Upgrading my freestyle quad to Betaflight 4.2 

I'm thankful for the upgrade walkthrough - I was so hesitant to change anything - being a newbee and just starting to get comfortable. In reference to 9:55 "5 things you must do in betaflight etc...." I watched that video and NOW, after this setup vid, I'm going to go back and rewatch that video - to make sure that I didn't screw anything up ;) Thank you JB, your baby boy is beautiful - I'm sorta waiting for him to start flying around your property.....😁

Been running 4.2 for a few weeks now on my apex and I love it. Stock pids and all

I went 4.2 on my first quad and it was so sick default tune and filters were damn good

I updated because of better filtering options. I wasn't happy with how my quad flew, but now i am. Don't know if i had messed it up or BEtaflight 4.2 is just that much better. I had not put in my old dumb. I just reconfigured everything, letting the PIDs and Filtering on default. And voila. Perfect. MAybe i should not mess around with all the settings anymore.

Been flying 4.2 RC1 for about 2 weeks now. First release candidate I have tried. I also did Bi Direction D-shot on BLheli S (did it on 32bit already) for the first time too. Loving it. BTW when I upgrade to a version that you cannot cut and paste the diff all, I just use my camera to take screen shots of each BF screen. Once I have upgraded i am able to just quickly go and change to the correct uarts, cofig screen, OSD etc. Then I have a brand new set up ready to "tune". (move the sliders a couple spots maybe :)

awesome Video. Keep grinding G 💰

I’ve been using RC2 on my BrainFPV radix with pretty good results so far!

Wow thanks many steps did not know how to do it.

Beautiful kid he will be the future drone flyer... 💪🥰

Just back after 6 months away. Good to know your FC doesn't have a bloxback! 😂 Great content as always, thank you.

love the josh!

BF 4.2RC3 flys supper good did my pid tuning as shown by you and uav tech then used the sliders to get to the aprox numbers and it flys soo good its not normal nevver had it flying so good

Would you recommend trying out the Dynamic Notch Filters on stock settings first? I notice the past videos you had a conversation about certain settings with UAV Tech (Mr. Spatz) about defaults. Wanted to know your opinion.

YEEEEAAAH im really happy with RC3

Nice videos man

'concise' is a good word in the world of YT

Hi, Joshua thank you for showing the tuning and I always go through all your great tutorials step by step. Just got a new quad which has a kinda old version (before 4.1) for its controller and I am about to flash it. I got a question here about the version, We have the newest release version betaflight 4.2.5 for this controller right now, shall I pick the newest version which is 4.2.5 or just stay on 4.2? Becasue I was told by this drone's customers service that: "to be cautious not to update your controllers to the newest version which might not stable? " So this is my concerns, I kinda of doubt his statement about this. so which version am I gonna pick up? thanks again!

Great video Joshua love Ur love help I'm going from betaflight 3.5 want to flash to latest firmware. Can I use some of my config dump the same way you did in this vid with such a major firmware update? It's on a mamba f722s board.

i dont know why i get hyped up when watching jb with his 4.2 series when i dont even have a quad running rn hahaha

Having two quads nearly perfectly tuned on 4.1, I'm getting sweaty hands and a feel of pressure here 😄

He is a handsome little guy Joshua. Nice video man!!

4.2 FLIES AMAZING. not perfect, but love it. need more flight time to know it good

Im still running 3.5 on a couple. If it aint broke, dont fix it! Looking forward to the new features tho.

For me a super important safety tip is to have every quad run the props the same way (normal or reversed). Otherwise I'm so disorganized I'll forget which one is which and then the quad will flip out.

I still love 3.5.7 lol, it just flies so nice

Thank you so much for your very nice videos, I am new in this hobby and you are helping me out a lot

Orqa shirt representing!

I have the same quad with the 20x20 stack. I'm about to update from BF4.1.0 (I'm a little behind). 1) How are you getting stick overlay if you have no blackbox logging as noted @8:50? Did you add a serial logger? 2) Are you still running 4kHz PID loop, or did you bump it back up to 8kHz since this video was made? Thanks

9:20 🤯 mind blown

Would it be ok to copy the motor pinout to cli? My board is reversed and I've got one pin that broke so one motor on pin 6

TBS is still recommending that only racers lock to 150Hz mode. Freestylers should use dynamic mode, per TBS' post in the lounge last week.

I dont know when you recorded this, but RC3 has beeen out for a while already. I tested RC2 and had a weird issue on mine. Using matek f722se, when arming it whent crazy and flipped out, broke all my props. This was not on the first flight, but just a random occurance, and flew fine after unplugging and replugging the battery. I updated to RC3 but havent had the chance to test it yet to see if it does the same

Great video, thanks Joshua. Why a diff /all and not a dump /all?

To upgrade from version 3.1 to 4.2 are the same steps? There is some difference. Thank you

Hai Josh... Why my FC matek f722 PX logo GPS not detect. I use firmware matek f722 hd

QUESTION. Hi Joshua, I am new to fpv, thank you for all the great videos, have learnt so much. I have a question about upgrading from 4.0.4 to 4.2. I have done all the necessary steps and it all seems to work. I take the "diff all" cli commands and copy and past the safe ones over and then flash 0.4 to 4.2 is successful, the only problem I have is my taranis does not want to register. the lights indicate that the tx and rx are bound but non of my mode switches or inputs work on the drone or register in beta flight. If I back flash from 4.2 to 4.0.4 and copy past all the cli commands then it all goes back to normal and works perfectly. I feel like I am missing something fairly simple but just cant seem to figure it out. Thanks in advance.

Hey Joshua and all of you guys. I am a beginner in fpv and I now proudly own my little Emax Tinyhawk 2. What I wanna know is, can I flash my Tinyhawk 2 with Betaflight 4.2? Is that ok, or rather not? Thankes for any advice. Kind regards, Masha from sLOVEnija 🙂

I have updated the fimware to 4.2.2 and now it does not arm but the shocking thing is that although in the receiver tab all the channels go well, in the modes tab, it does not respond to the changes of the channels, neither armed, nor mode flight, or beeper. Thanks

just before 5min ... this is really confusing for a newbie who has never done this before ... can or must I do this (CLI thing)? I like to update firmware, but in my IT opinion settings stay the same, watching this video it looks like I have to apply my preference setting again? will personal setting be the same after a firmware update? and if not HOW TO RECOVER? :-)

Thanks Joshua for this amazing series about 4.2 ..I’m little confuse with the pid loop frequency.. my FC is OMNIBUSES F4 SD should choose a 4K or 8K ??

Took me a while to tune my quads on 4.1.5. And now they fly like a dream. I’m not sure I wanna update and start over. The release notes said you would have to tune again and can’t copy and past any settings.

mike chin said the other day dont force 150hz ? unless racing

I switched to 4.2 couple days ago. I’m using f7 processor, and I can’t use 8khz pid frequency, beacouse max cpu usage is more than 130%. Bidirectional dshot shows a little bit more than 0% errors.

Is the dump command the same as diff all?

For someone who doesn't know how to pid tune, is it worth to update and loose my factory pids or should i stay on my current version? (it's 4.1 so it's not that bad)

i am having problems with yout tutorial iv got the mamba 405 v2 updated firmware and having so many issues controller not working and when i get it connected it will not arm

I’m afraid to switch I feel so confident on 4.1 and I also learn how to setup a queda for very first time on 4.1 since I’m a relatively new pilot ( about 7 months ) 😢 and I’m scared to update and won’t be able to make it right

Hey josh why does it say failed to open serial port ive re down loaded everything one more time any one have a idea

how to download betaflight spracing F3 firmware?? On github there is no file for it... pls help

Beta flight 4.2 removed set spektrum_sat_bind=9 how can one connect. a sat receiver

Can i do 4.2 on my Emax Babyhawk r?

the pre-weapon doesn't work and this is a can because I'm used to a pre-assembled, oily channel for the right yaw to put together for more safety. and arming a channel I don't see security.

anybody know why my battery on tinyhawk s draws 30amps always.. is that normal?

Actually I flashed 3 times Betaflight 4.2.8, First: STM32F411, Second: MATEKF411, but finally MATEKF411SE and it was the good one ! For an Eachine Tyro79 latest version

So what is the diff between RC1 and RC2 or RC3 are they same ? I am on RC1 should I try RC2 or 3

So, I updated to 4.2 and it screwed up my SpeedyBee F4 AIO. Now the quad is twitching and the motors get hot quickly. I want to go back to 3.5.7 but I can't figure out how to do it.... HELP!!!!

so how does it fly???

Hey Joshua, rather than going to CLI and typing version to check the target name, why not glance at the top left corner of the screen. I'm sure you knew that but just saying, make it easier for your audience :)

You need associate links for the uk to..... :)

I tried upgrading to 4.2.5 from 4.1, updated my vivafpv 4 in 1 esc, now I'm getting a flag saying RPM Filter - which doesn't let me arm. read some threads, maybe its a Kakute f7 issue as seen in some forums. and ideas ? help ?

So the first part went well... But now it says I have no gyro.. and ports are not being detected? what did I do wrong? Think I screwed it up...

You can safely set your PID loop to 8k on F4 boards on BF 4.2 because the loop stability is greatly improved. This wasn't possible before, but it is now!!

led set up is missing

When i press " flash fw..", i get this: Initiating reboot to bootloader ... and it's stuck....

Hey Joshua, what's the deal with frsky? This looks very unappealing and doesn't suit you! There is a lot of OTA Reciver options at frsky now ...

When i choose my flight controller i can use (Legacy) or (HAMO) what should i take?

8:49 Blockbacks?

Awwww come on man! I just finally figured out 4.1!🤣💀

Hi after upgrad in motor tab i have E:100% and i can't arm the quad. how fix that?

*flashes any version of betaflight from past 3 years* *sets rates* Yeah, where good.

FrSky R9M OTA - update firmware on air, so its not exlusive TBS feature.

would tinyhawk 1 BNF work with frsky taranis x9d plus special edition

I know you won't see this but the 3 packs URL link pasted twice in the description. The direct link is broken unless manually truncated.

I have major issues with Betaflight 4.2 on two of my quads, Im not sure if its because of my Iflight FC or something else? I have wobble on low throttle aswell as mid throttle when just cruising i can see how the camera is going up and down! It doesn't matter how i try to tune,It seams like its there grabbing on . Has anyone else had this issue? I know i have heard at least one more and guess what, He is using Iflight FC too :/ I use bidirectional ,Doesn't matter if i use default settings or just turn off most of the filters the wobble is there like glue Two different frames Armattan marmotte 5inch iflight dc5 titan Motors are okay T-motor F60 2700kV or something,Dont remember. Xing 2400 KV Latest firmware on ESC and FC iflight succex-d F7 stack iflight succex mini F7 stack New or old props doesn't matter! Tried HQ,Azure,Dalprop Im sick of this right now! so if someone has a solution i would really appreciate it! I have also tested one gyro and disabled the other and vice versa. I have tried 24kHz and 48kHz PWM frequency in blheli32 Nothing is loose, I use locktight on most screws. I cant figure out whats wrong more than people say its a tuning issue. Also i have tried Dshot 300 and 600. Any suggestions ?

I just dont see the reason for this IMO. Not enough MAJOR changes like in 4.1 to redo everything. Gyro yea, but if its already rippin just leave it alone. TY for the info tho Josh!

Surprised not more mention of lack of OSD if using DJI digital system seems like that would be a somewhat major thing

Just updated to 4.2 and I don’t have dshot1200 in my list anymore

why diff and not dump? :) cheerz

Lately most FPV freestyle videos have dropped. I am curious if you could do a video on the personal part about what people are doing now I don’t see the Drib freestyle doing much but working on his car I don’t watch Mr Steele much never. Lol. But where are the boys where are they now?

Hello

About drivers, Betaflight become better I think, because windows stay windows, for example, jumper T16 isn't recognized as a joystick for simulators, after one of their secret updates :( Please Joshua, If you have some friends in Team Black Ship, ask them to make Agent X for Linux, like this I will send back Windows where it belongs. Thanks for the video, very well appreciated.

Your kiddy-winkle is so adorable....what’s this vid about?????🤷‍♂️

Can I just buy new hardware to do this?

Boss.. Come on! You really did not try and fly it yet at all??? Hard to believe 🤓🤓🤓

WOW so much shit now to know there is an over load. I plugged my vortex 250 into BF the other day.... so simple i was like wtf. I guess a lot of this helps your quad fly better or just keeps you amused.

Ehh.. still on naze32 on 3.5.. if ain't broken, don't fix it.. :D

Ahhhhhhhhhh thhh thh the profile picture. It’s CHANGED

Hello I have problem with my tiny whoop I can't make it fly I think is something with the receiver ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AgvrtbTlQnY.html Somewhere I read that have some problem and if I go to 2.4.11 I can make it flying

don't upgrade if your quad is running 100% . and don't load new firmware to ESC if you do make sure u backup de default

What, do people complain that your videos are not succinct enough? Silly people.

it's time for 4:20...

first :)

I only liked your videos bc of you kid lol

I hate when the target names change.

You have DJI on that quad and still use worthless Crossfire. *shaking head* just use the DJI controller.

Ummmmmmmm, ingles por favor

Anyone in this hobby who needs hand held to update has another thing coming to be perfectly honest... That I can tell you......