Naza vs Naza lite - performance

[Jussi]

So I think I've narrowed my choice for an fc down to these as they seem to be the stable out of the gate and beginner friendly. Disregarding the extra options only available to the naza, how do they stack up to each other. Basically is there a performance difference. Is the v2 much more stable than the lite. I've read old posts saying how the lite took a few minutes to become stable and that the gps wasn't very good. But these were a couple of years old so if there were problems, have they been solved by now?

 

[Motopreserve]

Recently there have been some people who opened the Lite to find that the components used are identical to the V2. So the differences really come down to the firmware. Also, I believe there may be an extra CanBus port on the V2???

I set up Lite for my buddy on his scratch built H-Quad (wood frame, cheap motors and esc), and after some gain tuning it flew really well. He was quite happy with it, but we decided to give it a test, and then ran the V2. He definitely thought the V2 was an improvement over the Lite. Not tons better, but a bit more stable, handled more complex flight moves better.

I think if you can afford the V2, you might get slightly better performance out of it.

 

[eskil23]

Also, I believe there may be an extra CanBus port on the V2???

Not on the NAZA itself, but on the V2 PMU.

 

[Motopreserve]

You're referring to the extra port?

 

[New2MultiRotors]

Do you know if you need a cellular plan for your ipad if you want to use the ground control station and set waypoints?

Also do you need a cell plan if you go fpv and want to use the ipad as the screen?

Recently there have been some people who opened the Lite to find that the components used are identical to the V2. So the differences really come down to the firmware. Also, I believe there may be an extra CanBus port on the V2???

I set up Lite for my buddy on his scratch built H-Quad (wood frame, cheap motors and esc), and after some gain tuning it flew really well. He was quite happy with it, but we decided to give it a test, and then ran the V2. He definitely thought the V2 was an improvement over the Lite. Not tons better, but a bit more stable, handled more complex flight moves better.

I think if you can afford the V2, you might get slightly better performance out of it.

 

[Motopreserve]

Unfortunately I am not familiar with the ground station/waypoints feature. But I do not believe any of the features access via data plan. It would be either Bluetooth or wifi.

Accessing an iPad is tough - not sure you can rig it up to be the FPV monito unless there's a specific app to do so.

 

[Jussi]

Went ahead and ordered the v2 and am reading the online manual to get familiar with it. Can anyone translate what any of the following means? What is a governor? *Insert politican joke here* What does "us" refer to?


If you use 3rd party ESCs, please make sure the ESCs travel midpoint is at 1520us. DO NOT use 700us travel midpoint ESC, as it may lead aircraft to fly away or cause injury and damage. After connect ESCs to motors, calibrate all your ESCs one by one through the receiver directly before connect them to your MC, Make sure program all of them into Governor off, Break off and Normal Start up to get best experience.

 

[eskil23]

In this case "govenor" is a feature of the ESC that enables it to keep constant RPM. If you are using ESCs designed for multirotors you don't need to worry about it.

 

[Motopreserve]

Eskil is right on. There are some other features on firmware too - holdovers from the days when all ESCs used for designed for airplanes. SimonK or MR specific ESCs would not have these options checked in the firmware.

The 700 vs 1520 is the center point of the PWM. Typical ESCs are about 1000-2000 give or take. That puts them in the right place for the Naza with the center at about 1500.

And the instruction you quote is for calibrating the ESC/Tx throttle recognition. That would need to be done regardless of the esc chosen.