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Flying the Iris without a GPS?

I've sent my ublox compass/GPS back for replacement and I wanted to fly the Iris in Stab mode. I've tried but does anyone know how to tell the Pixhawk to use it's internal compass?

It won't arm. I get Yellow.Yellow_Yellow. Yellow on the LED code.

Thanx

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GPS Lock in the Caribbean

Just curious, has anyone here flown a drone with GPS lock in the caribbean? Im curious as to how many satellites will be available down there compared to up here in Canada.

Also, when flying with the airlines do you have to take your LiPo's on carry-o

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15 Minute Flight - CamOne Infinity

I purchased a CamOne Infinity and mounted it to the Iris.  The mounting parts that came with the CamOne work almost perfectly with the existing knuckle that came on the Iris (I used my rotary tool to remove some material, and I had to use a thumbscre

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Gimbal Fail on Iris

Hallo.

So my Problem is that the roll servo often stops working and you have to push it a little bit that he works again. i think the servo is broken. but it was new from 3dr with my iris. filt works perfekt out of the box. but even with disconnectet

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IRIS HDOP performance

Looking for some other IRIS flyers that may be having poor GPS performance.

Only about 1 in 7 flights do I get HDOP lower than 3. After about 40 flights I can only remember it getting below 2 a couple of times. One day it's in the low 2's and over hal

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Iris loses altitude in Alt Hold mode

Has anyone noticed their IRIS losing altitude while moving or turning in alt hold mode? If I leave it to hover in place then it does a decent job, not moving more than a couple feet up for down depending on wind. However as soon as I start/stop movin

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Autotune?

Has anyone done a successful autotune with their IRIS? I try to perform an autotune with ch7 and the gui says autotune but the quad does nothing. My friends also does the same thing.

I

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The SD card...

my computer decided to reformat itself and my SD card. Any chance someone can send me the file on the SD card? Or maybe the 3drobotics guys can send me the file? i dont think i can update my pixhawk until i get my SD card reformatted. Everything abou

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IRIS Loiter toilet bowling

After changing an arm and a motor my Iris has started toilet bowling in loiter mode. I performed the live compass cal several times. It comes up every time zero offsets.

Sometimes it will loiter with slight sideways drifting but if you yaw it right or

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