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I have to ask, because I've done this before:
Lens cap? Reason I mention this is because if it's black, the VTX is working. Next thing is to try changing the channel to see if that brings up a "No signal" on the goggles. Do this by holding down the red button on the quad (from memory, you hold it down to change channel and press it briefly to move the OSD up and down).
Dirk got his one today too. Must have been a bulk shipment or something.
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Dirk, make sure you never have the quad powered on without an antenna on the video transmitter, or you could burn it out within a matter of minutes (seconds, even).
Yes, the antenna connector will get hot, but it will get even hotter without an antenna. That's a sure fire way to kill your VTX. That's why there's a warning sticker on the top. Don't power it up without that antenna mate!
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I have exported my config, but can't upload it here. If you want it, send me a PM
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It should be warm, but not hot. If your video's working, you will be fine. Just be careful to never run it without the VTX antenna and you should be fine...
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It's easy. Just hook it up to LibrePilot and follow the wizard. It even maps out the transmitter switches for flight modes for you.
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Hmm, funny that. I always tell everyone to start with the defaults but everyone I've spoken to ends up trying to tweak it then regrets doing so...
Save the PID and rate tuning until you've got your first few hours of FPV flight under your belt, trust me on this one... And if you do tweak it, only make really small increments - start with the rates before mucking about too much with the PIDs.