I am trying out the drift mode. So far it gets me all disoriented. In stabilise mode all if fine, but when i switch to drift mode, the quad responds very different than what i would expect. It directs its nose to a certain forward position and the any aliron would be behaving strange, like I am losing control: a left also gives a big yaw turn. I know drift mode should control your yaw but I think this is way too much turn, to the point where i was wondering if my transmitter might be reversing the channels once on drift state (i checked on mission planner, its not).
I am uploading the logs (ignore the crash at the end, focus on the drift and loiter modes). If anyone can make some sense whats wrong, I would be grateful.
Cheers
Shay
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since its been a while, I should update on the progress.
i did set it to DR 60% which helped a lot with controlling the quad. it became much smoother flight. to anyone setting up a quad from scrath, I highly recommend this, and would also advise to actually include this as part of the wiki for initial setup (maybe a section like recommended RC TX setup section?)
the strange behaviour issue is still there. I noticed it happens on loiter mode as well, which leads me to believe its a compass / GPS positioning issue. I would further investigate to see if playing around with the GPS orientation help, would report here once I have a better understanding of the situation.
I am using the latest Mission planner and Running AC 3.1 but cant find Drift mode ? anyone can help?
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/where-is-drift-mode
pls dont hijack the thread
My response was RELAVENT to the question asked by RIZKI and totally still valid to the subject as "Drift" mode is new and has some bugs.. GEEZ your an *ss. Further more my respondse puts your question back at the top of the cue rather then 4 pages in!
Since I too am experimenting with "Drift" mode I'll make sure if I figure out a solution to your issue I'll be sure to NOT respond to you with an answer.
haha. I actually responded to Rizki comment, not yours.
if he has issues about mission planner, he should open a separate thread. take no offence. chill man.
I had same issue. I needed to re upgrade several times to finally get it to appear.
Drift mode gives yaw AND roll in response to the roll stick, yaw stick does nothing.
I found it odd at first having flown heli's and being used to using yaw a lot that it had became natural. In drift mode don't try move side to side, just "drive" it like a RC car with one stick.