Successful maiden Altitude Hold and Loiter test on first day flying with my Hexacopter
I managed to test the Altitude Hold and Loiter functions of my ArduPilot Mega2 controlled Hexacopter and was pretty impressed with it. There was strong winds initially but when it died down to a breeze I turned on the altitude hold and it seemed to hover with a deviation of around 2m. Then when I turned on the Loiter mode, my hexacopter stayed within a 5m radius despite some wind. The fact that I didn’t do any adjustments and used everything stock was quite impressive to me. The firmware and code is well written I guess.
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Tags: (Computing, 2, APM2, Air, Altitude, Arducopter, Arduino, ArdupilotMega, Autonomous, DIY, More…
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Comment by Dave on August 11, 2012 at 1:28pm -
What size battery are you using? How long is your flight time?
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Comment by weelian soh on August 11, 2012 at 5:33pm -
Hi Dave, I'm using a 5000mAh HaiYin 30-40c 4S battery and I had approximately 12-14 minutes of flight with a AUW of 2.2kg or 4.9 pounds.
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Comment by weelian soh on August 12, 2012 at 3:47am
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Hi Dave, correction on the Battery endurance and Flight time. I flew with a fully charged HaiYin 5000mAh and it gave me 17 minutes of hover time before my battery alarm sounded out. This is the longest time I've had on the HaiYin battery so far.
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