Hi everyone,
Bench testing
Power using FTDI cable with an laptop was not enough with anything more than the GPS. Lots of brownouts.
Our biggest mistake was to incorrectly apply power. We have tried batt-ESC-receiver-gluon-servos (with SJ2 and SJ3 soldered) and did not work stable enough - brownouts. In the wiki is clearly stated that the receiver should be powered through gluonpilot yet we managed to do it the other way.
Now we have a setup with the ESC powering the servos and an UBEC powering the gluonpilot and the receiver (unsolder SJ2 and SJ3). Appears to be stable but my concern is regarding the output voltage from UBEC - 5.25V.
Stabilized mode
Working very good and interesting (first flights with an stabilizer system). It gives you confidence. Because we are flying with and Arcus glider the adverse yaw is quite strong. Next days we will try to couple the rudder servo on the second gluonpilot channel to reduce that adverse yaw.
The reduced authority of commands in this mode makes landing challenging and incorrect (too much speed). Could it be possible to limit the pilot inputs only after exceeding defined "max pitch" and "max roll"?
Autopilot mode
Strange behavior (same heading). Tried it in two flights with two different command sets (actually the first and the second example from wiki).
Sometimes strongly oscillates in pitch, yet in stabilized mode it was quite stable. Maybe it was the wind (30km/h).
Camera trigger
How can we use the two servo_set and servo_trigger commands?
Other questions
How is the engine managed in autopilot mode?
Could it be possible to connect an airspeed sensor (maybe using this http://store.diydrones.com/product_p/br-0004-03.htm)?