i suck at PID tuning

18,563 Views · Posted 7 years ago

This isn't intended to sound whiney or anything like that. But this is something that I've identified as a skill that I want to improve so I want to share my experience as I continue to invest more time on tuning my little flying robots.

The first flight clip was on a Betaflight quad, the second was on a Raceflight (Betaflight and Raceflight are different firmwares that control the flight of the drone)

For anyone new or less familiar with drones,
PID tuning is setting the gains of the PID controller on your flight board and firmware to tune the performance of of your drone. PID tuning is as much of an art as it is science and it is an area that I have not put in enough effort as I have other areas.
I'm working on it and I'm excited to share my progression.

I hope the flight performance of my drones in this video represent the effort that I've been putting in over the last few weeks, and I look forward to improving even further.

Follow for more fun stuff :)
Instagram: @drewcamden
Twitter: @drewcamden

--- Drone Gear ---

DJI Mavic: http://amzn.to/2lTuZkj

GoPro HERO5 Session: http://amzn.to/2ldNJKO

Betaflight Setup:
MQC Fusion Airframe: https://goo.gl/BXLlgA
GoPro Mount for MQC Fusion: https://goo.gl/kBMeD6
"CommDock" for MQC Fusion: https://goo.gl/HFL4d4
DYS F4 Flight Board: http://amzn.to/2pzJZmH
DYS FIRE 2300kV: http://amzn.to/2pf6tfM
DYS xsd 30a ESC: http://amzn.to/2qalEo9
Racekraft 5040 TriBlade props (pink is best): http://amzn.to/2kvxx3e
RunCam Swift Rotor Riot Edition Camera: http://amzn.to/2lJKclb
VTX: http://amzn.to/2lJUcux
Spektrum Quad Race Receiver With Telemetry: http://amzn.to/2nDWgZI

MQC Fusion Airframe: https://goo.gl/BXLlgA
GoPro Mount for MQC Fusion: https://goo.gl/kBMeD6
"CommDock" for MQC Fusion: https://goo.gl/HFL4d4
Some pre-production Spektrum flight controller
DYS FIRE 2600kV : http://amzn.to/2kEeCnQ
DYS xs20a ESC / BLheli_S: http://amzn.to/2kqCsTb
Racekraft 5040 TriBlade props (pink is best): http://amzn.to/2kvxx3e
Foxeer FPV Camera: http://amzn.to/2lJKclb
VTX: http://amzn.to/2lJUcux
Spektrum Quad Race Receiver With Telemetry: http://amzn.to/2nDWgZI

FPV:
Skyzone FPV goggles: http://amzn.to/2oNzhs3
TBS Triumph: http://amzn.to/2ngYcHe
8dB mini patch antenna: http://amzn.to/2oIJYz5

Transmitter:
Spektrum DX9 Black Edition: http://amzn.to/2mXuFxI
Antenna mod: http://amzn.to/2mPNcNr
Antenna mount by DaddyK: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1592674

BACKPACK: http://amzn.to/2qwApQU

BEST SOLDERING IRON EVER: http://amzn.to/2qy34cw

--- Vlogging Gear ---

LUMIX G85 - http://amzn.to/2ouxV9j
Rode mic: http://amzn.to/2kEp0Lz
Dead-cat (blocks wind noise): http://amzn.to/2kSHhVq
bendy tripod: http://amzn.to/2kwcUZE

--- Contact ---

Drew Camden
P.O. Box 80
Clawson, MI, United States 48017

backwardsbird@gmail.com

--- tunes in this flick ---

"nah" by Ford.
https://soundcloud.com/ford