you connect a stabilisation unit like the aura lite 5 gyro system to the system

Great vid! I have Spektrum DX4e transmitter that I got with Blade 350QX2 (that I lost) and it was RTF. What reciever do I have to buy? Would it even work??

Great video.Where is the best place to buy all this?

Hey hi I am a huge fan of your video I have some doubts Why does my lipo battery (lemon 2200mah,11.1volt,3s,30c) spark continuously while i try to connect to my esc (30a (deans connecter)) Maybe is it because of friction I am actually making a plane And I am using the battery mentioned above and the 30a esc and 2 servos and a 2200kv brushless motor And do u have any idea of the total flight time

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Hi Adam. If I build a test bed with all the component's for the plane I want to fly, and want to test my tx before installation of the esc rx and servos, do I need tohave a motoron the test bed or can simply bypass the motor. So iwould have the battery plugged into the esc and the esc to the throttle section of the rx , then the required servos for the channels required. Or do I have to have the motor connected to the esc in order for the test system to function. Thanks Bob

Does the motor still work even if i dont plug the battery to the esc? Bacause my esc doesn't have that yellow thing on edge of the wire where you plug the battery.

Hi i have a question. For the servos that control ailerons, do they need to bé plug in the same Channel ? If yes how does thé receiver know to make them Rotate with an opposite directions ?

Where does the receiver gets its power from? Is there a connection to the BATT pins that were not shown? Thank you.

I need something small for a magic. Pocket remote as on key falb and what ever it takes to power a servo... any suggestions?

Do you need specific parts that match amps and specific qualities?

So if I have a gas powered engine and then need to get new servos and a transmitter. I am new but have picked up a old sig kadet mark 2. Not sure what to do with all the connections. Idk if you have made more videos on how to connect everything. Also broke college student so if you know some cheaper options that would be great

Planning to make one can i build the wing plane With the electonics in this video?

So, am I right in saying the days of having an ON/OFF switch for the receiver are over?

Can i find these in electrical workshops / shops what about the prop?

like how the Transmitter has Labels but i cant find a transmitter with easy/quick labels within my budget

Hi, I have a question; what kind of material is the fuselage itself made of?

can you put links for where we can get all the electronics you have?

I was given an airplane that has everything but the battery and the receiver. Can you suggest a way to find the right battery for the setup? It is a small, 3 channel balsa model.

what about if you have ailerons which also act as elevators how do you connect to receiver?

Hi adam i was wondering what material you were using to build your airplane, i cant seem to remember the name of it.

If I wanted to build a glider without the motor and just have the control surfaces how could I power the receiver?

hello. I want to ask if it's normal?. if my servo motor moves by itself and returns to the middle position when I first connect the battery. or do I need settings in the transmitter

Would someone be able to send me a link of other videos within this series. I just got into the hobby and trying to learn.

Hi help me to follow the instructions on my transmitter to connect a second model to it ? I got the same transmitter

The ESC is a PMW

I'm pretty late on commenting, but if you had multiple rotors, how would the set up look like to have it run off one battery?

RC with Adam can you tell me about what did you add in the server and attach it to the rudder .tell me please

Can you use the servo without having a esc and motor connected to the receiver?

my dad stepped on my flite streak wing at the field , 65 years later , he's forgiven !

what type of esc i need to power my Brushless motor 1400kw

Can a transmitter work with any type of receiver of the same brand?

should the battery be a normal small one or a big square one

Can you add a link to the stuff I need to buy

Where do I buy the parts?

Where can i buy this ?

Should the battery be a brushless one?

what about if I use the diffrent model reciever and transmitter but they the same brand?

What type of baterry does he use

Planning to build a a rc plane

How are these things secured in the plane? Would hot glue work?

What's the difference between an ESC with BEC and one without?

How they stay stable in windy conditions without a controller( imu)????

How do you know how much a motor can lift

If you're new to RC planes, please don't use guitar strings for push rods. While it may be easier to route through your model, you can see at 10:14 why you shouldn't: The wire is flexing and your control inputs aren't getting all the way to your control surfaces, thus making you lose some control of your model. Otherwise good basic explanation of everything.

What motor are you using?

Can i cobnect any radio to any recievrr and what battery shall i get.