PID Settings:)

[Graham Lawrie]

I would like everyone to post their settings as a guide only to help people like myself who are new to playing with them.

This is for comparison only as i know all quads are different:)

[danhampson]

mine will look bonkers to yours, all i will say is oneshot125.

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[Tony]

Am I guessing this is just the Naze setup?

[Graham Lawrie]

mine will look bonkers to yours, all i will say is oneshot125.

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Tried these and it was vibrating itself to death:)

[danhampson]

mine will look bonkers to yours, all i will say is oneshot125.

pid 20140320 wait new arms.PNG

Tried these and it was vibrating itself to death:)

[Graham Lawrie]

These are my current settings:)

Comments much appreciated:)

[Derek]

Finally, I have time away from work. Time to get back to my quad and the PID settings.

Yes, my quad is flying but I get an oscillation from time to time. I was just looking over this thread and I see that Graham's settings are higher than mine in many columns. Do I need to raise certain values until I get a constant oscillation and then back them down a bit? If so, which ones should I be looking at?

[cml001]

Yes.. I'll start my tuning tomorrow.. Can some give explains of which gains have what effect.. Also.. Do these values differ upon the various controllers.. I think I'm the only one here that uses a CC3D.. Except maybe Lee.

[Stambo]

Give us some video of the oscillations Derek, onboard cam is best.
Don't take too much notice of other peoples settings as they can be way different on a very similar craft.
They are normally good to get you flying but from there it's fairly individual.
Props, motors, ESCs, battery and weight all make a difference.

[Derek]

That all makes sense, Stambo! Thanks for that! It's gotten a bit late for flight testing so I will try tomorrow. The weather forecast is calling for 20-30mph winds tomorrow but perhaps the winds won't be as much in my backyard. My yard is blocked by some privacy fences, houses, sheds, and lots of tall trees. I may be able to get some onboard video. I'll just have to see if I can get it to oscillate.

I have flown the quad around my yard a bit and it's really not horrible, at all. It flies a lot like my Trex 500...it's not as twitchy as my 450 but it's not as solid as my 600. What kinds of test maneuvers should I be doing that would tell me what PID adjustments need made? Hard pitch outs? Hard banking turns? Soft banking turns? etc etc.

[Stambo]

Little throttle pumps, left right flicks and forward back flicks should be enough to get a fairly good idea.
First need to identify which axis is the problem, roll or pitch.
Perhaps drop the level P down a little at a time until it comes back to level too slow for comfort.
Then bring the roll or pitch P down a little at a time if the oscillations are still there.
Once the P is sorted then you start on I.
When well tuned the Naze32 is solid as a rock but well tuned does not happen until you start flying acro.
Have you checked out my FPV course video?
I challenge you to watch it without leaning your head.

[Derek]

I have been flying in Horizon Mode, mostly but I have experimented with Acro Mode and I really didn't find it too difficult to manage. I just need to get some time that I can sit down and dedicate to the final setups, flying in Acro, and building my confidence in the quad, itself. If I remember right, the oscillation that I get is mostly when I am descending. Perhaps some of the oscillation is from coming down through its own prop wash, which is something I try not to do..

[Stambo]

If that is the case, try increasing roll and pitch I a little, helps to hold better on descent.