Greetings
At the moment I'm flying a f550 with NAZAv2 & GPS. Thinking of switching to APM instead as there have been quite a few odd crashes on all DJI fc platforms recently. I assume I just need the 2.6 with GPS and possibly the power module? That will give me more functionality that my present setup.?
Any advice/comments welcome
Cheers
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I built my second APM and had to stop doing the final calibrations due to the winter months. - Too much snow and COLD. The other day I began to finalize calibrating the APM 2.6 and it wouldn't power when plugging the lipo to the power module. I tried a few things, but I thought I would go to 3DR support while I continued to figure out the problem.
To Make a long story short, 3DR contacted me via through e-mail. Even though the original computerized response said they would get back with me within two business day, I was happy to find a "real person" contact me within a couple of hours.
During the wait time I found the problem. Note: It was the Deans connector on the lipo.
I communicated back to 3DR regarding finding the problem and they responded back with the following.
Glad you solved the issue :)
If you have any other questions / concerns just let me know!
Have a Nice Day!
All I can say is 3DR has improved regarding their service. It is what keeps me buying their products.
Hmmm, Naza is a fantastic system IF you don't understand multirotors. It will get you flying quicker than what the APM will. However The APM has so much more to offer if you take the time to learn and understand. The setup guides are pretty good now and thanks to Randy and the dev team there is quite a bit of help available via the tutorials.
Basically if it's not flying right then you have taken a shortcut or missed something. I am now using APM's in all my multirotors and personally wouldn't go back to naza, Don't get me wrong, the naza system is pretty darn good. I just thing the APM is now better if you are willing to tune it properly, and if done right offers advantages over and above the naza.
just my 2 cents worth!
Don't do it. APM requires so much more setup, and even though it's good, or great even with the new releases you are more likely to have problems (including fly aways) with arducopter. The Naza's 32-bit chips are very good at filtering vibrations and GPS glitches. I fly both, and of course they both have their benefits, but it took me almost a year of tuning, waiting, balancing, vibration dampening setup to get arducopter as good as the naza.
Glen, if you know, what firmware are you using? If you don't, can you share a dataflash log? It's at the top of the log. Do you use auto?
Thanks,
Mihai