Setup guides

From the box to the first flight

Wiring and firmware setup for each Fiodel board, in the order you do it. Each board's manual and firmware are on its own page.

• FC · STACK · 7 steps

  Wiring the F405 Flight Controller

  What plugs into which socket of the Fiodel F405, and which pads to use when there is no plug: ESC, receiver, GPS, video transmitter, camera and the rest.

• FC · STACK · 7 steps

  First Setup in Betaflight

  The Betaflight settings that follow from how the Fiodel F405 is wired: which UART is which, the receiver, the motors, and the voltage and current scales.

• RX · RX · 5 steps

  Binding a Fiodel ELRS Receiver

  Wire a Fiodel ExpressLRS receiver, bind it to your transmitter with a binding phrase or the three-power-cycle method, and set Betaflight to listen to it.

• GPS · 5 steps

  Setting Up the M10 GPS + Compass

  Mount and wire the Fiodel M10 GPS + Compass, switch it on in Betaflight and know what its two LEDs are telling you.

• VTX · 5 steps

  Connecting the 2.5W VTX

  Power, video and SmartAudio for the Fiodel 2.5W VTX, on the Fiodel F405 and on other flight controllers, and what it will and will not transmit as shipped.

• ESC · STACK · 6 steps

  First Power-Up of the 4-in-1 ESC

  Solder the capacitor, battery lead and motors to the Fiodel 4-in-1 ESC, connect the flight controller and set the two things in firmware that matter.