PX4 F450 quadcopter built and tested in flight - jlnaudin/x-VTOLdrone GitHub Wiki

Test flight of a F450 quadcopter piloted by the PX4FMU

Material

  • DJI F40 flamewheel quadcopter with original motors and ESC (30A opto)
  • 1 receiver Turnigy 8C-9X (2.4 GHz)
  • 1 PX4FMU board (v1.7.2)
  • 1 PX4IO board (v1.3.1)
  • 1 GPS Crius V2 (Ublox NEO-6M + HMC5883L magnetometer)
  • 1 PPMSum encoder (DIYdrones)
  • 1 BEC 5V
  • 1 LIP 3S 4000mAh
  • Firmware ArduCopter 3.1.2

Full detailled photos of the PX4 autopilot alt text The PX4FMU alt text alt text alt text The PX4IO alt text alt text alt text The PX4 need to use a Serial PPM encoder alt text

The PX4 installation in the Quadcopter alt text alt text alt text alt text

The Test flight alt text alt text alt text alt text alt text alt text alt text

PID parameters successfully tested in flight alt text

  • The full PID parameters files can be found at:

https://github.com/jlnaudin/x-VTOLdrone/blob/master/param/F450-PX4_OK_JLN.param

To download the parameters file, mouse right-clic on RAW button

VIDEO: Full autonomous mission with the PX4-F450 quadcopter: alt text

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