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Alex replied to Alex's discussion Battery failsafe not triggering
"Found the problem. For some reason the battery failsafe doesn't work when the USB port on the Pixhawk is in use. In my opinion that is a bug and hopefully it got fixed on later Arducopter versions.
Thanks for the help!"
Jul 31, 2017
Alex replied to Alex's discussion Battery failsafe not triggering
"Yes, it is a custom version of Mission Planner but only a minor change. Also the firmware is older version but was working well in other aircraft so I didn't want to fix what was not broken. The reason why the radio failsafe is disabled is it allows…"
Jul 21, 2017
Alex posted a discussion
Hi,I am an experienced flyer but this has me stumped, maybe one of you guys can help. The battery failsafe will not trigger even though the aircraft battery voltage drops to 1V less then the failsafe voltage while in flight. FS is enabled and set to…
Jul 20, 2017
Alex posted discussions in UgCS
Jan 5, 2017
Alex commented on estebanflyer's blog post Four modes switch for Futaba T6EX
"You can definitely use the menus in the radio to mix 2 position switch channel 6 into 2 position switch channel 5 to be able to select 4 different flight modes using the two switches. No hardware changes at all. I just did it and it works great. To…"
Jan 23, 2016
Alex replied to Chris Anderson's discussion Submit your ArduCopter configuration files here
"Tricopter running 2.5.5
DIY but similar to RCExplorer.se design, 1.8 to 2.3 lbs flying weight, 18" arms, 3s battery
DT750 motors
Gemfan 11x4.7 props (from Hobbyking), front are counter rotating
APM2

Loiter, Nav is NOT tuned but Alt Hold, roll,…"
May 19, 2012
Alex replied to James's discussion Yaw "rebound"
"I've been flying my tricopter with APM2 for 1 day now so I'm hardly knowledgeable enough to comment, but I'm flying in ACRO mode for now and I'm unable to tune it for fast yaw response without overshoot.  My previous KK board had great yaw response…"
May 12, 2012
Alex posted a discussion
This question has been asked before but never answered as far as I could determine, and it's not in the manual:Is it OK to plug in the USB cable to the APM2 while it is powered up with a LiPo?The manual addresses powering up the RC receiver…
May 6, 2012