APM2 conversion to Naza
Morning everyone!
So i decided to try the whole Dji thing. It took all of about 20mins to swop the APM2 with the Naza.
The setup is as simple as it gets. That took no more than 10 mins.
After installing the hardware and software I took it outside and attempted the first flight.
All I have to say is wow! A truly awesome piece of engineering! Dont get me wrong, I love my ardupilot!
But the Naza is just amazing! Im not a very experienced pilot so im still a little wobbly flying the APM2.
The real reason behind buying the Naza, is for videography. I cant fly the APM2 stable enough for videography, obviously its perfectly suited for that, Im just not experience enough to fly it well enough. Duran DeV flies all his copters on APM and his videos are mind blowing. So its not the FC, its the pilot!
For a not so fresh noob, the Naza makes the whole experience a dream. I did a direct swop out of the FC on the standard jDrones Arducopter and it worked like a charm, no tuning or anything.
I only flew it in atti mode. Which I think is awesome for videography, the alt hold is accurate to within a few centimeters.
And when I put my gopro on it, which threw out the COG, the flight dynamics remained exactly the same!
I hope the Ardu boys dont get upset with me for posting this, but one has to have an open mind to all new tech :)
G:)
P.S. I bought a ST Discovery high wing foamy trainer for my APM2 for photogrammetry, so Ill post some vids and or crashes of that soon!
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Comment by Gareth Rens on May 29, 2012 at 11:36am -
Youtube stablised.
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Comment by Mike on May 29, 2012 at 11:52am -
Looks like the camera is on a building or something - vary stable!
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Comment by Gareth Rens on May 29, 2012 at 12:26pm
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I said the same thing to my girlfriend! :)
Mike, where about in SA are you?
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Comment by Tim - Arduino for Visual Studio on May 29, 2012 at 1:15pm -
gareth, can you please post the raw version before youtube stabalize
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Comment by Gareth Rens on May 29, 2012 at 1:22pm
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@Fab, im busy uploading some other vids, when they done ill upload the raw version. The raw version is slightly shakier but not that much. There is a slight oscillation, but I tuned that out.
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Comment by Tim - Arduino for Visual Studio on May 29, 2012 at 2:34pm
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Thanks, looking forward to all your footage
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Comment by Gareth Rens on May 29, 2012 at 11:21pm
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unstabilised
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Comment by Duran - SteadiDrone on May 29, 2012 at 11:53pm -
not bad, but I am getting this type of result from apm1 on our octo, I'm also very keen to get the naza to see what the fuss is about, I just dont know how it can be more solid than the apm2 ive been playing with in my quad, which is solid, HOW is it more solid ? If my quad hovers with zero twitches and is super stable and responsive, how is naza better ? is it the ease of use ? sorry for all the qs..
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Comment by Gareth Rens on May 30, 2012 at 12:03am
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Duran, I cant really explain it. It just feels different. You've been flying for a LONG time. 1500+ flight with your octo.
Im still a noob and I can actually fly it. I can actually think about the shot and not flying the copter.
You'll have to get one and see. Also the safety features and ease of setup are wonderful.
From plugging in the battery, 5 seconds to launch.
If you want one, http://www.xtrememulticopters.co.za/ sell them. R2300.00
And theres a GPS upgrade coming soon.
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Developer Comment by John Arne Birkeland on May 30, 2012 at 12:07am -
Nobody questions that APM can be a very good performer, but unless you are lucky with the frame you have to tweak PID's and experiment to get there. People are discovering that with the Naza they pretty much just have to install it and it will fly great, and handle wind gusts very well. This is the kind of "performance" I want to see with APM.
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