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Unexpected motor glitches (speed up) with Tri Hex and Octo APM 2 & APM 2.5 using 2.73

It seems since going to 2.7 and up to 2.73 I am having uncontrollable glitches with the motors. I think I have isolated everything, no bullet connectors, checked the amperage draw of the 880 motors to see if bearings could be the problem.I have 2 uni

Started by Don Fiedler

Update GPS on APM 2

I know how to update the GPS externally mounted with the FTDI cable, but how do you do it when it is mounted on the APM 2 board, or can it be done......Don

Started by Don Fiedler

Magnetometer won't stay calibrated with 2.7, worked fine with 2.6

My heading in Mission Planner does not shoe the correct headings, consequently my loiter is all over the sky. I have done the live calibration several times. It seems about 90 degrees off after the live calibration on the ground, if I fly around awhi

Started by Don Fiedler

I cannot get the optical flow to work,

I cannot see the drivers in Device Manager, have been through all the forums and cannot figure out my problem. I have Python 2.7 but cannot upload to my APM. Have been working this for days now. When I upload thru Arduino, I get "expected constructor

Started by Don Fiedler

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Unexpected motor glitches (speed up) with Tri Hex and Octo APM 2 & APM 2.5 using 2.73

Update GPS on APM 2

Magnetometer won't stay calibrated with 2.7, worked fine with 2.6

I cannot get the optical flow to work,

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