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Motor acting jittery at constant pwm
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Boland Sep 3, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Please check out the video, and let me know if i should be worrying?Continue
APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH
Started this discussion. Last reply by DanRZ Aug 23, 2012. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Hi Guys, please see the image, the quad is sitting leveled on the ground, and on the tuning graph, when i modulate the throttle, that was the output given ( similar output for OCTA QUAD…Continue
Mission Planner 1.2.7 and ArduCopter V2.7.1 issues with communication
Started this discussion. Last reply by DT Aug 21, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi Guys,Im having problems with the new set of firmware.I uploaded Arducopter V2.7.1 using the arduino relax, and when i use mission planner 1.2.7 to connect to it, nothing updates, all flight data…Continue
Question about APM 1.2.4 setting for X8 quadcopters.
Started this discussion. Last reply by AlexP Sep 18, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Likes
With the new APM 1.2.4 update, i was wondering, how do i select a frame for X8 quadcopters. Because, there is no option for X8 configuration. there is Y6 but no X8... PLEASE HELP...…Continue
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DT commented on Drone Savant's blog post James May's Toy Stories Flight Club (featuring an ArduPilot)AlexP replied to DT's discussion Question about APM 1.2.4 setting for X8 quadcopters."I was able to easily make it work using the instructions:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/ardupilot-on-an-xaircraft-x650-v8-body?commentId=705844%3AComment%3A822103
I have also added a reply to that thread with links on how to upload custom code.…"
AlexP replied to DT's discussion Question about APM 1.2.4 setting for X8 quadcopters."Apologies, now that I'm more awake after a night of sleep, instead of after a day of building:
I think I can figure this out, based on Marco's input. However, if someone could answer the following question: is Mission Planner still…"
AlexP replied to DT's discussion Question about APM 1.2.4 setting for X8 quadcopters."I would appreciate some help too. I cannot find the apm_config file that contains a 'frame_type' parameter.
Would truly appreciate a more thorough explanation. I'm using Mission Planner 1.2.11 mav 1.0 and that is the only thing…"
Mike Boland replied to DT's discussion Motor acting jittery at constant pwm"A little hard to tell from the video what problem you are referring to.
Some details of your setup would be make it possible to analyse further, what version FW, what board, radio, etc
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DT posted a discussionMotor acting jittery at constant pwm
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DanRZ replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"A good way to avoid faulty motors would be to swap two opposite motors
and see if the motors swapped still have the problem and not the other one.
And i would like to say that the logs are very disappointing ...
What does 1900 value mean ? 100 %…"
DT replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"Hi, Ive done an actual flight, the yaw isnt a problem anymore. the problem now is that some motors on the same branch spin more, this causes said motor to do all the work, where as the other motor on the same branch works less. I would like the lift…"
DanRZ replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"Hello do you test your octa quad on bench with or without the props ?Without the props you can have some adjustments done by the ardupilot.As jasonshort says, maybe it just tries to correct Yaw or any other position.Whitout props the compensation…"
DT replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"I seem to have fixed the problem (title of post).. but now im noticing another problem, after a short flight duration, i noticed that the bottom 4 motors in the OCTA QUAD configuration are working less compared to the top 4 motors... using the…"
DT replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"Thanks, How long do you normally wait before starting to fly? and how do you know when its ready to fly?
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DT replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"Thanks, How long do you normally wait before starting to fly? and how do you know when its ready to fly?
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Developerjasonshort replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH
"Yeah, that's the quad trying to Yaw.
Jason"
Dan Gray replied to DT's discussion APM OUTPUT TO MOTOR WEIRD TUNING GRAPH"That can happen if you start it before the magnetic sensor has settled out.
Dan"
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