"Figured out the error. when I type make sitl, I get a bunch of errors after
Building /tmp/ArduCopter.build/ArduCopter.elf%% ArduCopter.elf
These errors are
/tmp/ArduCopter.build/ArduCopter.o: In function…"

"I'm currently using option 1 of your suggestions.
Building sitl// BUILDROOT=/tmp/ArduCopter.build HAL_BOARD=HAL_BOARD_SITL HAL_BOARD_SUBTYPE=HAL_BOARD_SUBTYPE_NONE TOOLCHAIN=NATIVE EXTRAFLAGS=-DGIT_VERSION="802ced20"
~/ardupilot/ArduCopter
Starting…"

"I followed the tutorial and ran the 

ardupilot/Tools/scripts/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh -y

and then did
make sitl
and it returned.
// BUILDROOT=/tmp/ArduCopter.build HAL_BOARD=HAL_BOARD_SITL HAL_BOARD_SUBTYPE=HAL_BOARD_SUBTYPE_NONE TOOLCHAIN=NATIVE…"

"Hey Bill, I did the following

sudo apt-get install realpathgit checkout Copter-3.3

git pull

went into the ArduCopter directory and ran sim_vehicle.sh -w
then I ran sim_vehicle.sh without the aircraft parameter.
Here's the output


Building…"

"Yep, I first ran that to erase the EEPROM and then ran the sim_vehicle with the aircraft and map parameters. Even the first command(sim_vehicle.sh -w) complains about the heartbeat. (It creates the .o files and then does the parameters process and…"

"Thanks Crady you've been super helpful, I got rol_180_yaw_45 work for me. I'll try out a flight today and let you know how it goes. Do you fly a wing too?"

"Thank you, could you send me a picture of the forward facing direction for the orientation of roll 180, yaw 270? It'd be very helpful!"