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Dave replied to colin macdonald's discussion Ublox neo 6m gps
"No i wont cause a problem. It will just take it longer to get a gps fix. Check the legs on the battery soldered to the board. Mine were shorted together when they soldered it to the board. I had to remove the cell and solder it back to the board…"
Aug 2, 2015
Dave replied to Michael Ransburg's discussion PIDs for mini quad - please help
"I had the same issue with my build. I could not set the p value any lower. But you can do it. Go to the full parameter list and manually enter the value for p and then click on write parameters. This was the only way I could do it. It will work. I…"
Aug 1, 2015
Dave replied to colin macdonald's discussion Ublox neo 6m gps
"My 6m had a rechargable battery in it. It would go flat but when it was plugged in for a while it would recharge. I tested it with a meter."
Aug 1, 2015
Dave replied to Miguel Ángel's discussion Problem Alt-hold (3.2.1 Arducopter) ZMR250
"I tried setting that same value to 20 but it was not great."
May 26, 2015
Dave replied to Miguel Ángel's discussion Problem Alt-hold (3.2.1 Arducopter) ZMR250
"I had the same problem with my apm mini on my 260 quad. I downgraded the firmware to 3.2.0 and it flies great with it. It would not fly with 3.2.1"
May 26, 2015
Dave replied to Alex Hunt's discussion ZMR 250 multirotor dropping out of the sky
"It looks like you lost radio control. You might have a bad receiver or transmiter. Take the props off and get someone to help you do a range check."
May 14, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"Go into mission planner and half way down on the firmware page is a option for previous firmware. Click on the pull down box for previous firmware and select 3.2.0 the quad firmware should now show 3.2.0 vesion under the quad picture. Now upload the…"
Apr 24, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"I down graded both my quads to 3.2.0 because it is more stable and you get poshold."
Apr 24, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
Apr 14, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"I will have to reload 3.2.1 and try that setting. I wonder what the difference in 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 is."
Apr 14, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"I had version 3.2.0 on my450 quad. It has flown great with 3.1.5 and 3.2.0. Ijust installed 3.2.1 on it and it was wandering all over and it was going up and down in loiter and alt hold. I rolled it back to 3.2.0 and it flies great again. There is…"
Apr 14, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"Did you try going back to 3.1.5?"
Mar 8, 2015
Dave replied to Rajat's discussion Need Help on Loiter and Altitude Hold mode setting
"What version of firmware are you using."
Mar 2, 2015
Dave replied to Rolf Inge Sivertsen's discussion AC3.2.1 APM 2.5 Throttle pulsates in Loiter
"I am having the same issue with 3.2.1 so I loaded 3.1 and all seems well now."
Mar 2, 2015
Dave replied to Peter Everett's discussion APM Mini 3.1, 3.2.1 will load but can't go any further, any ideas?
"I have a mini apm in my 250 quad and it works fine to calibrate it. Dont use the wizard. Try doing each step on its own. I just downgrade it to 3.1.5 because my quad was jumping up and down in alt hold. I dont know if it was related to a bad jack on…"
Mar 2, 2015
Dave replied to Michael Ransburg's discussion PIDs for mini quad - please help
"I just built a 260 quad and watched this video to help me tune mine. I am using a mini apm and mine did not look good when i used the defaults. After a manual tune it flies a lot better.

http://youtu.be/LtocGBngSrA"
Feb 8, 2015
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