Hi all,
I'm setting up a quad (SteadiDrone) with ArduCopter and a 9ch Tx (JRx-9303).
Everything is up and running, but I'm having a hard time finding a guide on assigning switches in Mission Planner from being all "stabilized" to Stabilize, Acro, Alt hold, Loiter, Simple, RTL.
Like in this video I found here...
Here are my switches as it stands:
I thought this would help, but that's Ardupilot, not Arducopter right?
Thanks in advance guys for any help :)
Dan
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Yes good advice Forrest. I use the mix switch to not tie up the gear switch so I can use it for something else like ch7 or ch8 stuff.
This is how I set mine up and if someone needs the specific settings, I will go through my radio and post them.
This is all with the mix switch in the up position so that if I need to go to stable in an emergency, I can just pull both switches all the way towards me.
Stable mode: flap switch all the way towards body.
Loiter: flap switch in middle position.
Alt Hold: flap in position 0 away from body.
With the mix switch down I have these modes set.
Acro: flap switch all the way towards body.
RTL: flap switch in middle position.
Circle or Auto: flap in position 0 away from body.
I admit that RTL could be in a better position but I put it there for safety because it's my 1500 position in case all else fails, the copter will fall into RTL. I've never needed that because the APM's failsafe works so well but I did it in the beginning and am use to it there now.
Dan - Give transitions between modes consideration. For example mine is set to the following:
Whenever the three position switch is in the center position, the copter is in stabilize (in my case simple because I'm simple).
Just for mind set, I start with all the other toggles down.
From there I can then transition to the panic modes: RTL, Stabilize, and Loiter. All panic modes have the gear down. So with the 3-position switch at center (stabilize) I can transition to RTL (gear down) or Loiter (gear up).
Then the other two spots are for more advanced modes of your choice. Mine are acro/auto (before a flight I program which one I want) and Alt Hold. So the more advance setting put the gear up. Then the transitions are Stabilize (mid) to acro/auto or to alt-hold.
Notice, really important, that all modes can transition through stabilize mode. So if you want to go from say loiter to stabilize you don't have to transition through something like auto. You can also pair up other modes where its OK to directly transition. For example from Loiter to Alt-Hold and back or auto to RTL. So layout is important.
Table (example):
Gear 0 (panic settings) Gear 1 (advanced)
F-Mode 0 RTL auto/acro
F-Mode 1 Stable Stable
F-Mode 2 Loiter Alt-Hold
P.S. I also only use all simple or all not. It gets really confusing when pitch turns into roll (which happens when in simple mode which is good because you don't worry at all about yaw just which way the copter was pointed on power up) and when pitch and roll are always ship forward centric ... too much for my simple brain to handle when trying to think under stress.
Hi Dan, I have a JR X9503 and use the flap switch combined with the mix switch to get 6 modes. That way you don't lose another channel like the Gear channel. If you want, I can send you my settings.
Hi Dan,
This is what you are looking for - http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-program-6-flight-modes
Regards,