Hello, Another flight test day: Sample log
Photo by my friend and adventure photographer: https://benherndon.com/
While a lot of the time was spent tuning and observing our charge controller, I did test the following things as well:
- Upgraded and flew about 3.5 hrs on Plane 3.8.2
- After first flight , Disabled Internal Mag.
- Conducted Hybrid RTL Landings.
Observations:
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Tecs.sp still looking healthy when over-layed on GPS.spd
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More often then not I am flying in moderate to very windy conditions, yesterday average ground speed spread was around 20 m/s and peaked closer to 26/ms. It’s often hard to visually notice changes in flight performance. That being said the aircraft appears very solid and responsive in the air, and I feel that the basic pitch and roll tuning for this aircraft at its current weight and CG is pretty good.
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Auto transitions and landings were very smooth maybe slightly better with the latest FW.
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Vertical take off is difficult in Q_Loiter in high winds (for obvious reasons) and using the pusher motor to aid in position hold has been unreliable due to the idle thrust being to great for calmer wind conditions. For now my SOP has just been to launch the plane in Q_stabilize and let it drift down wind while gaining altitude. This does have a small up-side in testing because naturally some phase of the transition usually takes place directly overhead for easy observation.
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Disabling the internal mag eliminated the constant “Bad Compass Health” message in the HUD. (See first Question below)
Questions:
The telemetry feed (mission planner) often shows errors in altitude and the heading indications of the aircraft model on the map are all over the place at times. The on board logs don’t show the sporadic changes, so I figure that this is an error in the telemetry link or ground station. Also, often commands sent from the GS don’t go through. I am currently using a TBS Crossfire with RC through Mavlink, and BlueTooth to my laptop.
So:
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Where can I find information on how to set up the serial communication parameters?
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Will that even help? I used the SR1 and SR2 parameters suggested by the Crossfire community and did not notice a difference. I also plan to try some different GCS’s and telemetry units
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3. What is the best way to determine/verify Mag health based of the .bin files?
As usual, Thanks for looking and any help/insights.
Ryan