Hi all,
I'm trying to decide on radio controls, yet got distracted by what I found here. This flight method is by far my most preferred:
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/Joystick
The manual mentions an Xbee for this mode, but will the 3DRs work with the APM in this manner as well? I have APM 1 using Arducopter. All of my flights will be close range.
Thanks, Jesse
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Hi Jesse,
If you try it, please let us know how it goes.
I suspect you may need to play with the radio settings to make it work smoothly. The defaults are meant for reliable long range operation, whereas what you want is low latency. I suspect you will do better running the airspeed at 128, and no ECC. That will give you about 1/4 of the latency of the default settings. The range will be lower, but the responsiveness to joystick control should be better.
Cheers, Tridge
Lots of posts here state the the xbees aren't fast enough for this sort of thing. The APM sends a lot of telemetry data, which can cause lag. Some people were using 2 xbees IIRC.
The 3DR radio is much faster, so I would think it would work a lot better.