May 2018 – UAV Tech

Input Delay | Phase Delay | Sampling Delay

A review of the different delays you experience in flying your kwad copter. The biggest piece of this for flight performance (jello and prop wash) is keeping filter delay to a minimum. Links to my files: tiny.cc/filtercalc Study links: – Demo: http://cristal.univ-lille.fr/~casiez/1euro/InteractiveDemo – Abstract: http://cristal.univ-lille.fr/~casiez/1euro/ – Paper: http://cristal.univ-lille.fr/~casiez/acm.php?id=N05397

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How to use the PlasmaTree PID Analyzer

Patreon, PID Toolbox \ PlasmaTree / spatzengr

How to use the Plasmatree PID Analyzer as a tool for PID tuning your kwad. This video covers how to download, install, run and interpret the results. Github Project Link: https://github.com/Plasmatree/PID-Analyzer Project RC Groups Link: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2953533-Betaflight-PID-Analyzer FB Blackbox Groups Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291745494678694/

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Helio Filter Review – No Notches! (Where Hype meets Reality)

Betaflight, Patreon / spatzengr

This video takes a look at the Helio board and filtering options that a very different than any other FC board you will purchase. Helio logs at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UZf5IEf7cM-vWh7G7S4dmjQDjnSymKDh?usp=sharing For help on tuning your Helio filters, I recommend joining their Slack at: https://flyhelio.slack.com/join/shared_invite/enQtMzA2OTg2MDc4NDUyLWNlNzFhMTcyZDQ5ODBiNjA0ZmRiMTE1MTAwMGYxMWRjNWY5N2JkMjVlZDJmMWVlOWUxYmFhMGEwMTgzZjkzYjY

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Betaflight 3.3.x Noise Profiles vs. Filter Approaches

Betaflight, Patreon / spatzengr

https://youtu.be/qzH-zLBYKdsA look back at the filter approaches reviewed here: https://youtu.be/4v9aZeIDkvI Approach #2, which differientiates between 8k vs. 32k sampling is found here: https://youtu.be/ryONT42HPTY. Video to the Gyro DLPF and looking at the latency of the two approaches is at: https://youtu.be/yBaSinrpMPs This video looks at noise profiles to see which approach is best based on your

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Betaflight / Butterflight: Gyro Filters & Filter Approaches Analysis

Betaflight, Patreon / spatzengr

A review of gyro DLPF options, filtering basics, and the 3 approaches for tuning your filters in Betaflight or Butterflight. Filter calc and Powerpoint at: tiny.cc/filtercalc

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Betaflight 3.3.0 – Getting Blackbox Explorer 3.0.0-RC1

Patreon / spatzengr

You need BBE 3.0.0-rc1 to look at your BB logs from BF 3.3.0. This video shows how to download and add in to Chrome. Cleanflight BBE: https://github.com/cleanflight/blackbox-log-viewer

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