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Let me know if there are any issues with the prepackaged mac version. I know that two of the icons are missing on the config gadget (you can go there, just no pretty icon). Also it only supports 10.6 right now (don't know how to package all the Qt libraries required)

That sounds like a combination of misconfigurations. I'm not convinced your input configuration is correct then. One thing to do (props off) is what I showed in that video. Click GCS Control in that controller gadget and move the yaw there and see what happens. That isolates any Input config...

It's plausible to self tune and on the road map. It's just not trivial and any mistake would be bad-news-bear if in the air :). One of our guys wrote a Python UAVTalk implementation and I was just thinking today about how to write a self tuning application (if it were strung up). If anyone is...

I think you'll find that changing the setting in the Stabilization panel of the Config gadget will make it fly a lot better. http://wiki.openpilot.org/display/Doc/Stabilization+Tuning++Multirotor Essentially when you changed the props, for example, you made the motor respond more rapidly to...

I'm not sure - it seems like the setting goes at first but then ends up wrong. I don't think it's in the flight firmware side because I had no problems through the object browser, but we did a lot of behind-the-scenes changes to make this more robust. However, I think the Mixer doesn't work...

I think you are right that it shouldn't matter as long as the yaw servo is the right direction (hint: in output you can click rev direction - please don't click for ESC ;-)

You're right there is a bug in the config gadget. After you do you're normal configuration and save it you'll have to tweak things. Go to the UAVObjectBrowser, go down to MixerSettings and expand it. Find Mixer4Type and click on it. Click Request. In my case in came back disabled, but...

**** your variants thing is a good point. I was using a 2.5 series which are more complex to configure. I think it's teh 1.5 series that are easier but it would be good if someone else who uses Xbee more comments. IIRC = If i recall correclty VCP = virtual com port. when you install the...

I got mine to work (before I had a PipX modem :)). It was really tricky though. Here are my notes http://oldwiki.openpilot.org/User_talk:Peabody124#Telemetry_Configuration It does work on a mac. IIRC you have to install the VCP FTDI drivers http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Correct, it doesn't matter. If your board is rigidly mounted anywhere on the frame then a rotation at one point will be the same throughout. Since they gyros at the dominant sensor for stabilization (and only in rate mode) then you'll be fine. If you have it far from the rotation center and...

Solution here http://forums.openpilot.org/topic/4914-joes-cc/page__view__findpost__p__14561

You can work out how bad it would be fairly easily. Just going through some back of the envelope calculations (please correct me if I missed any details), let's say your damping is really soft and the motor can rotate 45 degrees on the mount. Assume the motor goes from 4000 rpm (24000 deg / s)...

What kind of dampers?

Right, he did change the settings. I've pushed for fairly conservative default settings. The unfortunate reality is the optimal settings are very dependent on prop, esc, battery, diameter, etc. Until we have one-platform-to-rule-them-all if you want the best performance you'll need to spend a...

Ok. I'm done coding. Time to learn how to fly. j/k - i don't need to learn how to fly, i'll make the AP do it

Yeah, I'm still waiting for my heli but want to test stabilization since I'm not that practiced at rate mode. From what Os said, it will work fine in that mode, but he wasn't happy with the servos he had on the swashplate.

Swash plates?

Your best bet would be to post in the OP forums with a picture of your frame and a description of all the actuators and how it is controlled. I think I know but it would be good to know. Basically that gives us athe forward model (how motor maps to roll, pitch, yaw, thrust) and we can then...

Hard for me to say since I don't see the output type. Probably not trivial though. One of the guys posted a python script that runs on the ground station (if you have telemetry) and monitors you extra TX knobs and updates PID settings that way though. We could also do it on flight side in the...

Yeah, this video. I just updated it to add an FPV clip too. I'm not happy with the vibration right now - it really limits my PID gains so isn't as stable as Bumblebee V1. You can also tell the FPV is blurred out when the motor starts running. However I didn't know I needed scratch my head...