Mobula 6 FPV Whoop Drone 2022 First time flyer help. | Drone Community | Page 1

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:10 PM

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Found a drone I bought a couple years back that I never got to going around and hooking up

I have a radio master pocket ELRS version and I don't know how to get its connected to my mobula 6 drone.

I downloaded beta flights and it connects to my PC I just don't know how to pair this drone to the controller I've looked up countless videos on internet I don't know where I can find the pairing switch on the flight module on the drone

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:19 PM

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misty ember Found a drone I bought a couple years back that I never got to going around and ...

Hello, do you still need help with this?

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:20 PM

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strong steppe Hello, do you still need help with this?

Absolutely

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I get off of work at 6pm of you wanna walk me through.

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All my drone friends say "Google it" there is a whole language for this I don't understand lmao

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:21 PM

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"at 6pm" 😄
It's currently 21:21 for me

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:21 PM

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Damn lol

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Almost midnight big dawg lmao

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I'm told it's so simple.

They're just verbiage in the drone community that I don't understand yet but once I get it I get it

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:22 PM

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Well, it takes some research

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ELRS has excellent though at first glance maybe daunting documentation

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Youtube videos are often outdated or just plain wrong..

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But I have no problem with guiding you through the setup

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:23 PM

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What would be a good time?

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:23 PM

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Just wondering if your Mobula is actually the ELRS variant 😄

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:23 PM

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Dude that's a great question.

I bought it in 2023 so I feel like it is.

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Nothing in the documentation even says ELRS

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:23 PM

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They sold more than just the ELRS variant at that time

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idk when the ELRS variant came out tbh

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But we can check that out. What time is it for you?

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:24 PM

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strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:24 PM

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That solves that.

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Assuming they sent you what you ordered... that was a common problem at one time too

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:24 PM

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What?

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Not knowing which version was a common problem?

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:25 PM

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seen some cases of people ordering ELRS stuff and getting non-ELRS stuff xD

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many more cases of people ordering non-ELRS stuff and thinking that it will magically become ELRS 😂

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but that's not your case at least for the drone

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In how long is 6PM for you? 😄

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btw let's keep the convo here, it lets other people help and get help if needed

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:26 PM

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2 1/2 hours

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:26 PM

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hmm
I may still be awake then

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idk

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lemme check what kind of receiver was in that mobula at the time.. probably SPI but I don't like guessing.

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Yeah definitely an SPI receiver.

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:31 PM

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SPI is compatible with Radio Master Pocket ELRS?

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:34 PM

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So, first, info dump about SPI receivers (in terms of ELRS):

Standard (serial) vs SPI receiver:
A standard ELRS receiver consists of two main components: The "brain" chip and the radio chip. The brain runs ELRS firmware, which controls the radio chip. The version of ELRS is dictated by the ELRS firmware version.

A SPI receiver doesn't have the brain. The radio chip is connected directly to the flight controller. Betaflight itself contains ELRS code and acts as the ELRS brain.
This means that Betaflight has to pull double duty, as the Flight Controller and as the Receiver, and that the version of ELRS is dictated by the version of Betaflight.
Betaflight <= 4.3 -> ELRS 2.*.*
Betaflight >= 4.4 -> ELRS 3.*.*

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It's called a SPI receiver because the radio chip talks to other chips (be it the ELRS brain chip or FC Betaflight chip) through the SPI protocol

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does this make some semblance of sense? @misty ember

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:36 PM

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I'm gonna reread it a few times.

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What does SPI stand for

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What version does mine have and how would I find it?

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:37 PM

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SPI = Serial Peripheral Interface, just a generic protocol name

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:37 PM

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Connecting it to Beta flight

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:37 PM

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You can connect the drone to Betaflight Configurator, and check the version in the top left or the bottom bar

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:38 PM

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Okay okay

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:38 PM

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That mob6 came out of the factory with Betaflight 4.3 most times

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:38 PM

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My drone connects to betaflight but I can't flash any firmware updates to it

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:38 PM

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but it can be updated to 4.4

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Don't worry, that's a common problem if you're on Windows

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BTW - before you flash anything, always always always backup the settings

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:39 PM

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It prompted me to do so before flashing

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:39 PM

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yeah and people often skip it anyway

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guess why the prompt had to be added

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-_-

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:39 PM

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I saved it to my docs folder

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:39 PM

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strong steppe guess why the prompt had to be added

Because they dumb lol

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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anyway, Happymodel provides 4.4 settings for the Mob6, but there is an annoying issue

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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But like my drone doesn't even show up as an explorable device on my PC

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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we need to know which exact board you've got in the Mob6 😄

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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misty ember But like my drone doesn't even show up as an explorable device on my PC

"explorable"?

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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Well when I get home

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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A common source of issues are charging-only USB cables

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my brain always finds a way to say or do the opposite of what I want ffs

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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It doesn't show up as any kind of device in my file explorer

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:40 PM

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well, it won't

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it's not a file device

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:41 PM

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I've used my data cable from my portable drive and it still wouldn't

But it's weird the drone shows up it beta flight no problem

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:41 PM

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it's not a data storage device

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:41 PM

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Got it

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:41 PM

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to the PC, it appears as either a serial port, or a STM32 DFU/BOOTLOADER device

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serial port is for configuration

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DFU is for firmware update

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:42 PM

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Doesn't show up on my serial bus either but it shows on beta flight. Ive just accepted it lol

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:42 PM

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it's a STM32 VCP device - Virtual ComPort

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:42 PM

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Hopefully ur up in a few hours

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Should I even buy FPV goggles till I get this drone going?

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:45 PM

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So, thoughts:

Figure out what board you've got based on the Gyro chip
In Betaflight Configurator, connect, and then go to CLI tab.
There, send this command:
status

You're looking for a GYRO=<something> line

We expect one of these: BMI270, ICM20689, ICM42668P

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:46 PM

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All of this Japanese lol

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I will look for this though

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Send the command "status" and hit enter

strong steppe Jul 2, 2025, 7:49 PM

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Hopefully it's not BMI270

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cause that would be a pain

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 7:57 PM

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I'm gonna come back to this tonight whenever I get home from work

misty ember Jul 2, 2025, 11:23 PM

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@strong steppe u up?

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 12:58 AM

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anyone can help?

strong steppe Jul 3, 2025, 4:22 AM

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sorry, that was way too late for me 😄

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check the gyro

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 6:23 AM

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still up?

strong steppe Jul 3, 2025, 6:27 AM

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yup @misty ember

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 4:47 PM

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AWAKE MY BAD lol

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Are there any authorized Brick and Motor Storesd that sell drone stuff in the US?

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 6:16 PM

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@strong steppe

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 8:52 PM

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Can anyone help. I have a Radiomaster pocket, and a mobulea 6 drone ive watched tons of videos im trying to pair and map my functions and it wont work

worthy girder Jul 3, 2025, 9:47 PM

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Can you link where you bought this thing?

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because I have no idea where you could possibly still be purchasing a 2022 edition mobula6

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instead of the modern, easy to use, meh one

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or you know an air65

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 9:48 PM

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I bought this one back in 2022

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i found it in my attic a few months back

worthy girder Jul 3, 2025, 9:49 PM

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well GG was helping you update it no?

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 9:50 PM

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yeah then they had to handle something irl and havent been back yet. probably sleeping cause of time difference.

worthy girder Jul 3, 2025, 9:50 PM

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well what was the result of the command you were told to do?

misty ember Jul 3, 2025, 9:51 PM

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ICM42688P

worthy girder Jul 3, 2025, 9:53 PM

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you haven't flashed the firmware or anything yet either right

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