Originally Posted by Mike Freas

I've read up to page 520 something and there is smoke coming from my ears. Just so much to learn and so many new acronyms I don't know. Printed the manual and ran out of paper in the process. I think the ink is low now also. It's like half an inch thick!

Ordered some 4 pin connectors from the link posted earlier and hope to have the first power up this week.

Has anyone made a DOSD install video for "dummies?" I looked but didn't find one.

sounds fun... Ill work on one but it wont include RTH... that would have to be a "DVD series" lol

Chris

Originally Posted by Mike Freas

I've read up to page 520 something and there is smoke coming from my ears. Just so much to learn and so many new acronyms I don't know. Printed the manual and ran out of paper in the process. I think the ink is low now also. It's like half an inch thick!

Ordered some 4 pin connectors from the link posted earlier and hope to have the first power up this week.

Has anyone made a DOSD install video for "dummies?" I looked but didn't find one.

I know it can be quite daunting at first..
The DOSD can be as tame as you want it. or as advance as you want it with the way points capability's and such.

I havent even had mine in the air yet. Being winter here, its not the greatest. But the worst of it is over, and i love flying on cool sunny winter days where you can actually get a sun tan.;0)

Heres a little video i made awhile ago. its pretty basic. One of the main things is to make sure you power it correctly. wither with the current sensor or a 3s with a good connector.
As you can tell, when i was talking about the schematics of the wiring harness i was a bit confused myself. lol But now its pretty straight forward. I think i posted a while back. basically you need your signal from the cam and the vtx, they go in the otter pins of the servo lead and the mid is neg.
If you want audio, you well either have to use jumpers, or a 4 pin connector.

P.S I printed my manual off at work ;0)

Dragon Link DOSD basic Hook up (8 min 46 sec)

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Originally Posted by Eastcoast78

I know it can be quite daunting at first..
The DOSD can be as tame as you want it. or as advance as you want it with the way points capability's and such.

I havent even had mine in the air yet. Being winter here, its not the greatest. But the worst of it is over, and i love flying on cool sunny winter days where you can actually get a sun tan.;0)

Heres a little video i made awhile ago. its pretty basic. One of the main things is to make sure you power it correctly. wither with the current sensor or a 3s with a good connector.
As you can tell, when i was talking about the schematics of the wiring harness i was a bit confused myself. lol But now its pretty straight forward. I think i posted a while back. basically you need your signal from the cam and the vtx, they go in the otter pins of the servo lead and the mid is neg.
If you want audio, you well either have to use jumpers, or a 4 pin connector.

P.S I printed my manual off at work ;0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n110Buox7lY

I really appreciate the link ad the time it took to make the video. I don't feel as overwhelmed now.

I still have many questions. I continually see the cruise speed discussed when referring to RTH or waypoint flight but to my knowledge the DOSD does not control the throttle. If this is true what is the OSD doing with this setting? I assumed my ESC would be plugged into my DL Rx as it is right now effectively bypassing the OSD. One more thing, I don't see mention anywhere about connecting dual aileron servos to the OSD without using a Y. Can it be done?

This thread is great but also so massive it becomes difficult to find information.

Originally Posted by Mike Freas

I really appreciate the link ad the time it took to make the video. I don't feel as overwhelmed now.

I still have many questions. I continually see the cruise speed discussed when referring to RTH or waypoint flight but to my knowledge the DOSD does not control the throttle. If this is true what is the OSD doing with this setting? I assumed my ESC would be plugged into my DL Rx as it is right now effectively bypassing the OSD. One more thing, I don't see mention anywhere about connecting dual aileron servos to the OSD without using a Y. Can it be done?

This thread is great but also so massive it becomes difficult to find information.

Founf the info on throttle. Post 19597.

Originally Posted by Mike Freas

I really appreciate the link ad the time it took to make the video. I don't feel as overwhelmed now.

I still have many questions. I continually see the cruise speed discussed when referring to RTH or waypoint flight but to my knowledge the DOSD does not control the throttle. If this is true what is the OSD doing with this setting? I assumed my ESC would be plugged into my DL Rx as it is right now effectively bypassing the OSD. One more thing, I don't see mention anywhere about connecting dual aileron servos to the OSD without using a Y. Can it be done?

This thread is great but also so massive it becomes difficult to find information.

All you need to do is ask...plenty of folks here willing to help. As for cruise control...for me I didn't like it. I've tried it and, yes, it works fine. I felt disconnected with it though. I found I much prefer just setting my throttle to the position for the speed I want to fly and just let it stay there. You have to set some throttle in your Rx Failsafe no matter what (if you want your plane to 'power' home if you loose radio contact) so why not just let it power home at a set throttle setting...

Originally Posted by Vantasstic

You have to set some throttle in your Rx Failsafe no matter what (if you want your plane to 'power' home if you loose radio contact)

Good idea, I like this !

Cedric

Originally Posted by Mike Freas

I really appreciate the link ad the time it took to make the video. I don't feel as overwhelmed now.

I still have many questions. I continually see the cruise speed discussed when referring to RTH or waypoint flight but to my knowledge the DOSD does not control the throttle. If this is true what is the OSD doing with this setting? I assumed my ESC would be plugged into my DL Rx as it is right now effectively bypassing the OSD. One more thing, I don't see mention anywhere about connecting dual aileron servos to the OSD without using a Y. Can it be done?

This thread is great but also so massive it becomes difficult to find information.

I Have dual servo ailerons with my bixler, for flaperon purpuose, just need to configure on the osd ail1 and ail2 and the channel where you plug it in. For example I have pwm 1 ail, pwm 2 elev, pwm3 esc, pw4 ail. Works excelent if you need two servos as ailerons.

Hope it helps

Originally Posted by fpvaddict

I Have dual servo ailerons with my bixler, for flaperon purpuose, just need to configure on the osd ail1 and ail2 and the channel where you plug it in. For example I have pwm 1 ail, pwm 2 elev, pwm3 esc, pw4 ail. Works excelent if you need two servos as ailerons.

Hope it helps

Sweet! Having never had a UHF with PPM stream this is all new to me. In the last month I've gone from quad FPV to fixed with with DL and now DOSD. Lots to learn.

On your DOSD, the first 5 sets of pins are for PPM and 4 servos/throttle.
Neg being on the outter side. You can have everything plugged into your DL RX also.
But if you want any AP functions, you well need the servos and Throttle(if you want to use the dosd's throttle management) plugged into your OSD.

The first thing i did was hook it up to the PC and get on PC Commander and browsed over it all.

Ok.
Small question
You need to put these sensores extre magnetic compass,acelrometer,barometer.....
FY-DOS Inertial Attitude Stabilizer have those three,is it compatible with DOSD+ v2?
GPS i know you connect direct in OSD
I considering to by DOSD :-)

Originally Posted by Roar

Ok.
Small question
You need to put these sensores extre magnetic compass,acelrometer,barometer.....
FY-DOS Inertial Attitude Stabilizer have those three,is it compatible with DOSD+ v2?
GPS i know you connect direct in OSD
I considering to by DOSD :-)

You only need these sensors if you want them.
DOSD will fly your plane with just GPS and a PPM stream from your RC receiver. YOu don't need a current sensor if you don't want it.
If you only want to measure one voltage on screen you don't need GPS!

FY-Dos will probably not pass all the data through a translator to DOSD, Chris1seto may be able to update us on that.

ok.... thanks'for reply

Then i know that DOSD will work as standalone,
but will the Artificial horizon work without sensor's ?
if not what sensor's is it using

Originally Posted by Roar

ok.... thanks'for reply

Then i know that DOSD will work as standalone,
but will the Artificial horizon work without sensor's ?
if not what sensor's is it using

For AHI you'd need the Xlator and a FY-30. They'll connect to the DOSD I2C port. There's other IMU's that will work too, but the FY-30 seems the most rebust and is less expensive than the other choices. Don't plan on a Mag sensor...there's only one that will work and it runs ~$150 and really isn't needed anyway.

Hey guys. Something odd about my skywalker with dragonosd.

Im using the dragonosd with an fy20 and dragonlink. Usually when im in the menu i should not have any control of the servos. For some reason in the menu i still have control. For instance when i toggle between menus the servos move. I am unable to verify the servo direction test when it is doing this.

Any tips?