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Permalink Reply by Steven Taylor on January 6, 2013 at 9:05pm

Jimmy I am having the same problem with the same board. I have had no problems flashing and setting it up or even with the flight modes. Just can't get the damn thing to arm. I'm working on my second tri. What the heck are pid's? And did you just power the esc and then plug them into the apm?

http://www.hobbypartz.com/proton30aair.html
Those are the esc I'm using.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 6, 2013 at 9:20pm

When you say it won't arm, do you mean the APM won't go through it's arming cycle (flashing LEDs, then a solid one when it's armed), or that once it's armed the motors don't turn? If it's the former, the problem is probably on your RC side. If it's the latter, it's your ESCs.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Taylor on January 6, 2013 at 9:45pm

thanks guys for the super fast reply

chris- the red light blinks and i cant get it to arm(stay solid) but i can get my esc to auto calibrate.

Drone - mission planner shows everything is pointing in the right direction but i have moved the stick in all corners.

I'm still kinda of a noob but when i hook up my kk2 board everything works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QacnAgQmQw&feature=youtu.be

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 6, 2013 at 9:47pm

And you're sure you're in Stabilize mode? (Not one of the auto modes. For safety's sake it won't arm in auto modes. This is one difference between a full UAV and a basic RC copter.)

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Permalink Reply by Steven Taylor on January 6, 2013 at 10:05pm

Yeah Chris for trouble shooting i changed all flight modes to stabilize. can the board be armed with just being hooked up to the usb? or does it need the esc? if so will it arm with just one or does everything need to hooked up and ready to fly ?

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 6, 2013 at 10:14pm

You can arm it while it's hooked up to the USB. If you've gone through the RC calibration and all was normal, the only thing I can think of is that one of your RC channels is reversed. It's really unusual for someone to have this sort of trouble with arming. Remind me again what RC gear you're using?

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Permalink Reply by Steven Taylor on January 6, 2013 at 10:25pm

I GOT IT!!!!!!! my er9x is jacked up. I armed it but moving the right stick up and to the right. so I guess I will start working on the problem tomorrow. Thanks Chris and everyone else for your help.

3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 6, 2013 at 10:26pm

Good! That just means your throttle is reversed. Reverse it from the Tx.

Permalink Reply by Steven Taylor on January 7, 2013 at 5:25pm

hey my 9x is setup with the rudder on the right side. isnt that wrong ?  throttle and rudder be on the left side right?

Permalink Reply by Jimmy robson on January 6, 2013 at 10:05pm

steve my esc's are hobbyking SS series, ive used them many times on many different quads and many different boards, 

first time this has ever happened, the APM arms correctly but i do not have the second "BEEP" from my esc's, 

my solution -- my apm is powered by a bec on the input slot number 8

1- disconnect all power connected to the apm, 

2-plug in the lipo to power your esc's (they will go into signal state where they are looking for the signal to arm, they should beep continusouly an dslowly)

3 - plug in the power to the apm at which point the esc's will arm,

4 - arm your APM by selecting your programmed arm function, 

the esc's will now power and turn your motors, easy BUTTTTT!!!!! REMEMBER TO MANUALLY CALIBRATE EACH ESC INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH YOUR RX

also my problem was my waypoints had not auto loaded into MP and everytime i reconnect i am finding all my settings are reset any suggestions? i always power up and have a 30m waypoint

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