Congrats dude. Let us know how the flight goes
Maiden flight update - Well it was a success in one way but short lived!
It started well, but I soon realised the controls were way to sensitive! the slightest feather touch would make the craft react, sometimes violently! So I hit the kill switch and ended the flight, which I don’t think had reached 2 metres off the ground. But safety first!
So after packing everything p, I started looking at why the controls were just so sensitive. I re-calibrated then, not moving them to the hard stops, then tried again, no different.
Searched BF for a pre-set, found, applied and restarted, tried again to fly…
only a minor change, still not tame enough to try a proper flight.
Any suggestions as to how to make this more manageable?
That’s Acro! Practice hoovering in the simulator and flying slowly. It’s really easy to get caught up with flying fast and leave out the basics.
The last thing you want is to be out of control flying towards yourself.
Morning, No flying fast, As I mentioned the craft never got above 2 metres off the ground, so no real flying! I was very cautious during the maiden flight, doing everything to minimise incidents.
Flight setting at Arm was Angle
The issue seems to be that the sticks move a lot with little to no impact on the craft, then there is a very short/small area where the stick movement makes very aggressive changes to the craft.
What I think is needed is more smoothing but being a beginner, I don’t know how…
Suggestions welcomed - Please
Additional/Edit - Something I need to understand is with regard to my RM TX15 Max, is what I’ve experienced/described above ‘Normal’ for these controllers or is there some setup issue that I need to identify and resolve/correct? Hope that makes sense!
Expo.
This allows you to tweak the curve of your radio control sticks basically.
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There’s also ‘dual rates’.
Have a read about dual rates and exponential on radio control radios. I think they will address your issues.
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Many thanks Simon! I’ll have a look this afternoon…
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Go straight to acro. Angle and horizon modes just get frustrating and don’t teach you how to fly. Spend time learning to hover in the sim, then in real life.
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Which/where is the simulator mate?
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Any, liftoff is good practice. With FPV is worth practicing where you aren’t going to break something.
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not using FPV ATM…
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Missed replying sooner, didn’t have a working PC, all I can add is have a look at setups on Tube.
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Thanks to all…
I’ve managed to ‘tweak’ the settings and it appears to have smoothed things out, at least on the bench with props removed. Sounds much better and way less vibro.
I’m waiting for some smaller batteries, as I think a 6S/6000 mAh is a bit big for this! For a beginner at least!
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Did you apply a pid tune to the quad before flying?
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Yes mate, I searched for an official one appropriate for the size of craft and applied and restarted the craft.
I have since ‘Tweaked’ the settings, but the sticks still move a lot with little or no activity on the craft then it appears very aggressive! I’m waiting for some smaller batteries before I try it again as the 6S/6000 mAh weighs in over 1.1Kg so not helping, it needs a lot of power to lift it and has to be perfectly balanced which I think is at least part of the problem.
Also probably should have mentioned I working with the martian3 ATM which is 9" from motor centre to centre, I think 2.5-3" blades.
Can you export the config in Betaflight and drop it here? I’ll have a look.
@jpmreece I’ve sent you a DM mate…