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When I first built the Baby Tri, ran tail tune, and maidened it LOS, I was using the default settings for TriFlight. I have been trying to get the TailTune to complete after using the Preconfigured Cleanflight Setup found here: http://rcexplorer.se/product/babytricopter-kit-with-f3fc-racing-and-pdb/ and tailtune is not dong anything after the first 5 second countdown. No beeps, no tail movement, nothing. If I land, the tail servo will start moving around even when disarmed in tailtune mode. I’ve tried numerous times and even ran one attempt for 10 minutes yesterday before getting low battery alert and being forced to land. As you can see from my previous video, it waggles on the preconfigured settings without the tailtune. Any ideas what would cause the tailtune to be stuck? I backed up my previous settings and am going back to them for the time being. Will redo tailtune with those settings to see if something else might be preventing it from working.

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Yeah, I tried doing the tune the other night, but it was pretty gusty and couldn’t get it to complete after several minutes. Will give it another go soon and post an updated video.

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Forgot to re-run the tail tune after making some adjustments. That will get rid of the waggle….

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Got back to the field today and got my FPV Maiden done. Got a little playful and bent some props.

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Was going to FPV the Baby Tri last night out at the big field, but after getting done testing other birds, it was getting to dark to FPV and as it turns out, the camera was also badly focused. Need to focus the FPV camera before next trip to the field. Hopefully will have some DVR footage in the air when the weather clears.

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Also forgot that the Spektrum SPM4648 “Quad Race Serial Receiver w/Diversity” has auto-bind. If it does not see the TX when it is powered up, it will automatically start bind mode. Once it has been bound to the TX, you need to make sure to power up the TX before the FC/RX. No need for the CLI commands with this RX.

http://spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM4648

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You can also bind Spektrum satellites directly from *flight.
From CLI type in the following

set spektrum_sat_bind = 9
save

Now remove all power from the FC (including USB). Power the FC from a standard 5V source (ie your battery/pdb) Do NOT power it via USB, the timing is wrong for the binding pulses and it will not work. The RX will now be flashing rapidly and you can then put your TX in bind mode to complete the binding process

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Looks like the issue binding may have been cause by powering the FC by USB. If you are having issues binding, try powering the FC by the 5V source rather than USB. Ran in to the same issue with a different build and this solved my issue.

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What RC was this .hex based on? Flashed with no problems. Hope to give it a fly tonight.

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I’ll give it a flash.

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I am using the Spektrum SPM4648 and LemonRX LM0037 diversity recievers.
http://spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM4648
http://www.lemon-rx.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=72&product_id=135

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I’m using a LemonRX LM0037 with my F3RC.
http://www.lemon-rx.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=72&product_id=135

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Normally you would use the RSSI analog input for the servo feedback.

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Hmmmmmmm. Doesn’t sound to different to my FPV goggle battery experience. Somehow left it plugged in when leaving the field. After a couple hours, my wife and son started nagging me about this beeping they had been hearing for quite some time… Can you guess what I found?

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