Build A Drone: FrSky Taranis on a APM Ardupilot Mega

3689553079?profile=originalA colection of videos about FrSKY Taranis and Ardupilot, from switches to failsafe.

Synopsis: Recently a couple of FrSky Taranis were donated to our Ardupilot projects. As we always document all of our builds on video, I will try to include them here. For each stumbling block we overcome, you may see a video.

If you have any lessons or tips you have learned, please share here. There is a lot to explore on this transmitter, with 13 pages of settings.

Pros:
FrSky is well known for the frequency hopping ACCST technology taking advantage of the entire 2.4GHz band resulting in excellent range and reliability; Taranis is no exception. What we like about the Taranis X9D with X8R receiver is the safety features build into it, voice alert (yes, a talking transmitter) with RSSI, and Failsafe. With a talking transmitter, it means you don't have to keep looking down to notice any alerts.

Cons: To be determined

 

This first video explores how to setup basic Ardupilot Switches, Channels, RTL and Radio Calibration with the Mission Planner - Mandatory Hardware. Mixes will follow on another video

Tip: If you don't get your channels setup correctly, you may not be able to ARM your APM.
 

 

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