I'm building my second drone, this one for camera usage and just exploring. I have a 450mm spider carbon frame, mamba f405 mini mk2 flight controller/esc, racestart 2212 1000kv motors, 1045 props. I haven't decided on a camera yet as I'm having trouble getting used to flying with goggles ( fatshark recon v2), which is why I'd like to add a "position hold" function. I have a cirocomm 0085 module but have absolutely no idea what or how it's used .I bought it to replace a GPS module I broke off a x186 follower drone but didn't need it. This would be my second drone , first is a qav250 frame , emax 2206 2300kv, mamba f405 mini mk2, 5045 props on 4s. I finally know my way around betaflight , kinda. I use a flysky i6x and flysky ia6b. What do I need to get the position hold option I want on my new build? A return to home function would be nice but not necessary, being able to plot a flight is really of no interest to me since it takes away the actual flying that I want to do. Can I even use my FC with gps/compass/barometer? I've read betaflight isn't designed to be used with gps, so can my FC be programmed with another program? If my FC isn't capable of these things, what would be a good one to buy? Would like one with integrated esc since I like the clean look of no esc on the arms. Any advice or help would be awesome. Total budget maybe $100 on high end.
What parts do I need to add "position hold"
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wafflejock
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If you have an extra uart you can hook up a gps module. If you have a I2C pair of pins also probably labelled SDA for data and SCL for clock then can hook up compass/magnometer. I used a beitian 880 on a hexacopter with a kakute f7 FC and it can point to home pretty accurately and gives me a distance. I enabled the return to home function but it is limited, see Joshua Bardwell video on gps setup and return to home to see how that works. Beyond that need to flash the FC with iNav I think if you want more waypoint flying stuff but still need to be in wide open area with rough execution of waypoints I think (could be wrong).
I've also found recently I can just be pitched back a lot more and reduce my camera uptilt a bit and get more relaxed flights and stick in the air roughly. Also with just barometer on FC can add the altitude to you OSD which can be helpful for trying to stay roughly at the same height (also angle mode with some tuning can stay fairly level). With gps can add gps position or pointer home and distance from home etc. so even if still flying manually can use some of that info to help guide decisions.
I've also found recently I can just be pitched back a lot more and reduce my camera uptilt a bit and get more relaxed flights and stick in the air roughly. Also with just barometer on FC can add the altitude to you OSD which can be helpful for trying to stay roughly at the same height (also angle mode with some tuning can stay fairly level). With gps can add gps position or pointer home and distance from home etc. so even if still flying manually can use some of that info to help guide decisions.