Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2023 Reputation: 0 Hello, I started using the Tango 2 Pro with GEPRC Mark5 TBS a few days ago. I have everything set up in Betaflight but I keep getting a throttle issue when I try to arm.
It keeps saying throttle channel too high, I have no idea what this means. How do I fix this?
Please someone help so I can actually get this thing off the ground. ![[-]](https://intofpv.com/images/collapse.png) • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 The first question is, is your throttle stick at the lowest position when you try to arm the quad? It needs to be otherwise Betaflight won't let you arm the quad for safety reasons.
If your throttle stick is at the bottommost position when you try to arm, connect the FC to Betaflight Configurator and go to the Receiver tab. Make sure your Tango 2 is switched on and bound the the quad, then put the throttle stick to it's lowest position and tell us what numeric value is next to the Throttle channel bar. The minimum stick low threshold setting is 1050 by default, so it should be below that value. If it's above that value Betaflight won't let you arm the quad.
On a side note, if any of your sticks aren't reading 1000 at the bottommost / leftmost position and 2000 at the topmost / rightmost position, you will need to recalibrate the stcks and/or adjust the channel calibration values in the OUTPUT page of FreedomTX on your Tango 2 to get them as close to the 1000 and 2000 values as possible. • Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2023 Reputation: 0 (28-Sep-2023, 05:53 PM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: The first question is, is your throttle stick at the lowest position when you try to arm the quad? It needs to be otherwise Betaflight won't let you arm the quad for safety reasons.
If your throttle stick is at the bottommost position when you try to arm, connect the FC to Betaflight Configurator and go to the Receiver tab. Make sure your Tango 2 is switched on and bound the the quad, then put the throttle stick to it's lowest position and tell us what numeric value is next to the Throttle channel bar. The minimum stick low threshold setting is 1050 by default, so it should be below that value. If it's above that value Betaflight won't let you arm the quad.
On a side note, if any of your sticks aren't reading 1000 at the bottommost / leftmost position and 2000 at the topmost / rightmost position, you will need to recalibrate the stcks and/or adjust the channel calibration values in the OUTPUT page of FreedomTX on your Tango 2 to get them as close to the 1000 and 2000 values as possible. How do I get to the FreedomTX section? The stick is definitely all the way down and I had to calibrate both sticks multiple times to get them as good as I have now. • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 What numeric value is shown on the Throttle channel in the Receiver tab of Betaflight Configurator when the Throttle stick on your Tango 2 is at the bottommost position? And what numeric value is shown with the Throttle stick at it's topmost position? • Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2023 Reputation: 0 Not sure about the bottom because not near my computer right now but top for most of them was 2011 I believe. • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 The topmost is a little over the ideal value of 2000, but it's within range of the allowable values so that one is acceptable. It's the bottommost value which is likely outside of the allowable range for arming. • Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2023 Reputation: 0 Okay so the bottom on all of them is 988.
And I did just notice that if I move the sticks in and to the bottom corner the warning goes away. Not sure if that means anything though. • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 988 is within the allowable thresholds for arming a quad (above 885 and below 1050),
If the warning disappears when moving the stick to the bottom corner that sounds like a calibration issue so i would try recalibrating the sticks. You could also have a problem with the gimbals, or there might be some foreign debris interfering with the hall sensors on the main board. The only way to fix that would be to open the case and take a look, but if your Tango 2 is still within warranty I would be cautious about doing that so you don't end up voiding the warranty in case you need to send it back.
Ian (Mads Tech) posted a video some time ago about a gimbal issue with the TBS Mambo, so I wonder if you have the same issue with your Tango 2. Let me try and find the video and if I do I will post it back here. • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 (30-Sep-2023, 12:15 PM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: Ian (Mads Tech) posted a video some time ago about a gimbal issue with the TBS Mambo, so I wonder if you have the same issue with your Tango 2. Let me try and find the video and if I do I will post it back here. Here it is linked to below. Skip forward to about 2 minutes into the video. When you do the hardware calibration, make sure you move the sticks as accurately as possible and don't do it too fast. • Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2023 Reputation: 0 It turned out to be something stupid. It was the stick mode setting being wrong so throttle was the stick with the spring in it which was what was causing the error. I just assumed it was right because it came like that, and my Avata has the same configuration of the throttle automatically being in the wrong stick.
Thank you for the advice.
If I want to adjust my rates for angle horizon and acro how do I do that if I only have the three numbers? I found rates that are apparently good off a YouTube video but I only have the format as three numbers for low, mid and high. How do I input that on Betaflight and where? • Posts: 21,279 Threads: 587 Likes Received: 8,973 in 6,640 posts Likes Given: 1,425 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 789 (01-Oct-2023, 10:39 AM)TheFPVMoron Wrote: If I want to adjust my rates for angle horizon and acro how do I do that if I only have the three numbers? I found rates that are apparently good off a YouTube video but I only have the format as three numbers for low, mid and high. How do I input that on Betaflight and where? I'm not sure what "low", "mid" and "high" rate numbers are. Where did you get them from? In Betaflight you set rates for Roll, Pitch, and Yaw. There are no low, mid and high settings. For setting rates have a read of Oscar's article at the link below. Rates are very personal. Just because someone posted their own rates doesn't necessarily mean they will also work for you. If you are just starting out with a 5" quad I recommend sticking with the default Betaflight rates of 670 degrees per second and if they seem to slow of fast, make minor adjustments and test flights until you feel comfortable with them. I suggest just making all 3 Roll, Pitch, and Yaw rates the same value. Once you are more experienced you can maybe then experiment with different values for each. Most people either keep all 3 the same or they keep Roll and Pitch the same but use a different value for Yaw. https://oscarliang.com/rates • |
