Drifting after yawing

[flyingbiscuit]

Does anyone have an idea what causes a drift after a yaw, the s800 comes back after a few seconds when the GPS sees it gone too far, but the drift is noticeable and depends on the direction of the yaw, left if clockwise rotation, right if anticlockwise(i think)

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[Dewster]

I had a flat Hexa, a Y6, and a quad do the similiar drifts. All of my craft would yaw to the left and then hold. Crazy huh?

Check your motors. Make sure that they are level with each other. Sometimes a slight cant of a motor is enough to pull the craft off course (like from a missing screw and the motor comes unseated while flying). Gradually increase your gains so that your craft won't drift and corrects itself more often and faster.

 

[ryanroberts1983]

I had a flat Hexa, a Y6, and a quad do the similiar drifts. All of my craft would yaw to the left and then hold. Crazy huh?

Check your motors. Make sure that they are level with each other. Sometimes a slight cant of a motor is enough to pull the craft off course (like from a missing screw and the motor comes unseated while flying). Gradually increase your gains so that your craft won't drift and corrects itself more often and faster.

Currently struggling with a similar issue: http://www.multirotorforums.com/showthread.php?12061-Wookong-M-Octocopter-gain-settings-and-issues

So, increasing my gains would make the flight controller more sensitive correct? If that is the case wouldn't that change make it harder to fly? I guess I need clarity on:

1. If increase gains does it increase the response times of the flight controller and increase stability but make the copter harder to fly because it is more responsive?

or

2. By decreasing gains does it just affect the performance of the flight controller and not the responsiveness of the helicopter?

-Ryan