Comment by Jonathan M on June 15, 2012 at 11:38pm

Very nice.  Stock PIDs?  What are the specs on that hexa?

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on June 16, 2012 at 6:05am

can you explain the failsafe procedure?  Did you also update the PPM encoder firmware? 

Comment by Andreas on June 16, 2012 at 7:31am

Full build log and specs of the Hexacopter:

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/the-10-hexacopter-frame

Yes all the PIDs were stock.

Regarding failsafe: The FrSky receiver has simply been programmed to switch the mode to LAND and throttle to 30% for the case the radio signal is lost. Was nice to see that the remote could be turned off and the hexacopter just initiated a gentle and controlled decent. 

The PPM encoding firmware has not been modified. IMHO there are 2000 things that can go wrong before the throttle wire might get disconnected (also I might still be able to throw it into LAND mode). But we will try the single wire CPPM/SPPM connection between the FrSky receiver and the APM2 soon.

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on June 16, 2012 at 9:07am

If you dont mind posting more details on how you programmed the FrSky module I am sure it will be appreciated as many are using it too.

Dany

Comment by Andreas on June 16, 2012 at 9:50am

Not much to "program" ;)

1) You hold the sticks and switches in the position that you want for failsafe.

2) Push the FS button on the receiver

3) Done

Test by turning the transmitter off and watch the radio input / mode change on Planner UI.

Comment by Carl La France on June 16, 2012 at 5:12pm

Good Job! It is great when something works!

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