4/8/2018 Flight Test
- Stephen Cholvat
- Michael Lenover
Owned by Stephen Cholvat
Summary
| Date of Test | 4/8/2018 |
|---|---|
| Participants | Steve Bauchanan, Mark Dunk, Stephen Cholvat, Jack Paduchowski |
| Minutes Flown (hex) | ~20minutes |
| Minutes Flown (quad) |
Objectives
- Basic tuning w/ 15" prop
- RTL/Autonomous Flight
- Loiter
- Test thrust with 1 battery instead of 2
Problems Encountered
- Compass drift caused loiter to drift and go in circles
- Forgot to charge the taranis
- Yaw P term was too low, causing yaw overshoot
- Correctly did RTL
- Hovering was at ~55%
Tasks Before Next Test
- Invesigate increased baud rate
- Mount FPV gear and egg grabber
- Compass drift
- cache maps
- charge computers
- Investigate higher kV motors