Manual
USER GUIDE 
79 
8  Troubleshooting  
Issue 
Solutions 
  My multirotor does not hold 
horizontal position well in 
the Loiter flight modes 
  If you are using a high power video transmitter (especially 1.3GHz), 
try hovering with your video transmitter turned off to see if the issue 
goes away. If the transmitter is the cause, see the GPS Fix 
troubleshooting section below. 
  Make sure your GPS module is getting an unobstructed view of the sky. 
  Make sure your compass is calibrated correctly. 
  Try adjusting the “GPS Position Hold” gain in the Advanced Stabilizer 
Settings menu.  We recommend you change this in 10% increments. 
  My multirotor does not hold 
vertical position (altitude) 
well in altitude hold modes. 
  Try adjusting the “Vertical/Altitude Gain” gain in the Stabilizer 
Settings menu.  We recommend you change this in 10% increments. 
  RTH: my fixed wing model 
doesn’t fly home fast enough, 
or flies home too fast 
  Increase or decrease the “Cruise Throttle Position” parameter in the 
Advanced Safety Mode menu, or rerun the Receiver Analysis Wizard 
and set a higher or lower cruise throttle position. 
  If high winds are causing slow return to home, you can program a 
minimum RTH ground speed, by changing the “Minimum Ground 
Spd(0 disable)” parameter under the Advanced RTH menu. If the 
Vector detects the model is moving slower than this speed, it will 
increase the throttle from the “Cruise” setting to the “Climb” setting 
you provided when running the Receiver Analysis Wizard. 
   I cannot arm or get the 
motors to spin on my 
multirotor. 
  You cannot arm the system while connected to a USB connection. You 
must disconnect the USB cable and then reboot the Vector. 
You must confirm your frame type during your first reboot. After 
selecting your frame, you will need to disconnect from the USB 
connection (if connected), reboot the Vector and then toggle your 
mode switch when the message comes up on your video screen to 
accept your frame type. For this reason, we recommend at least 
temporarily connecting a video monitor to the Vector to complete this 
step. Or, if you are certain you are correct about the frame type, you 
can reboot the Vector, wait about 5 seconds, then toggle your mode 
switch to accept the frame type without verifying it on the video 
screen (not recommended). 
Note that as you hold the stick(s) in the arm position, the motors will 
pulse or “twitch” twice before the props will continuously spin. You 
must continue holding the stick(s) in the arm position during this 
sequence, or the multirotor will not arm. If preferred, the pre-arming 
twitches can be disabled by selecting “Allow Fast Arming?” option in 
the “Advanced Multirotor” stick menu, or under “Other Advanced 
Settings” on the Flight Controller tab in the software. 
Be sure you are using the correct arming procedure outlined in section 










