Hi,
I just set up my APM board for a quad. I flew a few times already in stabilize mode and it seems working just fine. Today, I wanted to try the "Alt-Hold" mode.
I have read here a few times that the board has a tendency to shoot off when alt-hold is engaged. Knowing this, I wanted to test it. I raised the throttle (in Stabilize mode), till the craft gets to a hover. (I was holding the quad). I flipped the switched to "Alt-hold" and as I guessed, all 4 motors started running at full power till I flipped the switch back to stabilize mode.
I did it a few times with the same result:(
Currently I didn't do any PID tuning. I flew the quad for about 30 minutes total. It is holding the heading pretty well. Responses are good. It hovers almost at mid throttle. But alt-hold is scary!!!
What should I do? I cannot even try the Loiter if I can not fix this issue.
Thanks...
P.S. Did the "altitude" test in CLI window. Did not get any negative value...
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I am very interested in this.
Just curious but would the Vel Max/max auto affect this?
The pilot Vel Max is 16??? but the auto settings are -16???
Is the negative correct? The pilot version is positive.
Hello. This is my first time writing, so I really hope somebody can help me. I'm a beginner in this field.
I have an APM 2.5 board with firmware 2.9.1b (and the latest version of Mission Planner) on a home-made quad and I'm having a very difficult time tuning it. I can't seem to get it to fly smoothly in stabilize mode, and most of the times, in the alt hold mode, the copter accelerates upwards, instead of holding position. I wanted to check for existing vibrations and I have enabled raw and motors logs as indicated, but when I open the logs afterwards, it doesn't show me anywhere the raw values and the accel z, x, y values in the list. I don't know why that is... I've managed however to take a few snapshots of the accel values in real time by checking the tuning checkbox that I've attached below, but I can't tell whether the vibrations below are within acceptable range or not.
Would you be kind enough as to take a look and tell me if i have any vibrations there that could affect the flight of the copter and thus making it really really hard to tune (I've been at it for 2 months already, changing PID values, and I can't seem to make it fly nicely). Any help is greatly appreciated!
hi alex
follow richards advise and you will get good results .
his advise as got me flying in alt/hold really well.
I am using" moon gel " which is working well BUT after only
about 15minutes flying i have noticed the "moon gel" as a split in 1 corner !
And i found it difficult to glue. So if you go with gel give it a good wash with soap and water before
gluing.