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[Spydmobile]

Finally more folks at my latitude!
Freezin Franco

[peabody124]

I'm just going to leave this here.  Very first test (well first I skyped Dave in to show, then I started recording) so less than 5 minutes of tuning.  It will get much better but thought you guys would like to see the progress.

[Spydmobile]

peabody124, on 08 February 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

I'm just going to leave this here. Very first test (well first I skyped Dave in to show, then I started recording) so less than 5 minutes of tuning. It will get much better but thought you guys would like to see the progress.

As you should: Let me be the first to say: You rock!
F

[dacat]

oh sh*t

great news... can´t wait for it !!

[noxus]

Great achievement! The OpenPilot team really rocks.
I can hardly wait to see the future vids. The Revo is going to be so awesome!

[Ronnie B]

Looks good so far .  Are you using a Baro or GPS for altt. hold??

Ron

[peabody124]

That's just baro.  No sensor fusion or anything yet - just wanted to start simple for that bit.  Less assumptions to check when the damn thing is in charge of the spinny bits

[Ronnie B]

Got it , will the prop wash and ground effect have an effect on the baro in close quarters??
Sorry for all the  ??? just like to learn new things

Ron

[D-Lite]

peabody124, on 08 February 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

I'm just going to leave this here.

Looks great! Can't wait to test this myself :-)

Ronnie B, on 08 February 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:

Looks good so far .  Are you using a Baro or GPS for altt. hold??

GPS wouldn't work that well indoors. It's possible to get basic GPS receiption if there are windows nearby but the signal would not be good enough to do altitude hold like this.

[Brian]

peabody124, on 08 February 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

That's just baro.  No sensor fusion or anything yet - just wanted to start simple for that bit.  Less assumptions to check when the damn thing is in charge of the spinny bits

Does that mean you have altitude hold working on the Revo?  I was just looking at the altitude module last night, and starting to hook up a baro and sonar to a CC to see how it works, at least for logging altitude.

It looks like the sonar driver needs some updating, and I was going to see what I could do there.

[peabody124]

Well it hit the roof that one time but some of the time it was working.  I need to do a few more repeats and get some data to try and tune it up more accurately but I think the control structure won't have to change much.

@Ronnie B: yes this definitely isn't the optimal setup for doing it.  I also need to add some foam over the pressure sensor.  However my general approach is to get it to perform well while I do everything shitty-ly and it should work for most users

[D-Lite]

peabody124, on 08 February 2012 - 09:56 PM, said:

Well it hit the roof that one time but some of the time it was working.

the sky is the limit - unfortunately not indoors ;-). My ceiling also has some scares already ...

[Brian]

peabody124, on 08 February 2012 - 09:56 PM, said:

Well it hit the roof that one time but some of the time it was working.  I need to do a few more repeats and get some data to try and tune it up more accurately but I think the control structure won't have to change much.

@Ronnie B: yes this definitely isn't the optimal setup for doing it.  I also need to add some foam over the pressure sensor.  However my general approach is to get it to perform well while I do everything shitty-ly and it should work for most users

So you were able to fly inside with just the baro?  That's great!

I suggested a couple of weeks ago that I needed a sonor on the top to keep off the ceiling!

Is altitude hold supported on the CC yet?  If not, do you think it will be able to be supported?

[Brian]

D-Lite, on 08 February 2012 - 10:01 PM, said:

the sky is the limit - unfortunately not indoors ;-). My ceiling also has some scares already ...

I may be imagining it, but it seems like there's some sort of "ceiling effect" that tends to hold the quad on the ceiling...

[Andre]

lol just remember to put a beep after the OH ... on the last part off video

[LemaLife]

i just made cumsies....sorry

[Ronnie B]

I will just thank you now for all you and the team are doing!!!
looking forward to when they are released I know it will be GREAT
Ron

[dankers]

Just want to say, I hope you guys get how things work with OP, finish draft of code and upload video. We do this a lot along with all the stuff that goes wrong, this way you see the evolution of the platform and it's loads of fun.

[dankers]

Brian, on 08 February 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

Is altitude hold supported on the CC yet?  If not, do you think it will be able to be supported?

As a module it could be possible, there was mag / baro board for the CC at one point for the Flexi port but nothing came of it.

[juz]

fantastic. I love watching progress videos. nice work James and the OP team.