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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Does anybody know how to configure the Dji 550 so that when I am in Atti mode I have enough power to take off? It looks like the Atti mode is not doing the job and I don't have any weight on the Dji except the battery . I can start the motors in atti-gps-man but when I attempt to take off in...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Yep I know what you mean and I noticed that during the calibration I move the stick to half and button turns green in the cali window...but what is weird is when I start her up I wait about 20 seconds to make sure everything is good and then I lift off but I'm scared to go into atti mode during...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    okay the only thing I can say is...Holy crap! I finally got the model setup to the correct or default settings. As I fowllow the callibration process I noticed that when I take off I'm in Atti mode...can I do that? and secondly I still have the stick at 58% throttle before the Hex 550 attempts...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    understanding logic and following it are two differnet things So it goes without saying that the problem is not language but rather the intent behind each instruction or direction. I don't know where to start I'm looking at the manual and I made some cheat sheets so that I don't have to keep...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    airplane vs heli I knew it...but wasn't sure...they had it in Heli...NOT! okay that one thing found..I am still setting up the project to fly it some time tomorrow or Tuesday..should be back in the office in an hour or so then I can sit with manual and radio with hexacopter turned on...crap...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    connects are good Ok I'm confident connections are good ...I'm driving to conn to see if this hobby store is open and see if I could get info I'm looking at the probable cause of this mess....should I have it in plane or helli
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Trying to wake up...I'm going to give this another shot in a little while...I am printing out the manual for the futaba 8
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    knock knock...anybody home?
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    I'm putting on a gopro and a lidar camera adapter with ezUHF and OSD...but that isn't going on untill I understand the channels and which one goes to what..because if I want to extend the range I will have to switch over to the EZUHF...Oh yea if you noticed I sent you a cartoon sketch of what it...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    I'm using the DJI 10" black props that came with it...the battery is "EX G' LiPo 3s/11.1V 5000mAh the only weight on it is the battery and wookong M and a data link there isn't any weight on it Pete
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    I can hover and it takes very little...about 25% throttle...I will see about finding a camera for this..the computer that I am at doesn't have Admin rights so I can't record or burn anything...SE switch is all the way forward and SA in forward and all the others are forward..left throlttle is at...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Okay..update I still can't get it up...."THATS WHAT SHE SAID" okay now that we have that out of the way...Im still not able to spool it up in atti mode..does anybody know what the rates are for atti mode and where would I change them?? I'm going to throw this one in the fire to...this is so...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Yes I did...everything moved like it was supposed to move if you know what I mean...rudder,pitch and yaw...ect ect..the sliders looked like they were supposed to look ...but as far as getting into the radio and programming the curves and throttles...nope I didn't do that because I didn't know...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    I don't even get the chance to enjoy the hover..as you described..I used to jump right into it and as soon as it got to settle I would flip the switch and go into Atti mode but if I do that now I will drop like a rock I used to just stay in Atti mode all the time unless I was recording something...
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    FUTABA 8FG RADIO on DJI 550 Hex

    Futaba 8 and 550 DJI Yes I did ...but the settings were deleted ...but since the last time I had gone on here to ask for help..I continued to search around for some sort of guide for me to follow and I think I found a way..or solution...which is..to go into the wookong assist and in autopilot...
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