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ESC Calibration - No beeps on throttle up

 I'm running 30a Simonk firmware ESCs on a quad with genuine 3DR Pixhawk.

When I run ESC calibration (all at once) I run through the process in the ardupilot documentation.

When the throttle is up, I wait, but hear no tones at all. I'll wait for a good

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Couple of questions regarding Mission Planner.

 These are accuracy questions really.

First -  Voltage readout. Am using a 3DR pixhawk (genuine) with the 3DR power module.
Testing a 4000mAh 11.1V battery I'm reading 12.61V with a digital multi-meter, and Mission Planner is showing me 12.49V 99% char

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Altitude based auto retract on landing gear

 I've looked through the documentation and can't find specifics on this.

My landing gear runs fine. Does everything it's supposed to do. It operates fine in Land mode and will deploy (really cool btw) and I can retract or deploy manually from my TX.

Wh

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Dedicated MP Laptop

 I'm curious about laptop boot up for Mission Planner. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple spare laptops kicking around, so I want to use one for MP only.

I'm an amateur musician who has my own home recording studio and I use a dedicated laptop for

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MAVLINK announcment

 Ok, so I love Mission Planner. Also love the voice announcements and want to keep them...BUT.....when the mavlink first connects, it gives an announcement that is a series of numbers - "zero zero three to three zero zero three million three hundred.

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Calculating COG

 Ok, so, basic question, what's the most effective way of calculating or gauging your crafts center of gravity.

I want to find that point so I can balance my quad properly. I have an X style frame, so I would figure that, front to back, the COG would

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Connecting my motors to pixhawk

 Hope this is the right section to post this.

 Ok so I know this is basic stuff. I've looked here for a clearer answer but am still unsure.
Yes, I've read the arducopter and pixhawk documentation, but I'll be honest I'm still a little confused and don

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New to Pixhawk - FPV cam/telemetry question.

 Hey guys.

New to pixhawk (Waiting for mine to arrive). I noticed on the mission planner that you can have a cam image behind the HUD. I also bought a 915mhz telemetry radio to go with my pixhawk.
So, my question is this - can I connect a FPV cam to th

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