I have been working on a quadplane project for the past few months with mixed results. This airframe is a 3 meter wing span custom design flying wing weighing between 12-15kg. I started off with a quad setup for the VTOL capabilities. I had some v
Read more…I have been flying a 900mm size Y6 with a 4s power system for some time. Initially I had mounted the Pixhawk on a plate set on 30mm standoffs from the top plate of the frame while the PDB is in between the top and bottom plates and the battery is on
Read more…I have a few solid hours flying my Vario in Auto missions and have not had any real issues. Today however, once RTL was engaged at the end of a test mission the helicopter went into what I am calling a seizure! The heli oscillated in pitch and roll
Read more…I have put this issue on the back burner to focus on other things but now I need to get this resolved.
On my Vario heli I have the throttle servo connected to ch8 on the Pixhawk and having RSC set to ch8 input, once armed the throttle moves slowly a
Read more…I have made some good progress on my Vario project. I was able to get vibrations, and mag issues resolved and Loiter performance to an acceptable level. I noticed something though, sometimes while taking off in Loiter the heli will spin around anyw
Read more…So I am flying my vario helicopter in stabilize mode great. I am venturing into AltHold and am seeing some strange behavior.
I noticed that my BarAlt and Alt were not matching up. So I reduced the INAV_TC_Z value which helped a lot.
So then today I
Read more…Hey all you Pixhawk experts! I have acquired my first Pixhawk system and intend to implement in into a gas powered Vario helicopter. I may have simply missed this while searching through the forums and wiki, but here is my initial question.
I plan
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