Nano Drak and Heewing T1 Ranger Arduplane VTOL settings used

There's now a Facebook group to discuss builds, successes and problems. Come join at   / vtolhangout   Note: Since making this video Ardupilot 4.2 and later have been released and some new tilt settings introduced. The above video is still relevant but you also have to set Q_TILT_ENABLE=1. Hoping this video helps people get started but please check arduplane docs including this page in particular: https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/guid... By request, I decided to make this video which is a brief intro to the Ardupilot settings I used. I'm still new to ardupilot and didn't intend to do a full overview.. just enough to get you started. You really should go though all the docs and make sure you understand all the settings and go through the tuning guide. Video ends a bit prematurely.. I meant to show how the end points for the tilt servos are tuned but ran out of time. Make sure in the servo outputs page you adjust the endpoints so the tilt ends at forward flight (but not pulling excessively to avoid servo strain) and at about 10 degrees beyond vertical and set Q_tilt_yaw_angle = 10 (or more if your tilt motors move beyond 10 degrees). First video going over build:    • Heewing T1 Ranger VTOL build walkthrough   Update video:    • Heewing T1 Ranger VTOL update   VTOL maiden video:    • Heewing T1 Ranger VTOL transition maiden s...   Thingiverse files for heewing t1 ranger: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:534... (Find the param file on the thingiverse files page) Thingiverse files for Nano Drak: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:538... Arduplane docs: https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/ardu... Install mission planner: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/mi... Download firmware: https://firmware.ardupilot.org/ Motor orientation page: https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/con... Setup flight mode to use 2 switches on rc transmitter https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/com... To calibrate ESCs use Q_ESC_CAL = 1 over USB and connect power with throttle set to maximum then drop throttle to zero. Reset Q_ESC_CAL = 0. Quad plane tips and tricks: https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/quad... note the Q_tilt_yaw_angle.. I have mine set 10 degrees past vertical As for tuning, I had to reduce Q_PIDS by about 80% to get rid of oscillations. Check out the tuning guide: https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/quad...