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"@Chris Anderson. Why did you lie?
Comment by Chris Anderson on March 12, 2014 at 12:28am
mP1: It will work with both APM and Pixhawk via the I2C port.
Yet, the site says:This rangefinder is only supported on the Pixhawk running APM:Copter or…"
Comment by Chris Anderson on March 12, 2014 at 12:28am
mP1: It will work with both APM and Pixhawk via the I2C port.
Yet, the site says:This rangefinder is only supported on the Pixhawk running APM:Copter or…"
"I 3D printing an ESC mount to make it easier to attach the ESCs to the arms. I'm using larger ESCs and they didn't really fit in the usual location. I ended up reversing the landing gear to make this fit a little better. Here is the link to the…"
"I replaced mine with the 32MBIT version, AT45DB321D-SU. The APM code supports 32 and 16MBIT. Mine died 1 day and has been working fine since replacing it.
http://www.digikey.ca/product-search/en?WT.z_header=search_go&l...
-Cad"
http://www.digikey.ca/product-search/en?WT.z_header=search_go&l...
-Cad"
"Be careful, I've had my Hero3 turn off mid flight. Luckily it was close enough that I could fly it home safely. Very scary.
Even David on Flite Test had this happen.
-Cad"
Even David on Flite Test had this happen.
-Cad"
"I ran a cap bank for several months so the GPS retained its lock when swapping batteries. I had no issues. It was connected to the PWM input power rail along with the BEC.
-Cad"
-Cad"
"I had the exact issue. Turned out to be a power problem.
I my case, my USB port couldn't power the APM and my rx at the same time. I had to connect the APM by itself, no rx, no telemetry radio if the USB port was the supply.
-Cad"
I my case, my USB port couldn't power the APM and my rx at the same time. I had to connect the APM by itself, no rx, no telemetry radio if the USB port was the supply.
-Cad"
"Does the anti-vibration gel do anything when you mount the APM directly to the frame that way?
-Cad"
-Cad"
"You are probably better off with a MAX7456 as it is designed for graphics. The IC used in the Video Experimenter (a sync separator )is not designed for graphics. You can find an easy to use one here: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9168"
"I used these, they were pretty much identical to the stock ones: http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=..."
"I've use my old Nexus One in the same way. I never experienced an issue, airplane mode on or off.
-Cad"
-Cad"
"Instead of using the through holes, you could spit the wire so that half of the strands are one 1 side and half are on the other. Then use heatshrink to cover everything. The hot glue will probably come off eventually. Similar to what I did here,…"
"I had the same thing til I balanced my props.
-Cad"
-Cad"
