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Greetings everyone. I'm pleased to announce I've got my "original" H back in the air. I use the quotations as the only thing original is the shell I painted and my third party strobe light. After much thought, I opted for a color box full TH that I bought from the local Ace Hardware. One of the reasons is my hobby buddy who always helped me at my local shop rebounded at this Ace and is trying to get their hobby shop to be a Yuneec dealer and parts supplier. He took a big risk by getting them to bring in this unit and the price was the same as anywhere else as basically those are sold at a MAP by everyone. I know I could have saved the tax online but I prefer to support local merchants and this Ace is owned by one family who have built the largest independent Ace Hardware in the USA.
My logic is I get a new TH and my body and motherboard from the crash at a minimum. The crash can now be parts or be rebuilt as a back up. It seems almost every multi rotor I've owned (except the Q500) gets destroyed over time and it's actually a better deal to just buy a new one and get extra parts. Yesterday, I did all the set ups and started down the test flight path again at my regular flying location at my neighborhood park. For sure I checked that battery seating multiple times and even flew the battery that was in the crash. It's going to take a few more calibrations of the compass for it to settle in as I had really built up the reliability of the crashed IMU. I can already see it getting better as it's catching the information with less axis rolls. The drifting is getting less as well and I've only had it up three times. This is my third TH that I've set up and observed how it learns.
For sure the need for a new TH system to gather GPS data accurately in your first few flights is very important. Maybe because I'm familiar with Yuneec drift from the Chroma line, I expect to see it initially when it's just learning the location. My go to procedure is to do light flying at very close and observable distances and slowly add more moves and action. I noticed a few compass flashes so I'd land, shut everything down, recalibrate and proceed. By the third time up, I could see a steadier hover. I've discovered that really jerking the sticks around to yaw and tilt rapidly over one spot helps stop drifting. Once I see it dance in front of me in response to my radical stick moves, I feel good about my control.
My next experiment is to see if I can get the extra ST to be just a monitor while I've got the other two in team mode. I'm thinking it will work and not affect anything.
My logic is I get a new TH and my body and motherboard from the crash at a minimum. The crash can now be parts or be rebuilt as a back up. It seems almost every multi rotor I've owned (except the Q500) gets destroyed over time and it's actually a better deal to just buy a new one and get extra parts. Yesterday, I did all the set ups and started down the test flight path again at my regular flying location at my neighborhood park. For sure I checked that battery seating multiple times and even flew the battery that was in the crash. It's going to take a few more calibrations of the compass for it to settle in as I had really built up the reliability of the crashed IMU. I can already see it getting better as it's catching the information with less axis rolls. The drifting is getting less as well and I've only had it up three times. This is my third TH that I've set up and observed how it learns.
For sure the need for a new TH system to gather GPS data accurately in your first few flights is very important. Maybe because I'm familiar with Yuneec drift from the Chroma line, I expect to see it initially when it's just learning the location. My go to procedure is to do light flying at very close and observable distances and slowly add more moves and action. I noticed a few compass flashes so I'd land, shut everything down, recalibrate and proceed. By the third time up, I could see a steadier hover. I've discovered that really jerking the sticks around to yaw and tilt rapidly over one spot helps stop drifting. Once I see it dance in front of me in response to my radical stick moves, I feel good about my control.
My next experiment is to see if I can get the extra ST to be just a monitor while I've got the other two in team mode. I'm thinking it will work and not affect anything.
