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Autonomy!

Posted by Steve Maller on July 28, 2013 at 10:00pm

I just got a 3DR quad with APM2.5+ with GPS, and I was itching to try out the mission planner and its ability to program a mission with GPS. Here's a video of my first successful flight!


I'm a pretty experienced multirotor guy with an xproheli xp2 and a Cinestar 8, but these are flown the old fashioned way. :-)

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  • Steve Maller July 29, 2013 at 10:12pm

    @Graham,

    Export your telemetry log in KML format, then load the KML file into Google Earth.

  • Graham Pollock July 29, 2013 at 9:46pm
    @jasonshort what should a good rate D be?
  • Graham Pollock July 29, 2013 at 9:43pm
    How did you do the google earth trace of your flight path
  • Steve Maller July 29, 2013 at 2:12pm

    @Euan, I'm not really sure what's normal. Literally have about 5 or 6 flights on her so far. Haven't tried auto-land yet. A little spooked about that.

    I did try programming a Waypoint for LOITER_TURNS and I almost learned the hard way that the default altitude for this instruction is 0. That nearly did me in! Fortunately, I was able to engage RTL and it came home uneventfully. Whoo!

  • Euan Ramsay July 29, 2013 at 12:53pm

    It seems to wobble a bit on the WP change...is that normal? And yeah...crank up the WP speed :-)

    Good flight though! Have you tried doing auto-land yet?

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    Jason Short July 29, 2013 at 9:56am

    crank up the WP speed to about 12m/s You'll be glad you did. And it will fly better the faster you go!

    Also, you may want to tune up the Rate_D term a bit to tighten it up.

    Jason

  • Youssef KH July 29, 2013 at 6:49am

    Very good video , now your Drone is so smart , 

    but i hope it can go more fast :) 

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    Chris Anderson July 28, 2013 at 10:55pm

    Impressive! Great flying area.

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