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Mixing ESCs

Guidance please,One M2MPower ESC will not see the Receiver (AMP not in loop yet) - so just beeps away (Alert tone 2) - the rest armed perfectly - so I assume its faulty - will have to get another one - Agree?I have some other escs around - can you mi

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No Output On Channel 4-7

Everything work ok otherwise. The 4 motors run correctly, the sensors all check out.

I have a Corona digital servo that works when I plug it into the receiver or output channel 0.

On output channel 4-7 I don't get anything.

servoMotor = constrain(APM_R

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Uploading time to Ardumega

Hi,
just wanted to ask, how long your Code takes to upload to APM?

I haven't got any experience in that field, but uploading the code takes something like 5-10 Minutes before arduino-loader is ready with uploading.

Seems like a hell of a long time, but

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Arducopter Arms Incomplete

Hello,
First of all I would like to say Thanks to the DIY team for such a great
product.

Quick question, I received my Arducopter just the other day, however,
it appears that my arms are missing holes for the ESC cabling to go into??

Jani, was this inte

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Motor / prop configuration

Where can I find info on spec'ing out my motor/prop/esc configuration. or can someone tell me what the typical setup would be for a 24" motor to motor quadcopter carrying, camera, telemetry, video radio, etc.  basically all the options for electronic

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newbie - what parts do i need?

I want to get into it, but I cannot find a place where they tell me, which parts do I need , and which ones are more recommended

 

 

I would like to get info on:

 

auto pilot

gps module

pc communication

etc

 

 

thankd guys

 

 

Itay

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Yaw dampening

Hey folks,I understand that APM uses yaw in coordinated turns, when banking, but the airframe I am currently working on is not very stable in yaw. Comming out of a steep bank, the airplane Pivots back and forth before settling, about the yaw axis. I

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Motor selection

I would like to build a medium sized Quad, about 24 inches motor to motor.

Estimating a 6" prop. 
What would be a good selection of motors to use.

There are a lot out there, Inrunner, outrunner etc.
 ESC is dependant on motor current and would be selecte

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how do I turn design into model?

So I have a rough design of the model I want to build, who can point me in the right direction? when it is all squared away with design and components, who do I take it to to have all the parts laser cut? And can anyone recommend a good aircraft plyw

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GPS does not get a lock

Hello,

My Mediatek GPS does not get a lock.
The blue led blinks slowly continuously. However, I don't think it's a voltage problem, since the voltage on the first pin of the module is 4.7, which I think is ok.

I have also tried to remove the battery, wi

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External Antenna for MT3329?

Hey guys,


So I'm presently working on a data logging project and am using the DIY Drones MediaTek GPS and shield.  Ideally, I'd like to have the GPS within a diecast aluminum enclosure, with a wall thickness of 2mm (~0.080 in) however, as one can imag

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