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Strange Motor Behaviour on ArduCopter (Quad)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Thunder Feb 15. 2 Replies

HiMy Quad flies well, I don't have a specific problem with it, does the mission properly, flies good, everything seems good. But when I watch the flight data live time in APM mission planner, I see…Continue

Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude

Started this discussion. Last reply by Shaul Mofaz Dec 18, 2012. 6 Replies

HiI had an auto waypoint flight yesterday, mission was like this: Go to point A, altitude 300From A go to B, altitude 400From B go to C, altitude 400RTLLand When I switched to auto via my controller,…Continue

Sending PWM to a Servo

Started this discussion. Last reply by Graham Dyer Nov 21, 2012. 2 Replies

HiI'm flying using APM 2, it's a Quad copter. I've used Output pins 1-4 for quad ESCs. I have an additional servo for controlling an arm.In Mission Planner WayPoint defination, how can I tell to send…Continue

Aluminum foil for ESC

Started this discussion. Last reply by R. D. Starwalt Nov 21, 2012. 9 Replies

HiI have a 60amp esc and 850kv 450 watt motors. They should create so much noise.I have ESCs in about 60cm distance of APM. maybe further. Connected ESCs close to motors and motor to motor distance…Continue

 

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Paul Thunder replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Strange Motor Behaviour on ArduCopter (Quad)
"Hi Magnus, similar, just I don't get such behavior in stabilize. In just happens when use it in Auto mode."
Feb 15
Magnus Skogmo replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Strange Motor Behaviour on ArduCopter (Quad)
"Se this tread. Maybe relevant"
Feb 14
Paul Thunder posted a discussion

Strange Motor Behaviour on ArduCopter (Quad)

HiMy Quad flies well, I don't have a specific problem with it, does the mission properly, flies good, everything seems good. But when I watch the flight data live time in APM mission planner, I see some aggressive behaviour like it goes down and up or right and left, it is not stabilized in flight time.Also when I hear it's motors sound, it sounds like:FULLPOWER, [half second silence], FULLPOWER, [half second silence], etc.I think it's sound isn't unique, it sounds like it works, stops, works,…See More
Feb 13
LegendLength replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Loiter and WP PID
"Are you sure the barometer was covered properly?  I found mine to be bad even with certain types of foam on them.  You need to ensure there is air getting to the barometer easily but never at high speed (and no light rays either)."
Dec 20, 2012
Shaul Mofaz replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"I'm having same problem, my problem is like this: Copter doesn't increase altitude if I don't have delay to it. For example via mission planner I set #1 WayPoint 1 no delay, altitude is 100 #2 WayPoint 2 40sec delay, altitude 200 #3…"
Dec 18, 2012
Bill Patterson replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"Without logs, all people can do it speculate.  You sure there's no logs in the copters flash ram?"
Dec 17, 2012
Paul Thunder replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"Still having same issue..."
Dec 17, 2012
Paul Thunder replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"@Bill, Logs wasn't enabled, I was disabled it for testing and forgot to re-enable it. @Saurabh,what's cause? what's reason for having such bad behaviour for some of us?   Any idea?"
Dec 17, 2012
Saurabh Srivastava replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"I had a similar problem yest, though not exactly the same. In the auto mode I had programmed to auto takeoff to 10 mts. Then to go to waypoint A at 15 mts. Then goto waypoint B at 15 mts Then RTL. My quad took off properly to 10 mts. It yawed to…"
Dec 16, 2012
Bill Patterson replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude
"Can you post your logs?"
Dec 16, 2012
Paul Thunder posted a discussion

Auto Waypoint Startup Altitude

HiI had an auto waypoint flight yesterday, mission was like this: Go to point A, altitude 300From A go to B, altitude 400From B go to C, altitude 400RTLLand When I switched to auto via my controller, at first quad started to do some yaws, like 3-4 times it went around itself (360 degree), then it moved toward point A.I thought it will increase altitude at first or at least in middle of flight while moving to A, but it just started to move toward point A with EXACT altitude I was achived with…See More
Dec 16, 2012
R. D. Starwalt replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Aluminum foil for ESC
"At this point we have no data. With no data, we can only guess what went wrong. It could have been Martians, or Beings from the 6th dimension that caused your aircraft to act up. We will never know, or even guess, without data. That being said, you…"
Nov 21, 2012
Paul Thunder replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Aluminum foil for ESC
"I lost the logs, wasn't able to get logs properly and all is gone. How to disable failsafe option? I want my quad to go so far on an automated mission that RC could lose signals, but I want it to keep continue auto mission, even possible I…"
Nov 21, 2012

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Graham Dyer replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Sending PWM to a Servo
"Seems it doesn't work, comment and star the issue please: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/do-set-servo-works"
Nov 21, 2012
Paul Thunder replied to Paul Thunder's discussion Sending PWM to a Servo
"Any DO SET SERVO experience?"
Nov 21, 2012
Paul Thunder posted a discussion

Sending PWM to a Servo

HiI'm flying using APM 2, it's a Quad copter. I've used Output pins 1-4 for quad ESCs. I have an additional servo for controlling an arm.In Mission Planner WayPoint defination, how can I tell to send a specific PWM to for example Output pins 5 or 6, as I only used 4 of output pins, so I think I can connect my servo to 5th output pin.How can I do that? I tried DO_SET_SERVO, but I can't test it before fly, is that work? If I setDO_SET_SERVO 5, 2000will it send 2000 PWM to output pin 5 (right…See More
Nov 20, 2012

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