Mike Briant

Yes sorry Andrew, I misunderstood your first post, but you were both spot on so many thanks. ​Again you're right Chris, the flexibility of Taranis/Horus can be both a good and bad thing and something small can cause problems. I copy model setups too but in this case I fell into the trap of copying the error too. Thankfully though there's helpful chappies on here and youtube who know the answer to most questions. Someone, somewhere has had the same problem and found the answer. Thanks again guys.

Yes you're absolutely right Chris, I had. Duuuuuuuur me. Thanks to you and Andrew it's now working fine. Thanks chaps.

Aaaaaah that's the answer. Thanks Andrew. Turns out that for the elevator you need to put the dual rates on the mixer page and not the inputs page. Strange that all the other controls work fine when you put the rates on the input page.

Thanks Jason. Yes it was on full rates when I did the self test. Still doesn't seem to work for some reason. Hmmmmmmmm :/

Has anybody had problems with not being able to set up elevator rates? Aileron and rudder rates work fine but can't get elevator rates to work. Transmitter shows correct reaction on the graph but now change in the movement of the elevators.

Going back to the issue of not being able to use channels 5 and 6 for functions such as retracts or flaps etc, it seems that FrSky have provided a way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTsXnrDavi4&t=458s https://www.frsky-rc.com/download/view.php?sort=&down=341&file=Firmware-%20S6R

Thanks for your reply Denis. I should have mentioned that the surfaces react in the correct sense, i.e.: if I raise a wing that aileron goes up to correct the roll and if I lower the nose both elevons go up in order to correct the pitch, so it's got to be something to do with the position the elevons go to when I flick the switch (the default or resting positions) not being right for some reason. That's why I wonder if it's got something to do with the what attitude the model is at when the self test function is triggered........

Well I test flew my S6R the other day and all seemed to work well apart from the auto level function. When I switched that on the model promptly rolled inverted and headed for the ground and was not controllable until I switched the auto level off. I don't plan on using this function much but it's a bit worrying that turning it on caused the model to go out of control as if I accidentally flick it on when the model is at low level that would be the end of the model. Has anyone else had this or know why the model is reacting in this way? Is it something to do with the self test function? I've had the model perfectly level when doing the self test and as far as I know the Rx is set up correctly?

ah yes sorry, I misread your post the first time. Now I see what you meant. All becomes clear...lol Many thanks

Just found the answer on another forum. "I put the gain on a dial also and found out that center is 0 gain and either end is max." So when I was moving the slider from end to end the gain wasn't changing because both ends are max gain. Doh!

On the Taranis screen it's showing that the slider is moving it's full range of travel but I can't see any obvious change in the amount of correction of the control surfaces. So yes it's probable that the gain is not changing. I'll have to have a closer look at that channel.

A related and possibly stupid question. I've put the gain adjustment on the right slider. How can I tell whether high gains are with the slider at the top or bottom? When I move the model about it's not immediately obvious whether the surfaces are moving more or less depending on where I put the slider.

You were absolutely right Mike. So well done and thank you for that.

Ah yes of course. Sorry, I misunderstood. That makes sense. I'll look at that tomorrow. Thank you Mike.

The direction of compensation is correct. What's wrong is that it's correcting roll with pitch and pitch with roll lol. I think for now I'm going to test fly it with the Rx mounted sideways as it all works like that. My test model is expendable so fingers crossed and new pants on standby

Hi Attilio, yes I don't have any mixes set up on my transmitter but I do have aileron and elevator inputs set up on channels 1 and 2 as without those the controls don't work. I've set it up as a flying wing in the config tool and specified how the Rx is mounted. Also whether I have channel 11 set up or not doesn't seem to make a difference. All very curious lol

I set the orientation of the receiver in the config tool Mike, i.e.: flat and pointing forward. Is there another setting I need to look at?

Yes Denis I'm not sure why the elevator and aileron corrections are round the wrong way. I've tried changing the servo leads round or changing the assignments on the Tx but still the only way to get the correct stabilisation is to mount the Rx sideways. Otherwise when I pitched the model up or down expecting the elevons to move together to bring the model back to straight and level, one elevon would go up and the other down which would obviously cause the model to roll, not pitch back to level flight if that makes sense. If I get to the bottom of why this is I'll let you know.

I recently got the S6R and the STK from T9 Hobbysport. I seem to have had similar initial problems to people on here but, thanks to tinkering and suggestions from members of this and other threads (for which I'm most grateful) I think I'm getting somewhere. Initially my problem was trying to get Windows to install drivers for the STK and for the S6R config tool to recognise it. More by luck than judgement this resolved itself after using this http://zadig.akeo.ie which someone in a group on Facebook suggested. So I then did the calibration process in the S6R Config Tool and installed the Rx in my flying wing. My biggest tip, as others have no doubt found, is follow the step by step process that follows and even if you don't think you're going to need a function (my flying wing will not need knife edge or hover modes) set up the switches etc on your Tx as otherwise things don't work properly. Basically don't leave anything out even if you think it doesn't apply to you. 1. Bind Rx 2. Calibrate the Rx using the Config Tool 3. Set up three position switches for channels 10 and 11 - I didn't understand the whole M + H bits in the manual so I just set the channels to a three position switch and it seemed to work without any other adjustments. 4. Set up channel 9 (for gain adjustment) to a switch or slider - failure to do this meant that my stabilisation mode didn't work. 5. Do the self check function by powering on the Rx with servos plugged in and then holding and releasing the bind button. Bue light comes on, after a while the servos move and then hey presto you have full control. Before doing this I had no control of the servos at all. Missing out any one of these steps seemed to cause problems for me. Now I have everything working although for some strange reason, in order to get the right corrections in stabilisation or auto level mode, I've had to mount my Rx sideways even though all the manuals say antennas end of the receiver should be pointed to the front. However with the Rx installed that way, when I changed the pitch of the model it tried to correct with roll compensation and vice versa.     Edited By Mike Briant on 20/11/2016 10:33:40 Edited By Mike Briant on 20/11/2016 10:34:36 Edited By Mike Briant on 20/11/2016 10:35:27 Edited By Mike Briant on 20/11/2016 10:35:57

It could be the Dennis Bryant plan. That has a wingspan of 81.