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Arducopter Failsafe - setting up failsafe with FrSKY Taranis

Posted by noeL on November 9, 2013 at 4:00am

Recently we discovered some of our DM volunteers did not have their throttle failsafe setup properly, so a quick tutorial 3689555975?profile=originalwas provided.  We have included the video log above.

On the right, the PWM level for channel 3 for you to make any adjustments if needed.  The Taranis produces 900 PWM when no pulses were sent.

Even though this was created  for the Frsky Taranis, we hope others will find it useful and enough to apply the same principles on other transmitters.

Tags: apm, arducopter, failsafe, frsky, taranis
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  • WyDiablo . February 26, 2015 at 6:44am

    I think i might have something wron with my fail safe. throttle a low stick is 982 and I have my fail safe set to 925. But then I turn the radio off Radio #1 thru Radio #8 goes to zero. But about the armed section it says land.

  • Francis Marasigan February 17, 2014 at 3:26pm
    Im using Frysky X6R and SBUS to CPPM converter for single cable. If I put to "no pulse" and turn off transmitter, all channels drops to zero and not just the throttle. I tried it without the SBUS to CPPM and all channels is holding aside from throttle like on your demo. Any idea? I'm afraid that when failsafes kicks in, the channel 5 is also modified and might cause some odd behavior on the flight mode..

  • noeL November 11, 2013 at 10:29pm

    Thanks Dany.  We have additional rule-base sound setups and sound files for download.  It will be available this weekend on Episode 30 part 3 of this series.  We had to wait for the 2 weeks of field testing to pass, squad feedback and now it is about ready for anyone else interested.  It will be easy, following Ep. 28.

    Also, thanks Bill for the contribution.

  • Distributor
    Dany Thivierge November 11, 2013 at 12:11pm

    Nice work guys, I used your video to setup the mode switches, well done.  since then I added playback of wave files for the mode names as well as the failsafe.  I love that radio! 

    Dany

  • Developer
    Bill Bonney November 9, 2013 at 4:41pm

    The most important thing to remember about settings failsafes, like RTL and LAND, is that you have tested these auto modes are working i.e you have done stabilize flight, and verified loiter and alt-hold work, then manual RTL (in that order) Then you can enable throttle failsafe and geofence (if desired)

    If you enable failsafes and auto modes are not working, you will have unpredictable results, with potential crash or loss.

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