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ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs

Started this discussion. Last reply by hoopty Aug 4, 2011. 4 Replies

Arduino ADC supplement

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hoopty replied to hoopty's discussion 'ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs'
James,   Thanks and what you have said makes perfect sense. I will give it a go!
Aug 4, 2011
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James masterman replied to hoopty's discussion 'ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs'
If the rudder is plugged into channel 1, the Yaw settings are not that relevant. The roll settings should be the main driver of the rudder control. Try changing the P part of the Roll PIDs to a higher value. That should cause more deflection, but…
Aug 4, 2011
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hoopty replied to hoopty's discussion 'ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs'
yeah, I have not had any luck with rudder deflection in Auto Mode. Can anyone supply some suggestions?   I have actually stepped through the waypoints via the GCS trying to get some rudder deflection but it is just a no go. Is there a setting…
Aug 3, 2011
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James masterman replied to hoopty's discussion 'ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs'
Hi, I too use ArduPilot with my Supercub. The supercub is a great airframe for beginners - so stable and far easier to fly than almost anything else I have tried. It also has plenty of room inside for Ardupilot once you cut out…
Aug 3, 2011
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ArduPilot Mega Help Tuning PIDs

OK I have a not fancy at all plane. It is a SuperCub Parkflyer no ailerons Just Rudder Elevator and Throttle. I noticed the default settings contain no YAW settings. I am assuming this is where my problem is but I am not sure. The Stabilize mode seems to work well while bench testing so I suspect everything is loaded and hooked up correctly.Rudder is on channel 1Evelator on Channel 2Throttle is on channel 3 Switches are set to no ailerons, and elevator and rudder are set to reverse. In…See More
Discussion posted by hoopty Aug 2, 2011
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hoopty replied to James F.'s discussion 'FPV TX/RX for sale'
Still have any of these? Maybe 1.2GHZ or 5.8
Jul 7, 2011
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hoopty commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'ArduPilot Mega home page'
Not sure if it has been mentioned but the new APM Planner does not zoom properly on the east coast of the United States. Not sure if anyone cares but it makes it hard to plan without good resolution.
Jun 14, 2011
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hoopty replied to Joel Zyla's discussion 'My Entire setup soldered and tested'
Do you still have the oilpan and APM?
Mar 14, 2011

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At 10:49pm on September 22, 2008, GusGus said…
Unfortunately no i don't. If you find it please let me know, that is useful to my project.
At 12:38pm on February 14, 2009, Win HeagyWin Heagy said…
Hi...back in Sept you wrote
I get this. Me thinks the AVRstudio overwrote something. ANy ideas?

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
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Did you ever find the problem? I am getting the same error with a brand new Ardupilot. Thanks,

Win

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