RaceFlight Revolt and RaceFlightOne

[VirtueViolater]

as some of you know, i fly the revolt and rf1 firmware. imo, its the best out there atm. some of you guys have ordered the revolt and are soon to do builds with it so i decided to make a post here for comments and questions. i will gladly help out anyway i can so just ask and if i can answer i will. once you have the rf1 configurator installed its a step by step process to set up your fc and most of it is automated! i love, love, LOVE the configurator so much i no longer have cleanflight or betaflight on my laptop. also, another big help is rf on slack, lots of knowledgeable people there to help. good luck with your rf1 builds and enjoy!

 

[Jtrjr]

Thanks, Virtue! I'm going to put my first Revolt in my QAV-X. It came with a good but very basic REVO based F4 FC. I just spent two days trying to get a beeper to work with it using motor 6. A big no go. I pulled the board today only to see that they actually were using both motor 5 & 6 to bring power to the board from the PDB. The pastures are growing now and I would have lost two birds if not for the beeper. Anyway, I'll swap the board with the Revolt and see how I like it. I'm sure I'll have some questions along the way so I really appreciate your offer to help along the way.

Thanks again,

Jerry

 

[theGreenOrange]

I was a bit disappointed to find out the millivolt needs 5V power, not direct lipo. It will cost me a few more grams with the pololu but luckily I already have one.

 

[Jtrjr]

Green,

Just curious, why would that be an issue? And I don't really understand the Pololu, what does it do?

Jerry

 

[TraumaChaser]

Only thing I do t like about revolt is you can't run a minimosd.

 

[Jtrjr]

So are their any OSD options for this board?

Jerry

 

[TraumaChaser]

So are their any OSD options for this board?

Jerry

Matek

You just can't run it through the Fc.

 

[VirtueViolater]

I'm using the runcam owl plus and a foxeer 1177 arrow both of which have osd built in

 

[Jtrjr]

Virtue,

What OSD info are you getting from those cameras?

Jerry

 

[theGreenOrange]

Green,

Just curious, why would that be an issue? And I don't really understand the Pololu, what does it do?

Jerry

The pololu is just a BEC (battery eliminator circuit) that takes an input voltage range like maybe 7-26V, and outputs 5V in this case. The issues for me are space, and that every gram counts on these little 75g builds. AUW is 125g with battery.

Edit: forgot to mention there is no PDB on these little builds.

 

[TraumaChaser]

Virtue,

What OSD info are you getting from those cameras?

Jerry

Just voltage.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Virtue,

What OSD info are you getting from those cameras?

Jerry

I'm only using voltage but they both have osd controller boards included and use mwosd I think it is

Pic is osd instructions for runcam owl plus
not sure of anything other than voltage

 

[VirtueViolater]

By the way, you can't use the ppm protocal with the revolt, it's i-bus, s-bus, or satelite only. David with support said that the ppm signal is too slow

 

[Jtrjr]

Thanks, Virtue. Yeah, I'm using XSR, XM+ and XM receivers on pretty much everything these days, all on SBUS. The only bird I have on PPM is the JJPro P200.

Jerry

 

[Jtrjr]

Virtue,

I've been doing a lot of research on the Raceflight stuff while I await my parts. I've seen a lot of issues with vibration of the FC causing problems. How have you been isolating your FC's? Are you just using the o-rings or did you get the gummies?

Thanks,

Jerry

 

[VirtueViolater]

thats not the revolt, the revolt has the gummies. you want the revolt or skitzo. they both have the gummies. they have a proprietary gyro and its sensitive, the gummies solved that issue. the original board is the one with no gummies and had issues
raceflight sells a gummie pack you can use on any flight controller, they work great

 

[Jtrjr]

Virtue,

I bought them from HobbyKing and they're advertising them as the Raceflight Revolt F4. I think it's the earlier version not the new V2. Where did you get V2's from? I can't find them anywhere! I already ordered the gummies yesterday.

Jerry

RaceFlight Revolt F4 32KHz Flight Controller

 

[VirtueViolater]

had to look around quite a bit to find the last one i bought,
Amazon.com: FinishLineFPV RaceFlight Revolt F4 Flight Controller - V2 with bobbins: Toys & Games
theyre out now, if ya look around us shops like ready made rc and getfpv.com you may find one other wise, go to raceflight.net and back order one

 

[VirtueViolater]

found one RaceFlight Flight Controller F4 v2 Revolt FC for mini Quad QAV FPV Race 1pc | eBay
out of hongkong, may take several weeks to get it unless you can messege the seller and arrange faster shipping

 

[VirtueViolater]

ok heres one in the us
RaceFlight Flight Controller F4 v2 Revolt FC for Quad QAV FPV Race 1pc (US SHIP) | eBay