"Hi, I used the older description on this site for the x-configuration (see below) which suits fine the Storm Drone configuration. I used another seperate UBEC for powering the APM…"
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Mike weaver left a comment for Hans Jakob Bosshard"Wow, thanks for all of the help Hans. Can you tell me if you used the attached schematic to wire your storm drone or the other schematic? Also, did you use the "Power Module" that came with the APM? Thanks!
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Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for Mike weaver"Hi Mike,
I forgot to mention in my last comment that the used ESC type is also unclear for me. But they run without problems in Connection with the APM 2.
Regards
Hans Jakob"
Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for Mike weaver"Hi Mike,
At this stage with the actual PID params take off is ok. Manual control could be better (sometimes small oscillation in pitch and roll. Loiter could be better (to tune). Alt hold bad with oscillations in height (sonar range) of several…"
Mike weaver left a comment for Hans Jakob Bosshard"Great that is great to hear Hans.
At this point, could you send me some pictures of the wiring that you are using with the storm drone and APM? I am trying to figure out how to connect everything and if any additional wiring/components are…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for Mike weaver"Hi Mike, yes, I can give you some advice for installing the APM on the Storm drone. The PID tuning for the APM 2 is not yet optimum for manual control and alt hold. I hope for better results after the long winter period with knob tuning on the…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard commented on Jose Julio's blog post Indoor fun with a tiny ArduCopter quadcopter"Hi Brian,
Look at the QuadPod Kit from http://www.snelflight.co.uk/QuadPod.htm . I added a second platform to the QuadPod to have enough place for installing APM 2, XBee and GPS. I used the delivered Motors and ESCs for the rest. It flies with…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard commented on Kur's blog post Sonar ALT_Hold Issue"Hi Thor,
In my case I could reduce quite a lot the sonar alt measurements noise / spikes with the BEC from this shop:
http://store.jdrones.com/3Amp_5V_uBEC_Low_Noise_p/ubec3a01.htm
and placing the sonar sensor (MB 1200) on my Storm Drone…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for leonardthall"Hi Leonard,
With the new seperate BEC from the DiYDrone shop and placing the sonar sensor a few centimeters away from the electronic "center" the noise and observed spikes (when changing throttle) diminshed quite a lot. I am awaitung…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for leonardthall"Hi Leonard,
Another question concerning your Matlab/Simualtion sofware. Did you determine the quadrotor model i.e. inertia values by experiments? If yes, which way? I found recently indications that someone used a so called trifilar pendulum method…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard left a comment for leonardthall"Hi Leonard,
Thanks for your comment! Thats really interesting. Are you working in research or on applications? I my younger days I worked in the domain of the good old stripline technique for mw oscillators and amplifiers at the ETH Zurich and later…"
Developerleonardthall left a comment for Hans Jakob Bosshard
"Hi mate,
I work with radar and mm-wave communications.
Nice to meet you!
Leonard
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Hans Jakob Bosshard replied to Paul's discussion Alt hold PID - Tried everything I can think of in the group South African DIY Drones User Group"Hi Paul,
I am still awaiting the BEC from the DIYDrone store. In the meantime I realized, that I have only sharp spikes when I change the throttle input. A greater change in throttle results in greater spikes in the altitude (actual height down to…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard commented on leonardthall's blog post New Throttle PID Idea"Hi Leonard,
Thanks for your comment!
I am still awaiting the BEC from the DIYDrone store. In the meantime I realized, that I have only sharp spikes when I change the throttle input. A greater change in throttle results in greater…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard commented on Kur's blog post Sonar ALT_Hold Issue"Hi Randy, on Sept. 23 you showed two sonar signal graphs (before and after shots). Did you have only noise and spikes when you alter the throttle? In my case I have only noise and spikes when altering the throttle value. Otherwise the sonar values…"
Hans Jakob Bosshard commented on leonardthall's blog post New Throttle PID Idea"Hi Leonard,
Thanks for your explanations! Do you tune with ch 7 or manually via the mission planner? Which range of oscillations are to be expected?
Concerning your investigations about the alt_hold PID's. Do you use some simulation…"
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- Early retired Electrical Engineer with special interest in control applications
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- In the early days I programmed small roboters on wheels in Java. With the programming of the AR.Drone from Parrot I entered in the field of flying robots. For getting experiences I built the APM 1 on an extended tiny QuadPod kit from Snelflight, UK.
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- At 7:24am on November 17, 2012,
Developerleonardthall said… Hi mate,
I work with radar and mm-wave communications.Nice to meet you!
Leonard
- At 9:21am on April 15, 2013, Mike weaver said…
Great that is great to hear Hans.
At this point, could you send me some pictures of the wiring that you are using with the storm drone and APM? I am trying to figure out how to connect everything and if any additional wiring/components are needed outside of what the storm drone currently has. I am particularly interested in the ESC's and how to wire the APM for power. I have read the wiring instructions and I am unsure which type of ESC's the drone uses. I am fairly confident that I can use the wiring specification for a separate power board as shown in the Wiki instructions. Also can I use the original radio controller? I have the DEVO 7 controller that came with the original set up.
Hopefully once it is up and running I can begin tuning as well. Further how well does the take off, way point, and landing work on the Storm Drone.
-Mike
- At 8:44am on April 18, 2013, Mike weaver said…
Wow, thanks for all of the help Hans. Can you tell me if you used the attached schematic to wire your storm drone or the other schematic? Also, did you use the "Power Module" that came with the APM? Thanks!
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