Help! Making my first Quad!

[Houndpup Rc]

I would use that before using another manufacturers firmware mappings.

Okay I will try it...I tried the SpeedyBee F405 v3 firmware earlier and that didn't work so well....is there any videos you recommend to help get to grips with Qgroundcontrol?

 

[LitterBug]

They document the FC

Speedy Bee F4 V3/V4 — Copter documentation

ardupilot.org

 

[LitterBug]

You can see if Painless360 has any.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You can see if Painless360 has any.

Yeah i forgot him..(I like his videos!)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

They document the FC

Speedy Bee F4 V3/V4 — Copter documentation

ardupilot.org

Cool!

 

[LitterBug]

Ahh. Upper lower case file naming snafu

 

[Houndpup Rc]

where did you find that?!

 

[LitterBug]

Bottom of the list. Names starting with lower case letters come after those Capitalized.

it's an ASCII sort thing..... and they did a bad job with their file naming.

 

[LitterBug]

FYI, I have NOT flown FPV quads on Ardupilot, only FPV wings and LOS quads. My pilot buddy did quite a few years ago and did not like the way it handled. A TON has changed since then and it may be better now. It will depend on the flight mode(s) you use and tuning.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

FYI, I have NOT flown FPV quads on Ardupilot, only FPV wings and LOS quads. My pilot buddy did quite a few years ago and did not like the way it handled. A TON has changed since then and it may be better now. It will depend on the flight mode(s) you use and tuning.

Yeah, I am following a video done by Chris Rosser that was done in February where he takes you step by step tuning and setting up a quad.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

This looks fun @LitterBug!

 

[LitterBug]

More fun to fly it yourself.....

 

[Houndpup Rc]

More fun to fly it yourself.....

I should have said handy.....for like videoing and such....I agree it would be boring if you were just doing it for flying......I think it would be fun to see if I could get it to work though!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Boy! QGoundControl is complex but cool!

 

[LitterBug]

There are a few things I have not been able to do with QgroundControl that can be done with MissionPlanner. Can't recall what, but it is good to know how to use both. You need to install Mono in order to run it from linux and it runs a bit better from windoze.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

There are a few things I have not been able to do with QgroundControl that can be done with MissionPlanner. Can't recall what, but it is good to know how to use both. You need to install Mono in order to run it from linux and it runs a bit better from windoze.

Hmmmmm, I was running Mission Planner on Wine but it wouldn't connect a lot of times unless I ran a Cli command and a lot of other stuff! Is Mono like Wine?

 

[LitterBug]

Yeah I think the "official" linux install guide uses Mono

 

[LitterBug]

Mission Planner on Linux¶​

It is possible to run most Windows based programs on many Linux Distributions using MONO. Mission Planner does run under MONO but will have occasional issues and/or crashes. QGC and MAVProxy are alternatives that run stably in Linux, but if Mission Planner is really desired, you can follow these steps:

• Download and install the latest version of MONO from here
• Download Mission Planner as a zip file from here and unzip to a directory.
• Change to that directory and execute:
  

  mono MissionPlanner.exe

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Yeah I think the "official" linux install guide uses Mono

Oh I guess I just went by with what ChatGPT said to use...I will try that!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Mission Planner on Linux¶​

It is possible to run most Windows based programs on many Linux Distributions using MONO. Mission Planner does run under MONO but will have occasional issues and/or crashes. QGC and MAVProxy are alternatives that run stably in Linux, but if Mission Planner is really desired, you can follow these steps:
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• Download and install the latest version of MONO from here
• Download Mission Planner as a zip file from here and unzip to a directory.
• Change to that directory and execute:

Cool!