"Ah ha! Congratulations on your success! Now on to firmware load, setup and tuning. Then hopefully much happy flying. :-) "

"Thanks, will try and let you know"

"you have to use an AVR programmer which is $25 - $35 or you can try this: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/247 which is what i did (i happened to have an arduino UNO laying around). you hook it up to the SPI ports on your board. i…"

"Hello How did you do that can you please let me know the procedure"

"problem solved. i had to burn the bootloader for the atmega2560. i can now connect to the mission planner!!!"

"Raphael, You might not be the only one without a bootloader. Checkout this post: http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/no-boot-loader-installed-in-the-mega2560?commentId=705844%3AComment%3A988418&xg_source=activity Regards, TCIII"

"No luck with the USB 2.0 cable i think my board doesnt have the bootloader installed"

"the cable that came with it does not say USB 2.0. in the DIY drones store the cable specs dont say USB 2.0 either. i am going to buy a 2.0 cable and try it tonight."