The Quad plane tuning guide in the Arduplane documentation here is very extensive. At the end of the extensive process, Quicktune is suggested. It says “Often, the default params or a good manual tune will be sufficient. However, autotuning can usually improve the tune.”
However, the only requirement to start Quicktune is a stable platform. Is there any advantage in the very lengthy tuning process outlined on that page versus just using Quicktune? If there is, I cant see it! Please educate me
quicktune only tunes the VTOL rate PIDs, which is only a small part of the process
Apologies @tridge yes I was referring only to VTOL. Within that context then, Quicktune is the best, once complete?
Quicktune is an automation of initial tuning for AUTOTUNE, it should be followed by AUTOTUNE session on all axis.
As I understand it, Quicktune is for VTOL mode tuning, Autotune is for forward flight control. But my initial question is still, considering VTOL mode tuning, if my platform is stable and controllable enough for VTOL Quicktune, is there any need for further manual tuning in VTOL modes? It seems to me the answer is no, but I wanted to check I was not missing something!
From the wiki:
The disadvantage is that QUICKTUNE cannot find the vehicle’s maximum rotational accelerations or tune the attitude angle outer loops from their default or pre-tune adjusted (Tuning Process Instructions) values.
You can try to improve these manually, but in practice, I find they are not particularly critical.
Thank you! That quote on ‘the disadvantage’ is in comparison to QAUTOTUNE, though, rather than in comparison to manual tuning, but thanks for the pointer, it makes sense!