Tarot 680 Pro Hexacopter : Autonomous Test Flight

Just a quick video of an autonomous test flight with the Tarot 680 Pro Hexacopter. As you can see from the very start of the video, building a mission is as simple as plotting points on a satellite map...and it was a pretty simple run...but definitely tested that the system was operating as expected.

The short mission included takeoff, loiter, elevation changes, and landing. It was short and sweet! I am starting to think of all kinds of cool things that can be done with this technology...

[Hephaestus]

I wanted to thank you for your build videos on the Tarot 680 Pro.  I have been flying fixed wing and multirotors for some time now.  Just before finding your videos, I took the plunge in to "large" multirotors.  I'm stuck waiting for parts too but I've seen all of your build videos and the tips and amount of detail you provide, gives me a good amount of confidence.  Thanks again.

[davidfrederick]

Hey buddy that's looking really good! Great build video CPO!

[chrisleech]

ZTW are supposed to be the best option for low kV motor and ESC running SimonK powered by 4S batteries in that Pixhawk make such fast and hard throttle requests that it can stall out motors during the Autotune process. THe use of the 600Hz ZTW is advised to overcome this problem.  I wonder if you had any experience with A.T. process since you were using a non default frame and probably wanted to dial in custom rates. Thanks for you great series on the Tarot. I have mine all ready for a maiden but I am a little worried about the footnotes at the Pixhawk site regarding this anomaly.

[brianterreau]

Wow - you had some serious faith in the accuracy of the GPS with all those trees around! NICE! Also, did you ever post a video showing all of the PCB connections you made? What did you end up doing regarding the placement of the battery terminals in relation to the battery placement and canopy?

[raulgliderr]

Hi CPO ! I also have an PixHawk, and when I change flight modes from radio, first in starts to balance about 20 degree right, then 90 !!! degree left. After that works fine in the new flight mode, but if you don't have enough height... it will crash ! Know something about this issue with PixHawk 1 ?
Thanks for any help!

[marianohernandez]

Hi I recently got some ztw 40 for my quadcopter I mounted them on the main frame but their getting really hot I would like to know if u still using the ztw an if have any issue please reply

[RFKill]

I have bought a 680 pro and the assembly have conducted the same way. My controller is a pixhawk. What is the version of the firmware (by arducopter)?
Do you have any problem in stabilize mode? My hexa are very sensitive when i change few values in radio.

Another problem, when i only change the value of throttle in stabilize mode the hexa is moving to left or right, front or back. I try to change the trims. But i cant find a good value.