the instructions in the .pde for magcalibration have me a bit confused.it gives the following example in the pde comments---Example: Magnetic north calibration show -1.2 degrees offset and declination(true north) is -5.6 then the MAGCALIBRATION should be -6.8. Your GPSreadings are based on true north.question 1where am i supposed to get those values?---when input my long, lat in magnetic-declination.com, it gives me a declination of positive 14degrees, 6 minutes.question 2am i supposed to enter this value (14.6) into #define MAGCALIBRATION ?---it then talks about using a compass (i bought a real one) and "then adjust this value until you have a 0 degrees reading in the Configurators artificial horizon. "question 3um, what value? am i supposed to go back and forth between CLI and configurator?---and then, there is the geo correction factor that always goes back to 0 even though i update it according to the instructions.question 4wth? :^Pi am using piratesNG, btwmy arducopter is coming along slowly but surely! thanks in advance for the help!
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although my declination is positive, when I entered that value into MAGCALIBRATION, the heading reported by configurator got worse. i instead entered -14.1 and it was within 5 degrees. i added that to -14.1 and my resulting MAG value was -9.1
my compass is now within 1 deg.
i also lowered the heading hold PID from default 0.200 to 0.100 and the quad doesn't overshoot as much as it did before. a solid position hold is not quite there, but it is getting closer.
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thanks sebastian and phillip.
although my declination is positive, when I entered that value into MAGCALIBRATION, the heading reported by configurator got worse. i instead entered -14.1 and it was within 5 degrees. i added that to -14.1 and my resulting MAG value was -9.1
my compass is now within 1 deg.
i also lowered the heading hold PID from default 0.200 to 0.100 and the quad doesn't overshoot as much as it did before. a solid position hold is not quite there, but it is getting closer.