Tri-Ronin(™) & Matek F405-CTR target testing

[Kevin_Erik]

Latest Autotune results 8/12/2018 (Weather is great)
Wish the Yaw Tau and noise was a little bit better.

Going for the first real flight today!

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[Kevin_Erik]

Video from the first 3 flights.

Sort of a lazy acro mode to start.

Pushing it harder but later attacked by a bee while landing. (Clipped a tree)

Swapped out the props and went for it again.

Apart from the prop-wash, i thought this was by far the best flight performance I’ve ever had with the Tri-Baby. Will maybe swap out the motors and run it 6S.

Side note: during hard turns or spins it sounds like something is rubbing or hitting against the frame. It’s possible that the battery cable is the cause.

Kevin

[Kevin_Erik]

Added the dRonin .Lua scripts needed for Taranis Telemetry to the first page of this thread.

[jihlein]

I’ve put together a new build for the Matek405Ctr. It changes a few things that will mostly go unnoticed.

1)Removed LED Strip support from pad S5
2)Activated pad S5 and S6 as pwm/dshot outputs (this might help betafight triflight users using S5 for the
servo, although for new installations with dRonin S1 is a better choice if you don’t want to go back and
forth between firmwares)
3)Added the ability to configure pad S6 as LED Strip output. Default config for this pad is pwm/dshot

This gives the board a little more flexibility, at the expense of the LED strip being on pad S6 which is different from BetaFlight and iNav. It’s simply that pin resource thing pushing against different code implementation ideas again.

There’s no installer quite yet, I’ve got a few more changes I want to roll in elsewhere. Maybe in a few days….

The new installer will also have a heavily revamped F3Fc target, optimized toward the racing version, which includes an optional 2nd servo fdbk pin for the bicopter.

[jihlein]

Latest updates have been pushed to GIT, and new installer links are below. The new firmware includes all the changes mentioned above and the simplified progress beeps for the tailtune mode.

Windows:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Am7KDquQANJl5l5uEym_LfYpOv4w

MACOS:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Am7KDquQANJl5l30qBjnar4Y2m1Q

If you’ve been using the F3Fc controller, it’s recommended to update the bootloader too as there were some changes made to the bootloader-firmware handover.

[Kevin_Erik]

Downloaded and installing.

[Kevin_Erik]

Installed and test flown the new GCS… Will do a real flight tomorrow after I have the LED’s installed.

[Kevin_Erik]

Did the real flights and have to say that these were some of the best quad flights I’ve ever had.

A few issues remain to be ironed out.

– Gyro drift is an issue that gets worse the longer the Copter flies. Replacing the bobbits and props has helped mitigate this somewhat but hasn’t gotten rid of the Drift entirely. Either I’ve experiencing a vibration inducted error, something is wrong with my FC or there is an issue with the tune.

– Battery mAh used is scaled incorrectly, showing about half the value it should.

– FPV feed can often can get washed out, having a milky over contrasted appearance.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Kevin

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[Kevin_Erik]

From what I can tell via Vibe-testing, two of my motors are pretty noisy. It’s likely that one or both are at fault.

[krkljan]

Hi!
What is latest status of Tri-Ronin?
Are there any clear instructions how to install it on Rcexplorer F3FC integrated board? Will it be possible to use NAV?

[Kevin_Erik]

It works fine as I’ve a Quad and Tricopter-Baby using it on the Matek FC’s.

Be aware that some of the F3FC’s may run into issues installing dRonin as did my Tricopter-Mini. That being said, it’s not known why it works for some F3’s and not others. Beyond that, Nav should would as I’ve not heard of anyone saying otherwise.

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