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Amateur programmer


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New flier, interested in flying what I have scatch built.


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David Jones replied to Ravi Gupta's discussion Zener diode in PIXHawk
"No, as I understand it the zener must be reversed.
That's what it shows in the official http://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/common-powering-the-pixhawk.html#co...

And I also researched elsewhere on the net as i wasn't sure about it."
Dec 15, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"I had no luck fixing the problem with AC3.2 on APM. Very low PID did reduce wag but made handling poor in even low wind. I have upgraded to pixhawk. I assumed I'd be trying AC3.4 but it shows AC3.3 as current release. Haven't flown yet. But.…"
Oct 26, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"In AC3.2 I didn't have the ablilty to change
ATC_RAT_YAW_FILT
I did have ATC_SLEW_YAW which I altered , tbh I am not sure it should be so high I altered it from only 1000 to 18000, hope it doesn't do some dramatic turns when going around a way…"
Sep 26, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"Thanks so much. That info has certainly given me something new to try.
Atm I have:
Stab_yaw_p: 2 - 5 adjustable radio tuning.
Yaw_p: 0.2
Yaw_i: 0.02
Yaw_d: 0.001
Haven't previously tried altering any other setting you mentioned.
Do you think it…"
Sep 26, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"Damn that's a shame, I have been researching this for a while the info in different places!

Do you think the problem would be impossible to fix with AC3.2 . APM won't work with 3.3+ .
I am happy to upgrade hardware, but I want to know what to…"
Sep 23, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"Thanks artem.
Did 3.4 version specifically make an improvement for tricopters?

I have looked on that other forum but not sure if I found the right post, was this it?
http://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/ac3-4-tricopter-specific-parameters/...

Tbh from…"
Sep 23, 2016
David Jones replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"Hi, hope it's not too late to contribute to this thread, did the 3.4 release improve the yaw wag at all?
I am still on APM 3.2 , I get a small amount of wag, it's hardly noticeable live and I've often thought I fixed it, only to be disappointed by…"
Sep 22, 2016
David Jones replied to turdsurfer's discussion Arducopter tricopter firmware oscillation issues with top mounted yaw motor.
"yeah you are right, I get exactly as you describe turdsurfer also. However I am using Arducopter 3.2 which isn't the very latest. Maybe 3.3 has an improvement?  I can't test atm because you need to use Pixhawk hardware for 3.3.

I also used to use…"
Sep 21, 2016
David Jones replied to Michael Monti's discussion Pixhawk/Tri motor setup question.
"Hi sorry I didn't notice your question before.
My Tricopter has front left spinning anti clockwise, front right spinning clockwise, tail anti clockwise.
imo by having one running counter it requires less tail throw to keep it from spinning, and I've…"
Sep 6, 2016
David Jones replied to David Jones's discussion Plane 3.6, rtl failsafe came on while testing on ground, big oscillations
"No info?

I am trying to find out what is normal behaviour for RTL when on ground and throttle armed, my plane perhaps thought it was in the air , the servos were oscillating. I can't be the only one wanting to know what to expect when testing on…"
Aug 2, 2016
David Jones replied to Frankie Fung's discussion Auto Analysis error message in Mission Planner
"I've just started having problems with Auto Analysis , I am using MP v1.3.39, Arduplane 3.6
I have only recently started using plane, but I've used arducopter for 2 years without problem.
MP does load an older log from plane 3.4 but my latest logs…"
Jul 27, 2016
David Jones posted a discussion
As I wrote in title, just doing some setting up on ground. Somehow when I had turned on pixhawk it initiated with RTL mode on, I hadn't notice tbh because I'd been having issues arming the pixhawk. After recalibrating and turning off 2nd compass,…
Jul 27, 2016
David Jones replied to Wessel Straatman's discussion FBWA servo jitter when GPS has no fix
"Hi , sorry for slow reply.
I put my Bix3 away for Christmas, and haven't had it back out yet, we had a very wet and windy January, I wouldn't mind flying in less than perfect conditions once I have it setup well, but at the moment I don't want it…"
Feb 23, 2016
David Jones replied to Wessel Straatman's discussion FBWA servo jitter when GPS has no fix
"What about Stabilize mode? does that use GPS also?   if not shouldn't FBWA auto switch to that if it loses GPS lock."
Jan 4, 2016
David Jones replied to SlipstreamFPV's discussion Throttle and Pitch Micro Oscillations
"Could this also be related to GPS lock?
As another thread found: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/fbwa-servo-jitter-when-gps-has-no..."
Dec 31, 2015
David Jones replied to Wessel Straatman's discussion FBWA servo jitter when GPS has no fix
"Wow I have this issue too.
Hope this is the solution Hans, gonna temporarily turn that setting off to test.

At the moment I haven't flown with current setup.  Bix3, Pixhawk, Arduplane 3.4,  just trying to make sure I am happy with moments on the…"
Dec 30, 2015
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