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Introduction :

This getting started guy will outline the steps you need to install your flight controller and speed controller into your drone. It will take you through connecteding all the hardware and then how to program it and get to flying.

Parts you need to build your drone :
  • Flight Controller (RevoltOSD, MillivoltOSD, RevoltOSD Lite)
  • Speed Controller (ESC) (Afterburner, Megabolt, or some other BlHeli32 ESC)
  • Frame (Recommended WildWilly Dolphin, Skitzo Nova or Shaun Taylor Arc One)
  • Camera (RunCam, Caddx, Foxeer work great, or DJI)
  • Video Transmitter (We recommend TBS VTXs or DJI)
  • Motors (WildWilly Special Juice motors work great)
  • Radio (Spektrum, Futaba, FrSky, DJI all work great)
  • Radio Receiver (this needs to match your radio type)
  • Lipo battery (should match the kv and size of your motors)
  • Props
  • Antenna
  • Googles or video screen
Tools recommended :
  • Soldering Iron (Set to 600°F or 315°C) (Hakko and Weller both make great ones, recommend FX-951 as best for the money)
  • 2mm Hex Driver (MIP Tools recommended, won't strip screw heads)
  • Flush Cut Dykes
  • 8mm Driver
  • Smoke Stopper
  • Solder Wire (Good solder is important, kester makes a huge difference)
  • Blunt Nose Tweezers
  • Double sided tape, electrical tape, and zip ties
Mounting Speed Controller :

The first thing you need to do is mount your speed controller (esc). The recommended way to mount the ESC is by using a singl long M3 bolt coming through the frame. This minimizes vibrations and damage to the ESC. By using a long bolt you will be less likely to cause damage to your equipment. You then want to wire your motors to the ESC. The order of the wires does not matter, just cut them to length, tin the ends, tin the pads and apply heat through the top of the wire pushing down onto the pad. As soon as both the pad and wire become liquid hold the wire in place and remove the heat till it hardens. Using blunt nose tweezers helps with this step. Its also time to solder the XT60 to the ESC. This make take a lot of heat so be patient. Make sure everything is fully melted before releasing.

Mounting Flight Controller :

Place the flight controller on the m3 bolts above the ESC. Make sure there is space between and ESC and the flight controller, and that nothing touches if you put pressure on top the flight controller. The best thing to do is using orings between them or use the newest gummies which has added spacing on the bottom of the PCB. The processor should face up, which is the biggest square black chip on the flight controller. You can then connect the two together with the ESC hardness, making sure to not bend any pins when plugging into each component. Its best to twist the wires of the wire to help with shielding. The USB port should go opposite of the XT60.

Installing Video System:
You connect your camera by soldering to the following pads. You can switch the VBAT and 5v wires depending on if your VTX or camera prefers 5v, or full camera voltage.
Using the plugs on the RevoltOSD is super simple. Just connect the appropriate wires to the flight controller, then plug into the difference devices. Our VTX plug is made for TBS race, however the camera wire should work for all cameras. If you have a different VTX just chop the VTX end and solder it to your VTX. Its recommended to use a small drop of hot glue on the connectors. This will keep it from being unplugged, and is very easy to remove when trying to remove the connector.
You connect your DJI video system by connecting to the following pads with the same color wire. You will have one wire left over, which is only used if you are using the radio, and will be used in the receiver section. This assumes your using a 4s battery, since the DJI system is made for 4s batteries. If you are using a higher cell count battery, you need to put a voltage regulator in the vbat section.
Installing Radio System:
First you must solder the two jumpers together for NOR (normal). Spektrum doesn't use an inverted protocol so this is the proper way to solder the jumpers. Easiest way is just to put some solder on one, and quickly drag to the other so both pads bridge. Don't hold solder very long, if its too hot they won't bridge well. After your done with that connect the TX1 pad to the signal, and connect the approriate ground and power pads. You can bind your radio by powering it while shorting the ground and signal pads. This will put the receive into bind mode. You can then go in your radio and choose the bind command.
First you must solder the two jumpers together for NOR (normal). TBS Crossfire doesn't use an inverted protocol so this is the proper way to solder the jumpers. Easiest way is just to put some solder on one, and quickly drag to the other so both pads bridge. Don't hold solder very long, if its too hot they won't bridge well. After your done with that connect the TX1 pad to the signal, and connect the approriate ground and power pads. You can bind your radio by pressing the button immediately after powering the radio, if you wait too long it won't go into bind mode. This will put the receive into bind mode. You can then go in your radio or on the back of the crossfire and choose the bind command. The first time you bind it may take a while, while it updates everything.
First you must solder the two jumpers together for INV (inverted). DJI uses an inverted protocol so this is the proper way to solder the jumpers. Easiest way is just to put some solder on one, and quickly drag to the other so both pads bridge. Don't hold solder very long, if its too hot they won't bridge well. After your done with that connect the colored wire to the pad shown. You can then bind your DJI system by pressing the bind button on both the receiver and the goggles. Once its bound then go in and choose the high speed protocol in your goggles. Its important you active your DJI system and update it by plugging it into your PC.
First you must solder the two jumpers together for INV (inverted). FrSky uses an inverted protocol so this is the proper way to solder the jumpers. Easiest way is just to put some solder on one, and quickly drag to the other so both pads bridge. Don't hold solder very long, if its too hot they won't bridge well. After your done that, connect the approriate wires from the pin out.
First you must solder the two jumpers together for NOR (normal). FrSky R9 uses an non-inverted protocol, however they refer to it as inverted, so this is the proper way to solder the jumpers. Easiest way is just to put some solder on one, and quickly drag to the other so both pads bridge. Don't hold solder very long, if its too hot they won't bridge well. After your done that, connect the approriate wires from the pin out. You must update your receive before doing any of this so it uses the latest R9 firmware with the inverted protocol, which is technical not inverted.

ESC Jumper

For the megabolt you jumper your FC like this, so that the current draw comes from the current sensor wire. If you jumper the opposite two pins it will get current information from telemetry. The old spark32 and bolt32 used telemetry, however our new ESCs use direct current for faster updates.