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  John McGrath August 1, 2013 at 8:57pm

  @tahines if you have no flying time with a multirotor do yourself a favor and get a cheap 40 dollar one to fly with for a few weeks before you even think about flying a arducopter.   If you are just concerned with a "hobby" type setup a quad would work fine. If you are looking to do something more ie bigger cam etc.. Hexa, Y6, X8 but it sounds like that's going to be overkill for you..
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  Wessie July 31, 2013 at 7:47am

  @Mark : -
  
  Test 1:
  Hold the quad securely in your hand, ARM, and advance to 1/2 throttle or so, until you feel it getting lighter in your hand. All TX sticks in the middle. Now tilt the copter in the 4 directions. It should "fight" you and try to remail level. It MUST pass this test. if it feels wobbly in your hand, or tries to go places, this is not right, go check your motor numbering, pdb setup and prop directions.
  
  If you pass test 1, move on to
  
  TEST 2 :

  Still holding it in your hand, throttle 50%, blades spinning, mode the Elevator (pitch) stick forward and back, the quad must follow the sticks. Repeat for Aileron (Roll) stick, and lastly Rudder (Rotate). you may need a bit more throttle to feel the Rudder pull, and be careful here. if you push the rudder left, the FRONT of the copter must want to go left. if any of the directions are incorrect, simply recerse that channel on the radio. (Dont accidentally reverse your throttle!!!!!!)

  Let me know the results.

  Wessie

  
  
  ALL the coptwers I have set up have flown after passing these test.
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  Wessie July 31, 2013 at 7:37am

  Can anyone point me to a working ARDUCOPTER Y6 Parameters file?
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  Gavin July 27, 2013 at 5:11pm

  hi,who had used the px4fmu? I made new one ,but can not connect to pc,because when connect to pc ,it can not see the usb com port,and not install the usb drive.who can help me.thanks.
• Randy Brazeau July 27, 2013 at 1:57pm

  I would check CLI also to make sure.
  I think setup - frame.
  When I had the issue I enabled motor logging to see what was going on. I had output on motors 5&6.
  Checked the frame and Bob's you uncle.
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  Forrest Frantz July 27, 2013 at 1:15pm

  On the first MP hardware screen you select the quad.

  Then on the second screen you select if it is a + or X.

  That's it.

  Carefully check motor spin direction and order.  Do not use super simple mode.  To test, hold the copter above your head and turn on (you don't need hover speed to do this).  Wear eye protection, thick clothing, and gloves.  Apply pitch forward to see if it points down.  Pitch back to see if it pitches up.  Roll left to see if it leans left and roll right to see if it leans right.  Yaw left to see it it goes CCW and yaw right to see if it goes CW. 

  Then if it still acts funny then it is probably tuning and post a photo.  You can also start a new topic so people can directly reply.
• Randy Brazeau July 27, 2013 at 12:25pm

  @Mark
  I had this problem before exactly in you video.
  Copter was config for hexa instead of a quad.
  Check the configuration in CLI.
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  Shyam Balasubramanian July 27, 2013 at 7:16am

  @Mark,

  That may be old I think, this is new:

  http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flying-arducopter/

  This is the Wiki page for Arducopter! You will find systematic and clear instructions here.
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  Wessie July 26, 2013 at 11:31pm

  @Mark
  
  Sounds like you need to do the Hand tests now. The hand tests consists of 2 parts, the stablilse test, and the control test.
  
  Have you done this yet? If you are not sure, let me know and I will explain.
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  John McGrath July 26, 2013 at 7:59am

  Anyone using or tried to use some type of retractable landing gear for a 3D Hexa? If so did you home brew it or did you buy something? I am not happy with the 3D long gear I have now. I see a nice set of carbon fiber but was thinking of retractable for better AP work.