Beginner advice for tarantula X6

Just a list of simple things to do when you first get your tarantula X6 (or really, just about any basic brushed motor quadcopter could use this as general advise)

Before 1st flight -

1 - Break in the motors! run the thing at the lowest speed you can for about 3 minutes.. If one motor isn't running or is slower than others, you pick it up and tilt it to each corner the lower corner will speed up a tad  ..

1st Flight-
 #1 - most important--- bind and SET GIRO's, - - Do this before every flight!! even when just changing batteries..Put TX(transmitter) in 100% rates (upper left shoulder button 2 times .. Transmitter will beep once for 40%, twice for 60% and three times for 100%) once in 100% rates make sure quad is sitting level as possible.. pull both sticks down and to the left bottom corner ... hold.. it'll take a bit but the quad will rapid blink.. keep holding till it's done.. giros are set and the thing should fly normally and self level/hover reasonably-- it's not GPS so there will be air flow drift...


Mark Billingham - The x6 can be very fast.if in headless mode try not to let the x6 fly behind you as naturally you will turn round to follow it away from your base point making the controls reverse even flying in headless

Mark Billingham If its your first flight stay low and fly into the wind

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Thom Lamourine What Mark just said X2!!! low and slow till you're used to it.

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Steve Huebner When you beat it up then build a franken spider!!

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Jonas Moreira https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8-0fLbSdmY

Trim Adjustments Tarantula X6 YiZhan QuadCopter

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Thom Lamourine That's actually "setting the giros' not trimming.. but it's good  wink emoticon Trim adjustments are the tiny black buttons on the side of the sticks  smile emoticon

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Bill Markey Always, with any quad basics must be followed.

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Thom Lamourine As Bill Markey stated, basics or Common sense must be followed! PLEASE DON'T FLY OVER CROWDS OR MOVING TRAFFIC!! as well as the know airport, military installations, or any other obvious threat sensitive property! These things are far from being "rel...See More

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Thom Lamourine Remember you are flying in a 3D space.. 300 meters along the ground is NOT 300 meters fling space.. as you go up, you loose distance out you can go and keep the quad in reception of your TX.