Chiindii - First Takeoff

First takeoff of the Chiindii quadcopter (see http://chiindii.digitalcave.ca for details, build instructions, etc). This was the absolute first attempted takeoff, before any tuning has been done. It is essentially a proof of concept that the motors are strong enough to lift the frame / battery. As you can see, they are. (For the record, it starts to lift off at about 40% throttle.)

In addition to tuning, there is still programming (to get the motors responding properly, which they are not currently), plus some hardware (the power distribution harness is just dangling right now; it needs to be secured to the frame somehow).

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Science & Technology

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• chiindii
• quadcopter
• first flight

[wyattolson]

Thanks daved, yes I have already cut down my motor shafts, and we are in the process of tuning the PID and setting various gains. The project has been delayed for a bit, though, since my wife and I have just had our second child, so my time for things like this has dropped. Hopefully within in a couple of months things will settle down again.

Cheers

[davedharmik]

hi mate.i have been watching vids. Your props mounted to high on motor shaft which creates massive wobble.also increase yaw gain to 100% and pitch and roll gain 60-70%.