I met up with martin today (buildyourowndrone.co.uk) to take some video of my Arducopter Traditional Heli and his Quad.
I have got rid of all the wobbles and oscillations, After a few days of talking to randy, he made some changes to the code in the trunk (svn?) you will have to excuse my ignorance. I uploaded it and could see that the changes he made had drastically reduced the swash plate jitters.
I am now only working on the stabilise mode just so that i can get near to setting the full gps hold.
The swash plate is set for full 10 degree cyclic, and the collective pitch is +10 - 10 which gives really good control, as much as i would normally run in my other Helicopters. When flying you will see that when i come hard off the cyclic there is a small bounce but nothing to worry about as the swash levels itself. I think even in a steep dive the APM would level it with no problem at all.
So the next job tomorrow is loiter mode (gps + altitude hold).
To any one who is thinking of using the APM in a Engine helicopter, i would have no problem fitting it, just make sure you use gyro pads to insulate the viabrations. I'll be installing one into my SpectraG camera ship.
Martin brought his Quad to the field, i was really impressed with how it flew in the windy conditions.
I may well have to invest in one once my helicopter is finally sorted out.
Thanks to Randy for all his hard work with the code and also to martin :)
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oohhhh man, cant wait noww!!
Hi Michael, firstly thanks for you efforts with the mission planner. Superb!!
I've just read some documentation on multipathing, you are probably correct it needs moving, although spoke to a guy that flies full size Heli and he said it would be ok. you live and learn :) i'll move it to the tail when i get a few mins.
i would probly move your gps out from under the blades. as there will be all sort of multipathing going on like that.
hi malcom. i am working on Align 450SE. just loaded the code and in stage of coniguring the CCPM servoes 1,2,3. very impressed by your performance of 600 size. saw the video.
I find it's really helpful to have access to a quad when working on the heli. A quad is generally much more stable and the code has been tested 100x more for quads so it gives you a good idea of how it should act.
love the video! and thanks for all your hard work in testing, feedback and the build log!