Hi Everyone
I seem to be having some serious problems with my setup and hope you can advise me. I have been trying to calibrate the Steadicam component of the Stedi470 and this seems to be causing problems with everything else. Here is the scenario:
- I run through the full YS-X6 calibration as per the Quickstart Guide and can control the UAV and fly OK;
- If at this stage press ‘Stedicam Alignment’ then the Stedicam gimbal runs right to back of the frame (i.e. camera forward and battery back) instead of maintaining the vertical alignment. I cannot get beyond this to Capture Roll and Pitch;
- I check the Manual Servo and Real Servo data and these seem to be quite worryingly different particularly for the Elevator and Aileron. In E and A the neutral positions of the Tx ‘stick’ show as ‘MP’ for the Manual Servo Data but show as (A) R10 and (E) Pull7 in the Real Servo Data.
At this stage I notice that the motors to not respond correctly to E and A commands from the Tx. I suspect that the difference between Manual and Real Servo Data is where my problem lies, but I do not know how to correct it.
I’ve tried reloading the firmware with no success. The firmware upload that I follow is YS-X6 firmware (20121114 replacement firmware “YS-X6-FW.arm”) first followed by Stedicam firmware (“YS-X6-20121020-steadi-Enc.arm”), although I believe that just the Steadicam firmware is required.
If I power down the AP and then power it up again, then the Manual and Real Servo data seems correct again and I can fly (but with no gimbal servos helping to keep the camera in place). When I try to go through the Stedicam alignment process though it all goes wrong.
Do you have any advice on how to proceed?
Regards
Julian