Betaflight 4.3 Complete Tuning Guide: PID Tuning

The future starts here. My complete tuning guide for BF 4.3 will take you all the way to a fantastic flying quad and explain every step along the way.

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Mutually compatible builds of BF4.3 and Configurator 10.8 (use at own risk!)
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BF 4.3 25-10-2021 05:18 4.3.0 #2542

Driver fixer if you can't flash your FC: https://impulserc.com/pages/downloads

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Tuning Process
1:20 Increase PIDsum limit
1:56 The PID-F controller
4:00 Intro to P Term
4:45 Intro to D term
5:23 P:D Balance
5:59 Intro to I term
6:35 D then P then I
7:15 Intro to Feedforward
8:40 Tuning Flight Tips
9:40 Find max D-gain
12:44 Why use the Master Slider?
14:32 When should you stop?
17:02 P:D balance
19:13 PID toolbox examples
19:52 I term tuning
20:39 Why high I gains are good!
23:32 I term relax
24:22 Tuning Feedforward
28:10 Dynamic Idle improved in BF 4.3
30:48 RC smoothing for stick feel
32:09 Please consider supporting the channel, Thank you!