I uploaded the generated params today and installed the props on the quad for the first time. After a overhead hand held test, I only had to reverse the pitch channel on my Tx. Then it was time for the maiden flight.
My observations based on a short flight in manual mode:
Super stable hover with default PID's. Just some slight drift with the breeze. Is there yaw heading lock in manual mode? A teeny bit of yaw drift - don't know whether it's crooked motor mount or Tx neutral trim.
Yaw rate is good. It overshoots after the stick is returned to center. The longer rudder is deflected, the more it overshoots.
Did not have enough room to see if pitch/roll behaves the same. Leveling rate is fast enough for me on this quad. It's not a sport flyer where I would like for it to snap back. Snappy response would not be desirable for a camera (stabilized gimbal) platform, I would think?
Throttle is sensitive but hover-able as long as my thumbs don't shake. I need to figure out my hover point and either go to a heli type curve with expo in the Tx, or preferably implement throttle expo in AQ. I know there is already dead band but that serves a different purpose.
Near the end I switched briefly into Position Hold. It did the oscillating jig, though in a perfect vertical line. There is a chunk of open cell foam over both pressure sensors. Needs tweaking.
Hopefully within the next day or two, I can get out to an open space with no trees or obstacles nearby for more test flights and tuning.
Thanks for the help so far. I'm sure I will have more as I embark on the tuning and flight testing phase. It's been a frutiful learning experience.
Here's the obligatory maiden video. Sorry about the quality - it was a keychain cam clipped to my hat, crooked and not really pointing at where I was looking + narrow field of view. Had to rotate the vid so the copter didn't look like it was always rising and falling at an angle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoFaw6reCE
Regards,
- Felix
