Motors won't start using the st16 controller

rslighting · Jul 24, 2017

All of a sudden my H won't start. Only thing I did in between flights is A) charged the controller and B) went on the 'pad' to look at wi fi settings.
When I press the red start button I hear a response(beep) but motors are not starting. It shows ready on controller display and in pilot mode I get the blinking purple light indication.
Any ideas?

Typhoon Charlie · Jul 24, 2017

Is the right switch on return to home?

rslighting · Jul 24, 2017

Hi Charlie. No it's in the A "angle" mode

Typhoon Charlie · Jul 24, 2017

Do you know how to calibrate the st-16

rslighting · Jul 24, 2017

Typhoon Charlie said:
Do you know how to calibrate the st-16

I haven't done that yet. No, but I will look into it.
Thank you

BobW55 · Jul 24, 2017

If you flip from RTH-Angle-SMART modes, do you see the tail light on the H change colors?
Green-Smart
Red-RTH
Purple-Angle
That would rule OUT the H not being bound to the ST-16.

rslighting · Jul 24, 2017

BobW55 said:
If you flip from RTH-Angle-SMART modes, do you see the tail light on the H change colors?
Green-Smart
Red-RTH
Purple-Angle
That would rule OUT the H not being bound to the ST-16.

Hi Bob,
Yes, I ran through all of the flight settings, and confirm the light changing in reference. I just flew it about a week ago and the only thing I did was go on the 'pad' away from flight menu and controls to observe what files were on the dashboard. Didn't change anything except exit back out. I also charged the controller last night.

I never was able to see on the controller that I had acquired GPS signal, although I had 12 satellites. Still, in Angle mode I can still start the motors. I was only getting a beeping response at each attempt.

BobW55 · Jul 24, 2017

Only other option I can think of would be to delete the current model, create a new one and rebind to that.

Typhoon Charlie · Jul 24, 2017

Try this first. Just make sure when you do it you have the 2 sliders and the pan knob centered before you click on finish

ST-16 Calibration ( secret menu )

AH-1G · Jul 24, 2017

rslighting said:
All of a sudden my H won't start. Only thing I did in between flights is A) charged the controller and B) went on the 'pad' to look at wi fi settings.
When I press the red start button I hear a response(beep) but motors are not starting. It shows ready on controller display and in pilot mode I get the blinking purple light indication.
Any ideas?

I had same issues many months ago, I re calibrated my compass and then it worked.

rslighting · Jul 25, 2017

AH-1G said:
I had same issues many months ago, I re calibrated my compass and then it worked.

Thanks AH. Did you do a recalibration on the controller or the H?

AH-1G · Jul 26, 2017

Use the controller to recalibrate.

cappooter1 · Jul 29, 2017

rslighting said:
All of a sudden my H won't start. Only thing I did in between flights is A) charged the controller and B) went on the 'pad' to look at wi fi settings.
When I press the red start button I hear a response(beep) but motors are not starting. It shows ready on controller display and in pilot mode I get the blinking purple light indication.
Any ideas?

Try to rebind to the ST16

AH-1G · Jul 29, 2017

Mine wasn't a rebind issue , found out in B1 was in the wrong position (color) mine needed to be in green not blue. I don't want to go into much detail not sure what controller you have. I understand there are 2 types of st16's?