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no GPS on MP but GPS working

Hi,

i have strange situation on my APM2.6 with LEA-6 GPS. The GPS have solid blu led and red one on APM is blinking, i have checked with terminal session on MP the GPS, i see right position value and good number of satellite, also inside home.

In these

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Quad or X8 questions by a noobie

After viewing about 200 videos and surfing every website and forum I can find, I'm hooked. I have flown RC planes but the quadcopter etc is the berries. I had looked primarily at DJI stuff and stumbled onto the Ardu/3DR stuff. I have sent the followi

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APM 2.5+ power module

I am trying to get the APM power module to work but I think I am a bit confused as to how this is meant to work. According to this page:

"You should normally remove the APM’s JP1 jumper when using the Power Module so that only your APM board and your

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apm 2.5 loiter

So this is the second time i have had my quad drop out of the sky in loiter. first time i caught it before it crashed this time i was not fast enough, i have the log from the last flight and google map file it dropped in from a decent height. do i ne

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Reverse polarity

I have been flying a 3DR Quadcopter for about 8 months and made a huge mistake by touching my battery leads to the power cable in reverse polarity - I didn't plug it in, the connectors just touched. That was enough to do something to my APM 2.5. When

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Having RTL problem

Hi All, I hope I am posting in the right area.

I have a TBS discovery Quad with APM 2.5 and latest MP and firmware wanting to do 1-2 range km FPV. Using RCtimer SK30A esc's and rctimer 750KV motors, imrc 5.8ghz 500mw vtx.

The issue I have is using the

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