Adjusting gain - Yaw jerking.

[TeamYankee]

I have a P2.. currently waiting for a replacement GPS ceramic antenna... but when it was flying correctly I did notice that when under a GPS hover and doing a full deflection yaw (left or right) the P2 dips down a little.

Is this normal behaviour? does this in Phantom and Naza modes.

I'd like to reduce the gain on the YAW only to make it a little less responsive, does anyone have some figures to get started?

Feel free to post your "gain" settings here...

 

[ElGuano]

If you suddenly jam the rudder all the way or let is spring back to center immediately, you'll see a slight dip, that's just how the quad drops motor speed to yaw.

Unfortunately there's no "attitude yaw" gain for slower, smoother pans. You can use a dual-rate function on a 3rd party tx like a Futaba, and some people have gone to great lengths to add a aux circuit to the stock tx to dampen the output, but that's fairly complex. This is probably one best left to lots of practice on slow, smooth thumb movements.

 

[EMCSQUAR]

First off - there's no ideal gain settings. Each Phantom has it's own signature depending on your flying habits, accessories etc. The factory settings are a starting point and work well with bone stock Phantom. Once you start loading with FPV, Gimbal etc... then you need to experiment to your liking. Personally, I would load the stock settings & "up" them by 10% until your happy. If you "up" them too far you'll get an osscialation/vibration then lower by 10%.

As mentioned earlier, yaw settings with stock TX takes alot of slow movement practice.

Gain basics - the first 4 gain #s (pitch/roll/yaw & vertical) = how the craft reacts to conditions (wind etc_) The lower two gain settings (atti gains) = how the craft reacts to stick input. IE: if you want sharp forward or side to side movement when you move sticks - up your atti gains.

 

[BigBadFun]

I just bought a Futaba T8J and installed the transmitter into the Phantom myself with help from YouTube guides. I don't know how I ever flew without it! Beautiful smooth flying, totally programmable to how I want to film. I've even programmed a switch to circle around an object slowly keeping it centred (yaw + alerion) Get one!

 

[FoleyPhoto]

BigBad, can you explain how you programmed a switch to do that? It would be most helpful.