Hey all,
i received my brand new APM 2.6 together with the ublox GPS one day ago. Today i wanted to mount the apm to my quad but i am not sure how to do so: There is an arrow pointing into the direction which is forward. My first question is: How importand is the exact angle. Does it affect flying when there is an aberration of one degree or so? Furthermore i did not find any information on the exact position of the apm. Does it need to be centered or can i place it on the left or right side of the centerplate? The last question regards the gps: I know that it has to be placed as far apart from the other electronics as possible. What if i put it one cm from the apm? Will it just affect the precision of the gps / compass or does this not work at all?
thank you very much!
andré
Replies
My understanding is the APM should be mounted as centered as possible.
As far as the external compass; you want it as far as possible from the esc and power distribution board to avoid interference. I would suggest running compassmot (http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ac_compasssetupupadvanced/) and finding the optimal position - with this you can answer your own question. I attached a photo for you (excuse the wire mess, i'm taking this quad apart today to build a Y6)- my APM is 5cm from power distrib or any ESC, and the gps/compass is 1.5cm from the APM. I receive 6% when running compassmot, which "If it is less than 30% then your compass interference is acceptable".
photo.JPG