PID, gosh...

[Jacek Radzikowski]

I used to fly fpv a lot, now on a hiatus. But I have to get back into
flying. It's way too much fun.

Jacek
Kw4ep


Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 09:48 alex fraser via Tacos <tacos at amrad.org> wrote:

> I agree, he is good, I've used his site a lot.  Are you building or flying
> UAV?
>
> On 10/12/2025 10:09 PM, Jacek Radzikowski wrote:
>
> if you're interested in building drones, this is a great channel for
> learning: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBardwell
>
> Jacek
> kw4ep
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 at 15:17, Alex Fraser via Tacos <tacos at amrad.org>
> wrote:
>
>> PIDtoolbo,x has a YouTube site,  I am viewing a video on that site which
>> is at https://youtu.be/ehvQm8Rqrzk?si=XKyL3DGHzVwaT8hT
>> There is a good bit to learn and lots of settings.  There is a script you
>> can load on the controller to put the drone in "wiggle mode"  which is fun
>> to watch.  You get the drone to hover and flick a switch and it sure does
>> wiggle.  You land and then examine the graphs and adjust the parameters to
>> smooth things out.  Sounds easy, well for some I guess, me I'll be slipping
>> all over the learning curve...
>>
>> I think the PIDtoolbox is now part of the Betaflight configurator.  BTW
>> it does not have any flux capacitors in it.
>>
>>
>> On 10/10/2025 9:14 PM, Alex Fraser via Tacos wrote:
>>
>> Starting to get ready for Flight controller configuration.  I kept seeing
>> "PID".  Well PID is "Proportional–Integral–Derivative controller" and
>> I'm so glad they have software that can do this for you.
>> Interesting Wikipedia article
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional%E2%80%93integral%E2%80%93derivative_controller
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