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0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Hi Randy,

Thanks for the support!

So you think I should just buy another APM?"
Jan 14, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Haha, it kind of does.

Actually, the placement of everything was coincidental.

Also, it may not be in the pictures, but there was a vibration dampener (basically the same one you sent) on the APM."
Jan 14, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Thanks for all your help!
I'm currently away from my quad, but I should have an answer real soon!
-Standard 6M ublox
- No calibration issues that I recall."
Jan 13, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"What were you seeing for the battery voltage?"
Jan 13, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
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Jan 13, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"I do have some images, and I will post them once I have access to a desktop."
Jan 12, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"And for future reference, the Gopro was not used for FPV, and was independentally controlled."
Jan 11, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Thanks for reassuring me for my decision of not launching again!

I'm running the PM to my PDB with no other electronics attached other than my 4 x 25 A ESCs to my 1000kv motors."
Jan 11, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Clifton,

My arming checks are enabled, meaning that when I arm the copter and it fails a check, I need to do the arming process again in order to arm.
I was using a 2200mAh 3s lipo, with a power module

Thanks for your help,
Todd"
Jan 11, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Awesome, thanks Darius

Should I change some of the priorities then?
Is it possible that since it was focused on maintaining a stable frame, it wasn't processing altitude/barometer?

-Todd"
Jan 11, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Thanks Mark,

I'm extremely lucky it came down the way it did.

Nothing is more terrifying than watching your creation turn into a machine that 'has a mind of its own' and is out of your control. Especially at the altitude it reached, and in a…"
Jan 11, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc replied to 0b7cjxcfd1qmc's discussion Drone flyaway help in ArduCopter User Group
"Here is the correct Log File:

-Todd
2015-09-06 17-01-48.bin"
Jan 10, 2016
0b7cjxcfd1qmc posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Hello Forum,This is my first post, so I'm not 100% sure if this is the format the group would prefer, however I am stuck in a little pickle.I decided to build my first quadcopter back in September, which turned out to become relativly simple. With…
Jan 10, 2016