"Im inexperienced but i think as long as tge receiver can cable up to the 2.6 there should be no issue there, i calibrated my esc's manually one by one, watched lotsa youtube and showed me step by step my throttle issue has been solved, i reset the…"

"I was so stoked i forgot to explain the fix, basically i reset the board and uploaded "ardurover" then reset the board again and uploaded ardurover again, i was told to do this a couple times, then reset and upload the proper firmware, admittedly it…"

"Many thanks to all for the advice, i found a member with same throttle issue and a suggested fix, it worked!, have already crashed (due to showing off) and wrecked my gps module, but no worries, another on way, thought i was grounded but found out i…"

"Thank you so much! I don't know how you figured that process out, I had to repeat it more than a couple times but I was able to finally fly, I just ran it in stabilize for about 20 seconds a couple of times, everything banked correctly, pitched…"

"Same problem, did you ever get this issue  worked out??"

"Another update, the set up in mission planner went different, firmware uploaded same, set up of mandatory hardware acted different, seemed to go smoother at first, then during compass calibration mavlink kept disconnecting and the same comport was…"

"Update, i opened my apm 2.8 (version 2.8.8 as the board reads) after watching a couple videos about cutting a trace between two pads, having some electronics assembly experience i felt confident that i could at least visually inspect the board,…"

"Ok, did i forget to mention that the red light on my external compass blinks all the time, i guess its supposed to be solid, now im learning on the 2.8 there is a jumper trace that needs to be cut, can anyone tell me if they have done this…"

"Update, I recalibrated ESC's, I'm using a 4s Lipo, should hear 4 beeps and a long beep, signifying the 4s battery and successful calibration, Right? well I only hear 2 beeps and the long one, same throttle reaction, idles and the slightest throttle…"

"Here's some pics of what I got going ondiy5.jpgdiy4.jpgdiy3.jpg"

"Andre K. said:
No. ESC calibration is independent of the GCS software, in fact, you don't even need GCS software to do it.
But your problem sure sounds like ESC calibration related (not to be confused with RC calibration)
I hate to bring it to you,…"

"Ive done it manually, one at a time, heard all the signifying beeps, do i need to do it again with the APMplanner2 that im using now?"