FPV pilot tries Pixhawk for the first time // Introduction to Ardupilot

[@joshmellon390]

This man just had a genuine experience with Ardupilot lol

[@Ammoniummetavanadate]

All of my issues with ardupilot came from the clone pixhawk our team lead bought. That and the 3d printed motor mounts...

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

Called I didn't bother following the official setup guide to the T, why my drone is flying like crap (or not flying at all).

[@joshmellon390]

100 likes for the comment, and only 1 or 2 defenders speaks for itself lol. It's not always as easy as following the documentation.

[@Ammoniummetavanadate]

@@joshmellon390 It is definitely a different animal, absolutely not user friendly, lol.

[@shanemshort]

@@joshmellon390 yeah, I'm a technical person and read technical doco all day and the Ardupilot doco is quite poor

[@HolybroLimited]

Joshua, thanks for using our Products! make sure to reach out to us if you have any question.

[@MCsCreations]

Joshua, you definitely should do more things like this. Things like flashing iNav to a quad, perhaps build a rc airplane with iNav, perhaps another with ArduPilot... (And you don't even need a Pixhawk for that, you can flash ArduCopter or ArduPlane to FC from Matek, SpeedyBee and so on.) That's for 2 reasons: to expand your horizons, but also because we love the videos! 😃 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@vedaantsarda7968]

Hey man, I'm just wondering how to flash speedybee f405 v3 with ardupilot as you mentioned.

[@MCsCreations]

@@vedaantsarda7968 I don't remember lots of people mentioning it's possible during reviews, but I don't remember if I've seen anyone doing it indeed... 🤔 Perhaps you could ask Lee, painless 360.

[@NukularPower]

agree, this is exactly the kind of thing i want to see personally

[@N8904V]

​@@NukularPower Me 2.

[@bentsprockettech]

This is one of the happiest days of my life. I'm a big fan, but I never thought I would see you build a GC based drone. I've been in the drone design business for a few years and I'm glad that someone with your skills has introduced these to the FPV community. Thank you.

[@heliharris69]

My very first Drone was a Tarrot 680Pro with a Pixhawk FC.... just fancied the challenge of assembling such a thing. Assembly went well as did installing all the electronics which at that time required some soldering. I then got it professionally set up using ardupilot and Mission planer as i hadn't a clue how to do it. Well about 15yrs on it still flying great... albeit not that often and it's never been crashed just a few hard landings without damage... So reliability has been exceptional. Its great that your doing something "different" from the norm... Which i found really enjoyable and took me back 15yrs. Thank you.

[@prodtz]

please do more ardupilot videos. btw, your drone behaved really sluggish in loiter and also in stabilize mode. usually you do a autotune asap. you can do it by enabling PosHold (mix between stabilize and loiter) and activate autotune. its really cool to see the magic happen as it starts twitching around by itself. its a pretty hard time at the beginning when you come from betaflight or inav, but its so damn rewarding. i built a flywoo explorer with ardupilot, really cool to see this small platform flying perfectly acro plus all the gps modes at the same time.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Ok I'll try an auto-tune next and see if it flies better.

[@dihler55]

When you do autotune do it in a larger open area because they can get kinda rowdy. And try to not freak out and be ready for whatever follows. It can be scary (learnt that the hard way when my first project was a VTOL lol)@@JoshuaBardwell

[@jessehoffman5302]

That's pretty cool about your explorer. Would love to see a video on it some time.

[@prodtz]

@@jessehoffman5302 never done a video on anything. what would you like to see?

[@dominicpsn]

​@@prodtzall the cool stuff

[@vhfgamer]

If you want to understand what pixhawk is in very simplistic terms... here you go. Pixhawk is to DJI like Android is to Apple. It can do everything DJI can do, just as good or better, with extra functionality, extra hack-ability, doesn't spy on you, and does it cheaper. The only drawback is you have to learn how to use it. Also, your accelerometer needs better calibration because you were wobbling all over the place when calibrating it. You can't just hold it with your hand like that. You must balance it against an object and be absolutely still for it to fly correctly. I've flown APM 2.8s that drifted less because they were calibrated better. You can do a lot with the pixhawks. Drones? Yep. Airplanes? Yep. Helicopters? Yep. RC cars? Yep. Rovers? Yep. Boats? Yep. Submarines? Yep.

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

For those uninitiated APM2.8 stopped being supported over 8 years ago and runs on ATmega 2560, 8 bit CPU

[@vhfgamer]

@@tymoteuszkazubski2755 Yep! You got it! So it's pretty sad when a brand new pixhawk is so badly calibrated that if wanders around more than the massively outdated APM. I remember the early days of the pixhawk when a bad calibration would send the drone rocketing into the ceiling. Right into a fire sprinkler nozzle. Ask me how I know.....

[@dannyvardy8839]

Hey I've still got a 2.5... Don't be mean. Haha.

[@lukasztrzcinski3062]

​@@tymoteuszkazubski2755but we have a better hardware for ardu now e.g. F405 SpeedyBee with newer sensors.

[@derqatarzan4207]

iPhones are more durable however. I work in the Bakken oilfield and every android device fails in our extreme cold. iPhone works with no issues.

[@Tyler-qz9uc]

It's cool to see you come to the other side of the hobby

[@crash_lander]

Pixhawk is actually the standard board layout of the FC. PX4 & Ardupilot are the firmwares that run on the FC and Qground control & mission planner are config & flight management softwares. The reason the Quad kept drifting was because you did not calibrate the compass in the video.

[@jannicawunge4940]

I really liked this video. Not just because I have thought of getting into Ardupilot but also because of the way you let us follow your trails and errors. Bring us moore! Way to go Joshua!

[@jpalmerico]

Hi Joshua. I am glad you are getting into this corner of the FPV space. I am curious to learn more about it, and I like your presentation style. Please continue!

[@karthik_kwads]

Hey JB, You can get the ELRS and crossfire work with PX4 but it requires you to build the firmware to include those drivers. It's a pain for people who are not aware of it. I can get you the firmware which worked for me. I have made a video of it flying a while ago but never got time to make a video of "How to".

[@easyefpv6609]

This is why I love chatgpt!!! I've learned so much about computers and programs

[@duanebowman9595]

Thanks!

[@stuarthayden3381]

Thanks

[@scottlachance2914]

Bravo, Joshua you stepped outside your comfort zone. I have been using pixhawk way before betaflight and have also struggled with it but it’s the best framework out there to control non-assisted flight for DIY community. I built a hexacoptper, pix, hawk clone, and it flies great seven years after I built it.

[@paulmillard1130]

I have never met another flyer here in N.E. England I have built all 23 of my drones and this guy got me through everything.Hats off to Joshua Bardwell.

[@showboatfpv9677]

That's a shame. Did you ever try to pull anyone into the hobby? I've noticed that people who show interest in my builds are often hooked after I take them for a flight using my spare goggles and spare radio in buddy box mode. Give it a try if possible! Nothing like flying with friends.

[@yatzeegamingop]

To give a perspective on what these can do, here is the mission for our pixhawk plane; Takeoff, go to a predetermined area, find the red spot and save its coordinates. add it to the waypoint list for the next lap, go around the parkour, drop a ball in a way that it will hit the red area, do it again, and finally land on the runway. It does these things all by itself, but calibrating and configuring the control system is a pain in the butt.

[@dzidas]

can you share more details about the setup you used for that drone? I'm planning to build something similar and looking for inspirations :)

[@rippfpv]

It’s good to have you back jb!

[@ntnwwnet]

Looking forward to more! I’m using the same kit to build a DJI clone that does RC and VTX over cellular LTE.

[@TheXanthoman]

1. Watching " THE GREAT JB " out of your comfort zone , was the most satisfying drone vid ever . 2. Now things are getting interesting , i hope you will continue down this path as far as you can take it . 3. Anxiously awaiting future ardupilot content . 4. The one limitation you will have with this system , is your understandable reluctance to fly bvlos , just sayin

[@davidpulvermacher1488]

It was wonderful to see you go through the paces Joshua. You made me laugh because I went through the Ardupilot trials with my first drones, and only discovered FPV much later afterwards. Pixhawk and Ardupilot are remarkable open source platforms, and the devs need to be congratulated on the sophistication of their achievements. Thanks for a very entertain video, as ever. Best wishes from South Africa. 😎

[@sfh294]

I'm surprised you haven't done anything with the pixhawk. Excited to see what you get into. I run the Cube orange plus w ADSB on my fixed wing stuff. Really mind blowing capabilities. Rfd900x and herelink are my RC never lost a plane due to equipment failure. Very reliable very versatile

[@yancymuu4977]

I just put together the same Holybro from about a month ago. I have gotten the expresslrs radiomastef rp3 working on the drone with the PX4 firmware. It was a difficult endeavor as I am new to the hobby. One needs to recompile the firmware on a Linux computer with the expresslrs module linked in (steep learning curve). I also found it was possible to connect the control input through the s.bus input with the elrs receiver in s.bus mode. The problem with that is there did not seem to be any way to get telemetry back to the radio. At least I couldn't find a way.

[@ericbraun4652]

GREAT Ardu journey! My very first drone had a Pixhawk FC running Ardu and it was very good at what it did. And the Alta X uses FreeFly's version of PX4 so my experience came in handy when we started flying those. Put it in Acro if you want that full control. It is a rate mode with no GPS and no barometer. And, there is RTK available for PX4 and Ardu. People have actually flown the Alta X in Acro mode!

[@leonardothillet6423]

The intro would've been a classic if he said "I'm Joshua Bardwell and WE are gonna learn something today" lol, I did love this walk thru and definitely think he should make videos like this where he is also learning new stuff, super fun to watch! Now I want to build one of those 😂

[@Furby_assassin]

Thought the same thing 😂😂

[@k4x4map46]

you've got my attention...again!!! this is definitely the direction I've been heading for a loooong time yet needed a baseline to begin with...you sir are that baseline!! thanks!

[@akselhansen7670]

My latest pixhawk coupter very stable in loiter mode... As far i remember compass has to be carefully calibrated. Also using the dshot protocol for the motors further stabilized loiter mode...

[@MJ-bj1gn]

yes, yes yes!! I've been waiting many years for this type of content on your channel 🎉. Keep it up!

[@KacperNowak-y3t]

Didn't fly in this season (lack of time). Winter comming now, nice to come back to Your channel and see that You have extended your perspective beyond betaflight and manual (racing/acro) fpv, to more robotic approach like arducopter and pixhawk. Nice.

[@Augmented_AI]

Great video. How would you stabilise to your drone further?

[@sakuratears9731]

I’ve been flying arducopter 7 inch long range drone for about half a year. The reliability is very good and it still offers good enough acro performance. However, to get this kind of acro performance, a lot of tuning is required. I’m so happy to see that finally a fpv content creator starts to play with ardupilot.

[@sahilmansoori3511]

Was waiting for hell of a decade for this video

[@grabunt]

“Why is it drifting” is giving me flashbacks to when I tried this with my homebuilt 3dr Arducopter back in the day. Every new firmware release had a new way to raise your heart rate. Today that drone is a very nice living room decoration.

[@funkynerd_com]

This was fun! I loved watching you learn Ardupilot. Brought back memories of me going through the same thing about 10 years ago, which is why I enjoyed it so much. Autonomous drones are definitely a different world. I struggled a little bit making the switch the other way to racing drones. I still wish Ardu had proper support for CSRF and ELRS as being able to ditch the extra telemetry gear would be nice. Anyway, welcome to the dark side! Enjoy!

[@ravfpv6201]

Try going from stabilized to loiter. loiter is a function not an actual flight mode. that's why the drone was so confused. I'm far from an expert but i think taking off in loiter was the issue. I could be wrong because I haven't used a pix for years Glad to see you back making content

[@DFEUERMAN]

Yes, I think Joshua wanted to do "position hold"

[@musicvr3368]

i actually started FPV with a pixhawk cube orange, and i have to say that ardupilot set my expectations high for drones in general. the potential is endless when it comes to ardupilot

[@DFSrlz]

"I'm Joshua Bardwell and you're going to learn something today!" Also Joshua Bardwell: "Learning sucks!" 😂

[@Dcscockpit]

I had a pixhawk setup on a large quad port with a parachute, I had a motor failure and the pixhawk calculated an uncontrolled decent as it’s supposed to and automatically deployed the chute…worked perfectly. I also ran redundant gpa sensors for blending as well. Absolutely fantastic. Flight controller. The ardupilot firmware and hardware really were the pioneers of the flight controller world…years and years ago.

[@andriy1000]

The Pixhawk stuff is a whole other story. Thank you, Joshua. Looking forward to watching the new Pixhawk playlist

[@rickm1283]

I did the same drone but used a orange cube. Definitely a learning curve. It was and still is a great learning experience....I did put a vista on it, the sound from the big props grabs your attention 😂. Thans will definitely stay tuned for the series. Thanks.

[@Malik.essadi]

Been waiting for this video for ages

[@FPVKyivUA]

Thank you so much for such kind of kit review. Please go deeper, lidar, op flow and so on. Hope to see you next time 😊

[@maddercat]

Yeah you should add a camera and a claw to it for rescuing drones in bandos that are flying in areas that are difficult to recover. They used to have one like that I know with Ladrib who was flying in that bando down in florida a lot right?

[@RollsFPV]

About time you got into the Pixhawk scene my 1st builds were all ardupilot based systems the things you can do apart from what you already mentioned you can add daughter computers and have vision obstacle avoidance so much for the enthusiast that's into tinkering... Love to see a whole series leading to adding daughter PC boards and vision systems etc, don't know if you'll be up to it or not its a lot of work and research.

[@djSpinege]

This brought back so many memories of when I worked for an industrial Drone business in 2014. Especially the frustration lol.

[@richmiller540]

Thanks for this Joshua, I've been thinking about this kind of platform for a winter project but had no idea where to start and then as if by magic JB puts out a video. 👊

[@JasonParham83]

Aaannnd im back to watching full videos. Love this type of content.

[@Misiek924Turbo]

In Ardupilot you can make autotuning and set proper gyro filtering. And your drifting could be because poor compass calibration which is essential ;) mine hexa with old pixhawk stays in place like dji :) I tested even 5” quad with arducopter in acro… all works great, and for me is much easier configurable than betaflight and you can make acro or gps quad.

[@scottlitten9727]

Great to see you do a large drone. PLEASE do more !!!!!

[@truggles120]

If you didn't know, you can turn expresslrs into a MAV link system.

[@arowe231]

Might be able to ride on that one. Noticed you have a DeWalt gyroscopic screwdriver!!! I have one that turns 90 deg or straight love it. Another great video keep it up.

[@PilotPlater]

I've wanted to make nearly this exact build since I started in FPV, thanks for this video Joshua, I'm going to go for it!

[@RizHassan]

Supper happy to see JB tipping his toes in the world of Ardupilot and DroneCode Firmware. My entire quads and planes run Ardupilot firmware and I use Mission Planner to configure and mission plan. The reason I don’t use QGroundControl is because parameter mapping is not 1-to-1 if you are running Ardupilot Firmware. So be careful @JB. Few tips: 1. Perform compass, and FC calibration before installing the FC and GPS on the aircraft. 2. You can use Mavlink protocol or FrSky Fport protocols for both telemetry and radio control. I use TBS crossfire with Mavlink protocol and I run Yaapu Lua script on my colorful TX16 radio. Supper sexy! 3. If your quad is still drifting in Loiter mode, use Autotune mode in a large field (away from trees). Welcome to the dark side Mr. Bardwell. Several years ago, I had asked you to pickup Ardupilot content since there are very few on KZbin besides MadTech and Painless360.

[@bartoszk.6451]

How it will handle manual mode, what are the flight possibilities/effects? Thanks so much! :)

[@NoFlyDrone]

You can run ELRS/CRSF. You just have to wire it to a telemetry port and configure the serial port in Arducopter as CRSF. Also, look into Yaapu telemetry script for your TX16S Max...Nice HUD and telemetry right to your radio!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

You also have to set a custom option because ELRS doesn't have the same baud rate as CRSF, and that part was where I got stuck.

[@NoFlyDrone]

@@JoshuaBardwell mission planner i think is easier to use for configuration. The GUI isn’t as nice though.

[@NoFlyDrone]

@@JoshuaBardwell in mission planner there is the full parameter list and under RC_OPTIONS you click it and you will see the option for 420 💨 baud.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Oh neat I'll check it out.

[@uhu4677]

@@NoFlyDrone Indeed. Last time I tried Ardupilot with QGroundControl there were some options/settings missing compared to Mission Planner. I think it was also Receiver related. For PX4 however I think QGroundControl should support everything, since it's the official "ground station" software. Imo both systems lack a proper documentation. I wasted so much time trying to find out easy stuff ... because it was just not properly explained. Also it's very hard to find help, since only very few people use those systems.

[@weirdmark]

I have a sim but need a better computer. I watched this and have watched you, Drew and Steel build FPVs. It is fascinating to me. This one was a little more complicated than most and a lot of it was over my head. I’m going to learn to do this. I better hurry because I’m 74.

[@djsolstice8964]

I use ELRS with Ardupilot, you have to use the Mission Planner software and select CRSF protocol as input.

[@FredFlintstone-v3m]

would put optic sensor for sure, very cool!

[@henrykim4535]

Love this new venture and looking forward to more ArduPilot content.

[@joshmellon390]

The stabilized mode is wierd, it expects your throttle stick to stay in the middle like the rest of the sticks. Raise past center throttle and it gains altitude, lower past center throttle and it drops. It will try to hold it's altitude at center stick.

[@Toysrme]

I found a decade ago that just tuning the PID loop well and adding a downward facing sonar to help sense altitude could keep a large quad hovering in about a foot box. That was with the original pixhawk board and terrible sensors of the day! Add a sonar! They are very cheap and it’ll help!

[@crash_lander]

Thanks Mr. Bardwell, it’s like you heard my inner voice to make video on this topic. Keep it going bro!!

[@thatguyblue4811]

Cool to see you explore this kind of drone as well as use Ardupilot. I seem to remember you mentioning that you wanted to try it some time.

[@hersheykiss9500]

oh yeah, really important is to check the logs to see what your vibration levels are. vibration levels can be the main cause of instability.

[@justin6125]

I bought that kit last year but I'm useing the cube orange pixhawk on board and the siyi video system.

[@Vousie]

So cool to see you doing a video about ArduPilot. You could also try out its waypoint missions if you feel like doing another video about it.

[@kensanders2617]

Hey Bardwell those six buttons on the front of your... They design that radio for Pizhawk... 6 position flight mode switch..

[@BradDStephensAIFPV]

I hope you will do more about this quad. Add the sensors and cam. I always wanted to build one of these just for the heck of it.

[@Mikeabramson316]

I recently got one of these kits with the 6x, too. This semi-autonomous flight is what's really interesting to me. I used alot of your videos when i first got started building a 5" drone before i realized that i wasn'tlooking for the betaflight experience, but it turned out to be a really fun micro ardupilot project, and really hooked me on this hobby. I also had to find the elrs ->sbus hack to get my elrs controller to work. I think a cool thing to explore would be adding an OpenHD video and telemetry link to this drone (and maybe an open source gimbal, too). That's where i currently am with mine, and it's probably what most people building this type of drone are looking to do. After that using the telemetry link to do basic autonomous flights would be cool to see as well. It would definitely be great to see opflow added. Also, for that super tight positioning, you could add RTK. That's something that would be great for us to see in this format with someone knowledgeable before making the decision to buy. Also, did you notice any excessive vibration on your kit, mainly from the props? My logs are showing a lot of vibration, and im currently ordering new props because that seems to be the issue.

[@AerialWaviator]

If you have an F405 based FC/drone, there's a good chance it too can run Ardupilot. This could be another option for people wanting to get familiar with Ardupilot features without investing in additional hardware. For the positioning stuff, the drone will need a GPS, and likely barometer compass; but these are cheap compared to building another drone, just to experiment. Look forward to seeing updates on the playlist as explore some (new to you) features and capabilities.

[@AdamAnthonyAdventures]

35:04 I like how you talk to your machines :)

[@TheNnpatel]

You can use Position Hold, it will keep it in same place

[@thegooniverse495]

Man you really missed the opportunity to say "I'm Joshua bardwell, and I'M going to learn something today" on that intro. You laid it up perfect for it too lol

[@benjaming9835]

Welcome to Ardupilot, love to see you convert one of your freestyle / long range drones over to ardupilot.

[@RichardCarlisle-k8t]

On the 6X there is a port labeled "RC In" next to the PWM output pins. If you go into the ELRS receiver (ELRS Configurator) and change the output to SBUS you can connect the receiver power, ground and TX to the RC In on the 6X. The 6C has the same capability but the input plug layout is a little different. I've been flying DJI for a while and decided to build a Holybro X500 with the 6C using ELRS and a RM Boxer. The only question mark was connecting the ELRS receiver, so I've been chasing that down the rabbit hole. Pixhawks all seem to be setup to work with Spectrum plug and play and I didn't want to spend that kind of money on the transmitter for a mostly autonomous drone.

[@OsmioGonzalez]

Hello, I hope you have a good day. I think the work you do is spectacular and I would like to express my interest in a series of videos exploring Ardupilot for drones or even airplanes. Good luck if you decide to embark on such a series.

[@YEEHAR_Productions]

Really cool video, I'd like to see you use the SIYI radio and video link, they also make cameras, and it all designed to just plug in

[@audioflight9161]

Really cool video, great to see you getting into Pixhawk!

[@ultratorrent]

I know, more tools, but look into parallel jaw pliers wrenches. Knipex made the original, but you can pick up an Icon brand clone of them at Harbor Freight. I use mine for way more press operations than really makes sense, but It's one of my favorite tools.

[@Tyler-qz9uc]

The dirfiting could be caused by a few factors: Did not perform compass calibration. HDOP value too high causing drift Primary compass set to internal (I recommend external) If you want a more accurate gps better performing gps, i recommend the new here 4 that was just released. You could also pick up the previous generate here 3 and it would perform just as well. I primarily use ardupilot system and haven’t had much qground control experience.

[@Tyler-qz9uc]

HDOP= horizontal dilution of position. In the video looked to be at 0.7, which is a decent value.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Compass calibration was definitley performed. I will check the external compass.

[@aaronkelsay9309]

@@JoshuaBardwell The compass calibration can also be impacted by performing it near a piece of concrete. I’ve had the compass calibration get messed up from being on or by a piece of concrete with rebar in it. You can also improve your horizontal and vertical location by adding a GNSS ground station to your laptop. Nice to see you expanding your horizons though. Big airframes are fun to fly and can carry some heavy loads.

[@darrensontos1012]

I like putting ardupilot in my hobby builds, especially for fixed wing, because the ability to loiter and return to home on failsafe have saved my butt so many times

[@holisticaustralia]

An extraordinary leaf blower, Great work Mr.B ✌️😊

[@kestrelfpv4712]

Very cool JB! How about a waypoint mission video? I’ve never built one of these but I do find them interesting.

[@Dcscockpit]

I’ve been using these for a long time. I started building home made hps quads with the apm 2.6, then 2.8 then the pixhawk.

[@akdriveus]

Thanks for the video! It would be great to see how this drone can be used with a companion computer like Jetson Nano.

[@caphillres]

A few Ardupilot tips. 1. Make sure to set transmitter to no pulses for failsafe. 2. Stabilize, AltHold, Loiter will be your 3 most used flight modes. Start with stabilize then use AltHold to teach the FC your hover value, then loiter (for quads) for GPS position hold. The actual PosHold mode is depreciated. 3. When calibrating your IMUs for the first time, do it before mounting the FC in/on the aircraft on a known level surface. You will get much better values.

[@johncarold]

Hi Josh, WoW ! I know something before you, I have been looking at Pixhawk F.C and ARDUPILOT for my 10in quad. I am impressed with the quality of this kit. I wish it was available a year ago. I can't wait until you get ARDUPILOT working properly, and then you can help me out with mine. Thanks again for the video and information

[@inoc805]

I had a hard time getting CRSF to work with Ardupilot but eventually I got it to work and was able to get Yaapu LUA scripts to work on my TX16S.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

For me, the breaking point was the difference in baudrate between CRSF and ELRS. I did everything but couldn't get that option figured out. If I really cared, I would re-flash the ELRS receiver with the CRSF baudrate but I decided I didn't care.

[@techstuff6829]

@@JoshuaBardwellfor ELRS you’d connect the receiver to a UART like TELEM3. For the baud rate adjustment, set bit 13 of RC_OPTIONS.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I found that in the documentation. You say "set bit 13" and to the computer scientist in me that means set the bit to a 1. So I did some binary to decimal conversions to figure out what the decimal value of bit 13 being set to 1 was, but when I put in that custom value, it still didn't work.

[@inoc805]

@@JoshuaBardwell What FW version of CRSF are you on? There was a bug in 6.26 and I believe that was the cause of a lot of my problems. Set SERIAL4_PROTOCOL = 23 Set RSSI_TYPE = 3

[@FresnoRealEstatePhotography]

Ardupilot and Arducopter work great with CRSF protocol. I use mine copters and airplanes with both Crossfire and ELRS. To get CRSF support you need to enable it. Set RC_Options = 256

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Yes but if you are using ELRS and not CRSF, then the baud rate is wrong, and it doesn't work unless you set a bitmask to change the baud rate, which I could never get to work.

[@ZED-PV]

There are ardupilot flight controllers from Matek that have in-built ELRS chips.

[@Bill-NM]

JB, do a compass calibration - my arducopter frames hover/loiter in one spot PRECISELY even with cheap/old GPS units. I bet yours was drifting around because the compass needed it's initial calibration. Arducopter can also hover in altitude quite precisely with only a barometer. But yes hovering in ground effect or even a bit higher can give the barometer fits because of all the swirling air.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I did the compass calibration.

[@dillacorn_linux]

Drones like these are used for carrying big or heavy payloads. See if you can get yourself a hold of some lidar and imaging system to attach to the underside of the drone. Get together with some surveyors and survey a great big piece of land and convert to a model with some developers to put in a video game such as liftoff

[@girimugundan2889]

Oh this is so sweet. “Why aren’t you doing what you’re told!” Welcome to px4.

[@djsolstice8964]

FINALY!, Ardupilot on this channel. 😊

[@daniel.pendzich]

I stumbled my way through the ArduPilot experience when I got a HeeWing T1 VTOL. I'm super excited to see your experience with it. I don't know much, but from what I've seen it appears to be more complicated than betaflight, but also much more feature rich.

[@tomialenius2830]

Really cool, Would love to see if you could find a decent camera to connect to it with a Mechanical shutter and GPS for mapping? or even a Thermal camera. Could be a cool cheap platform to make a somewhat"Enterprise" drone.

[@yongfpv6239]

Adrucopter support crsf receiver,Use serial x choose 23 option

[@dumptruckfpv22]

Arducopter is truly awesome once you get your mind around it, like Yappu telemetry w/crsf. Drift and smart rtl, autotune!!! Just finished a 7" LR build with Arducopter, flys so sweet. Good luck and keep the videos coming!

[@dumptruckfpv22]

Arducopter on a speedybeef405.

[@SuperFerryman]

This is a post of despair!! I have two Pixhawk Cube and CUAV 5+. After 5 years of use, I was convinced that PX4 & Ardupilot is the worst system! Many dozens of updates have been released and almost nothing changes, constant errors and a drone crash. I could have assumed that the problem was with the flight controller, but I used three new ones! ! Out of curiosity, I bought a flight controller - a Boeing Paladin..... AND A MIRACLE HAPPENED !!! I didn't even know that such stable systems existed. Flight readiness occurs 5 seconds after the battery is connected, positioning accuracy is 2-3 cm. Flight stability is excellent

[@robertopopitanu]

Usually this platform is used for research, autonomous flight and stuff like that. In my research lab we put our custom software inside the flight controller with additional computer for computer vision and ai and use the drone to do stuff by itself without user interaction.