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APM in a 250

The crazy man in me is trying to stuff an APM into a cheapie HK250GT as a method to waste an inordinate amount of time. (and likely also money)

It is a great lesson in weight reduction and miniaturization with many more lessons to be learned - proba

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PPM with Futaba R617FS?

So, I am using the R617FS which I normally connect with PWM inputs for each channel.  Some surfing has dug up this mod which outputs PPM from the R617FS on which ever pin you choose, but only the first five channels. 

Does the current APM failsafe/PPM

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Skyfun UAV build

Well, after a long time in the theoretical world, I decided it's time to see how APM works in reality, so I splashed some cash and ordered this and a bunch of other parts from Hobby King:

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At this point, my MS Excel OCD set in and I felt the need to f

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Wrong airspeed in X-plane HIL

Prompted by Larry Grater, I investigated the airspeed that APM Mission Planner is pulling in from X-plane and handing to APM.

It appears that It is confusing X-plane's TAS with IAS.  Seeing that APM will only know airspeed as indicated airspeed from a

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HIL_MODE_SENSORS? Anyone using this?

I've been successfully using HIL with X-plane and APM Planner Buld 1.0.16, but decided last night to try to get it to run with X-plane supplying all the sensor data and having the DCM strut its stuff.

Alas, no joy was had as the APM Planner always tim

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How can I get an ISZ500 gyro...

...to Australia without spending a fortune in shipping costs?

 

My APM IMU Z-gyro is, by the looks of things, stuffed and I would like to have a go at replacing it. (all other things being equal, the board is stuffed anyway...)

 

At the moment, it looks

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Stuck Z Gyro - Can I fix it?

Hi,

I have an APM with a Foxtrot IMU and my Z gyro has stopped working for the second time.  The first time I sent it back to Jordi and he returned it saying all was good  - nothing wrong with it.  Well, that was a bit embarrasing - I though I was goi

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