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  Bradley J Carr April 18, 2012 at 6:11am

  Thank you Randy, 

  Before I post a thread I am going to try to find something about it.  If I can't find it then I will.  Thanks for all your help
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  Randy April 18, 2012 at 5:56am

  @Bradley,

  >>Can I set Channel 6 variable to control a setting that would help out in the windy conditions and then tone it down when it is not so windy?

  To be honest, i don't know enough (I'm not sure anyone knows enough) about how the loiter behaves in different conditions to give good advice on what tuning values should be increased/decreased.

   

  P.S. I'm repeating your question because comments posted to this group are also emailed to people and they can't see the original questions because this group doesn't really act like a thread.  Sometimes, it's better to start a discussion.
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  Bradley J Carr April 18, 2012 at 5:43am

  Thanks Randy,

  Can I set Channel 6 variable to control a setting that would help out in the windy conditions and then tone it down when it is not so windy?
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  Randy April 18, 2012 at 4:55am

  @Bradley,

       Re your question:

  >>"When you have channel 5 set on RTL should it return to launch and land? Or should it RTL and loiter?"

      the answer is that it will land after a while.  the amount of time it waits before landing is set in the "AUTO_LAND" parameter.  The value is in milliseconds so 20,000 = 20 seconds.

   

  @Andre Kotze,

      Re the quad swirling in a clockwise direction when you go into loiter..it could be because your declination is off so it's missing the target of the loiter.  I think if you're swirling clockwise you need to decrease your declination.  Try decreasing by 10 degrees to see if that helps.

      

  -Randy
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  Bradley J Carr April 17, 2012 at 2:39pm

  Also,  When you have channel 5 set on RTL should it return to launch and land? Or should it RTL and loiter?
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  Bradley J Carr April 17, 2012 at 2:38pm

  First auto Flight today!  This is Kansas and we had some wind today  gusting to 28mph.  I thought I might as well try it because i very rarely get calm days. 

  Quad took off just fine and then had a really hard time getting to its first WP.  So then I swtiched it to RTL and it came back and landed perfectly. 

  2nd. Flight I took off just fine and then it drifted bad with the wind and then I had to put back in stable and get it back closer to me so I could land it myself. 

  Can I set Channel 6 variable to control a setting that would help out in the windy conditions and then tone it down when it is not so windy?
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  Andre Kotze April 17, 2012 at 11:54am

  When I put my quad in loiter mode it starts to "swirl" in a clockwise direction.  The circle gets bigger the longer I leave it.  What do I adjust?  Thnx,
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  Maki April 16, 2012 at 8:38am

  New firmware (2.5.3) for AC is GREAT!  Its the most stable and smooth I have yet to see.  Good work Devel team and thank you! I am so glad I put my money and energy into ArduCopter. 
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  Bradley J Carr April 12, 2012 at 5:24am

  Finally made it out yesterday to try to automated flight with my quad.  Couldn't get my laptop to connect when I was at the airport. (Small town airport. We see one plane a month.)  Anyway, found out I had a USB problem with the computer.  Got home and tried the computer again and it worked.  As I was playing with the quad in the front yard one of the motors came apart.  The C-Clip on the motor had broke. It was close when the prop went buzzing by my right ear.  I protection is almost a must.
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  Bradley J Carr April 10, 2012 at 1:09pm

  Does my plan look like a simple takeoff and couple points then rtl and land.