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Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"I applaud your efforts for going through all of that to figure it out. But my question is WHY did you have to in the first place? I understand this is Beta, but, this is not like CF/RF where people are using different FC's to bring another variable…"
Jun 2, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"Aesthetics wise I agree with you. They do come in nice cases. I ordered this GPS module. I'm putting it on top of a RoboCat and will 3d print a base mount for it. Its a bit large for the Cat but I wanted a larger unit for when I go to a 450 or…"
May 25, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"FWI, I purchased a Neo-M8N off ebag for a GREAT price. Tried to update the FW on it with u-center and couldn't. Found out the Ublox chip it was a clone (that's a surprise). From that point on I decided I wasn't buying clones anymore if at all…"
May 24, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"now i'm getting compass not healthy and the animation in the live calibration window are not spinning ... both compass windows are not spinning... Is it possible that my board is bad? "
May 13, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"no...buzzer is not connected...it doesn't matter what GC SW I use to calibrate, I still get the prearm error. Any suggestions?  "
May 13, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"It doesn't seem to matter where I try and calibrate them, I get the error. And yes, both show above 400 no matter what I do. Any suggestions?  "
May 13, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"I receive this error configuring my PixRacer compass in MP. I have no external Compass or GPS connected. What can I do to correct this? 
Pre-arm compass offset too high
I have no external Compass or GPS connected. 
MP 1.3.37.5 build 1.1.5974.64976…"
May 13, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"I receive this error configuring my PixRacer compass. I have no external Compass or GPS connected. What can I do to correct this? 
Pre-arm compass offset too high
I have no external Compass or GPS connected. 
MP 1.3.37.5 build 1.1.5974.64976…"
May 13, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"did you load any default settings when picking frame type?

With todays FW  build, I tried to calibrate compass using on on board mag only and still only one compass is live. I have had two in the past. Need clarification, am I only supposed to do…"
May 9, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"I'm sorry, but if I do a fresh install of the FW, I get no results when I press start when doing  "on board mag calibration". I tried live calibration as well and only one compass calibrated."
May 9, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"What is currently the best flash for FW?"
May 9, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"Randy
 
I too am having compass calibration issues
MP 1.3.37 build 1.1.5917.13431 APM:Copter V3.4-dev(39c29820)
I would like to be more helpful but coming from CF/BF, am not verse in issues that arise from this type of FC format
Could you please…"
May 9, 2016
Chopper replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Sub 250 Gram Pixracer Build - Parts in ArduCopter User Group
"Edgar
Care to share who's GControl SW you used and what version it was (current,beta,stable)? Also, what Flight stack (ArduPilot I assume) FW ver. you used (stable, latest, beta) as well? Reason I'm asking is I've been having issues with PixRacer…"
May 9, 2016
Chopper replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"Edgar, you my friend have some big kahunas..my wife would have mine in her purse if I was flying like that near our glass doors. That's showing some confidence in the state of the FW and your flying abilities...Thumbs up to you. Thank you for your…"
Apr 20, 2016