'twas abit windy!

ROVguy

ROVguy

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Here's footage of me and my mate having a quick fly yesterday. It must have been blowing 20 mph but the Naza and GPS seemed to cope quite well, although the video is a bit lopsided in parts.

It was an enjoyable afternoon anyway, even considering I had a little crash (it's not on this vid), nothing was broken and the quad flew straight away! I managed to get some cracking fly pasts after the crash, unfortunately I didn't start the go pro properly and it didn't record any of it! I was gutted! I even checked out the fail safe, which worked even in these winds, if a bit slow.
Speaking of which, is it normally the case that you have to switch over to manual to drop out of fail safe mode? I tried dropping out in GPS and Atti but no joy, it worked in manual, but the wind just took the quad as soon as I switched over and I don't normally use manual at the best of times! To say it was a bit of a fright is an under statement! But anyway, I got it back in one piece.

http://youtu.be/eYH3Fkf0AbU
 

Bowley

Bowley

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Nice one Rich,
I dont think DJI's GPS hold can be matched at present, by the sounds of it, at least not by any other hobby grade GPS/FC.
I am quite amazed by mine in wind...man it just sits there pitched into wind.

Not sure what you mean by dropping out of failsafe in GPS/ATT modes.
I have my failsafe RTH or Auto land set on the slider instead of 'manual'. so to drop out out of failsafe I just select GPS or Atti on the 3 way switch.
so my flight modes are 1.GPS, 2.ATTI, 3.FAILSAFE.
 
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ROVguy

ROVguy

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Cheers Steve, I have a 3 way switch set as the following, 1 GPS, 2 Atti, 3 Manual. I have a 2 way switch set for fail safe on and off. I was in gps mode and i turned the fail safe off, however, nothing happened, it still remained in fail safe from what I could tell. I tried switching to Atti, but no joy either. I didn't get any control back until switching to manual then I quickly switched back over to GPS mode. I've checked in the dji assistant and I know for a fact the fail safe switches on and off in all modes!

I must admit its got me scratching my head! Lol

But all in all, I had a very enjoyable afternoon and was pleased how the Naza and GPS performed. Even the fail safe return to home!

How's things with you?
 

Macsgrafs

Macsgrafs

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How strange...I never fly in any of the auto modes, except when at high altitude & I want the cam op to do a full 360 pan. To be honest I can never put my faith into these things ;)

Ross
 

ROVguy

ROVguy

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If it hadn't been so windy I would have given manual a shot, I'm still very new to this and learning all the time. I can count how many times I've flown on one hand! Lol I will get there though.
 

Bowley

Bowley

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To be honest Rich, Manual on Naza is not much cop, OK for a belt about, but if you lose orientation things can get a bit prickly. You will probably need to reduce your Rates or put a bit of expo in for manual Naza. If you like the more manual feel its nice to dial your auto level gains right down.
I like to keep things as simple as possible, 1 mode/fs switch is enough for me!I've even painted it red!!
 

ROVguy

ROVguy

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I do feel more comfortable using the autos, but I would like to be able to do a few flips/rolls with the quad and Im afraid that that just isnt possible with my setup, unless I give it a try in manual :S
 



P

Pelted

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ROVguy said:
is it normally the case that you have to switch over to manual to drop out of fail safe mode?
Click to expand...

I believe so. I actually saw this documented and will see if I can dig it up. When I did my testing with fail-safe RTH I noticed I about panicked when it started toilet bowling 20m up and increasing speed on it's way down. I was flipping everything to get control again. After realigning the GPS and fixing that issue I tested more and absolutely verified that for me if I flip into RTH fail-safe a simple flip to manual gets me back in control rather quickly.

EDIT:
Okay found it, page 21 of the NAZA pdf manual. In the "Notices" box in regards to Enhanced Failed-Safe Methods:

When switch to Manual Mode or Atti Mode, MC will disengage enhanced failed-safe mode, you can re-gain control of multi-rotor.

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However, Atti did not seem to work for me, but I may have been to impatient.
 
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ROVguy

ROVguy

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Thanks for clarifying that pelted, at least now I know categorically how to get out of fail safe if necessary.


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