Swashplate and tail rotor setup on old traditional helicopter
@RoMe82 wrote: Hi, recently I built a test platform for an FC with matek F405 and some external components to work on some older helicopters I have. A friend gave me his old GToys G9 helicopter. From...
View ArticleMaiden flight of 420 size heli
@Oliverl96 wrote: Hi, I am about to take my helicopter out for its first flight soon, and would appreciate if someone would take the time to look through the param file attached, to see if anything...
View ArticleTraditional Heli with Matek F405-STD
@RoMe82 wrote: Hi, after solving some issues with an old traditional helicopter setup I finally have everything ready on a Matek F405-STD FC. The FC recognizes GPS, compass and RC. All calibrations...
View ArticleWARNING: Arming before Servo Test Completes could cause A/C roll over after...
@bnsgeyer wrote: Tradheli Users, Recently @JoshW had his heli RTL and during the automated shutdown, it rolled over. Luckily the blades weren’t damaged. Through a little sleuthing (mostly by...
View ArticleRequesting for help and comments: Micro Traditional Helicopter Project (FPV,...
@romulo wrote: Hello everyone. I would like to request for your help and comments on building traditional helicopters. As for my project, I am trying to modify an XK K110 with a goal of making a micro...
View ArticleSet up of collective and throttle channels
@dorovl wrote: Hi Bill, I would greatly appreciate it if you would read through my post in more detail and indicate-me some issues you suspect with my set up of collective and throttle channels. The...
View ArticleLooking for the cause of Roll fluctuations on Trex450 with pixhawk
@ZvikaF wrote: I’m having a peculiar behavior with the trex450 during hoover phase which i can not point the reason, tried to lower the ANG coefficient with small effect. took down the RAT_RLL_P and I...
View ArticleNo HeliTailRSC and ESC calibration on pixhawk
@RoMe82 wrote: Hello, After moving my traditional Heli project to pixhawk I am close to operation. Main rotor works with all FC functionality applied. One problem seems to be an issue. After Imdid...
View ArticlePWM and SBUS out servo commands scaling problem
@ZvikaF wrote: I’m trying to connect the output of the pixhawk to KBar flybarless controller. Have some major issues with it. The command to the controller has to be full span and trimmed. i had first...
View ArticleBaro and Compass Error
@ardisd wrote: I have a Trex 450 Heli with a Matek F405 Wing Flight Controller and 3DR Compass and GPS on my log file I get an error BARO-4 and COMPASS-4 The compass has been calibrated and appears to...
View ArticlePixhawk 4 mini inappropriate?
@kitchen_faucet wrote: Hi, For starters, I’m new to this pixhawk/ardupilot stuff. About half a year ago I ordered a pixhawk 4 mini w/gps, from holybro. Mostly because of the physical size and still...
View ArticleAltitude hold tuning - PSC values
@ZvikaF wrote: Finally i have the heli pitch,roll and yaw functioning correct without fluctuation and prompt response. Now i’m doing the ALT HOLD and POS HOLD tuning … seems that the altitude command...
View ArticleTrex 450 Hover Tests
@ardisd wrote: I have a Trex 450 flybarless heli with a F405 wing flight controller running Arducopter v4. The heli is flying really well almost hands off in Alt hold. On the logs the Pitch , Desired...
View ArticleLoiter mode went to land state during flight, heli started a free falling
@ZvikaF wrote: Went today to check the 450 helicopter with pixhawk and GPS installed, in an open field. was a pretty windy situation, but the flight was manageable, decided to try the loiter mode at...
View ArticleTrex 450 Unstable Loiter
@ardisd wrote: When switched into loiter mode my T-Rex 450 does 2 or 3 small rotation like a toilet bowl before settling into the hover. It will also do the same thing when breaking from forward...
View ArticleAccelerometer Calibration and Radio Calibration Failure
@romulo wrote: Hello everyone. I am using a Kakute F7 Mini flight controller for a micro traditional helicopter project. My problem is that the Accelerometer Calibration keeps on failing. The the...
View ArticleHelicopter Toilet Bowl
@nigel wrote: Hi All, Trying to get rid of the toilet bowl effect on a current build but not having any luck. Tried putting a notch filter on for the rotor head rpm, further PID tuning and turned off...
View ArticleYaw control overshoot
@jinchengde wrote: hi all, I meet some issue about yaw overshoot in stabilize mode image1218×575 50 KB look at the RATE, it is some delay image1218×575 37.7 KB do I need to add the ATC_RAT_YAW_D or...
View ArticleThe 450 team with pixhawks ,GPS,inline Telemetry
@ZvikaF wrote: Thanks @bnsgeyer for your help, not yet done… but moving forward. You are right, there is no need for intermittent flybarless controller, the arducopter handles the task well...
View ArticleHelicopter crashed caused by crash_check
@jinchengde wrote: Here, we have a very strange crash log, the flight control detect crash when the helicopter still in the air, then cut off the power, and vehicle drop down immediately and crashed...
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