450mm Quad Tuning Issues (Wobble and Yaw)

Eugene

Junior Member
This is my first quadcopter build, and here's what I have on it:
F450 frame clone
KK2 board 2.15, firmware v1.6
Turnigy Red Brick 30A esc
Turnigy D2830-11 1000kv
Props: 10x4.5 or 9x4.7
3S 2200mah 35c Battery

I've spend a lot of time dealing with PI editor. Here are some issues that I have:

1. I've trimmed out everything to 0 based on receiver test. If I dial I gain and limit down to zero (to focus on P gain/limit tuning) I get too much of the yaw and can't proceed. So I have to get about 70 for I gains (R/P/Y) and 20 I limit before I can safely take off. Is it ok to use I gain to eliminate undesired yaw?

2. When I fly and change direction i see some wobble. It happens only when quadcopter has some horizontal speed. If it just hovers and I move stick to one or another side rapidly it acts fine. It also wobbles/oscillates when it is descending. The smaller prop makes it a bit better but still does not resolve the problem and the flight with 5000+mah batteries becomes challenging.

Settings:
Auto-level: on
Roll/Pitch:
P Gain 70
P Limit 20
I Gain 40
I Limit 20
Yaw:
P Gain 40
P Limit 20
I Gain 40
I Limit 20
Self-level:
P Gain: 40
P Limit 20

If I dial Self-level P gain down, it becomes much more stable and less responsive.

I'd like it to be stable and smooth as maybe DJI Phantom to use it for aerial video.