Developer

Here a video of a new serie of tests of my quadcopter (QRO) during a full autonomous flight in RTL and LOITER mode (GPS position Hold)  with the firmware Arducopter v2.0.54 + stability patch. The altitude is only locked by a barometric pressure (no sonar and no optical flow sensor).

The quadcopter autonomous flight is really stable and safe, the Jason' stability patch on the firmware arducopter v2.0.54 is a great improvement.

Wind: W-N-W at 13 km/h

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Avionic setup:
 - Ardupilot Mega (Atmega 2560 @16 MHz), 32 Mips
 - Full 9DOF IMU,
 - Built-in 16 MB Data Logger,
 - Airspeed and absolute pressure sensors (Bosh),
 - triple axis magnetometer HMC5843,
 - 10Hz Mediatek GPS.
 - firmware Arducopter V2.0.54 (original version + stability patch)

 - Receiver: Turnigy 9X8C v2
 - Transmitter: Turnigy 9x
 - uBec 5V @ 5A Turnigy

Hardware Setup:
- four brushless motors RC Timer BC-2836/11 (750 KV)
- two CW propellers  12 x 4.5
- two CCW propellers 12 x 4.5
- fours ESC 40A RC Timer speed controllers
- one Lipo battery 3S Turnigy Nano-Tech 2200 mAh

- Take Off Weight (TOW): 988 g without payload

- Flight time: about 10 min

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more infos at:http://diydrones.com/profile/JeanLouisNaudin

 

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Comments

  • Nice video, why landing not shown ?

  • Distributor

    Nice video, arducopter just keeps getting better and better :D, looking forward to testing out the new APMv2 board wich should make for much better alt hold.

    UT

  • Well done to you and good news about the stability patch

  • Thanks...great Work!!

  • Developer

    You will all the infos about the Jason' stability patch currently under development and test at:

    http://diydrones.com/xn/detail/705844%3ATopic%3A722556

    Regards, Jean-Louis

  • I expect it will be.  Seems pretty solid, the idea, execution and performance of it are pretty good.  And we've got a few more ideas too.

  • Great video.

    Do you know if the "Jason' stability patch" will be integrated in the next firmware update?

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