[Paparazzi-devel] turning AP upside down (installing it reversed)

[Andreas Philipp]

Dear list,

in order to mount an AP reversed (upside down, for accessing the plugs
easily), what do I have to change in the airframe file? I couldn't find
any hint in the archive or wiki.

For an Apogee I changed this:

  <section name="IMU" prefix="IMU_">
    <!-- Calibration Neutral -->
    <define name="GYRO_P_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="GYRO_Q_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="GYRO_R_NEUTRAL" value="0 "/>

    <define name="ACCEL_X_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="ACCEL_Y_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="ACCEL_Z_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>

    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_PHI" value="0" unit="deg"/>
    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_THETA" value="0" unit="deg"/>
    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_PSI" value="0" unit="deg"/>
  </section>

to that (just changing BODY_TO_IMU_THETA and BODY_TO_IMU_PSI):

  <section name="IMU" prefix="IMU_">
    <!-- Calibration Neutral -->
    <define name="GYRO_P_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="GYRO_Q_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="GYRO_R_NEUTRAL" value="0 "/>

    <define name="ACCEL_X_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="ACCEL_Y_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>
    <define name="ACCEL_Z_NEUTRAL" value="0"/>

    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_PHI" value="0" unit="deg"/>
    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_THETA" value="180" unit="deg"/>
    <define name="BODY_TO_IMU_PSI" value="180" unit="deg"/>
  </section>

This works in principle, however, the GCS (PFD) shows that the AP is
initated reversed first and then needs a long time for slowly drifting
to the correct position (actually it drifts beyond the right roll
position and then back like controlled by a low-pass filter).
And maybe associated with this: When flying circles in the flightplan,
the plane of the circle is tilted about several meters (may be 20m or
more), leading to one side of the circle being lower than the other,
which is strange and annoying for climate measurements. The tilt is
always in the same direction.

What am I missing?

Thanks for any reply,
Andreas

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