Configuring your WFT07 radio gear for Arducopter

2/23/2013

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This guide will show you how to configure your WFT07 radio gear for arducopter

Configuring your WFT07 radio gear for Arducopter

Arducopter flight modes setting screen

Arducopter has many different flight modes that you can choose and use when you are flying.
In order to change the flight mode you will need to toggle a switch on your transmitter.
This can be fairly straight forward if you want to use the channel 6 knob on your transmitter.
However because this knob requires you to twist it, if something goes wrong it can take some time to switch back to a manual flight mode.
Using the V1 knob allows you to enable all 6 flight modes if you require.

Alternative Configuration

The alternative configuration only allows you to use 3 or 4 flight modes, but allows you to quickly flight a switch to return to stabilise mode if you need to in a hurry. A situation might occur if you set a wrong way-point altitude that is heading straight for a tree or building.

Open the menu on the radio screen, and navigate down to option 15, Advanced.
Then under the Advanced menu scroll down to option 5, PROG.MIX1
For CTRL, choose the switch K2, or K1 (whichever you are comfortable with)
Under Mix, choose K2 -> Ch6 (if you chose K1 above choose K1 ->Ch6
Leave RATE+ and RATE- at 0%
Change POSI to -100.0%

Now you will need to go to the APM mission planner software and re-calibrate your radio, and choose the bottom 3 flight modes to be Stabilise, and the top 3 you can choose to be whatever you want.
When you are flying and you want to a flight mode other than stabilise you would toggle the switch (K1, or K2) to activate the various flight modes that you can choose by turning the know V1.
If you quickly want to go back to stabilise mode you simply toggle the switch K1 or K2 to quickly switch back.
You can easily see how this works in the mission planner by moving the switched, the current selected flight mode is highlighted in green.

12 Comments

hamzaoztas

2/23/2013 05:27:28 am

Hi, i will use turnigy 9x as a remote control, please could you help me about using the remote control and setting of the remote control which is on the missing planner? Thank you.

Admin

2/23/2013 07:35:34 pm

You can find out about how to setup your Turnigy 9X radio at http://www.arducopter.co.uk/3/post/2013/02/configuring-your-radio-transmitter-for-arducopter.html

2/26/2013 11:16:33 pm

Hi, i want to ask question, i loaded firmware to apm and calibrate accelerometer, radio, hardware sensor but system is not armed. How can i arm the system? Can you hlep me? Thank you

2/27/2013 03:20:01 pm

You need to move the throttle stick to the lower right. So you put throttle to min, and hold rudder stick all the way to the right for a few seconds, once you do that you should notice some lights flashing on APM as gyros are calibrating. Then when the lights stop flashing you can inc throttle and motors should start up.

2/28/2013 05:39:44 am

Hi, thank you for answer and i want to also ask a question again i have done which you want to do , i will wait stopping the flashing light but while i am waiting , do apm connect the planner software ?

3/1/2013 02:51:53 am

hi, i understand what problem is, directx is loaded on my computer but there is direct x error, how can i solve this problem ? thank you.

3/1/2013 05:07:24 am

i can not solve this problem, i have loaded the latest version of the directx but, when i open the missing planner software, your error is about microsoft direct is seen but directx is loaded. could you help me?

3/4/2013 01:30:06 am

hi, may i ask a question again? i have used APM 1.0 and while missing planner softaware is opening, directs error is seen on the screeen and i have updated the last version of the directx but error is still seen on the screen? after the planner software is opened, i can load firmware, calibaret radio and accelerometer but flying will not be done DISARMED is always seen on the screen? please could you help me? thank you

mohammad

3/19/2013 06:32:36 am

hi there
im trying to change the settings from helicopter to fixed wing but cannot find system settings. any help will be appreciated
thnks

piero

5/5/2015 07:30:26 am

Hi, did you figure out how To get sistem setting in order To select Fides Wind?

markw

2/1/2014 01:02:26 am

hi can some one please help in setting my transmitter up. its a jr dsx9.
i cant find any settings any where. thank you

Lalit Kumar Khushlani

3/21/2016 07:14:32 pm

Hi, i will use flysky : FS - TH9x as a remote control, please could you help me about using the remote control and setting of the remote control which is on the missing planner and APM 2.6? Thank you.

Configuring your WFT07 radio gear for Arducopter

Configuring your WFT07 radio gear for Arducopter

Alternative Configuration

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