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Hi,

Currently using a pair of 3DR radios (433mhz, pre-November 2013 versions) for two way control and telemetry between rover and ground station. 

Groundstation control is web based, with joystick input for rover motion control (motor and servo) control.

Rover is based on APM 2.6 platform with custom firmware, using serial to read and react to groundstation commands, and serial to transmit GPS/compass/inertial/distance sensor values.

The rover arduino sketch reads serial input at 9600 baud.  The radio settings have been updated to 9600 baud and power level of 17 (50mw I believe).  N other settings such as air speed have been changed).

So use case is two-way, rather than default of one-way telemetry for standard APM firmware and MP.  I seem to "lose" some ground control commands to the rover on occasion, so there is some investigation to be done in determining bytes sent/received and whether I am flooding the connection at current settings for example.

There is some good information here regarding setting of airspeed for example:

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/3dradio/

I would appreciate any advice on both baud rate and other radio settings for my two-way use case.

Many many thanks.