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flysky fs-th9x with APM 2.0

Can anybody help me in getting the Flysky to work with the APm 2.0n Flight modes?  I've tried tuning on the switches and calibrating with no luck.  It says in you should be able to set the three positon switch to control the modes.  When I do this it

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Get GPS position every 500ms seconds

Hey guys,

I would like to receive the GPS position from the Arducopter every 500ms. I think the copter is sending the gps position every 2 seconds as default. Where is it possible to change or implement this?

The copter is connected via telemetry and I

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Safe prop clearing distances

Hi all.  I'm busy designing a custom HEXA frame and would like to know if there is a minimum safe prop clearing distance to be used?  The clearing distance on my QUAD with 11x4.7" props is about 6 inches.  Can I make it smaller for my HEXA or not?  T

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iPod/iPad battery?

Does anyone know if you could use a 5000mAh battery in an ArduCopter if it is designed to be an external battery for an iPhone/iPad?

THANKS!

Description of product from Monoprice.com follows:

External Battery Pack and Charger for iPad®, iPhone®, iPod®,

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program APM for intermeshing

Hi, 

I have been playing with the APM 2 board together with mission planner and it works great. It is able to do altitude hold using only the baro and waypoints without any problem. 

I would like to program the APM board for an intermeshing UAV that i

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Helloworld pymavlink script

Hi All

I am new to arducopter, and I am trying to get my head around using MAVLink.

Is there a hello-world script somehwere which shows how can I :

- takeoff

- fly forward for a few seconds

- land

- print state information

I tried using mavutil.py to set th

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xbee with Mavlink 1.0

I have a trouble with Xbee, it happen after the last update.

On hexa, the xbee module have blue and red light switched on, trying to connect with mission planner (57K), I see the following errors:

 in ArdupilotMega.MAVLink.readPacket() (:0) [ProgressRe

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Hexacopter in almost strong wind

Dear all,

yesterday I went to fly with my new hexa (second flight session). At the flying field there were a 20/25 km/h wind. I decided to try to fly in stabilize mode and after some troubles in takin off I realized I was not able to control the hexa,

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