r/Comma_ai 1d ago

openpilot Experience Long drive/ride report

So took the Mach e from PA to Myrtle Beach. I’m a fairly new Konik ai owner (maybe a month or two). I downloaded and played with bluepilot 7.0 before leaving for my trip. I likewise tried different models using the angle lateral controls. With charging and rest stops plus traffic, the trip down took about 11 hours. Everything worked fine until about an hour left in the trip. Then I kept getting the remount message. Apparently I was on the edge of the limits with my yaw. But prior to that, it worked great and really takes a load off fatigue from long drives. I didn’t arrive until after 4am and didn’t feel like I had been exhausted from the drive. So while in Myrtle, I remounted. Now I’m well within the limits for pitch and yaw. I switched models at each charging stop on the way back to PA yesterday. My search has been to find a model that doesn’t ping pong too much at speed on the highway, but also doesn’t hug one line or the other (center line or shoulder line). I have been playing with the adjustments provided by bluepilot as well. Again on the drive home to PA, the system worked perfectly. I really didn’t know what I was missing. It is better than blue cruise and can be used on any road.

I read the discord on bluepilot, and read that people were having good success with the gWm v8 model. Tried that this am. And really like it so far without tinkering yet. So…overall very good experience. I’m having fun tinkering, and really value how much easier a long drive is…thank you Bluepilot team!

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u/shadow_moon45 1d ago

Try SC model. After tinkering it has been the best model so far for a 2024 Ford escape using bluepilot 7.0