How To Bind And Setup Your Flysky Radio For A Quadcopter Drone

The flysky series radios are a great beginner radio because they are cheap and have great features. These are usually sold with the ready-to-fly quadcopter, sometimes they are set up correctly by the seller, but usually stock arrives with in-stock settings. This guide will show you how to link up and set up a flysky radio for your FPV quadcopter. FS-i6, FS-i6S, FS-i6X). Read: how to link flysky fs-i6 1. Set up a Model Read more: how to build a sideboard from a stock cabinetThe model is a configuration on your radio that you use for each of your aircraft and save it all aircraft-specific settings that you have set up. This is great because it allows you to use the same radio controller on multiple aircraft.

To set up your model, press and hold the OK button to access the radio’s main menu.
Navigate to the System Settings menu, press OK.
Using the Up and Down buttons, navigate to the Select Template menu, in this menu you can select different templates that you have previously saved.
To select and activate a model, you press and hold the Cancel button (a visual counter I know).
We can now name our model via the Model Name menu, it’s a bit of a hassle but it’s worth giving each model a name so you know what aircraft each plane is for.
Remember to press and hold the Cancel button to save the name and return to the menu.
Now you need to select the model type, for the FPV quadcopter you have to select the Airplane through the Select Type menu. Again, remember to press and hold the Cancel button to save.
Later, if you want to create a new model, you can use the Copy Model option to save time going through all the options.
The last thing to do is to make sure that AFHDS 2A is enabled on your radio, this is usually enabled by default, but worth checking again.
Navigate to the RX Setup > AFHDS 2A menu and make sure it’s turned on.

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2. Configure the Aux switch By default, the flysky radio assigns Auxaries channels 5 and 6 to the radio buttons. Unless you have more than 5 fingers, it can be quite difficult to accurately rotate these buttons during flight to change flight modes or other parameters. So we specify the Aux channels to switch on the radio. 3. Bind Your Flysky Receiver The process of linking your receiver to the radio is basically just pairing them so that the receiver and receiver know they are talking to each other, which is very useful when flying with others. . The basic principle for all flysky receivers is the same, but some specifics may vary between models. Some receivers use a bind button, others a bind plug, so be aware of your particular receiver.

Turn on your radio while holding the bind button, after booting the display will read the RX link.
Now turn on your receiver while holding the pack button on it (or when plugging in the binder depending on your receiver model). Your receiver’s manual will tell you where this is.
Once done, you will see an RXBind OK message displayed for a second.
Now turn on both the radio and the receiver and then turn both back on. Assuming everything is correct, you should see the correct LED display on your receiver and for receivers that support telemetry you should see the RX bar on the top right of the radio display.

Read more: how to build a well house If you find that your RX doesn’t link, it might be because it doesn’t support AFHDS 2A, so disable it in the RX Setup menu and try again. You may also want to try enabling and disabling the PPM output option in the same RX Setup menu. If you get stuck, ask on our forum! 4. Set Failsafe Having a backup is important in the event that your quadcopter loses signal to the radio, the quadcopter will know and be able to take the appropriate action, instead of just flying away.

Go to menu System Setup > RX Setup > Failsafe.
We only need to enable failover on the throttle channel (or channel 3) so that the flight controller knows when it has lost link with the radio. Scroll to Channel 3 and press the OK button.
Move the throttle lever all the way down and turn on the backup safety.
Press and hold the Cancel button to save and you should now see that Channel 3 is set to -100%. If this is not the case, try again to make sure that the throttle lever is all the way down and the bezel is all the way down.
The last thing to do is turn on and set up failsafe on your flight controller, so check your flight controller manual for how to do that.