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Motor or ESC issue?

Hello everyone,I have a problem with my 3dr DIY Quad (running latest release) with mission planner 2 (Mac) setup with Taranis + X8R.Motor #2 does not want to play ball.With Pixhawk armed, prop does not spin like the others until a gentle throttle app

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yaw not operating correctly

on my quad, pitch,roll and throttle are working fine. When in stabilize the yaw appears to have the effect of moving along the 5oclock to 11 oclock axis, although i have to land fast before it crashes. In stabilize with simple mode enabled the quad i

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ESC Calibration

Hi All

I have been struggling with this for a few months on and off but I have been at it full on this past week and I have got nowhere!! 

I go through all the usual steps and after the long monotone note, I press the arm button and noises are made, wa

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APM 3.1.5 Hex Motor 6 not Starting

So, I'm building a new hex.  Got it all wired up, programmed the esc's, did all the calibration stuff.  Motor 6 won't start on the APM.  Feels like the brake is on.  

Connected that motor directly to the ch3 of an RX and it works just fine.  Back to t

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H-Quad vs Spider Quad

Hello everyone! greeting from indonesia arducopter user!

3 months later...i wanna taken a school plan to holiday in Bali :)

Now,i plan to build a quadcopter(except X-Copter)for aerial filming and photo in bali 

My question is...what should i made?H-Quad

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Strange issue with Failsafe

I’m having a strange issue with my failsafe setup that I haven’t been able to figure out. Hopefully someone here will have an answer as to what is going on.

I’m using a Hitec Aurora 9X and have set up 6 modes using a 3 position switch and a 2 position

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Can't arm with radio

Hi there,

First of all sorry if this has been answered, I've checked posts regarding issues arming the copter but I cannot find a solution.

I'm having trouble to arm my copter and I'm out of ideas. I'm using APM planner which I've updated to the latest

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