Hoverfly GPS Twitches

Aerovideo

Aerovideo

Member
I've had a GPS unit since they first came out but until recently have only really used it for the OSD features it offered. On my last FPV flight I threw caution to the wind and decided to test Position Hold as well as Return to home.

Here are the results:

Notice the twitches while the GPS features are enabled and the lack of twitches in manual mode... hmm

Thoughts?
 
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Dewster

Member
Aerovideo said:
I've had a GPS unit since they first came out but until recently have only really used it for the OSD features it offered. On my last FPV flight I threw caution to the wind and decided to test Position Hold as well as Return to home.

Here are the results:

Notice the twitches while the GPS features are enabled and the lack of twitches in manual mode... hmm

Thoughts?
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RTH used to turn the craft towards home position. I have tested it after the latest update. Interesting...
 
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tahoelight

Member
Yours flies better than mine :shame: I have the External Mag modification and I still have horrible performance. I have smooth flight with Manual and AL modes, but as soon as I flip the switch to GPS, I have to pucker and hope for the best. It will twitch, fly off a few feet, correct itself and wobble all over. I should also post some on board video, but I took off the GPS again!

I just noticed yesterday on the RCgroups site that HF has acknowledged there is an issue with GPS flight characteristics and they are working on a fix. This was reported by a user, so not sure how true it is. Sure would be nice to get GPS to be as smooth as regular flight.

HF has been awfully quiet.
 

Aerovideo

Aerovideo

Member
Dewster said:
RTH used to turn the craft towards home position. I have tested it after the latest update. Interesting...
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So yours turns around to return to home? With 4.6r2? I thought it would turn around as well but it didn't.

tahoelight said:
Yours flies better than mine :shame: I have the External Mag modification and I still have horrible performance. I have smooth flight with Manual and AL modes, but as soon as I flip the switch to GPS, I have to pucker and hope for the best. It will twitch, fly off a few feet, correct itself and wobble all over. I should also post some on board video, but I took off the GPS again!

I just noticed yesterday on the RCgroups site that HF has acknowledged there is an issue with GPS flight characteristics and they are working on a fix. This was reported by a user, so not sure how true it is. Sure would be nice to get GPS to be as smooth as regular flight.

HF has been awfully quiet.
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Interestingly my onboard compass seems to be working really well. But the twitches scared the heck out of me. I haven't submitted a ticket yet as I haven't really done much testing.

Hoverfly does seem to be REALLY quiet lately. Not many posts anymore, here nor at RCGroups.

Thanks guys for your feedback. I was beginning to think I was the only one :)
 


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