Comment by Dave Wicks on May 15, 2012 at 10:01pm

Yikes!! I like my fingers too much to even attempt something like this, not to mention the damage the quad could sustain.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on May 15, 2012 at 10:26pm

Nice! Any update on autonomy? 

Comment by Patrice Mainville on May 15, 2012 at 10:37pm

Never thought that I would do the front page of the DIYDrone... Yess, it's me throwing that thing.

I'm working on the autonomy Chris, I have position hold working as the ArduCopter and navigation is about to work...

Comment by Patrice Mainville on May 15, 2012 at 10:40pm

this one is also quite fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5MM6J2_V9g&feature=channel&...

Developer Comment by John Arne Birkeland on May 16, 2012 at 3:28am

Not the most useful feature, but a good indication of how robust the AHRS is.

JDrones Comment by Jani Hirvinen on May 16, 2012 at 3:29am

Ellison why not?? We have been doing it several times. If you look those original ArduCopter videos that we made while I was standing on roof of one highrise building here in Thailand.. We made same tests with AC.

After that we have been doing even more those tests.

But yeah. AQ levels really nice on this video. It only drops 2-3 meters during full drop. Congrats to Ted and others.

Comment by Ellison Chan on May 16, 2012 at 7:00am

Patrice, next time you should post it yourself, so I don't have to. ;-)

Dave, not only do I love my fingers, I love my drone too much.  I'm sure that AC can do it too, with a perfectly tuned set of PIDs.  I wonder how much tunning Patrice had to do before he was confident enough to do that.

Jason, nice vid, but not close to what Patrice was doing, and I have yet to get my Naza flying in Atitude mode yet, I'm still waiting on my battery from HK.  Funny the battery problem has less effect in Manual mode.

Jani, I challenge you to a video response, pls.  ;-)

Comment by Patrice Mainville on May 16, 2012 at 7:05am

Well, I'm not comfortable to post AQ stuff on DIY... and we are far behind!

PID was default but the D at -350 for gyro in stabilize !

Comment by Ellison Chan on May 16, 2012 at 7:08am

Why not post AQ stuff here, it's all open source, and DIY?  I'm looking at doing a hybrid code soon, AQ-AC Frankenstein.

Comment by Patrice Mainville on May 16, 2012 at 7:15am

Ah... will see :) thx

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