How to setup a compass in INAV when it is at an angle?

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These settings over-ride those for 'align_mag' setting and allow for mags that are not flat. Any non zero value in ANY of these settings will override the compass alignment defaults. Measurement is on 0.1 degree increments i.e. 3600 is 360 degrees. The settings that worked on this specific GPS and compass unit in this orientation were:
set align_mag_roll = -200
set align_mag_pitch = 1800
set align_mag_yaw = 2700
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@Painless360 4 месяца назад

Check out the updated version of this video for INAV 7.0 and later... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kVVJ-DjUjsc.html

@antonioalemar5406 2 года назад

This is life changing!! I had given up on iNAV for 2 years because I could not get this to work. Time to give iNAV a shot again!!

@StefanNaewe 2 года назад

Cool! Get this video linked in the inav wiki.

@MrGucci86 2 года назад

Done

@grumpyrse 2 года назад

Hopefully future Inav releases will make the set up of the mag more straight forward. Thank you for this info Lee

@HindsightFPV 2 года назад

This is a game changer! I've been holding off on setting up my compass and inav for that matter because of this exact issue.

@Ricko65 2 года назад

Great Stuff! - Thank you, I am just getting into INAV and your videos are TONS of help, making this hobby fun!

@AerialWaviator 2 года назад

Great helpful tip. Thanks Lee. Timely as was trying to setup a new gps with integrated compass on my Flywoo Explorer this last weekend, and like you was confused. Can confirm this works. 😃👍 Originally was setting the offset as -10º, as compass(and integrated gps) is mounted at tilt -20º in pitch. Was thinking better to use "average angle" between when quad would be level (in hover) and assuming 20º pitch forward in normal flight. However, after watching this it sounds like the offset is the difference between the FC (INAV) orientation and the GPS/compass orientation. So compass alignment should be set at -20º.

@Painless360 2 года назад

Great to hear that this helped. I tried to all sorts to work it out out from the superficial detail in the wiki. Happy flying!

@cwwisk Год назад

This has been extremely helpful with my new Source One build.

@cwwisk Год назад

Update: always remove props before modifying stuff in iNAV. My Source One flew through my hand I lost a prop too... No serious injuries, so that prop might be the disappointing part... and the midnight ER visit...

@diesal64 2 года назад

Holy moly! My Roma F4 project is now back on track. The missing piece of the puzzle. Thank you!

@Painless360 2 года назад

You're very welcome. This has stopped lots of us with INAV builds getting the thing into the air with the GPS/Compass stuff working! Best of luck with the maiden!

@FlyPixVideos 2 года назад

Good catch ! Also explains why some setuos seem better others - mag ic just happens to have the right default orientation.

@NATGEOANDSTUFFPaulbrannan 2 года назад

Great tutorial buddy hope you are well

@sebastiansombra 2 года назад

I can not tell you how many hours I spent trying to figure this out:( . I tried so many combinations but never got it working. At the end I just 3D printed a new flat GPS holder and it works good, but I always had the feeling that INAV beat me. Thanks for sharing this.

@gregorytvids 2 года назад

Same story with me…

@TbstUSA 2 года назад

I was just about to type the same thing. Ha!

@davelowery2992 2 года назад

Thanks got mine working now.

@zira_fluff4105 2 года назад

Excellent discussion as it was not intuitive at first. Thinking of the perspective of the compass chip orientation, it makes sense that the roll is -20 degrees for this drone model. Seriously considering getting the Rekon 7 LR with DJI air unit and using INAV

@michalpetricek7781 Год назад

Tip: If you cannot figure this out, especially on a board with atypical magnetometer placement (with no directional markings), use XYZ mode in INAV magnetometer tab (new thing) and look up datasheet for that magnetometer (note the dot in a corner). Write down that orientation with XYZ arrows on a paper and match it with your magnetometer (rotate the paper) and then match it again in INAV. Next do the compass calibration and it should be working.

@carlosah2598 2 года назад

Thank you Master 👌

@LetsFlyRC 2 года назад

I just ran into this problem. Wish the video came out a week ago, 😂 Thanks for the explanation.

@Painless360 2 года назад

The video has been sat in the INAV playlists for a few weeks. I could have pointed you to it if you had asked the question...

@LetsFlyRC 2 года назад

@@Painless360 😂 luckily I figured it out. There is definitely a lack in useful quad info out there about iNav. Tons of wing stuff, but, not a whole lot about quads.

@LetsFlyRC 2 года назад

@@Painless360 would you suggest having the compass at a similar angle to what will be flown if your goal is to have a freestyle drone that has an emergency button? I built my 3d mount flat, because I was having toilet bowling when it was at an angle. Now that I have this knowledge, if there is a benefit to having it at an angle, I may switch it back.

@Painless360 2 года назад

There are two schools of thought. I've used both here and both have worked great so I just set it up for the compass/GPS mount the model has.. Happy flying!

@bonifacewergba929 6 месяцев назад

I love this ,

@RCDUDEFPV 2 года назад

GREAT STUFF

@k4x4map46 2 года назад

excellent!

@alexandrep2624 2 года назад

thank you very much for covering this topic ! I also had been struggling for a week or so with the same problem in inav, and ended printing a flat gps support :-) Since I am converting to arducopter on a build with a tilt support, do you know if there is a special param for ardupilot ? or will the compass calibration do the job by itself ? thanks again !

@Painless360 2 года назад

I've never mounted the GPS anything but flat in Ardupilot.. Best of luck!

@RubyS.1 2 года назад

You see the trailer for Boba Fett? This is actually very good info. Alot more quads are coming with mags but the tpu is always at that angle it seems.

@JPspinFPV 5 месяцев назад

I've been really struggling to get the compass reading properly in my OSD, it seems to bounce around pretty erratically. Great info here, hopefully will get me pointed the right direction.

@Painless360 5 месяцев назад

Preview - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kVVJ-DjUjsc.html

@Pilotltd 2 года назад

I found the explanation to this in RCgroups back in July when, like you, I'd spent hours fiddling and somehow got it working by trial and error. The acid test after all this is point drone North, East, South and West - does it display the correct headings? Then invert drone and test again, does it STILL display correct headings? If it does you got it right, if not start again 🤣

@gokartmozart9430 2 года назад

For some reason Inav configurator won’t launch on my laptop, BUT luckily…. It’s all CLI commands so just did it with betaflight! I’ll test it tomorrow when it daytime 👍

@MCsCreations 2 года назад

Hmm... Pretty interesting indeed, Lee! Thanks! 😃 In the case of the GPS being flat, would it be the same without the roll part? Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@Painless360 2 года назад

Yes, but if it is flat then the compass will work with one of the presets... Happy flying

@grumpyrse 2 года назад

@@Painless360 so should I manually input other settings as per chart, or leave them at zero when compass is flat?

@divingfalconfpv4602 2 года назад

Yea been doing this. but my rekon7 has compass at cw180flip settings to work. at 270 its off by 90degrees. so on mine to add angle it is pitch 1500.. which is rekon hglrc default settings pitch = 1500 and yaw = 1800 in inav config. (though they still show config at cw270flip its just not used if manual values entered)

@BlindedByEvil 2 года назад

Thanks for this one, as i have talking about re-positioning my gps mount off 20+ degrees. Do you think there is much more of an advantage for keeping satellites at 20+ degrees than degrees of 0 at horizontal with the quad?

@Painless360 2 года назад

It depends on how you will fly and where the gps is. An angle can help it point to the sky in forward flight but isn't as good if you regularly fly backwards..

@BlindedByEvil 2 года назад

@@Painless360 I normally fly around 5-25 degrees like cinematic style forward stuff, not flipped floppy Pewel style freestyle.

@Aarons14bugs 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this information! I'm building off the same frame. What are your thoughts about using 2604 1350kv for cruising on 1300-2200mah 4s packs and a Runcam 5 Orange? I'm trying to avoid purchasing $120 on the heavier, more demanding but popular 2806.5 standard.

@Painless360 2 года назад

Not sure, I've not tried them. Let me know how you get on!

@Aarons14bugs 2 года назад

@@Painless360 it flys! Really needed a lot more D and P. I'm using an old bn880 gps compass and still having issues getting it working. According to the documentation I can find it should be a 180flip for mine but that's not looking good either.

@robertparenton7470 2 года назад

What Quad you have there? Would like to buy one!

@adilsongoliveira 9 месяцев назад

Hi Lee. I'm having a hard time with this because, in my case, I had to rotate the FC in 180º now, the instructions say the alignment has to be relative to the FC but does the values and alignment shown in the setup tab match the actual quad orientation or the FC? Thanks in advance

@Painless360 9 месяцев назад

The only difference should be in the FC orientation settings in INAV. Once they are set then everything else is the same. This is why I always strongly suggest mounting the FC in the intended orientation, as it avoids all of these questions. Best of luck with it

@elxero2189 2 года назад

mine worked fine like this tbh. just get a decent compass gps unit like matek m8q and just hit calibrate. set the orientation in the config mine is ccw 90 flip and you're good😊

@gregdavidd Год назад

HI Lee. Just wondering if anything has changed in the latest versions of iNav in regards to this video?

@Painless360 Год назад

Not really, there are tools now that help you figure out the settings needed... happy flying

@frankyflowers 2 года назад

the compass on my ramboo knife doesn't work at an angle.

@Painless360 2 года назад

Is there a INAV target for a Rambo knife? I've not seen one. ;)

@DNLKRNWN 2 года назад

Do you have tutorial inav setup using tyro quad?

@Painless360 2 года назад

I have a genetic setup series for multirotor. See the link in the description.. Best of luck

@drvimalan Год назад

Is it possible for you to show how to install matek optical flow sensor and set it up in inav? Hope you can. Thank you.

@Painless360 Год назад

www.mateksys.com/downloads/setup_optic%20flow_in_INAV_rev1.pdf is a great resource... Happy flying

@drvimalan Год назад

@@Painless360 thank you. I do have this but am struggeling to get it to fly correct. If you could make a video on this, it would be great! Thank you.

@stevietee10 2 года назад

Surely that angled GPS/MAG mount is so that when the quad is in forward flight it becomes level, So can we not just, when rotating the quad during compass calibration, angle the quad so as to keep the GPS/MAG level ?

@Painless360 2 года назад

Try it. I did for 3 weeks. Lots about this didn't quite make senses. It seems to be the relationship of the compass to the FC you are setting up.. Happy flying!

@riddles551 2 года назад

Is it just that the accelerometer in your FC was mounted at 90 degree about yaw and so the pitch axis became the roll axis? Also would be great to know if you set the mag align to 180 deg flip, does the direction of yaw become inverted (i.e. does a positive 20 deg yaw increment relative to the FC now become a negative 20 adjustment in the cli since, because the mag has been flipped about pitch, the positive direction of yaw relative to the mag is now negative)

@Painless360 2 года назад

Nothing to do with that. It's the relative orientation to the flight controller. Best of luck

@riddles551 2 года назад

@@Painless360 so, if inav reports the FC being pitched forward by a couple of degrees when the drone itself is on a flat surface, should we add those degrees of pitch to the mag alignment?

@Sleeperknot 4 месяца назад

I have attached an HMC5883 compass to my SpeedyBee F405 v3 flight controller, which is running the INAV7 firmware. The firmware successfully detected the compass. I calibrated the compass using the INAV7 configurator, simply by selecting the "calibrate compass" option and keeping the drone steady. However, I've noticed an issue: when I rotate the drone and observe the drone's depiction on the setup tab in INAV7, the image also rotates, but it does so at a significantly slower pace. It also takes a considerable amount of time to match the actual drone's changed heading. What could possibly be the issue here?

@Painless360 4 месяца назад

Compass calibration needs you to rotate the quad in various orientations. Updated video showing the process out this weekend... Happy flying

@Sleeperknot 4 месяца назад

@@Painless360 thank you for the reply, much appreciated 👍

@aowi7280 2 года назад

You can do the same in Betaflight. I had to set it to CUSTOM for it to allow manual number entry. align_mag = CUSTOM mag_align_roll = -200 mag_align_pitch = 1800 mag_align_yaw = 2700

@Painless360 2 года назад

I've not tried. Does Betaflight use Compass for navigation like INAV?

@aowi7280 2 года назад

@@Painless360 It doesn't do navigation, other than GPS rescue, but I like to see where home is. And this setting seems to make the heading on the OSD a LOT more accurate. I have had problems with it so THANK YOU!

@gadgetmerc 2 года назад

could you just use the telemetry to tell you what the values are when its sitting flat? then you'd know exactly how much and where you need to apply it?

@rahadyanmuhammad271 5 месяцев назад

Hi did you know why INAV cannot detect my M181 Walksnail Compas? I already plug into the socket to my Speedybee f405wing (SCL &SDA already connected through JST Socket)

@Painless360 5 месяцев назад

What troubleshooting have you done already?

@rahadyanmuhammad271 5 месяцев назад

@@Painless360 hi Thank you so much I missunderstood about compas I will disconnect the wire Thank you so much

@360_tours Год назад

I can't get my heading graph to show up. I won't tell me if I'm headed north, south etc. I had it working in betaflight. Any thoughts?

@Painless360 Год назад

Compass selected and calibrated? What troubleshooting have you done?

@360_tours Год назад

@@Painless360 ended up loading a new font and that fixed it. Thanks for responding

@j1o2h3n4y1 2 года назад

What am I doing wrong? I have a recon 7 pro. My gps is exactly same as in your video. I have tried all the options in Mag Alignment from default to cw 270 flip and still in the setup heading does not hold the position and when I try to tilt the drone it also rotates. I also tried your values in the CLI and it doesn't work either. Thank you

@Painless360 2 года назад

Without the angle it won't work. Compass setup in the INAV file on the RekonFPV website. Best of luck

@j1o2h3n4y1 2 года назад

@@Painless360 mag_roll angle setting didn't work for me. is it possible that when I have default value CW270FLIP that mag_roll=0 mag_pitch=1550 mag_yaw=1800 works for my quad?

@tewdarren3997 Год назад

Hi master When I press inav rth, it wobbles when I come back, the electronic compass and compass are in the correct direction, and the adjustment is correct, what is the problem? #5inch #ArmattanDji

@Painless360 Год назад

It needs tuning probably.. Happy flying

@grumpyrse 2 года назад

Hi Lee, are these settings still relevant in Inav 4.1?

@Painless360 2 года назад

Not tried but I'd expect so as I've not seen anything about it changing.. You'll easily see if it needs adjusting when you set it up.. Best of luck!

@grumpyrse 2 года назад

@@Painless360 thanks Lee, will give this a go then. Cheers

@xminecrafterx9859 2 года назад

So, does it make sense to mount the compass at an angle or should I just mount it in the same alignement as the flight controller?

@Painless360 2 года назад

There are two schools in of thougt. It's easier to setup if it is flat but at an angle can point to the sky in forward.flight. Most compact quads mount at an angle.. Happy flying

@samavella8831 2 года назад

@@Painless360 Thanks for the video. I’m not an INAV user and only tried it once and could not get the compass to work even with the fact that I had it mounted flat parallel to the FC. All that aside, based on what you found, I’m really surprised why the INA folks don’t have these settings setup as settings with a note as to which settings to change if your GPS/Compass is mounted different otherwise.

@xminecrafterx9859 2 года назад

@@Painless360 ok thanks, i'll better Stick with the flat mounted Version!

@Sam-gr8pl 5 месяцев назад

Hi Lee is there any new update video is coming on the same on Inav 7 ? Greetings to you..

@Painless360 5 месяцев назад

Nothing planned for the near future. Why do you ask?

@Sam-gr8pl 5 месяцев назад

@@Painless360 because in Inav 7 configurator some of new updates.like alignment tool I was wondering may be u will post something regarding new version

@Painless360 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the idea, I may do a BF to INAV conversion on the QUAD Build for Beginners series underway at the moment.. Thanks again!

@Sam-gr8pl 5 месяцев назад

@@Painless360 cool your welcome 👍

@philthayer4087 2 года назад

But doesn’t the quad normally fly at 20-30 degrees thus putting the mag flat??

@Painless360 2 года назад

That's why they do it. Less useful when flying in other directions. I use both types and haven't ever had a problem.. Happy flying

@SonAndDadFPV 2 года назад

And why put the gps at an angle? It could easily put horizontal(for sure on a 7 inch) .. Just for looks? Or to get better reception on gps?

@Painless360 2 года назад

Differences in of opinion on what's best. Happy flying

@seanbittner7136 2 года назад

I think the theory is that the quad tips forward ~20 degrees most of the time during flight making the module 'level' so it can see more of the sky and more sats.