Naze32 for filming

[TitanVortex_8]

Hi, i just finished my first quadcopter build with a 10dof naze32. I know the naze32 is made for acrobatic flying not filming, but is it possible that if i let go of the sticks the quadcopter will stay pretty much in place? I am asking this, because i planned to do some filming with my quad, but the first time i tried it, with Horizon mode, mag, baro, gps hold i was struggling to hold the quad at a constant height, it was always drifting some direction and i even had major yaw drift. Considering i have a magnetometer, barometer, accelerometer, gyro and a gps it must be possible to hold the quad more or less steady (at least i hope so). I tried trimming the horizon mode, but with no success. Despite searching the internet for couple of hours i couldn't find anything about auto hovering with Baseflight and i can't use cleanflight because in cleanflight baro, mag and gps are disabled for naze32.

 

[Jackson]

So you have in fact added a GPS module? Have you covered the baro with a thin piece of foam? That said I doubt the Naze will ever do what you are seeking.

 

[TitanVortex_8]

Yes, i have a Ublox 7 gps module, the naze came in a case with the foam on the baro, i don't need it to stay still like the phantom drones or something, i'd be pretty happy if i could make it hover at the same height and not yaw drift. But if the naze cannon't do that i'd like to know which flightcontroller could. I guess i have to learn flying in acro mode then :/

 

[RENOV8R]

So if you're using Cleanflight with the GPS, it's only going to give you GPS coordinates, speed, etc. To have GPS functionality like position hold, RTH, you would have to switch to iNav. Here's some light reading for you............
https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki

 

[mozquito1]

Your never going to get it perfect all the time. If it's high up filming you will hardly notice any drift if any. Me personally I wouldn't buy a naze32 if it was the last fcb on earth. Well unless it was the price of a coke. Just buy the cheapest F3 board. The naze32 was very stable in angle or horizon heck acro aswell. But then again I crash now & again, err hmm. So maybe you may get longer out of them than I did. And I'd say angle mode would be more stable than a noobs acro. Just lower the angle settings so it's a bit sloppy but smooth. There is always the odd sneaky breeze, especially when trying to fly fpv. Excuse me. I'm no expert but stick with it till it breaks & wave goodbye like you would a big turd.

 

[DuaneM]

I never got my Naze 32 Full Rev6 to ever work like I wanted to for my videos. I switched to a NAZA-M Lite, then to a NAZA-M V2. I'm very happy with my quad turned hex now!

 

[Jackson]

Maybe this would be the answer without breaking the bank. Seeing as you have the GPS/Compass module you can get the naked version for $26.
https://www.banggood.com/Ardupilot-...h-Protective-Case-p-1123217.html?rmmds=search

 

[TitanVortex_8]

Thank you for your replies. I think i am gonna try to get the naze32 as stable as i can, probably try out inav, because:

To have GPS functionality like position hold, RTH, you would have to switch to iNav.

I am not gonna argue, because i am a newbie to drone building, but i am pretty sure, i have gps hold enabled in baseflight.
I will learn to fly with naze and if i feel like it's too hard for me to keep it stable or if i have extra money i will look into buyng the apm.

 

[mozquito1]

I have been using the seriously pro F3 now for about 5 months after using the naze32. I got to say the F3 over the f1 is more robust. I have not broke any of the 3 I got. As with the naze32 I went through 7 in 6 months. Sorry don't know how to do links but Google the Autoquad M4 fcb.

 

[Jackson]

Well I was rather surprised how well the aged APM seems to work.

 

[dragger201]

Well I was rather surprised how well the aged APM seems to work.

Yeah, I like my APM 2.8. I don't have video of doing it, but have done the same thing. It totally blew me away. Especially considering it was kinda a gusty out................