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ArduCopter Loiter Tuner / SIM

Posted by Jason Short on May 15, 2012 at 10:30pm

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This is a simulation I'm working on to improve the Loiter control laws and discover optimal gains. I have identical code from Arducopter running in Flash as OO Javascript so I can ensure the behavior is the same as the real thing. I tested the MTEK GPS to find the actual latency and accuracy and then modeled it in code. This allows me to test PIDs and other coding ideas to see how the copter will behave in real life. The copter itself is a simple physics equation and should be fairly accurate. To better tune the SIM, I can compare AC Flash Logs from real flights side-by-side with the SIM flights which also output the same text based logs.

I've already found many areas for improvement in the Loiter code which i've just checked in to the GIT repository. 

 

Hopefully this tool will serve as a great PID introduction as well. I know I've learned a lot by comparing plots with small changes in the gains. 

 

Jason

 

 

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  • Ali Abou Hassan June 27, 2016 at 4:43pm

    can anyone help me why I cant see the video/tutorial or picture in this webpage? I get a blank dark greyed box.

  • thierry June 19, 2013 at 12:34am

    ok, thank You for answer    ;o)

  • Developer
    Jason Short June 18, 2013 at 3:38pm

    This is so out of date it won't help you. The original was lost when the wiki transitioned.

    Sorry,

    Jason

  • thierry June 18, 2013 at 3:08pm

    Dear Jason,

    i have the last java version on my xp SP3...but I have just a big black square with nothing inside on this page   :o)

    can You help me please ?

  • Developer
    Jason Short May 13, 2013 at 9:25am

    try jasonshort.com

    This is pretty outdated and probably broke when the Wiki was switched over.

    Jason

    ArduCopter SIM
  • Sasha Behringer May 13, 2013 at 5:04am

    hmm - I can only see a big gray square... :(

  • Mark Duncan March 2, 2013 at 6:11pm

    Can the code from text DJI  be "inspected" to find out how it does what it does so  well 

  • shayan July 26, 2012 at 10:12am

    hi jason
    thanks for the sim
    when i was working with your sim some questions constantly was crossing in my mind...
    1.why didn't you use prop size and the size of motor to motor and another things...i think if you use these stuff it will be very very useful than now
    2.this is a suggestion that added auto tuning 

  • James May 23, 2012 at 3:58pm

    also .. it seems to me something strange is happening with windspeeds over 360 cm/s (not sure if thats the exact value) but from this speed upwards the wind has less and less effect on the quad.  

    james

  • Developer
    Jason Short May 22, 2012 at 9:39am

    Gusts are in the next version now in development. They are pseudo random and repeatable gusts so you can plot two flights against each other knowing you have identical conditions. Give me till the weekend...

    Jason

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