How To Setup MSH Brain/Ikon 2

I'm having trouble with mine. I can not get my ESC to initialize. All the servos work, but can not get the esc to turn the electric motor, I've followed all the steps with throttle high TX on, plug in heli, check throttle settings 0-100%, governor off, re binding ect ect ect, been trying to figure this out for about 10 straight days, messing with it for atleast a hour per day with no luck.

West, thanks you so much for sharing all that knowledge. These video are extraordinary, great stuff. Just one question. What hardware do I need to connect my soon to arrive MSH Brain 2 with my Windows PC? I like to purchase what I need ahead of time. And I notice you never mentioned the bluetooth module. What do you think about it, is it worth it?

Hi Jeff. What do you suppose would cause the aileron to not move on the screen as I movethe stick? That should be servo 1 and I made sure all the servos are plugged into the correct location on the IKon. Could this be a radio setting?

Jeff, where did you get micro USB extension? I am trying to set up my "new to me" Align T-REX 470lm😮. I gotta get a pitch gauge too....

Hey Jeff, my cyclic servos aren't listed, DS450M Digital. Do I select unlisted and continue set up since there's a servo setup anyway?

This video saved me an unknown amount of stress and frustration. Thanks for a great video Jeff

Great videos I think I have watched most of them. I would love to see one on Spirit GT setup

Jeff in the Brain2 software what if my servos are not in the list torq 1208

Finally got it Jeff - Thanks

Hey Jeff - Driving me crazy... My rhrottle us on the pitch and vic versa? Thanks!

It's not that pitch curve is "non-linear" it's that the pitch curve is not centered. To get equal pitch travel, try lengthing or shortening the servo linkages evenly so the swashplate moves up or down a bit when the servo arms are at 90 degrees. Re-zero the pitch and then check for equal travel.

So why are we not setting the pitch to +-100 even though the instructions say to do so? I did find that when I set the pitch channel as per the instructions I had way too much collective and I can not reduce it anymore in the setup wizard the same goes for roll and the least amount of pitch I can reduce it to is 17.5

Great video same always,I wish you would update configuration either in description or setup file,definitely you changed some items after couple of flying

My throttle is reversed and as soon as I hit page 8 it comes on and goes full bore and I have to pull the USB to stop it!

I have tried reversing the throttle in the TX and It works fine but WHY is page 8 making the throttle go crazy?! I can't figure this out. I am on day 2 of trying to setup this gyro and man o man it's been hard. This is not plug and play. It's plug and reverse things.

I want to know WHY the brain2 has suddenly reversed the throttle sticks input. This was on a flying 330s with a 6250 and this was not an issue.

All this stuff just to add retracts!!!!!

I’m able to follow the video, there’s no gyro for my tail however, everything this normal in the heli and the same in the video, with the exception of in transmitter setup heading lock is red and not checked and I can’t change that

Can you do one with a spectrum esc with a brain2. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the throttle to calibrate with the brain.

Great video. Question: on the Swash setup step, you say to use the Ikon software to get your three servos at 90 degrees then mechanically adjust the linkages till your swash plate leveler tool checks out. Does this step have to be done at midstick?

Hello. Doest IKON 2 has tandem rotor configuration?

thanks for the good videos ! what is a good pitch for starting point normal mode and 3D mode just learning how to set up m heli but I see that you put your pitch degree around 13.5 but thats for normal flight ?

🚁 Man this channel is soooo underrated...should have 50K subs by now. It's my go to channel for pretty much anything I'm looking for. Very detailed and straight to the point. I set up my RAW 420 w/ Brain2 and NX8. Any way you can make a video explaining how to setup a HobbyWing ESC, specifically the 60A/80A and how to setup governor and complete serup? That would be amazing! And thanks for the content Jeff! 👍 🚁

Do you know in auto level mode how to set it to level once your on a flat surface?

If someone has an NX6 transmitter, would rescue be on Aux2? The NX6 actually has a 7th channel. In channel assign, 1 is throttle, 2 is aileron, 3 is elevator, 4 is rudder, 5 is GEAR, 6 is Aux 1/pitch, and 7 is Aux for what you need to assign to. Figure this would be for the rescue?

Just see this did you change more in advanced menu ? like to get your file if that ok

For me when in transmitter setup it shows a blue bar instead of grey and it shows 40% instead of 47% like yours. i am using a ix20 se does that make any difference

I can't get my throttle to be +100 and -100 on my ix14.

If your going to make a setup video show and claim it is start to finish show the damn governor. Ive gone through every video I can find to setup the Brain FBL and no one shows the governor setup.

Great stuff.....thanks

can you do a video on where the wires from the esc go in to what port on the ikon 2 to get telemetry with the srlx2

Thank you so much for this video. It made my setup so much easier. Thanks again.

At the 21min mark you are testing the servo travel so they dont hit and the blades are on with the battery plugged in. As a first time heli pilot, im a bit nervous about this step.

Where did you get the usb extension on the back of the Ikon?

I took your advice got the Ikon2 getting ready to put on my Raw 420. This video rocks!! Good info

How would you make the heli to pirouette really fast and to stop instantly? Other than mixing rudder to gyro gain, is there any other way to do it?

Bro I fallow this video but I have 2 problems the first one is my heli spins when is in normal mode with out doing nothing in the transmitter and second my tail in hold mode move normal right and left but when I go to normal mode the tail moved to right and I have to moved the rud to left and stock means that the tail don't move like right and left stick in right and when I move to the left stick to left not back and forth like when is in hold mode the servo comeback from right and left but not in normal mode can someone help me please

Thank you for your time Awesome video very Helpful Sir!

Good manual. Let me advise you some tricks. You should have 100% travel in fbl system, and if you touching pitch travel range its not correct. The right way, to have same collective at both sides, is to move your swash plate mechanically up(in your case, because you have positive pitch +1 degree more), and after mechanically set zero pitch again. For cyclic if you want to have perfect ranges with aileron and elevator both sides you should go to advanced menu-common-ccpm. Setup aileron and elevator positive cyclic there. Then you go further to servos menu, where you have servo travel limit. For example with elevator, you set positive range before , and you have different values at negative side, need to adjust elevator negative range. Same procedure for aileron and pitch servos, to have the best.

When setting up ikon/brain.. the servo we need tofollow ikon setup diagram or align manual book diagram? Please help

Got my Sab goblin setup flys great but my tail bobs up and down. What u think the issue is. Have a ikon flybarless system.

I wonder if IKON2 light had to be on..??.. Is it Red or Green when plugged into my Laptop Computer..??..

Thank you very much for this full of inform video. We will be very happy if a video come about vibration analysis like this.

I have accurc, and I have played around with cyclic agility on the flybarless in the sim. How can I convert the amount of deg/s I use in the sim, to the setup on the brain 2? (I like 350 deg/s)

Hey will the file work for my Sab goblin 500?

This is fantastic, man! Thank you so much for this walkthrough! This will help me greatly 👍
Now, I haven"t done anything on my 470 for almost 2 months, so I might remember wrongly, but I think I might figured out what I did wrong, although I don't know what the effect is: Cyclic servo refresh frequency was set wrong on mine. According to the table it should be 200, I think mine was set to 333 Hz. Perhaps that's why I had way off servo travels, totally disporportional to the stick positions.
Anyhow, thanks again. I think I could use your file too 🙂

Finally a video that tells me what to do with the pitch being off between positive and negative end points. Thank you and great video! I will be saving this for future reference.

Another great video Jeff! Always helpful and hope to finish up setting my 470 soon!