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Does Autotune work for trad-heli's? need PID's for Trex 450

Posted by John G. on March 3, 2015 at 11:38am

I'm doing a Trex 450 build log at my site kiloOhm.com, I'm at the point to where I need some good PID's but have heard that Autotune doesn't work for trad-heli's.

Any advice on PID's for a Trex 450 Pro V2 with Align 3500kv 6 pole motor. Using governor mode on Castle ICE 50 ESC.

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  • John G. March 3, 2015 at 2:31pm

    just attempted a maiden flight....was a disaster.

    http://youtu.be/YF12SQE-WZ8

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      Randy > John G. March 3, 2015 at 5:26pm

      JohnG,

        Been there!  https://vimeo.com/17179040

        Ah wait, wrong one, here it is: https://vimeo.com/48672645

      • John G. > Randy March 3, 2015 at 11:11pm

        ha! that looks very familiar, mine did the same. detonated.

        Do you happen to still have the PID's? I know it was from 5 years ago. :/

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          Randy > John G. March 4, 2015 at 2:20am

          John,

          I don't have the PIDs and I don't think they would work anyway because the control algorithms have completely changed since then.  Rob Lefebvre is who you need to speak to.

          I would have thought that the default params would work for a Trex 450 but I guess not.

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