I bought your minitricopter kit a few years back. It took me a whole year to get the thing running software wise. Ich love flying the thing but I hate all the fiddeling around on a computer for these multicopters. Guess I'm either too stupid for the stuff or too impatient. Still awesome work you did for the hobby. Thank you for that.
This is great ¡ I have built several tricopters using kk2 and cc3d boards but this Kakute F4 V2 is the real thing and your Dronin software is clearly a evolution from Librepilot ¡ Congratulations
I bought your baby tric kit more than a year back. Unfortunately couldn't assemble it due to personal priorities. Will really try building it this year. Big fan of the tricopter and thanks for the kit is awesome.
Is dRonnin made by the folks from Libre Pilot back in the day, looks like a very similar GUI. I know this is older video, but was wondering something... along with being in the quad hobby many years, last year I started collecting older multi rotors, not sure if classic or antique is quite the word...lol. Anyway, stumbled on a Graupner Hornet 250 tri copter in really good condition. Came with a MZ 10 contoller and a Graupner GR-18 RECEIVER, it's impossible to find much about any of it, I know they don't make the tri copter or radio anymore, wanted to fly it as is, but previous owner messed with the radio, and I've figured out how to get it to fly, and reverse some of the channels to get it off the ground, but it's still messy. Only way to get to the flight controller is to update firmware and Graupner quit carrying firmware for that fc/rx combo. Any chance that this dRonnin would have it, and I could go through the above steps, or am I just better off installing a new fc that I can use something familiar, like betaflight, to configure it? Thanks for any help!!
Nice info here, Its interesting to see how many flight systems there are these days for drones / copters. Any and all information like this for me is super useful as I am putting together a ROS/Gazebo baby T copter model / simulator together in aims to allow AI to fly ( in a safe environment ;) ).. So super thanks for this vid, at the end of this I will be purchasing the kit to go real world of course.
One wonder, I have seriously consider to make a tricopter for rescue purposes "To recover stock planes in trees and stuff... Want to use much larger motors and props.. I was thinking of 7" props... and prop drivers... for motors... so the question is would this set up would do the job for a much larger setup??
Dear David i cant download teh custom firmware is there a possibility that you share it again? i just made a tricopter and love to use your input in the custom firmware?
Hello David. I'm working on a project of adopting one old neglected MiniTricopter. It sat sad and forgotten on a shelf, collecting dust, being stripped for parts. Now it got a brain swap with Kakute F4 V2, got new ears with R9 MM long range receiver, new eyes and everything. It's recovery is coming along, and it should rejoin the flying community of multirotors. Finally I'm getting into dRonin setup and can't find "TailTune" flight mode, is it renamed to "ServoCal"? And I have to grab servo alignment tool 3d printed from a friend. BTW, thanks for not giving up on tricopters - they look so nice and have a nice flight characteristics, when flying.
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Yeah it's renamed now. Made more sense as it's not tuning any pids, rather calibrating the angles, speeds and offset of the servo 🙂
Hi, I'm building a Tricopter. I initially planned to go with BETAFLIGHT (same as my Quads), but it seems not really compatible with Tricopter (servo tail issue...). Is there a list of compatible flight controllers for dRonin tircopters ? Thanks
hate when you pull me back :P dang... well just need to build another then. thought I was out of the game but apparently a new custom with hd fpv is on its way...
Thanks David! I'm new on drones. I have two questions: What is the function of the servo on the tale motor? and Can you install a legs and a gimbal on the tricopter? Thanks in advance...
Would probably be an idea to try the LQG controller for giggles (it uses the autotune data). The small test group had two tricopters in it, that reported noticeable control improvements on the regular release without Triflight. Not sure how Triflight would interact with it, I don't have neither a tricopter. In principle better.
David, did you get the chance to build a standard tricopter with the kakute? Before upgrading, would be interested to see how much improvement it brings compared to the F3C.
Think ive seen how to but in BF I usually put on some expo on my controller, the elite is super sensitive so get it a bit more smooth is sweet. How to do this type of things in DRonin?
LOL, gui looks a lot like OP gui did :/ Thanks for the video, I'm sure I will have to watch this a few dozen times to catch your speed talking and quick clicks. No worries, I'm old.
Hey David, out of pure curiosity. Do Tricopters have a longer flight time due to the decrease in motors. Or being that the copter uses three motors, is the hover throttle level higher than a normal quad, drawing the same amount of power as a normal quad from the battery. Or does a Tricopter just use larger motors, hence in the end the same amount of power is being drawn from the battery?
The interface of dRronin looks amazing. And the auto tune is freaking awesome. Wished we had this on Betaflight. How does it fly actually comparing to Betaflight ?
I did because the autotune feature leaves the quad completely locked-in compared to betaflight stock pids and I can have locked-in pids in under 1 minute as opposed messing around manually tuning in betaflight to get locked-in. Stock pids are fine but i'm spoiled by needing quad to be fully locked-in.
I don’t have the f3fc hex in my firmware folder. Downloaded today from dronin site. Is there somewhere else to download so that I get the firmware for f3fc?
very desapointed by all of this, why didn t you make a setup video for betaflight ? to be able to setup your tricop we have to go through uploading this app ! ? that s sucks, plus the way you present the video and the firmware uploads isn t clear at all ! long time i configure quadcopters, and even tricops, never was so heavy !
I bought your minitricopter kit a few years back. It took me a whole year to get the thing running software wise. Ich love flying the thing but I hate all the fiddeling around on a computer for these multicopters. Guess I'm either too stupid for the stuff or too impatient. Still awesome work you did for the hobby. Thank you for that.
This is great ¡ I have built several tricopters using kk2 and cc3d boards but this Kakute F4 V2 is the real thing and your Dronin software is clearly a evolution from Librepilot ¡ Congratulations
This is by far the most complicated tutorial I a have seen. I will stick to the quads for now.
I bought your baby tric kit more than a year back. Unfortunately couldn't assemble it due to personal priorities. Will really try building it this year. Big fan of the tricopter and thanks for the kit is awesome.
Love how David snuck in the Bicopter @ 7:12.
I have been using dronen for years I love it just like flightone
Flight looks a lot more stable than first version awesome work
i like the tri i love the bi but theres just something majestic about HEXacopters and because it has alot of power!
I HOPE I CAN PURCHASE ONE SOON!!!! CHEERS! and thanks so much for the video Setup!
Ed
Black friday coming up ;)
:-P I hate you.... lol
Is dRonnin made by the folks from Libre Pilot back in the day, looks like a very similar GUI.
I know this is older video, but was wondering something... along with being in the quad hobby many years, last year I started collecting older multi rotors, not sure if classic or antique is quite the word...lol. Anyway, stumbled on a Graupner Hornet 250 tri copter in really good condition. Came with a MZ 10 contoller and a Graupner GR-18 RECEIVER, it's impossible to find much about any of it, I know they don't make the tri copter or radio anymore, wanted to fly it as is, but previous owner messed with the radio, and I've figured out how to get it to fly, and reverse some of the channels to get it off the ground, but it's still messy.
Only way to get to the flight controller is to update firmware and Graupner quit carrying firmware for that fc/rx combo. Any chance that this dRonnin would have it, and I could go through the above steps, or am I just better off installing a new fc that I can use something familiar, like betaflight, to configure it? Thanks for any help!!
Better video title... "How to setup a tri-copter in 4,356,789 simple steps" :D
Don't knock it... dRonin is awesome, it really works once you've set it up.
@@4DCResinSmoker to frickin complicated. Some people think betaflight is bad
@@trfpvVT Until you try tuning a non-standard build, then Betaflight sucks ballz.
nice gotta try this
Could you post some fpv video of the tricopter with dronin? This video is MUCH appriciated.
ua-cam.com/video/C46sCCq-X3s/v-deo.html
Nice info here,
Its interesting to see how many flight systems there are these days for drones / copters. Any and all information like this for me is super useful as I am putting together a ROS/Gazebo baby T copter model / simulator together in aims to allow AI to fly ( in a safe environment ;) )..
So super thanks for this vid, at the end of this I will be purchasing the kit to go real world of course.
That's a hell of a project my friend. Good luck to you!
@@mikev2116 Thanks, I am aiming to put it up publicly on gitlab when im happy with it
@@sethrd999 I recently started building my quadcopters, so this will be interesting, I'll be watching!
Its the old openpilot/librepilot software pimped uptodate! Wow lol
I'm so glad you did this video.
it is very nice. You Can you share the list of materials you use? and link's?
One wonder, I have seriously consider to make a tricopter for rescue purposes "To recover stock planes in trees and stuff... Want to use much larger motors and props.. I was thinking of 7" props... and prop drivers... for motors... so the question is would this set up would do the job for a much larger setup??
VERY NIIIIICCCCEEEE!!
Dear David i cant download teh custom firmware is there a possibility that you share it again? i just made a tricopter and love to use your input in the custom firmware?
when i download dronin these firmware files dont exist.. would love to find the firmware for my V4.
Serious deja vu here... Flite test misses you!
Hello David. I'm working on a project of adopting one old neglected MiniTricopter.
It sat sad and forgotten on a shelf, collecting dust, being stripped for parts.
Now it got a brain swap with Kakute F4 V2, got new ears with R9 MM long range receiver, new eyes and everything.
It's recovery is coming along, and it should rejoin the flying community of multirotors.
Finally I'm getting into dRonin setup and can't find "TailTune" flight mode, is it renamed to "ServoCal"?
And I have to grab servo alignment tool 3d printed from a friend.
BTW, thanks for not giving up on tricopters - they look so nice and have a nice flight characteristics, when flying.
Yeah it's renamed now. Made more sense as it's not tuning any pids, rather calibrating the angles, speeds and offset of the servo 🙂
Hi,
I'm building a Tricopter. I initially planned to go with BETAFLIGHT (same as my Quads), but it seems not really compatible with Tricopter (servo tail issue...).
Is there a list of compatible flight controllers for dRonin tircopters ? Thanks
hate when you pull me back :P dang... well just need to build another then. thought I was out of the game but apparently a new custom with hd fpv is on its way...
Thanks David! I'm new on drones. I have two questions: What is the function of the servo on the tale motor? and Can you install a legs and a gimbal on the tricopter? Thanks in advance...
Amazing gonna try this
WOW.. reminds me of the Open Pilot configurator.. But whats with all these steps and lugging a PC at the field too?? Any mobile app instead?
Would probably be an idea to try the LQG controller for giggles (it uses the autotune data). The small test group had two tricopters in it, that reported noticeable control improvements on the regular release without Triflight. Not sure how Triflight would interact with it, I don't have neither a tricopter. In principle better.
This is cool.. but what happened to rocket knife?
Anyone know where I can get the updated firmware and dronin? links are dead.
Followed your steps but there is no files for the kakutef4v2 hex.
What happened to *Rocket Knife* ? That seemed to boost your subs quite a bit.
Omfg I ain't used this configurator since cc3d lol
Instructions unclear, I need a trail of Reece's Pieces to tell me what to do.
What really bugs me, I was trying to give this firmware a shot. but I can't find the target for the kakute f4 v2 (running on windows)
what do i do if motor # arent correct, how do i go about reassigning. (im using the original FC + pdb combo, and its wired like your original video.)
David, did you get the chance to build a standard tricopter with the kakute? Before upgrading, would be interested to see how much improvement it brings compared to the F3C.
Think ive seen how to but in BF I usually put on some expo on my controller, the elite is super sensitive so get it a bit more smooth is sweet. How to do this type of things in DRonin?
Love drone
Like hear 😀
Can you make another RC battle vidieo? I waited so long to see what happened.
LOL, gui looks a lot like OP gui did :/ Thanks for the video, I'm sure I will have to watch this a few dozen times to catch your speed talking and quick clicks. No worries, I'm old.
is the f3fc racing, no longer supported by dronin? i couldnt find the target when trying to update the software today
nvm, solved it, wasnt using the custom verison
Hey David, out of pure curiosity. Do Tricopters have a longer flight time due to the decrease in motors. Or being that the copter uses three motors, is the hover throttle level higher than a normal quad, drawing the same amount of power as a normal quad from the battery. Or does a Tricopter just use larger motors, hence in the end the same amount of power is being drawn from the battery?
What GSC software for waypoint s is available for Dronin???
Just out of curiosity David, ever try to make one of your TriCopters go 3D?
is there a build video for this Flight controller for a tricopter?
Hey, i can't the firmware "ef_f3fc.hex" in the dronin firmware file.
Can safety switch be set up on dRonin using a Logical Switch for 'Sticky Arming' just like on Betaflight & iNav?
yes
SWEEET! :)
what about gps on tricopters and get RTH? it will work?
Could you do a version of this for the bicopter? please
The interface of dRronin looks amazing. And the auto tune is freaking awesome. Wished we had this on Betaflight. How does it fly actually comparing to Betaflight ?
I switched from Betaflight a while ago on my 3" 4S racer and never looked back. Works awesomely well.
I use it and find it much easier than betaflight to get pids tuned with the autotune feature and quad being completely locked-in
@@AndyDreadFPV where can I find it ?
@@fpvlive dronin.org/
This looks like the old open pilot configurator
And I ended up here after watching the 4,566,300,000 years old ring
How does it fly, compared to the betaflight-based triflight ?
Very smooth to where is "feels" locked in like a Kwad.
Why the switch from betaflight to Dronin?
I did because the autotune feature leaves the quad completely locked-in compared to betaflight stock pids and I can have locked-in pids in under 1 minute as opposed messing around manually tuning in betaflight to get locked-in. Stock pids are fine but i'm spoiled by needing quad to be fully locked-in.
droning firmware, yeah more likle 100% openflight
So convenient!
So when can the v4 br bought again
Rockets videos?
Compatible with F3FC Tricopter??
Yes
does this work on the the original fc or only the kurate?
I don’t have the f3fc hex in my firmware folder. Downloaded today from dronin site. Is there somewhere else to download so that I get the firmware for f3fc?
Nvm feel like an idiot. Didn’t see the “we use a custom version.” Lol
that looks like open pilot
CC3D Gui?
I don t want to have anything to do with dronin !! trying to stay polite ...where can we find the firmware for the 3copter and betaflight ?
very desapointed by all of this, why didn t you make a setup video for betaflight ? to be able to setup your tricop we have to go through uploading this app ! ? that s sucks, plus the way you present the video and the firmware uploads isn t clear at all ! long time i configure quadcopters, and even tricops, never was so heavy !
it s even worst, 3 times trying to upload dronin and it s not working !!
Nice
i want rocket knife vids
:(
Three looks better than four.
Give it to Quadmovr...
Can you give me that drone
What happened to rocket Stuff? We want Rockets!!!!
Is it a CC3D on OpenPilot or what? Hahaha
Hi
Nice