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North should be 0 degrees?

I dont think my magnetometer readings are right. On the configuratior i'm getting around -100 degrees when my quad is facing north (checked against a standard non electronic compass). When I run the compass test sketch I get values around 10 degrees.

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Altitude Hold Help?

Hi, I cant seem to get altitude hold to work. When I turn it on the motors just stop. I tried turning it on and the quad just fell out of the sky so I quickly turned it off and the motors came back on.

 

I'm using ArduPiratesNG (rev. 527) and I have th

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PID tuning help

Hi, I just tried my 1st flight and this was the result:

 

 

That is with default PID values. Heres a screenshot from configuratior:

 

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Does anyone have advice as what values to try next? I am confused with the D value as everything I have read says it sho

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Is My Magnetometer Broken?

I received my AeroQuad electronics today and immediately started putting it all together. This is what I got (all bought from the diydrones store):

 

ArduPilot Mega

ArduPilotMega IMU Shield/OilPan Rev-H

MediaTek MT3329 GPS 10Hz

HMC5843 - Triple Axis Magne

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