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On 3rd multicopter: 1st was a DJI F450 with Naza M Lite 2nd was a Tarot 650 hybrid quad with APM 2.5.2 3rd is a Tarot 680 Pro Hybrid with APM 2.5.2


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Issaquah, WA


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Corrie Venter posted a discussion
What flight modes require a GPS and/or compass?The reason for asking this is to determine what would happen is say I was flying around in FBWA and the GPS and/or external compass became disconnected? Does FWBA need a GPS/Compass? What about the…
Apr 12, 2016
Corrie Venter replied to Olav Bakka's discussion Payload of 20 kg or more
"Manpower."
Mar 26, 2016
Corrie Venter replied to Trond Hindenes's discussion Bad Accel Health on Copter 3.3.3
"Here is a complete write up of the problem, inclusive of two fixes - either a software correction (on which the developers seemed to have stalled) or an easy hardware fix. (Note that, per this post, the SW fix might not resolve all cold-temperature…"
Mar 8, 2016
Corrie Venter replied to SlipstreamFPV's discussion Pixhawk Auto Mode elevator / throttle glitch
"Take a read at this post, sounds very similar . . .

http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/fbwa-servo-jitter-when-gps-has-no..."
Feb 29, 2016
Corrie Venter replied to steve's discussion How can I slow down yaw?
"Alternatively if you have a programmable TX (such as Taranis) then you could put in a variable rate on the Yaw stick that is switchable. So have it normal in Arducopter and in the TX until you want to start filming, and then hit the switch which…"
Feb 18, 2016
Corrie Venter replied to Corrie Venter's discussion Perplexing CCW motor power imbalance on hexa
"I did level all the motors before tightening the motor mounts. Also, you will note that I had turned the APM around 180 degrees. So all the arms "reversed": 1<>2 ; 3<>4; 5<>6. The problem remained on the CCW arms 2, 4, & 5. If indeed it was a frame…"
Jun 26, 2014
Corrie Venter posted a discussion
I am not so sure where to post - here or in Arducopter, but let's try here first . . .I fly a Tarot 680 Pro hybrid (longer arms) hexacopter, using APM 2.5.2. in X Frame configuration. I was running on Arducopter 3.1.3, then went to 3.1.5, and then…
Jun 25, 2014