"Have you turned the loging on and see what is happening with your RC inputs?

That might help you track down the issue"

"Not an expert but think this is perfectly normal.

I believe the elevator 3 twitch is the way APM signals that the initialisation process is complete and its now ready for use."

"Also ensure you have followed the tuning guide to set up you PID settings.

Links:



Tune the Roll, Pitch (and optionally yaw) controllers following the tuning guide http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/roll-pitch-controller-tuning/
Tune the height…"

"I tried to use this airframe, but it was terrible... 

APM default settings are a good starting point, but i found even with a decent motor and 4s battery, this plane was under powered. Its heavy even before you start loading it up with gear.

Good…"

"Oops, my mistake i meant Version 2.74b!!

I just reloaded arducopter, and the arming works as expected.

Reloaded arduplane, same thing!

Very frustrating..

Has anyone switched from arducopter to arduplane without any problems?

Im now at a loss as…"

"Just to follow this up.
I have done an erase, reset, reinstall of MP, updated firmware.

Run radio calibration, level and compass, all pass as expected.

But im still getting a solid B LED, and  A LED but no C (red) LED and as soon as MP connects…"

"Can you download your Wife's LOG files...
Without them its very difficult to see what mode she was in when the damage occurred...

Maybe she breached the GeoFence and entered RTL...?

(sorry trying to make light of situation..But hope you can repair)"

"Just to add my 2 pence worth when it comes to testing failsafes.

Its one thing to turn off your Tx when on the ground testing but I would never to this with a model in the air. APM or not!

The way I test Tx Failsafe is to set the end point of my…"

"Hi all, Been reading through this and various other posts..

I have a slightly different but just as frustrating problem with minimosd and 3dr radio set up.

1. If i connect just the 3dr, i get mavlink values through to MP no problem.
2. If i…"

"Uninstall Mission planner from your computer. 

Reboot and then install the latest version.

I had this same problem with update from within mission planner, doing a clean install worked for me."

"Just looking should the hdop ever be 0.0??? I can see 10 sat and a 3d fix reported...."

"Correct me if im wrong, but if your APM is tuned running off a 3S Lipo for all the PIDS and then you plug in a 4s, its going to be much higher powered and will require FULL tuning before flight.

I certainly know that the 1 time i tried switching…"