Part #1 - Inexpensive Flight Control Using iNav - "An Introduction" for Fixed Wing Models

Howdy, are you looking for an inexpensive flight controller that sports all the cool features such as stabilization, return to home and an OSD? Well for $45 or less you can have this & MORE. Basically comparable features to the EagleTree Vector on a "shoe-string budget" using iNav. FULL details below, Press SHOW MORE to see them, Matt

I have been looking for an inexpensive alternative to the EagleTree Vectors as they cost $238 a pop and I refuse to buy anymore (I have three of them, so you can feel my pain).

Good news, I've found a route that works very well and it costs FIVE times less!

When I first tried out iNav 6 or more months ago, things didn't go well. My teksumo got smashed into the ground. I was NOT a happy camper as you can imagine.

However....

Revisiting iNav in 2017 and several versions later, iNav works brilliantly for fixed wing models. Hence this series. I'm very impressed with the results.

Parts Used
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These are the two required parts for this series.

Omnibus Betaflight F4 Flight Controller V1 STM32 F405 MCU Integrated OS
https://goo.gl/bYpmjJ

Ublox NEO-M8N Flight Controller GPS with Protective Shell for PIX PX4 Pixhawk
https://goo.gl/7Z3gh1

The first part is a F3 flight control board which has a OSD built-in and the second part is a GPS unit.

You need the GPS module so iNav knows where the model is. I've been using the same module with other boards for months and they work great. They even pick up the Russian GLONASS satellites for more accurate and faster position fixes.

Advanced Setup
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I have been using another board F4 here https://goo.gl/lqg1Ih that has a current sensor on board & a different pinout to the one suggested above.

I've personally got a few of these and they're also working well.

They do come with the extra complexity of having a whole 3 extra wires and you'll also need a current meter to set the current setting accurately.

Note: I won't be showing how to setup the advanced board until the end of the series.

Either choice is a good one, I'm using both with my models and it's been working brilliantly. See this playlist for the evidence: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgoM4-umzSqfGSJnSjoNoIz5IHoRtwzaj

Further Reading
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I urge you to take a read of the iNav wiki that can be found here https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki and specifically the "Fixed Wing Guide" here https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki/Fixed-wing-guide.

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