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current drawn by gimbal motor

is there a way to get the current drawn by a gimbal motor in full operation?

motor specs:

Poles: 12N14P
KV(RPM/V): 210
Resistance: 10.4omh
Weight: 35g
Wire: 0.19mm
Torque: 240g


camera weight: 135g

I was wondering this because my gimbal controller can ha

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High vibration in Z - Mission Planner

Hi,

I`m having a high Z vibration as shown in the Mission Planner vibe panel. The octorotor (a X8+) is flying fine.

I would like to know what exactly means a high vibration in the Z axis? Its related to the roll, pitch or yaw? Or is more like thrust is

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Can not calibrate internal compass

Hello all,

I can not calibrate my internal compass anymore. No problem for the external but the internal doesn't show any sign of life.

As you can see in the image below the second compass during calibration doesn't move. 

Do you have any advice on this

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GPS Loiter holding issues

Im having trouble with getting the my quadcopter in loiter to keep its position.  It seems like its loosing the signal, but my gcs says the GpsHDOP is at .8 and there are at least 10 sats.  it will hold for a few minutes then suddenly takes off in a

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how to recover apm burned?

hello to all, yesterday(like typed in the thread before) i burned out my apm 2.6. I checked inside case and i find the smd diode burned, so i replaced with a little wire. 
The fuse looks good and i can mesure 5.2 V between gnd and fuse.

Now the apm, wh

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Over current and fried ESC

Running an APM mini 3.1 with the stable release 3.2 firmware. 
I had a series of events leading to this investigation. I performed an auto land with a 550 class drone. 15" CF props and 30a generic SimonK ESC's. The auto land went pretty well and settl

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