18-May-2017, 11:43 AM
Hey Guys,
Since this came up in a recent post and as my skills start to improve I've been eager to give back to the community I thought I'd share this very basic tutorial on something that I've needed to use. This information is something that will be familiar to experienced pilots but to some first timers it might be helpful. I am going to focus just on validating the set up for this guide but I'd like to point out that there are folks more experience thank I that have shared some good tips on understanding which direction your flight controller is facing in the first place.
Once you think you have it right you don't have to fly to check, you can use the 3d model on the setup
An easy set of steps to validate Board Sensor Alignment is to:
That's it... easy enough.
I hope this helps remove some of the difficulties for first time flight controller configurators. For more info on configuring betaflight I suggest the following article:
http://www.propwashed.com/betaflight-con...ion-guide/
Since this came up in a recent post and as my skills start to improve I've been eager to give back to the community I thought I'd share this very basic tutorial on something that I've needed to use. This information is something that will be familiar to experienced pilots but to some first timers it might be helpful. I am going to focus just on validating the set up for this guide but I'd like to point out that there are folks more experience thank I that have shared some good tips on understanding which direction your flight controller is facing in the first place.
(17-May-2017, 11:17 PM)unseen Wrote: ...On your flight controller there should be an arrow printed on [the top of] the board... ...The arrow should point towards the front of the quad. If it points to the left instead, then all you should need to correct is Yaw, -90 degrees (or +270)...
...You should only change yaw unless you have also mounted the flight controller upside down....
Once you think you have it right you don't have to fly to check, you can use the 3d model on the setup
An easy set of steps to validate Board Sensor Alignment is to:
- Go to the Setup Tab of Betaflight (I am assuming we're using Betaflight configuration because it's very popular, Cleanflight works the same way but in different colors ... I don't know about other flight controllers or configurators).
- Validate that accelerometer is not disabled (you can tell if it's disabled because the option to "Calibrate Accelerometer" will be grayed out)
- Point the quad at the screen with the front end towards the screen and the back end towards you
- Click "Reset Z axis" (this gets the model pointing forward again)
- Then tilt the quad to the left, the model on the screen should tilt left... (see screenshot below)
- ---- If it doesn't tilt left then go back to configuration screen and continue adjusting values for Board Sensor Alignment and start back at the top
- ---- If it does tilt left then try tilting it in other directions. The model on the screen should move the same directions as the quad in your hand. (sometimes z-axis floats a little for me on this screen... if it does you can always reset it again to continue validating)
That's it... easy enough.
I hope this helps remove some of the difficulties for first time flight controller configurators. For more info on configuring betaflight I suggest the following article:
http://www.propwashed.com/betaflight-con...ion-guide/
carl.vegas
Current Quads: Operational: Diatone GT2 200 In need of repair: Bumble Bee, tehStein, Slightly modified Vortex 250
Current Quads: Operational: Diatone GT2 200 In need of repair: Bumble Bee, tehStein, Slightly modified Vortex 250