S800 lateral drift.

el gwiz

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I'm in the process of flight testing my s800 with Z-15 Gimbal and there appears to be a lateral drift in one direction when trying to hover. The compass has been calibrated , the CG has been determined for the GPS antenna ( although I have been using a mixture of two 5000 maH batteries in series and a single 8.5 maH six six cell battery ). I'd like to get it handling like it is on rails, any suggestions for basic gain settings using 12 inch props ?

Before I added the gimbal it was flying really quite well and was stable.

I'd appreciate any help at the moment because I am stumped.
 


el gwiz

Member
Thanks for your rapid reply, Chris. What did I write ? 12 " props ? I have the standard 15 " carbon props so perhaps it is not that. The suggested reading was useful though and I might try replacing with APC sometime in the future.
There seems to be no definitive values for basic gain settings; my f550 is set up nicely and flies as I want it to, the s800 still feels a bit 'loose' , any suggestions. Test flight conditions are perfect here in the UK as we are experiencing an unusual absence of wind and wet weather.

Thanks for your help,

Leo
 

ChrisViperM

Active Member
OK...12" sounded a tard too small:

Here is a good reading about the gain settings: (It's about the Naza, but counts for the WooKong as well...you got a WooKong on the S800, right ?)

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1796013

Some people treat the gain-setting like the holy grail, others couldn't care less.....both fly. I always start with about 130 each, and than crank it step by step all the way up untill it starts shaking....then down about 10 - 15 points. The new Bluetooth-LED helps a lot.


the CG has been determined for the GPS antenna ( although I have been using a mixture of two 5000 maH batteries in series and a single 8.5 maH six six cell battery )
The Center of Gravity for the GPS is not really that important (some people just set the Z-axis if it is sitting on a pole ( values will be negative). More important is the COG in relation to the position of the IMU. That vid explains it pretty good:



These green and red (+ / - ) settings can be very irritating, just make sure you get that right.

If you change any COG settings, just re-calibrate your Transmitter stick settings in the Assistant software, and after that re-calibrate the compass.....just to be sure


One thing I did if I could not get rid of a slight drifting was just to either move the center point of the stick on my transmitter (depends on the model of transmitter you have) just slightly to the opposite direction of the drift, or just played a little with the trim button / slider.
A few people will start to scream and shout at this point, but if you don't over-do it, it doesn't do any harm as long as the values don't change too much.


Chris
 
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