MultiWii

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Agreed I to would like a coded option to calibrate all ESC's at once. Doing them all one by one is a pain, especially when you have to dismantle most of a copter to get to all the appropriate plugs and what not. This is what I've created to calibrate ESC on my quad: RC3toMotor.rar Feel free to modi...

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I'm using RCtimer 30A esc's and I beleive the throttle calibration on them is getting messed up for what ever reason. I have them running on a hex and their pretty well hard wired in so its a pain to reset the throttle enpoints calibraion and programming changes by hooking up directly to an RX. My q...

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stable mode only. can't fly in acro mode cause the CG is too far off.

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anyone know what the max trimsteps are?

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prblem is i suspect that some ESC's that automatically recalibrate themselves based on the max throttle thats seen. that can be a problem for those of us that have 6 or more motors / esc's that are hard wired.

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yes you can use 2 seperate ciruits. look at it this way... you can have 2x seperate 12v inputs running 4x motors each. you should probably use a dedicated BEC to power your rx, wmc, and accories running on one of the batteries / circuits. for your power sensors you would have to hook that up to one ...

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you can see in myh recent videos its flying quite well.

http://www.youtube.com/user/degimedia?feature=mhee

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MultiWii 2.0 ***you need at least Arduino 1.0 IDE to open the .ino file*** Board and sensors: New sensor: ACC MMA7544 Accelerometer. MAG MAG3110 New boards: CRIUS_SE CRIUS_LIGHT MONGOOSE CHERRY6DOFv1_0 DROTEK_6DOF_MPU A new processor Coded by ronco based on ATMega 32U4, which can be seen as an inter...

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didlawowo69 wrote:do you think it's should works with : http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... r_V2_.html ?

No it wont work with PPM as far as I know. Only certain 6channel rx's work and im not sure how to tell them apart.

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UndCon wrote:....

Now that's quite interesting considering I just purchased a frysky txt with telem!

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surprising with 30a esc's. i found that hk simple esc's will burn up if the motor / prop is stalled. been pretty happy with rc timer 30a esc's.

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This is pretty cool but could take some getting used to.

So if you have this enabled, you take off and set up in a hover. YOu then do a 180. Not whats normally the tail of your model is now the head? HMmmmmmm.....

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Hi recently built this hex: The CG turned out to be way off. Go figure. Now it flys well but only is level mode. Without lev active it will need ton's of TX trim and then switching level mode on and off is not possible. With level on it actually flys great after software trim. Any problems with this...

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baro's working great for me too. check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGTxi5ZTnqk

hands free from 2:50 - ~ 3:30

I think if I dial it in some more it will do handsfree almost indefinately. nice going alex.

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Flying pretty well, skip to the middle of the video. Flying with ACC and Mag active: m I turned up P for ptch / roll thats it. Need to spend some time with PID tuning I think. It was windy but was flying very loose. Could not fly without the ACC / lev mode activated, if I tried it would try to tilt ...

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FYI some of the new v2 rx's do not do PPM. I tried 3 luckily one is working. I have a HKv2 that I jsut bought - no ppm. A fsky fs-r6b no ppm. an older hk v2 did the trick. and #define SERIAL_SUM_PPM ROLL,PITCH,THROTTLE,YAW,AUX1,AUX2,AUX3,AUX4 //For Robe/Hitec/Futaba seems to be the correct layout fo...

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obviously any notes would be helpful for things to watch out for. my config settings outside of defaults: #define HEX6X #define ATAVRSBIN1 #define BMP085 disable failsafe #define MOTOR_STOP I'm not sure which ppm setting to use im going to try #define SERIAL_SUM_PPM PITCH,YAW,THROTTLE,ROLL,AUX1,AUX2...

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testing multiwii version 2.0 pre release 3 (not the final 2.0) now. im hoping to set it up with the following hardware:

pro mini
atmel atavrsbin1
baro
in a hex using ppm with a flysky rx

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skip the whole OSD thing and just have this screen mounted within view of your FPV cam

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good stuff thanks.

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my question is, at which point does it make sense to move from a quad to a hex? my current quad does pretty good with 3s 2200 - 3000mah batteries and gets decent flight times. if I add my go pro it can't really pull out of a hover very well. would adding 2 more motors help? also is this going to kil...

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turned up roll "P" by 2 points and its flying quite nice now: m <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37932793?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1" width="398" height="224" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallo...

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any tips on tuning this? i tried flying but its very wobbly.

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which line are you using? /* The following lines apply only for specific receiver with only one PPM sum signal, on digital PIN 2 IF YOUR RECEIVER IS NOT CONCERNED, DON'T UNCOMMENT ANYTHING. Note this is mandatory for a Y6 setup on a promini Select the right line depending on your radio brand. Feel f...

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uhh there's no way in hell im going to be able to solder onto that chip. im not sure anyone could do that kind of small work.

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thanks for that. Im using the er9x as well. how do you like telemetry? what are you transmitting? what kinda of range are you getting?

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Has anyone gotten PPM working with the T6 v2 receivers? Last I checked it was working but the channels / directions were messed up and have to be updated in the config.

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3 cheers to Alex and the developers or this project!!

just in time for a new quad im working on!

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have you calibrated?

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thank you! will take a look.

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any chance of adding another tab that will allow upload of updated firmware (over BT too)?

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also I wonder if I could plug a FTDI adaptor onto it.

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thanks for the help!

well 1.9 is installed on there but I wanted to reconfigure it to use PPM sum. I beleive that it wont be long before someone figures out how to upload the firmware over BT.

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I tore the USB plug off my nano. I can still communicate with it over bluetooth but want to modify some of the options in the code. any suggestions?

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is it possible to use the config / gui over bluetooth?

nosepro you should update the original post with relevant links to save everyone a lot of time in searching through this thread.

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can anyone confirm adxl345 sensor orientation? is this correct?? and while im at it has anyone successfully gotten level mode working properly with an ADXL345? thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by OpticalFlow With the ADXL345 accelerometer: what is the correct orientation w.r.t. to flight direction f...

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definately want to remove the props for testing but other than that yes its possible to do. Depends on your setup. 1 BEC I had didn't like it and was actually backflowing voltage from the USB into the batteries causing the BEC to heat up. If you have a seperate BEC you may want to uplug it.

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tested working great!!!!!!!!!!

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Not sure if this helps you but I fried a diode on my nano too. i think this might help with the repair:
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaB ... 1256229321

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nice! lets hope its more stable then the processing GUI. I've had a heck of a time with the config GUI since like 1.2. Have tried on about 3 or 4 different Windows PC's and it will crash if you look at the FC the wrong way.

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yes cool stuff do you have a schematic or any other info for the DIY version?

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how much for this kit?

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which version of arduino does work with 1.8?

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

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UMMMMMMM IT LOOKS LIKE A TRI COPTER TO ME!

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im very interested in this as well. try cross referencing the output channels on a pro mini to a mega and see if that works.

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not sure if it helps but here's how I calibrate:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=286&p=2795#p2795

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a way to quickly import / export PID settings from the model. That way instead of asking people to post a pic of their pids you can press a button in the GUI that will export the PID settings to a CSV or TXT file.

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just ordered lets see how long it takes good luck buy to ship

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FYI - imo this board at this time with the current coding is not worth the trouble as stable mode is not working correctly yet from my test. Wow, I never figured I would hear this coming from you. I figured the Atmel IMU was rock solid. Gyro only mode works great, the mag appears to work, but I've ...

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