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Programming An Older Turnigy 9X - Help!

I am building a Tarot 650 Sport quadcopter with an Ardupilot APM flight controller and bought a used Turnigy transmitter from craigslist. THere was no documentation and so I'm trying to learn how to program it to suit my needs but I'm stuck with two issues. My needs are pretty simple - four flight control functions, gimbal tilt control, flight mode selection and landing gear operation (retract/extend). I've taken care of aileron, elevator, rudder, flight control and gimbal.tilt, but I'm having…

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FAA Regulations - How Difficult Is It To Be A Recreational Drone Pilot?

After a few years hiatus, I have decided to build a new quadcopter. It will be a Tarot 650 Sport utilizing strictly old tech stuff as it is what I'm familiar with and my needs are modest: 15 minutes endurance, a three-axis stabilized GoPro Hero 10 camera and the ability to fly/land autonomously but assume manual control as needed. I will be using an analog vtx and to assure a clear signal I have purchased a video transmitter that has switchable power levels up to 1000 mW - I expect that 600 mW…

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Monocopter build

I'm trying to build a monocopter. It has one wing, one motor and one servo. Show Betaflight setup for a monocopter. Monocopter has one wing. Monocopter has one motor EDF. Monocopter has one servo. Servo moves Hiller flap at 90 degrees to wing axis. Magnetometer is used to control translation. show betaflight setup: 

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