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Problems with circle?

Hi,
Today i went to a field to try mode circle. Everything ok, quad does a good circle in 3 opportunities, but he did not look to the center of the circle. He all the time was parallel
Any idea will be welcome

Thanks
Martin

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Better place for an ext compass?

I put an ext compass to my APM on the tall gps mast under the gps but I can move a little from side to side with my hand; that it can affect compass? where or how is the best place to fix it?, time to time the copter yaw a little I'm not shure if it

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Arducopter 3.2.1 Autotune crash

Hi,

During a quadcopter autotune which started very good, I had passed the roll tuning phase and the quad was in the middle of the pitch tuning phase. I recentered the quad a few times. Until I had apparently the bad idea of correcting slightly the ya

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Quadcopter summer project with kids

Hi,

I've found a lot of information in the wiki and in these groups but I'm still trying to figure out a 'part list' to buy for an "assembly and fly your first quadcopter summer project" I'd like to plan for August.

I'm inclined to buy an assembly kit

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3DR DIY Quad into FPV racer

I have a 3DR DIY 2014 quad and I want to make it into a FPV racer.. any suggestions

880kV Motors
Pixhawk + GPS
X8R Taranis Transceiver
20amp ESCs
3300 mAh battery 35C
10x45 Props

I have FPV Fatshark Predator V2 goggles and transmitter

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DJI S900 alternative???

I am confused with a few things. I am wanting to purchase a copter capable of carrying a GH4 camera but using a Pixhawk. Here are the things my googling has failed to answer for me:

1. Is there a Pixhawk-based platform equivellant to the DJI S900? I h

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quadcopter flight time

Hello All. I have a quadcopter and am not sure if my batteries are no good or that maybe I am expecting too much. I have been sorting through my batteries, categorising them by run time to when an auto land occurs. I have the battery failsafe set low

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Underpowered Quadcopter

I have just setup a new quadcopter using the Tarot Iron Man 650 Carbon Fiber Quadcopter Frame. I have also added a gimbal.

The quadcopter howers at a PWM of about 750. This is the max recommended per the arducopter instructions. I set the THR_Mid opti

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A warning to eCalc users

eCalc estimates for throttle @hover have grossly changed in recent versions at least for my KDE 2814XF-515 motors.

According to eCalc throttle @hover should be 65%. In reality it averages ~45% with the exact same configuration as shown below. When fir

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Digital Camera Mount

Hello,

I am looking for a sturdy digital camera mount for a quadcopter that doesnt have a gimbal. I just want to lock it at 30 degrees pointing down. Simple. The quadcopter i have is this.Ideally if it fits onto this, that would be great.

Something lik

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