Gyro problem, please help!

[zatch bell stev]

Originally Posted by Gigakaiser

For example, if you know the robot is straight and you want to turn 30 degrees (but your gyro drift is adding up), you could turn to gyro.getAngle() + 30.0. Another solution, as MagiChau wrote, is to reset the gyro if you know where your robot is pointed.

public void operatorControl() {

double lastAngle = 0;
double newAngle =0;
double realAngle = 0;
gyro.reset();
while (isEnabled() && isOperatorControl()) {
double move = y.getY();
motor.set(move/5);

if (move > 0.01 || move < -0.01) {
newAngle = gyro.getAngle();
lastAngle = realAngle;
} else {
realAngle = newAngle + lastAngle;

gyro.reset();

}

System.out.println(realAngle);
System.out.println(move);
Timer.delay(0.05);

}
}
do you think this will work ?

[Tom Line]

Zach, 1 degree every 1-3 minutes is actually good performance from the KOP gyro. As far as I know, you're not going to be able to improve on it substantially.

Perhaps you can tell us the application. I can't think of many applications for a gyro that would be messed up by 1 degree over the course of the match.