Quick question on throttle channel
« on: November 30, 2016, 08:37:00 am »
I was curious what the neutral value for throttle was for? I get the others equate to when the controls are centered. My value has always been a touch above the minimum.

Re: Quick question on throttle channel
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2016, 06:01:18 am »
Neutral is set to the slowest speed where the motors will run reliably.
https://librepilot.atlassian.net/wiki/display/LPDOC/ESC+Calibration

Re: Quick question on throttle channel
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2016, 07:53:02 am »
Thank you for the reply. I was curious about the neutral setting for the throttle channel on the input tab though.

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Re: Quick question on throttle channel
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2016, 10:24:09 am »
Hi,

Every channel input is scaled to a -1 / 0 / +1 range so whatever the input type and min/max/neutral values, after the scaling all inputs are know as -1/0/+1 in code.



For safety reasons the -1 (min throttle) is needed for arming, the Throttle neutral value is set around 4% of the whole stick range.
If you set the throttle neutral like others you get only a half stick range used for throttle.

« Last Edit: December 03, 2016, 10:29:06 am by f5soh »