Problems with Assisted modes
Problems with Assisted modes
Hi,
i am flying my quadcopter with crazyflie bolt, it is equipped with optical and local positioning deck.
it works perfectly fine when operating in normal mode, however when i turned on position or height hold mode, one of the motor at random will stop spinning or increase to max thrust, resulting in flip of death.
i couldnt think of any problem causing this as everything is calibrated nicely before each flight. Please help, thank you!
i am flying my quadcopter with crazyflie bolt, it is equipped with optical and local positioning deck.
it works perfectly fine when operating in normal mode, however when i turned on position or height hold mode, one of the motor at random will stop spinning or increase to max thrust, resulting in flip of death.
i couldnt think of any problem causing this as everything is calibrated nicely before each flight. Please help, thank you!
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
My suspicion is that the velocity and position controllers are not tuned. Maybe this thread can help a bit.
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Thanks Tobias, tried to mess around with the PID values of position and velocity controller, but the problem seems to get worst.
I am new to the crazyflie platform, may i know is there a tutorial on how to tune the PIDs accurately?
I am new to the crazyflie platform, may i know is there a tutorial on how to tune the PIDs accurately?
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Unfortunately not but the approach is very similar to other quadcopter PID tuning guides. Did you try with the same values as suggested in the thread? Your build is probably more powerful then the Crazyflie 2.1 values so most likely the values should be lower. Did you also change the Kalman estimator weight value as discussed in the thread? I guess you are using the Flow deck?
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
my build is similar to that in the thread but with 3 inch prop and 3500kv motor. i changed the PID values according to the thread but not the kalman estimator weight. I guess the problem could be caused by the flow deck cause i was flying over a blank flooring. I will test it again once get back to the workshop.
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Update: After verifying flow deck reading and changing the velocity and position PID according the thread, problem solved. The drone is able to hold its position and altitude well. However, there is noticeable vibration when the drone is holding its position.
May i know which parameter can i tune to reduce the vibration? TIA.
May i know which parameter can i tune to reduce the vibration? TIA.
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Hi!
Tobias is on a long break now so I will try to see what I can do.
You probably would need to tune the attitude PID parameters, which can be found here in the firmware. Not sure if the attitude-rate or attitude should be tuned but probably would be good to slightly lower the P gain there in general and see what happens.
Tobias is on a long break now so I will try to see what I can do.
You probably would need to tune the attitude PID parameters, which can be found here in the firmware. Not sure if the attitude-rate or attitude should be tuned but probably would be good to slightly lower the P gain there in general and see what happens.
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Thanks Kimberly,
The drone's performance is all good but when switched to position mode, the control for roll and pitch will swap and the connectivity between the UWB and the LPS nodes are not stable, sometimes cant get the reading from the nodes. the LPS nodes are placed within a 2m^2 area. to fix these do i need to recalibrate or update the firmware of LPS nodes?
The drone's performance is all good but when switched to position mode, the control for roll and pitch will swap and the connectivity between the UWB and the LPS nodes are not stable, sometimes cant get the reading from the nodes. the LPS nodes are placed within a 2m^2 area. to fix these do i need to recalibrate or update the firmware of LPS nodes?
Re: Problems with Assisted modes
Hmmm. Alright there are two things going on here:
- Switching of roll and pitch: It switches to roll and pitch to x and y. Although it corresponds at first it is not the same, maybe you changed the yaw in the mean time to not be towards the x direction? This tutorial has a clear picture of an controller in position mode
- Does the LPS become unstable only after the switch or is it unstable always? It is maybe a bit unclear what you are describing