Stambo's Flight Log

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:33 pm

Fantastic video footage Stambo, shame that fence got in the way on your last landing...lol

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:54 am

Tony wrote:Fantastic video footage Stambo, shame that fence got in the way on your last landing...lol

Have you not seen the nets on aircraft carriers.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:12 am

Ohhh yes, lol nicely placed too... Haha

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:53 am

I am now fully addicted to FPV, here is some of my MiniQuad flights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgqXk8cFjCA

A few attempts at flying under my sons trampoline, some more successful than others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGEIAOPiCs

My first attempts at flips and rolls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Ygc54tT24

And a close call with a wire fence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E03RvE1nz10

cml001 · Post by **cml001** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:28 am

Awesome stuff!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:59 am

Seen these before but there great to watch, nice one Stambo... Do things look further away that they actually are through the goggles ?

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:33 am

Some nice scenery there mate.
Looks like you have the PIDs setting pretty well. P and I for the conditions seem good.
I would add a bit of D, as you seem to have a bit of nodding going on, on the elevator axis.
D should dampen that out and make it better in wind as well.
Just add a couple of points at a time, until it smooths it out.
Easiest way to see if its not windy, is to do a loop. When you return to level, there should be no bounce back.

The loops looked smooth. One feature on the CC3D i love is Cruise Control.
I don't know if there is a similar setting on Nase.
What it does, is shut the motors off when inverted, so you're not driving it towards the ground.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:02 pm

Lee these were done a while ago, I have done a lot of tweaking to the Naze32 since then.
Also this was done in Horizon mode which is a self level hybrid.
I am now learning to fly acro which seems much smoother.

Graham Lawrie · Post by **Graham Lawrie** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:56 pm

Stambo could you post your settings for the Naze so i can tweak mine when needed?

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:17 pm

Tony wrote:Seen these before but there great to watch, nice one Stambo... Do things look further away that they actually are through the goggles ?

No not really, it just takes a little time to get used to the non 3d narrow field of view and no peripheral vision.
As long as you keep going forwards you will be fine.
Start off slow in big open fields and give your self a bit of altitude.
As you start getting better, get lower, faster, closer.
The thrill level rises exponentially.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:18 pm

Graham Lawrie wrote:Stambo could you post your settings for the Naze so i can tweak mine when needed?

I will do so when I get home tonight after work.
But mine are far from being optimum.

Ok here they are Graham, they may be ok for you, or they might not.

: p1.JPG (54.96 KiB) Viewed 2581 times

: p2.JPG (47.54 KiB) Viewed 2581 times

: RCrate.JPG (12.95 KiB) Viewed 2581 times

I also put these in the CLI

set looptime = 2500
set acc_lpf_factor = 100

And if you want to rotate your board so the USB is on the side and easier to get at.
At the bottom of the configuration tab
Yaw adjustment -90 (or whichever way you rotate it.)

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:26 am

Perhaps I should have dated these so I know where I was up to.
This was early October 2014 checking out a few new places to fly.
Had a close encounter with a duck, I think I got more of a fright then it did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9w0P8UA79Y

Then came the OOPS files.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOPvLZJgXRs

Discovered this flying site less than 20 minutes from home, here is some flights from late November 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGQxHT-FU8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aclzdl0mlV0

Up to now, all flights have been in self level.
I had a few forays in to acro but was a little too scary as the quad was still not set up right.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:16 am

Nice flying Stambo, love the oops vids...lol

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:05 pm

I have finally switched to acro and after tweaking the PIDs quite a bit it flies really well.
I think I still need to up the D a bit more to handle the wind better but it's getting there.
This first flight was done with 3 blade props as I have broken my last 2 blade ccw.
The PIDs would have to be readjusted to suit them if I was going to continue with 3 blades but they are temporary until the postie comes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPCCcQD2eFU

I found a set of 6x3s so I thought I would try them.
Saved my settings and started adjusting PIDs, quad still flies well with a few tweaks, still need more D.
This was a bit windy but still more learning, was good practice trying to keep Jacob in shot.
At some stage I will be doing the same for a friend on his mountain bike, should see a bit more action, maybe some jumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAL52fUppU

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:27 pm

Looks good mate.
You can just keep bumping up the D, or dropping the P until those wobbles disappear.
I dropped my P quite a bit from stock on the roll, and upped the D by a few points.
That seemed to do the trick.

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:24 pm

Lee wrote:Looks good mate.
You can just keep bumping up the D, or dropping the P until those wobbles disappear.
I dropped my P quite a bit from stock on the roll, and upped the D by a few points.
That seemed to do the trick.

I spent a bit of time tweaking my Naze32 last night and it just keeps getting better.
I have some video but I won't post it unless you guys really want to see more of me flying over my paddocks.
It is getting much smoother and really holds its angle well.

Here's a vid from the other weekend, before I started flying acro and really dialing in that Naze32.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWqB4TOq1k

And that gets me pretty much up to date.
I am going back to that BMX track at lunchtime and I will be going to one of the local beaches this weekend so new vids will be going up soon.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:06 pm

Look forward to the new vids Stambo.....

Stambo · Post by **Stambo** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 7:22 am

Went back down to the local BMX track for a bit of FPV at lunch time.
Still a bit more tuning to do but I am really happy to be flying acro. It is so much smoother and more precise.

TURN DOWN THE VOLUME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9I3ymrPu6Y

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:19 am

Very nice.

Post by **danhampson** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:41 pm

it looks like your getting that quad more dialed in every flight.

Thanks for posting you progression Stambo, Its helping me formulate a strategy for when i get mine in the air.

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