(1/5) PixHawk Video Series - Simple initial setup, config and calibration

UPDATE (March2020): Newer version of this series - Pixhawk 2020 series. Please consider supporting the channel by visiting To view all of the videos in this series visit – In this first video in the series we cover the most commonly asked for questions from subscribers – How does it stack up to an APM? What is different to an APM? – then we install the APM:Copter firmware using Mission Planner then configure the basic settings (frame type, accelerometers, compass, modes and radio) so we are ready to connect it into a frame and connect the power and ESCs (covered in the next video). Thanks to ‘R’ for donating the Pixhawk for this series - he is a very generous chap. If you want to see the APM video series you can watch it here If you want to learn more about modes before the PixHawk version of the video is available you can watch In this video we cover: - Introduction (0:02) - APM vs. PixHawk (3:00) - Installing the software onto your computer (11:48) - Installing the firmware onto the Pixhawk (13:51) - Configuring the frame type (16:33) - Configuring the Accelerometers (16:45) - Calibrating the compass (17:43) - Calibrating the Radio connection (19:19) - Setting up the flight modes (21:04) - Summary (22:00) Thanks for watching, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE Happy flying!