MultiWii

tovrin

+1 doughboy, verify the equipment you have and go from there. if the board can blink, then load a VERY BASIC multiwii sketch. enable your gyro ONLY. if you can acro fly your quad at this point then you are moving forward, if you still get the same results start looking in the arduino IDE and make su...

tovrin

if you were able to 'fix' the problem with LPF it means the issue you are seeing is vibration. usually from the props, but vibration can come from all kinds of things, the bell housing on your motors, lack of foam between the flight controller and the copter, etc. maybe a loose screw to a motor, hel...

tovrin

lol, i meant to say magnetometer, not barometer, sorry

tovrin

make sure you calibrate your acc, do you have ANY sensors enabled on the gui?

tovrin

calibrate your acc. if your ESCs have not been calibrated via the sketch, do that, it will stop your motors from turning on late.

tovrin

do you have a barometer sensor? you can do a compass lock that will stop any yaw the sticks dont command.

mine would yaw a lot when i had a bent boom, made one of the motors no longer level so it would constantly try to spin the quad.

tovrin

my simonk exc have never lost calibration. wish i could help you.

tovrin

I have a similar issue since i applied the new dev, when i put the yaw stick in position to arm or disarm, my throttle spikes up until i move stick back to center. i can watch the stick inputs on GUI and they dont increase, but i can repeat the effect even while the motors are already armed by pushi...

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i dont use sonar, so no, but someone will see this and reply

tovrin

eA8jjCqbKZY this guy makes a mistake, in my opinion, the quad wont turn on like that if you do this in a better order. connect only the usb, load the sketch onto the flight controller, unplug usb, plug in li-po only now when the arduino loads it wont turn on your quad full speed. BUT, ALWAYS remove...

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http://panoramaic.se/configurator/2.2/

use this tool to configure a sketch that you design for your particular hardware.

tovrin

I dont know anything about quadp, but i do know that from 2.0 to 2.2 and again to current dev, i have had to completely retune my PIDs each time. the oscillations you speak of sounds like bad PIDs

tovrin

no, you will need to modify the sketch to fit your copter properly and it will compile. its not easy, but its not difficult either, you just have to do some reading. start by only enabling the code to get your basic flight, then after you get that working start adding yuor other stuff. for instance,...

tovrin

the error you are getting seems related to a value not being defined in the sketch. double check everything you have removed the // from, and check to make sure that everything you are using has had the // removed. i hope i didnt confuse you more.

tovrin

I believe that video will help you.

tovrin

yeah,t hey compeltely re did how the tabs are setup, took me a good bit to get everything understood again.

tovrin

incomplete? i loaded it just recently and it works fine for me.

tovrin

hes so bitter

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hes so bitter

tovrin

yeah, i have to be careful of that as well, i use tie straps as landing gear, super light but very bouncy

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hows it fly?

tovrin

thats really odd, what kind of vibrations are you seeing in the gui? do you have bluetooth, so you can watch the gui while its in air?

tovrin

the gyro gets calibrated when you initially turn on the FC. ACC gets calibrating via stick input or gui input. make sure your copter is perfectly level when turning it on.

tovrin

sure, i couldnt plug that particular motor into the calculator, but i found one that was close in specifications and it looked like you would fly well.

tovrin

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Simonk-20Amp-20 ... 27d70b2692

I would definitely go for these simonk loaded ESC, the firmware in simonk is much better then standard firmware.

tovrin

if MWconfig 2.2 works and 2.0 did not, you now know which software was installed. (assuming you did not install 2.2 per your initial statement)

tovrin

the 4inch would probably be ok with motors that spin that fast, i guess. thats just really high speed motors. I've never used anything that fast. use this tool for determining motors and props, and stuff. you will need to know a rough guess of the weight of your bird, without battery to get as accur...

tovrin

its possible, i am getting power from all 4 ESC's plugged directly into the board. I have always done this and never had an issue before

tovrin

i look forward to seeing what you do, 4" props and 3500kv motors is interesting, i use 9-11" props and 850kv motors. m (china, 3 weeks to america) m (american) m the simonk ESC are very important for finer flying with quicker response. i cant describe how much better my bird flew after i r...

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it happened again today, i had just burned through 2 3S batteries, put my 4S on and was doing some flips, then went to circle around and poof, she just dropped. luckily no harm done, didnt even lose a prop this time. i had just upgraded to dev, from 2.2 and had been flying it in my front yard all da...

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... roid&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... nder&hl=en

I'm struggling to get these products to work right for me, has anyone else had any luck with loading sketches to arduino from android via bluetooth?

I truly enjoy using ez-gui and want to do all my arduino work from my tablet now.

tovrin

I've seen other posts along this line, but im not sure of the answer. I am almost always in acro mode, unless i have a camera attached and am trying to get some footage so i dont know about this. try searching the forum a little bit, i hope you find your answer

tovrin

sounds like you simply need to understand how arduino sketch is laid out, i hope this link helps with that
http://learning-arduino.tumblr.com/

and fro understanding how PID works in multiwii, use this link
http://www.multiwii.com/wiki/index.php?title=PID

hope this helps.

tovrin

I had an interesting adventure with this fabulous tool, I did not read all 66 pages of this thread to see if anyone experienced this, but i was doing some PID tuning and at some point I must have restarted the exgui and not hit read, or something, i dont know, but i was making changes to my YAW rate...

tovrin

I have to agree with jef and richie. i started out DIY, now I'm more along the Timecop lines, but i appreciate what they stand for. if you want to DIY then DIY it, build your board, and write your code, then ask for help. if you want to be efficient, be efficient, find the best hardware that suits y...

tovrin

watch this video, the stuff you want really starts at about 3:10. this isnt specifically for your copter but with a little reading and watching you will figure it out

or use this link if you cant figure that out,
http://panoramaic.se/configurator/2.2/

tovrin

my TX is a cheap ESKY 2.4ghz 6 channel, nothing fancy at all, but i dont see how it could have caused the copter to shut down, unless im missing something.

tovrin

glad to see your still around EOS!

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tovrin

I had an interesting thing happen recently with my flip 1.5 I had just fixed a broken ESC wire and had tested everything before flying, including holding the copter in hand and giving it full throttle to make sure nothing stopped and all my ESCs were working, not getting hot etc. so i put the bird i...

tovrin

very cool!

tovrin

are you switching the motor AND the ESC or just the motor, could be bad ESC or bad connection to ESC.

tovrin

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3781

this is the thread i was thinking of

tovrin

I am a little confused, i was under the impression that you did not need to calibrate simonk, I never calibrated mine from readytoflyquads.com and they have performed perfectly.

Mine are set at 1064 and always fire. but i dont buy from RCT, only because i hate waiting 3 weeks for delivery.

tovrin

always use the code to calibrate!
if 1111 is to high, keep adjusting it down by 10 points or so each time until you get a good position!

tovrin

this sounds oddly familiar, like someone else had a very similar problem very recently.

tovrin

haha, yes, 1. for safety reasons, so you know its armed 2. for issues like i believe your motors should always be spinning when armed. though i could be wrong on 2.

tovrin

have you tried getting in the air, or just watching the motors while it sits on the ground? the motors speeds dont mean as much when its sitting idle on the ground. over some grass, try bumping it up a little and see if it will pick up. otherwise swap motors and/or ESC with another position and see ...

tovrin

Daniel, use the esc calibration tool provided int he multiwii sketch esc_calib_cannot_fly is what i think it is. read the link provided prior to using this tool because it could be dangerous if you leave your props on.

tovrin

i am ordering my BT module this weekend, tired of usb cables! hopefully it will be tested by someone quicker then me before then!

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