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Battery voltage rises during flight

All,

I had my first flight test last weekend with the battery monitoring turned on. Here is my configuration.

Gas powered configuration - therefore the battery just powers the receiver, the board, and the servos.

One (1) - 4.8 V Ni Cad battery

Board is

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Pitch offset for off-level boards

Is there a parameter that hard codes in a constant pitch offset?

I got the board installed to what I thought was level and find out that my plane actually flies straight and level when the nose is slightly pointed down.

So this results in the plane wan

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Xbee 900 Kit - Lights, but No Telemetry

I purchased the Xbee telemetry kit from DiyDrones here and put it together following these instructions.

I am running with the Ardu Pilot Mega - this kit

I have not gotten any communication between the two units.

Here is what I know and what I've trie

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Altitude consistently 10m low

I've been running the APM board in simulation mode with a HIL setup for about two weeks now and am consistenly seeing the altitude Error end up about 10 meters below the target.

It settles there just fine and seems to be happy knowning that it's low

Started by Andrew Laird

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Battery voltage rises during flight

Pitch offset for off-level boards

Xbee 900 Kit - Lights, but No Telemetry

Altitude consistently 10m low

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