Tricopter chassis v0.3
After a month-long hiatus after the crash, I redesigned the tricopter chassis.
Tricopter folded for transport.
The aluminum arms are now foldable, and the motors are closer to the center of the chassis (I have yet to trim the arms to a shorter length). There is room for the new and bigger ESCs underneath the other electronics.
Electronics mounted with vibration-isolating rubber grommets.
The Seeeduino/protoboard/sensor blob is bolted to a wooden plate, which, in turn, is attached to the center piece with bolts isolated by rubber grommets. This, combined with a rigid mounting of the battery to the center piece, seems to work much better than foam in isolating the sensors from vibration.
It just happens to be able to balance on the tip of the tail arm.
Total weight of the machine, with battery, is 2050 grams.
Just got my Xbee based remote going at 115,200
What baud rate are you using?
My baudrate is 38400. I’ve tried 57600 and 115200 before and noticed that the % error of the ATMega1280 at those baudrates, especially over a wireless link, was too high.
i will wind it down to 38,400 and give it a try