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ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Brown Jul 27, 2011. 12 Replies

I seem to have reached a point of rrrrrgghhhhh and need help. If I could find someone in the West Palm Beach or Central Florida area that has a working knowledge of this software and could help a guy…Continue

Dead Short when connecting the Battery and a general question

Started this discussion. Last reply by Thomas J Coyle III May 25, 2011. 14 Replies

I am still kinda new to all of this even though I have been flying regular battery powered helis for a while.I got a built quad copter from Jdrones. When trying to configure it I used the…Continue

Airplane or Heli Mode on Transmitter? From Michael Newbie

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Brown Mar 7, 2011. 11 Replies

Newbie here, waiting for my quad to arrive, drool, drool. I thought this question would be an easy one. Which way do people setup their transmitter. I would think it would be as a heli(quad)copter…Continue

Completed Arducopter from jDrones

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jani Hirvinen Mar 2, 2011. 6 Replies

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie here. Been flying electric RC helis in Florida for a couple years now. Doing well but not an expert yet. I work for the electric company in the transmission lines department…Continue

 

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Michael Brown commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post One ESC is not like the others. Why?
"Thanks a lot. That's just what I needed. Happy flying and thanks again :-)"
Jul 28, 2011
Michael Brown commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post One ESC is not like the others. Why?
"Thanks a bunch. I don't know why it did not come with the quad. So be it. If I may ask also, what settings are you using for the ESC?"
Jul 28, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Hai Tran's discussion ArduCopter ESC setup
"Long time, I am curious as to how you ended up setting up your ESC. I screwed the setup on one and need to set it up again. Let me know."
Jul 28, 2011
Michael Brown commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post One ESC is not like the others. Why?
"I have the jDrones 10 Amp, it says jDrones AC20-1.0, Programmable ESC, BEC: 2A/5V, DC: 6V-16V."
Jul 28, 2011
Michael Brown commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post One ESC is not like the others. Why?
"I badly need the manual for the ESC. I have screwed one up and there was no manual with my quad from JDrones. Can anyone e-mail it to me ay mikey_hd@yahoo.com or fax it to me at 5617531901. Thanks a bunch."
Jul 28, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Jani, the quad flies pretty good for once. It is finally a good day in West Palm Beach. I am gathering all of my problems stemmed from the one ESC not calibrating correctly, heavy sigh. I was flying it with 8" props and I haven't changed…"
Jul 27, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Jani, thanks. I will try those settings tonight. As I said, I did get the ESC to calibrate but I accidentally turned off the brake setting. What are the settings of the ESC's so I can turn it back on. Also, I came across some 8" props. It…"
Jul 27, 2011

JDrones
Jani Hirvinen replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Mikey, have you changed any of your PID settings? You could try following PID settings on your stabilize modes.   P: 2.3 - 2.4I : 0.015INT: 40   Few people has reported that these will make ArduCopter with bigger motors a lot more stable…"
Jul 26, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Thanks Sam for the thoughts. I decided to calibrate all of the ESC's manually. One of the roll ESC's would not calibrate. It would not give the correct tones. I did the other three and came back to that one and it calibrated correctly that…"
Jul 26, 2011
sam d replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"I dont know if thats normal behavior. But, you could try the following. Does the roll related propellers throw air downwards? You could also try recalibrating the roll related ESC's manually as described in the second ESC calibration…"
Jul 24, 2011
sam d replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Well, it looks about right, according to jason, those nombers means degrees * 100, so that means that on your first test, the IMU was reading from -.57 degrees to .38 degrees, which in my opinion is fairly acceptable for a non-moving quad. The…"
Jul 24, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"OK, I just finished doing the hand test. Whoa, that was exciting. The forward backward pitch, I could hear the motors fighting my change. The yaw CCW and CW I could feel the motors fighting back. Doing the roll left and right I did not feel too much…"
Jul 24, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"OK, I ran level and got IMU Gyro offsets: -8.31, -5.00, 14.00 Accel offsets: 8.14, -9.03, -7.30 I ran the IMU test again. The numbers change incrementally by a few digits at a time. Col 1 goes from -8 to -57 then back down to 0 then to +38 and back…"
Jul 24, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Thanks. I will look into that tonight. I use a 6' USB cable so it sits on the floor flat all the time but I will pay attention to what you say. I will let you all know what happens. Thanks again."
Jul 24, 2011

Developer
jasonshort replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"#4 When you power on quad the IMU test is run. That's when you need to hold it still, not when loading code. The imu test is pitch, roll, and yaw in degrees * 100. When the quad is on the table, you should see low values that are pretty…"
Jul 24, 2011
Michael Brown replied to Michael Brown's discussion ArduCopter with Mission Planner problems
"Thanks for the reply. When I can today, I will do the level command and check the IMU again just to verify the output data. I am not familiar with the hand test. I would think that it is done with a little throttle with no props, correct?"
Jul 24, 2011

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About Me:
Electrical Engineer. I fly electric RC Heli's now for a couple years. Looking to get into a quad copter.
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Would like to get into remote video viewing with GPS hold.
Hometown:
West Palm Beach, Florida

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