Advanced Parameters WKM

BorisS

Drone Enthusiast
Hi,

has one of you requested an explanation of the advanced parameters for the Autopilot page at DJI support. I know that RTryder has requested an explanation but never got one.
If one of you knows please share. If someone at DJI reads this please advise us. Its a strange one to offer parameters since the first release but not give a explanation what it
actually does. On the other side you have the advanced parameters explained for I think the H version or some Heli hardward. Dont want to be guessing though if it does the same
and at the same time we have something new called distured gain and a section in the manual referring to Attitude gain smoothern, were i cant find an reference to in the actual
configuration tool.

Thanks

Boris
 




BorisS

Drone Enthusiast
He posted it somewhere else and than wasn't seen any more :) I will post it here ! One sec

Boris
 

BorisS

Drone Enthusiast
thats what ewe got from DJI:

httWKM Detailed Descriptions on Autopilot parameter setting

When user is configuring the parameters, please ensure that:
1. Aircraft has been correctly installed and ready to fly.
2. Test with no wind
3. Sufficient space for the test flight.
4. Test in Atti mode first.
5. With any mechanical problems, the aircraft are unable to achieve the best performance.

For the majority users of multirotor, the default parameter is good to flight. For security reasons, the default 100% is slightly smaller for most of the frames. This document is to guide the users how to configure the parameters properly to achieve the best performance.
First, the user shall restore all default parameters to 100%.
1. Basic parameters
We recommend to start from the basic parameters, because other parameters won’t help if the basic parameters are not set appropriately.
There are four directions for these,namely, pitch, roll, yaw and vertical. The method is the similar to that when we adjust gyro sense.

A. Pitch, roll:
For the first flight, pls go to an open area with no wind, test in Atti mode. Throttle slowly up to take the aircraft off the ground. See if It is oscillate in relevant direction. If everything seems fine, you can try to move the cyclic stick to feel how it responds to stick commands.
B. Push the stick to make the aircraft tilt, and then release immediately.Watch the response when it’s self leveling automatically. If it is too sluggish, increase the parameters by 10% -15% each time, until it wobbles when self leveling. Now the feeling will be more direct and straightforward.
C. But we do not want it wobble, so we need to slightly reduce the values.

B. Tail

The sensitivity of the tail is actually very easy to adjust, because there is only one basic sensitivity parameters, like general head-locking gyro. You can increase the gain to make it more sensitive and vice versa. As to multi-rotor platform, however, it is necessary to know that anti-torque for the blades controls the rotation of the tail. Due to the limited strength, it can’t shake like the tail of helicopters no matter how big the gain is, but will get motor to start and stop very agilely to affect the stability of the other direction.

If it is asymmetric about the speed to turn, please carefully check if the motors are installed upward straightly.

C. Height

There are two methods to verify if vertical gain is appropriate. Check if the height can be maintained when throttle stick stays central, or if there is a significant altitude change when flying cruise.

If it is the first time to fly, you can make it through the following way to reach a relatively appropriate gain. To increase vertical gain step up by 10% until vertical shock just happens or over-sensitive reaction from throttle stick. The phenomenon above mean too high gain, you can decrease the gain by 20% to get the relatively appropriate gain.

2.
Attitude Gain

Appropriate basic parameters have already been good for most of the flight. If the user would like to further enhance the control feeling, because each person's individual requirements for multi-rotor is not the same, you can then fine-tune the attitude gain.
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Attitude gain only works for pitch and roll. High gains mean faster reaction of multi-rotor with the same stick range. Full stick range is corresponding to 35°multi-rotor inclines. For example, if the stick range is 20°now, the higher the gain is, the faster the multi-rotor inclines to 20°, and vice versa. Please note, too high or too low gains are not good, too low gains can make multi-rotor out of control, and shocking caused by too high gains. The default 100% is a little bit low to most of multi-rotors, but it could be adjusted higher or lower by 10% to reach the best control effect. Lower than 80% or higher than 150% are not recommended generally.

3.
Advance Parameters
Do not arbitrarily modify the advanced parameters since default values are suitable for almost all multi-rotors. Just keeping the default value of 100% is OK.

Introduction of advanced parameters:
A. I: Better left alone, it is mainly for forward flight with head wind. Increase for strong head wind. Decrease for strong tail wind.

B. Velocity damping: Ascending and descending braking, as to how fast you want the multi to stop. Increase value to have fast braking.

C. Increase to have higher position hold; decrease to have less. Fine tuning between ATTi and GPS modes in position hold.

Kind Remind: do not modify the default values without professional guidance. All advance parameters are only good in GPS mode.
 

elossam

Member
Thanks Boris. I read at dji but was erased later the disturb gain is a way to improve general behaviour at take off. I tested it today raising bysteeps from 100% to 65% and the arms started vibrating just after taking off so it could work like a sel damper to avoid resonances due to the tight fasten of the imu. In fast forward flight agsinst wind it behaves worst with lot of oscilations even in slighty breeze but smooth in the wind direction.
the "I" looks as a way to increase or reduce the max banking at full stick deflection and the velocity damper like a dual rate for the thr command.
According with the lines you posted above the only responsible of the self stabilization are the basic gains. The atti ones looks more like a way to set the stick authority but wobling seems not to be solved playing with any other params than the basic ones. Are you with me?
 

BorisS

Drone Enthusiast
Thanks Boris. I read at dji but was erased later the disturb gain is a way to improve general behaviour at take off. I tested it today raising bysteeps from 100% to 65% and the arms started vibrating just after taking off so it could work like a sel damper to avoid resonances due to the tight fasten of the imu. In fast forward flight agsinst wind it behaves worst with lot of oscilations even in slighty breeze but smooth in the wind direction.
the "I" looks as a way to increase or reduce the max banking at full stick deflection and the velocity damper like a dual rate for the thr command.
According with the lines you posted above the only responsible of the self stabilization are the basic gains. The atti ones looks more like a way to set the stick authority but wobling seems not to be solved playing with any other params than the basic ones. Are you with me?

Hmm as far as i understand Disturbed gain is C thus:

Increase to have higher position hold; decrease to have less. Fine tuning between ATTi and GPS modes in position hold.

About the point that only basic gains are involved in self stabilization I must say that i have experienced differently ! Most of the time i brought up the basic gains to max and would have taken down the attitude gains to smooth the flight. And this video were i by accident nocked up the attitude gains also reflects that the bird was direclt influenced in a hovering state so in my eyes linked to the stablization:


So i dont know what to say to this explanation. Some things might be lost in translation or not explained completely. But since the WKM is on the market since quite some time i would have expected to get some more details info with diagrams and examples. Either the European US market is to small or the interest is not there to get the customers informed enough to get the best out of their copters.

Boris
 
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