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First Flight with MP32+VRIMU Hexa Radial configuration.

Posted by Roberto Navoni on July 1, 2011 at 10:02am

Dear Friends,


X-Copter First test...... from StefanoXJX on Vimeo.

XCOPTER - Second flight test from StefanoXJX on Vimeo.

In these video you can see the results of first flying doing by Stefano that is a member of our community . He use MP32 + VRIMU , congratulation for this flight . This is the first example of Radial Hexacopter , this is only the first test but the results is very good :)

 

in questi video si vedono i risultati dei primi voli di Stefano con Multipilot32 + VRIMU , complimenti per questo volo anche perche' e' la prima realizzazione di un Hexacottero radiale , sono i primi test , ma se il buongiorno si vede dal mattino siamo a cavallo smile.gif

Configurazione:

MultiPilot32+VRIMU
Motori Keda 20-22L
Eliche APC 10×4.7
Regolatori HobbyWing Pentium 30A
Stable mode : Active
Magnetometer : Deactive

Original Post : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/first-flight-with-mp32vrimu-in

Bravo Stefano

Roberto

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  • eduardo July 4, 2011 at 5:00am

    Stefano, your video show a better flight than arducopter ... dont be frustrated.

    I only talk about arducopter because beta and more beta versions are make and the flight contunue with same basic problem. The altitude not work, the platform fly with wooble.

    The last versions flight much better than the first one but continue with basic problems.

     

    Another question is that arducopter not have processor power to make a good stabilization.

    16mhz runnig all task is too low.

     

    I have a flight stabilization platform runnig on atxmega with 32mhz and it fly very ... very stable.

    I am interested in mp32 because i not have time to make a full software to my board.

    i need a board working for now and with possibilities do make my software modification on this platform.

    About the arducopter beta verions ...

    The only part that work good is the MAVLINK that came from ardupilot.

    Mk and other projects fly much better on the first versions.

    I have all MK versions and all fly very stable and the first one use a piezo giro.

  • Stefano July 4, 2011 at 1:06am
    The trees in Italy are identical to those in Germany. I was just lucky :)
    For what he said Eduardo, I do not feel frustrated, but perhaps did not understand why I do not speak / write English well.
    I just wanted to explain the conditions of the flight in the video.

    Bye.
  • ThomasB July 3, 2011 at 11:05pm

    @Stefano

    For a 'first flight' it was awesome,

    and now we all know that your tree is a fan of you too (our trees in germany are more aggressive, waiting for approaching coper, streching their parts to cath them)

    Don't be frustrated about eduardo's comment. Took it as a motivation to show him what is possible with our 'joke' (citation) in future. Yeah!  :)

  • Stefano July 3, 2011 at 11:50am

    @Eduardo

    Excuse me Eduardo.
    I'm stefanoxjx, the author of this hexacopter.
    I believe that your "3 MK fly solid as rock", but:

    1. mk is a project tested from long time instead of MP32 that is young project.
    2. I did not understand what you're talking about vibration
    3. This video shows the FIRST flight of this multicopter and controller (no PID settings, no magnetometer active, trasmitter not trimmed, expo don't active, propellers don't balanced).
    4. I never doing FPV or aerial footage. For me, this is a new World!!!

    I am sure everything is improvable, but how first test for me is good :)

    Bye.

  • Distributor
    Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk July 3, 2011 at 4:35am
    Agree with Davey on the above-mentioned point, I have listened in to many of the excellent presentations on line about the development of this project, Roberto and I have spoken on a number of occasions and in my opinion the project is on track to offer a great deal.

    Thank you for the updates Roberto, keep up the hard work!

    Regards

    Martin

    www.buildyourowndrone.co.uk
  • DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner July 3, 2011 at 2:22am
    Eduardo,

    These are both Beta projects, is that really an appropriate comment considering this?
  • eduardo July 3, 2011 at 1:39am

    Yeah ... my 3 MK fly solid as rock.

    ACM is a joke ... tons ... and tons of bugs  and fly very unstable.

    I realy want the MP32... but i not spend 150U$ if i not shure that this board fly without wooble.

    Sorry Navoni, but i see lotz of platforms that say "i fly stable"

    You use the base of arducopter and ardupirate and this 2 platform are not stable for a good video job.

    I am not confident with this platforms.

    You can search by my name here in brasil.

    I am very popular in the UAV world here in my country

    i work in the big tv company here.

     

    I make a business with you ...

    send me one MP32 and if it fly stable i order 2 boards.

    If it fly unstable i send it back to you.

    With this you can confirm that your software i good and stable.

     

    BTW ... power is nothing without control.

     

     

     

     

  • Moderator
    Roberto Navoni July 2, 2011 at 12:42pm

    Hi Edoardo ,

    this is only the first flight of Hexa Radial platform that using MP32 + VRIMU , I think that in the next flight we can doing better :)

    I assemble and tested a lot of quad and MK ,too but the vibration is not a problem of electronic but a problem of frame , propeller motors ecc ecc .

    So if you haven't vibration you can only flight better :)

    So i doing some test using mp32 and mk the result is the same ... but the different is that MP32 + VRIMU cost half of MK platform and it use better component with more computational power. The firmware is new so we need again to work on it to improve some functionality , but the stable mode work better of Mk at the moment. 

    So I think that with the next platform we can have more power again.

    The MP32 can use same sensor of MK , we have a vrimu that support same gyro ADXRS 610 , Same Barometer and same I2C ESC . :)

    Best

    Roberto

  • ThomasB July 2, 2011 at 9:16am
    A MK without any vibrations, I think you have done a very good job eduardo.
    My MK Hexa2 still has them.
  • eduardo July 2, 2011 at 8:40am

    but continue with some vibrations / small wooble ... way ?

    This small wooble in video job is not good !

    My MK not have any vibration.

    its due a unbalanced prop or code issue ?

     

     

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