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Sonar control with Channel 8

I am trying to use Channel 8 to turn my sonar on and off when connected to the mission planner i can see that the switch does work. But the Sonar does not turn on and off when switched when testing it it works even when switched off.

I thought that th

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No Altitude hold Help

I have updated my APM 2.5 board on my Quad with Arducopter 3.1 and after a few problems i had it flying great.  I changed receivers to a Jeti receiver that outputs PPM and that seems to all check out with the setup in mission planner, and the Quad fl

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APM 2 power problem

Last night i used an XT 60 to Deans converter plug made by a friend to connect a battery to my quad which has an APM 2 board and I use the APM Power Module.  Well i did not check the plug before i used it which was a mistake as it resulted with me co

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Uploading a param file

being a bit new to working with my Quad and updating my APM 1 board i am lost as how to update it it with a "param" file. I have assembled y new Quad frame that i purchased from Diy Drones and they have a param file that has been used with this Quad.

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Downloading logs

After a great amount of tuning my Quad i now have it flying pretty good to fine tune it i tried to download some logs but no matter what i try when i go to download them i see that there are no flights logged.  I am able to connect to the quad it app

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Testing Magnetometer operation.

I have my quad setup using the APM1 board and have this Magnetometer  HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer installed using a cable to connect it to the board.

When i connect to quad to the mission planner and have the GPS showing it has locked on

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Leveling a quad

I have my arducopter set up in the + configuration and have tried to level it and so far no real success. when i think i have it i connect to the mission planner and the horizon is always off.  Would it be better to level it using the mission planner

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Use of trim on radio?

I have picked up a used ArduCopter and have managed to get it to the point of test flying it so far in my living room.  I get it to lift off and it always goes forward and right so compensation is needed to keep it level. It is in stabilize mode when

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