Hi guys,
I've been noticing my X8 is a bit unsteady in decent winds. I've adjusted gains, changed to smaller props and a few other tweaks. All have helped, but it still wobbles around a fair bit in any sort of stiff breeze.
I'm thinking about adding two arms and going to a hex frame. My smaller hex seems much more capable in wind - I'm thinking it's simply a limitation of the 'quad' layout - more arms in a hex or oct give a finer grain for the lever arms and therefore ability of the FC to adjust?
My frame is a folding Vulcan. The arms swing out into a pure X (each arm 90deg from the other). If I add two arms, these will be fixed and extend 90deg each side from the forward direction. The folding arms would then be 45deg forward and backwards from the fixed arms.
This is a bit different to the even 60deg spread of arms in a classic xHex layout. Will any FC's handle non-standard layouts? Has anyone had any experience with something like this?
And then also, am I really just barking up the wrong tree and should I be trying something else to get the X8 steady?!
Thanks all.
I've been noticing my X8 is a bit unsteady in decent winds. I've adjusted gains, changed to smaller props and a few other tweaks. All have helped, but it still wobbles around a fair bit in any sort of stiff breeze.
I'm thinking about adding two arms and going to a hex frame. My smaller hex seems much more capable in wind - I'm thinking it's simply a limitation of the 'quad' layout - more arms in a hex or oct give a finer grain for the lever arms and therefore ability of the FC to adjust?
My frame is a folding Vulcan. The arms swing out into a pure X (each arm 90deg from the other). If I add two arms, these will be fixed and extend 90deg each side from the forward direction. The folding arms would then be 45deg forward and backwards from the fixed arms.
This is a bit different to the even 60deg spread of arms in a classic xHex layout. Will any FC's handle non-standard layouts? Has anyone had any experience with something like this?
And then also, am I really just barking up the wrong tree and should I be trying something else to get the X8 steady?!
Thanks all.