"Hey e left, what I found is that you are correct if you do not plan to provide power to the back railed then you do not need the BEC. I already had mine so I still use it as a backup power to the flight controler incase something happens. I did not…"

"Try going lower on the throttle I think mine was a good bit under.  In my research I had found that the beep that it does means no signal to ESC.  This is because the flight controller cuts off signal during the arming phase until two things happen.…"

"The reason that mind did this was because the signal from the throttle on the TX was above 1000 once I adjusted it to below 1000 I was able to arm the quad.  I believe I have documented this on the post or another.  If you have trouble adjusting the…"

"I am glad this could help you.  Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, I am always willing to help.  I have been flying mine for awhile now and I LOVE IT.  "

"They alarming beep means that the signal they are getting says the throttle is not all the way down. Make sure your trasmitter is on and bound with the rx when u turn everything on. If it is then you might need to adjust your travel percent on the…"

"Made a quick video on what the arming process sounds and looks like, hope it helps someone else.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1brS2hI7NdU&feature=youtu.be"

"So I am back and I have been busy!   I hope to be able to do a full write up on this build but I just wanted to share where I am at.   
So over Christmas I have gotten most of the parts needed to build my quad, all I needed was the flight…"

"Woot!!! The quad motors are spinning!!!  

So Issue One- Remote binding Pitch stick to both Pitch and Throttle in Mission planner.
Resolution.  Connect FC to the CLI console.  Erase FC.  Reset FC.  Rebind remote and calibrate.  This fixed this for…"

"Oh I am also using Arudcopter 3.1 firmware.  I read that someone had an issue when they updated and went back to 2.9 and it fixed it.  Could this have something to do with it?   I did change the firmware to Arduplane and has the same results.  "

"Hey everyone,  
    So I know it has been awhile but I wanted to give a status update on this build.  I was told I had to wait until after Christmas to build this baby and I have waiting long enough.  I have some of my parts ready to go but I need…"

"Gary m, 

 Thanks for the great info and Links I will be sure to take a look over all of this and repost my new build list.  "