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Crash - why did it flip?

Hi folks,

I had a quad Pixhawk, 3.2, which has had two "wobbles" in the air. Both occasions it looked like one motor shut down. On both occasions it turned back on and had enough height to recover (while falling I throttle at 100%)

Sadly the third occu

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Feature request: Constant forward velocity

Hi folks,

Not sure if this is the best place to put this but pretty sure I'll be pointed in the right direction if not :)

Today I did a bit of filming and would have loved a feature whereby I could get a steady forward motion and then lock that forward

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Drones now allowed in London's Royal parks

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If you live in London, it can be difficult to find a wide open space that's suitable for practising your drone-flying skills. The capital's eight Royal parks are an obvious choice, but now aspiring pilots will have to look elsewhere -- staff ha

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Pixhawk motor test out of order

Hi folks,

I've just changed my APM2.6 to a pixhawk and noticed the motor test is out of sequence which is a bit confusing.

Normal motor test spins motors in turn from "front and right of centerline and clockwise around the frame"

I am getting them spinn

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GPS / mag cable length limit?

Hi Folks, 

I want to extend the GPS and mag cables so that I can mount it on a arm of my hex. Is there a length limit? 30cm OK? 

Seeing as you cannot get a 5pin to 6 pin df13 (why oh why?) I'm going to splice them,  preferably into one cable. Any good

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Voice readout changes

Hi folks, 

Could we please have a big menu button to snooze the voice readout? I like the prompts but it gets like a nagging wife when you are changing batteries or reading log files. 

Also,  we we make it so that it reads out sensible things? I have n

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No longer able to upload firmware

Hi folks,

APM2.0

I tried updating the firmware (3.0) and it failed. It seemed to leave the old 2.9 on though as I could still fly and connect.

I cleared the eprom through terminal and tried again. Failed again.

It downloads the firmware and then seems to

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Follow-me: Location offsets

Hi folks,

Is it possible to make Andropilot report the WP with an offset so that it can follow x meters behind me, x meters above me?

Another request would be of it to fly alongside me and look at me (90 degree yaw).

Are tricksy things like this possibl

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Bluetooth connection?

Hi folks,

I've just installed Andropilot and it looks great!

Forgive me if I am being a twit but I can''t find any reference here or the wiki or work it out in the app  - is it possible to connect with bluetooth?

I have made a BT->XBEE repeater which wo

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Pitch forward causes large gain in altitude

Hi Folks,

I have a stock 3DR with APM2 (default PID parameters) and sonar.

This is the first time I've flown the APM2, having upgraded from the APM1.something.

Whenever I pitch it forward, it does as expected but gains a lot of altitude rather quickly.

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APM2 connection problem (yet another)

Hi Folks,

My pregnant wife is less temperamental than the connection to my new APM2.

It really is hit or miss getting it to connect. I've tried via xbee (both UART0/2 but more successful on UART0 on the side of the APM) as well as USB (with the "reset

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