Developer Comment by jasonshort on June 20, 2012 at 10:08am

Good seeing every one.

Here is my run:

I was a few paces off in the landing, I just don't remember exactly. Run time was 2m04s and boy was it windy!

I was impressed by Phillip's (nice to meet you!) performance so I went and re-wrote the crosstrack error correction algorithm to be less like the planes and more heli specific. It should hold a line much better now. I'll be testing later this week.

I also added a new feature based on Phillips' comment about "hedging" Basically if you start to lean too much into the wind that you can't hold altitude, the copter will begin to level out as you come down, giving you more lift and preventing a crash.

Jason

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on June 20, 2012 at 1:49pm

Samantha: Congrats on the new user name!!

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on June 21, 2012 at 7:09am

Nice Jason, "stealing" ideas from a pro grade system like the one from Phillip is nice! 

Even with the wind your path looks ok, we need to remember what it used to be.  And your mission was performed fine and completely, this is not small thing. 

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on June 21, 2012 at 7:22am

Not really stealing... as a lot of the ideas come from a publish academic thesis paper.

Developer Comment by Doug Weibel on June 27, 2012 at 1:34pm

We have been really lax in dealing with "winners" - LOL.  Based on my observation of the contest flights, and unless there is objection, I am going to pronounce the winners as:

1 - Jason, with 2 fully auto flights right around 2 minutes and with the auto landings within 7 paces of the spot landing "spot".  Jason also had a few additional fully auto flights with landings outside the maximum 10 pace spot bonus area.

2 - Randy, with 2 fully auto flights in the 2:30 minute range, with auto landings but no spot landing bonus

3 - Phillip, with a nearly fully auto flight with the big heli.  We were blown away with how quick it took off down the course after takeoff.  But a bit of hunting around the third waypoint and a bit of time settling down for landing  slowed the overall flight to 2:42 and he had a bit of semi-autonomous human interaction dealing with the winds during the landing phase.

Overall, I thought these were great performances in really tough conditions. 

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on July 1, 2012 at 1:46pm

Congrats to Jason, Randy and Phillip for the outstanding runs!

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on July 8, 2012 at 7:17pm

Michael and Samantha Oborne's photos and videos from the Multicopter Rodeo are now up!

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