Hook it up with an extended USB to my laptop, monitor in WinGUI
Get it hovering in Acro mode
Try move it by hand as in the PID guide (this sounds real scary with 15" props!)… I’ll probably need a helper to do this.
Write the PID changes in realtime via WinGUI.
If it works and Ive improved the performance, copy the settings into my FCT profile and write to firmware.
Questions:
Does the above sound correct as a general process?
Does it matter my custom VTail is very big (560mm motor to motor), has a 40degree rear V angle but also has a 35degree “twist” (looking down from above) on each rear arm?
– Its also near 3KG with batteries installed. Ive 3D Printed the parts and augmented it with carbon tubing and custom made a 12ah 6S battery pack from 18650 cells.
In WinGUI - Flight Tuning there are Roll, Pitch and Yaw but also Altitude, PosHold, Nav Rate etc… what are these for?
In FCT Firmware, there is the standard and Kipkool Mix. Changing from one to the other doesnt seem to change the PID values when I select “Show PIDs” on the type page. What are “mixes” then if not PID tweaks?
You don’t need to re-flash your flight controller each time. The PID are set in the WinGUI software OR in the copter page in the FCT application.
Everything in a UAV will have an impact so yes all of this will have to be taken into consideration for PID settings.
Yes, see the above.
Those settings are PID for dedicated functions.
The MIX is how the motors are actually mixed (signal sent to each motors)
It doesn’t touch the PID settings but will impact how it will react to a given PID setting. Most people like the “Kipkool Mix” more than the standard VTAIL one.
